Tropical forests are important regulators of the flux and storage of carbon, water, and energy in the Biosphere, and they are the habitat of more than three-fourths of the world’s plant and animal species. These ecosystems are also undergoing rapid conversion through pasture formation, shifting cultivation and timber highgrading as the people of tropical nations turn to forestlands for sustenance and wealth.
Conferência sobre Mudanças Climáticas no âmbito da ONU
Resumo dos principais tópicos da Conferência das Nações Unidas sobre Mudanças Climáticas, que ocorreu em Bonn/Alemanha, em 2008.