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Australia: Coalition vows to lead G20 in new rainforest protection strategy

2013-08-30 10:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: The Coalition has pledged to lead the G20 in a new global rainforest protection strategy despite committing itself to taking the unusual step of removing a world heritage listing for parts of Tasmania's forests. Greg Hunt, the Coalition's environment spokesman, told Guardian Australia that, if elected, he wanted to help cut by 50% the 8bn tonnes of annual CO2 emissions caused by deforestation. "This won't be something that happens overnight, of course, but it's certainly something to work...

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