A force to fight global warming.docVIP

A force to fight global warming 一种力量来对抗全球变暖 Natural ecosystems and biodiversity must be made a bulwark against climate change, not a casualty of it, argue Will R. Turner, Michael Oppenheimer and David S. Wilcove. 自然生态系统和生物多样性必须成为应对气候变化，不是它的伤亡堡垒，威尔河特纳认为，迈克尔奥本海默和David S. Wilcove.. In the tortured history of climate-change negotiations, enlightened thinking has translated into positive action all too rarely. But governments have recently seen the light on a crucial issue: they have recognized the vital role that intact natural ecosystems have in limiting the build-up of atmospheric greenhouse gases. 在气候变化谈判折磨的历史，开明的思想转化为积极的行动实在太罕见。但政府最近已看到了一个至关重要的问题轻：他们已经认识到的重要作用，在限制完整的自然生态系统的构建，大气温室气体。 When delegates convene in Copenhagen next month to strengthen the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), an initiative to preserve the world’s forests to store and sequester carbon will take centre stage. Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) should give developing countries the opportunity to benefit financially by preserving their forests, either through direct payments or by allowing them to market the carbon stored in uncut trees. Its backers hope that with sufficient funding REDD could substantially slow rates of deforestation, especially in the tropics. 当代表们在哥本哈根召开下个月加强联合国气候变化框架公约（UNFCCC）的一项倡议，以保护世界的森林碳储存和隔离将采取中心舞台。毁林和森林退化（REDD）的，应使发展中国家受益的机会，无论是通过直接付款维护自己的森林，或让他们到市场中未砍伐的树木中存储的碳排放量减少财政。它的支持者希望能有足够的资金REDD的大幅放缓，特别是在热带地区的森林砍伐率。 REDD is just one of many possible ways to exploit the potential of natural ecosystems to slow climate change and lessen its effects on people. Natural habitats are a hugely valuable tool in the fight against global warming. Use them wisely and they could save many lives and vast sums of money in the decades to come. Abuse them, and much of Earth’s biodiversity could be lost, along with the fight against climate change. Urgent action is needed to understand how best to exploit this promise and develop mechanisms