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Bolivia: Noel Kempff project is 'saving the forest' by forcing destruction elsewhere
Thursday, March 11, 2010Guardian: It is the ultimate greenwash nightmare. A tough international deal to curb emissions of greenhouse gases is passed in Mexico later this year. Companies then meet their targets not by cutting their own pollution but by buying into hundreds of forest "conservation" projects round the world. But those projects then fail to deliver real benefits for forests or staunch the flow of carbon
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Original article from http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/mar/11/greenwash-noel-kempff-forests
Original article from http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/mar/11/greenwash-noel-kempff-forests
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