| Author (Corporate) | European Commission: Press and Communication Service |
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| Series Title | Press Release |
| Series Details | IP/00/1339 (22.11.00) |
| Publication Date | 22/11/2000 |
| Content Type | News |
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A new report published by the CARBOEUROPE research initiative has concluded that it is more important to preserve existing forests than to plant new ones. Furthermore, the authors indicate that 'new forests' would only take up additional CO2 temporarily, 'buying' at most 15-100 years of time for implementing alternative greenhouse gas reduction strategies. |
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| Source Link | http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/00/1339&format=HTML&rapid=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en |
| Subject Categories | Business and Industry, Culture, Education and Research, Environment |
| Countries / Regions | Europe |
