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Panamanians reject UN forest plan
2013-05-28 08:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: Indigenous people in Panama are asking the United Nations to close down its global forestry programme, REDD, in their country. REDD -- Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation -- is designed to slow climate change by preventing the destruction of the worlds most vulnerable forests. It is a key part of the UN`s attempts to tackle a warming climate, and failure in Panama will have impacts much further afield. The demand, by the National Coordinating Body of Indigenous Peoples...
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