VANUATU:Volunteers for World Bank Forest Initiative

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Updated July 25, 2007 16:00:26

Vanuatu has volunteered to be one of the pilot countries for the World Bank's new initiative to find a way to pay developing nations NOT to clear fell their remaining forests. Deforestation makes up 20-per cent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions.

Presenter: Jemima Garret
Speakers: Russell Nari, Director-General of Vanuatu's Ministry of Lands, Environment and Water Resources

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