The United Nations proposes a new system to save forests worldwide. Rich nations pay for the protection of virgin forests in poorer countries. Daniel Murdiyarso of the Centre for International Forestry Research and lead author of the IPCC report on forests, explains the pitfalls and opportunities of REDD.
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It is unbearable for me to hear from every corner of the world that earth will come to an end. I can't even trust that people will change, will save the planet from complete disaster. I might be fourteen but these problems nowadays are worldwide. Knowing that the world will come to an end makes my heart race and i feel faint in the idea that billions of years of history on this planet are going to be destroyed just in one century. Many times as i think it over and over again i come up with the only reason that all this will come to an end. It's the intelligence that people have that brought them at this point to face the results of their actions. Unfortunately i am no exception myself. And the only question now is, will we ever going to change as drastically as it needs to be taken? That's for you to find out