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Posted Tue Oct 27 2009: from London Independent: Rainforest treaty 'fatally flawed' http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1256661493 A vital safeguard to protect the world's rainforests from being cut down has been dropped from a global deforestation treaty due to be signed at the climate summit in Copenhagen in December. Under proposals due to be ratified at the summit, countries which cut down rainforests and convert them to plantations of trees such as oil palms would still be able to classify the result as forestand could receive millions of dollars meant for preserving them. An earlier version of the text ruled out such a conversion but has been deleted, and the EU delegation -- headed by Britain -- has blocked its reinsertion. Very Scary Tags: climate impacts, deforestation, global warming, governmental idiocy This item will appear in our PANIQuiz! Your Quips: Ruby says: "And I am REDD in the face!" Got a PaniQuip? Your Quip (limit 140 characters, no links, just wit): First name: The text shown in the Web image to the right: We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

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