Africa: Poor Countries Could Be Paid to Plant Trees

10 December 2009

Nairobi — A proposal at the UN climate talks in Copenhagen that poor countries be paid for planting trees could spur Kenya's efforts to reclaim her forests.

The agreement to cut carbon emissions by paying developing countries to maintain their forests has the potential to reverse the decline in the world's forests, according to an analysis of national policy options to reduce deforestation. It was released yesterday by the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR).

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