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British government and RainforestsWonder which kind soul working for "another" while getting paid by the taxpayer is responsible for this?"Under proposals due to be ratified at the summit, countries which cut down rainforests and convert them to plantations of trees such as oil palms would still be able to classify the result as forest and could receive millions of dollars meant for preserving them. An earlier version of the text ruled out such a conversion but has been deleted, and the EU delegation – headed by Britain – has blocked its reinsertion." For the full account http://www.independent.co.uk/envi...reaty-fatally-flawed-1809412.html |