2010 was a landmark year for forests. Glenn Hurowitz, Senior Fellow at the Center for International Policy, blogging for Grist.org, listed the five forest stories of the year: a drop in global deforestation rates, a win for opponents of irresponsible palm oil investments, Canada moving to protect a large swath of boreal forest, the first government-backed forest carbon market established in California, and progress on REDD+ in Cancun. (Make that six: The EU decision to ban the import and trade of illegally harvested wood was also significant news in July.)
A video from the Carnegie...
