Globe and Mail: The forests of Kahuzi-Biega Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been pillaged for timber, minerals and wild game. But thanks to an ambitious environmental proposal, their most valuable resource may be the carbon in the trees.
The project, called REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries), has a clunky name but comes with promises of billions of dollars in funding and the hope that it can reduce both deforestation and climate change....