Climate Central: Even as climate negotiators labored Friday to finalize a pact to slow global warming, it was becoming clear that any new agreement would also help protect forests.
A 27-page draft of a planned United Nations climate deal released late Thursday contained a subsection dedicated to the strategic role that forests and jungles could play as countries seek to reduce their impacts on the climate.
Nations should "conserve and enhance' greenhouse gas "sinks and reservoirs,' Thursday's draft stated....