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World Environment Day 2009 – Your Planet Needs YOU!
05 June 2009

Boosting investments in the conservation, rehabilitation and management of the Earth’s forests, peatlands, soils and other key ecosystems could deliver significant cuts in greenhouse gas emissions and avoid even more being released to the atmosphere, a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) says.

The report calls for the adoption of a comprehensive policy framework under the UNFCCC for addressing carbon management across all ecosystems. Parties currently meeting in Bonn are starting to heed this call.

http://www.cms.int/news/PRESS/nwPR2009/06_june_09/wed_040609.pdf

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World Environment Day 2009 – Your Planet Needs YOU!