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In Forests, the Challenges of Climate Change and Poverty
Big plans to use forests to slow climate change have found their way into Borneo’s carbon-rich peat forests ?and into the lives of the people who depend on them.
REDD-an ambitious plan to pay people to protect rainforests and the carbon stored in them, is beginning to take root in the forests of tropical countries. One of challenges to making it work is the people depend on the forest for survival. Living on Earth’s Mitra Taj reports on a pilot project in Indonesian Borneo.