The Fight Against Global Warming - Forests as CO2 Sinks

Number of Pages 6

This 6 page paper discusses the controversy that has arisen from the UN Kyoto Protocol of 1997, and the shape of the disagreement in 2000. The writer explains the process of photosynthesis, in which green plants absorb carbon dioxide and replace it with oxygen. This is a natural process, and has led environmental groups to claim that crediting industrialized nations for reforestation efforts only encourages further clear cutting of old growth forests, which greatly damages biodiversity. Opposing groups claim that forests themselves add to global warming. There are 6 sources listed in 13 footnotes.


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