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  1. CO2 from forest destruction overestimated – study

    [Nov 3, 2009] The carbon dioxide emissions caused by the destruction of tropical forests have been significantly overestimated, according to a new study. The work could ...
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  2. The world's forests take up roughly a third of the carbon dioxide emitted from burning fossil fuels each year. But deforestation in the tropics sends about half that ...
    www.cbc.ca/.../07/14/science-forests-co2-fossil-fuels.html
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  3. Our mission is to educate the public on the positive effects of additional atmospheric CO2 and help prevent the inadvertent negative impact to human, plant and animal ...
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  4. Carbon sink - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Because growing vegetation absorbs carbon dioxide, the Kyoto Protocol allows Annex I countries with large areas of growing forests to issue Removal Units to recognise the ...
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  5. Forests and soils store carbon dioxide (CO2). For this reason they play an important part in the greenhouse gas balance and in the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol.
    www.bafu.admin.ch/wald/01198/01209/index.html?lang=en - Cached
  6. Recent papers added to ForestsInFlux's library classified by the tag elevated_co2. You can also see everyone's elevated_co2.
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  7. China has seen a similar rate of increase, as massive tree-planting programs have accelerated the rate of CO2 absorption by that nation's forests.
    www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2011/0715/Study-Forests... - Cached
  8. * CO2 uptake in forests * CO2 emissions from biomass fuels * CO2 emissions from landfills * CO2 emissions from burning used products. Sources of biogenic CO2
    sustainability.procarton.com/?section=carbon_sequestration - Cached

  9. Fifth of world carbon emissions soaked up by extra forest ...

    [Feb 18, 2009] Trees in the tropics are getting bigger, which means they are soaking up an extra 5bn tonnes of CO2 a year
    www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/feb/18/trees-tropics... - Cached
  10. Forests absorb CO2 with little or no intervention required, and no expenditure of fossil fuels. There are two contending points of view regarding best forest management ...
    www.crfr.ca/samples/carbon/index.html - Cached