London — Uganda between 2005 and 2010 had one of the highest rates of deforestation in the world
Paying Ugandan farmers not to chop down trees cut deforestation in half and was almost 50 times more cost effective in fighting climate change than many energy efficiency programmes in the United States, according to a study released on Thursday.
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