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Published online 23 July 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/454373b

Think tank reveals plan to manage tropical forests

Novel way to use carbon credits to save trees.

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  • Halting deforestation sounds a noble goal indeed. But who is this "Terrestrial Carbon Group of international scientists, economists and land-policy experts" and where do their funds come from? Did anyone vote for them? Did some king appoint them? Did they appoint themselves? Curiouser and curiouser! Oliver K. Manuel, http://www.omatumr.com

    • 23 Jul, 2008
    • Posted by: O M

  • To Olivier Manuel above: Why do a scientists need to be 'appointed' or 'voted for' in order to publicly express an opinion? Your comments themselves get curiouser and curiouser! BTW you can find out all about them through Google. Not a very secret organisation.

    • 29 Jul, 2008
    • Posted by: Corin Yeats