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Published Online May 10, 2007
Science DOI: 10.1126/science.1136163

Policy Forum

Submitted on October 11, 2006
Accepted on April 27, 2007

Tropical Forests and Climate Policy

Raymond E. Gullison 1, Peter C. Frumhoff 2*, Josep G. Canadell 3, Christopher B. Field 4, Daniel C. Nepstad 5, Katharine Hayhoe 6, Roni Avissar 7, Lisa M. Curran 8, Pierre Friedlingstein 9, Chris D. Jones 10, Carlos Nobre 11

1 Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z4.
2 Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, MA 02238-9105, USA.
3 Global Carbon Project, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Marine and Atmospheric Research, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
4 Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution, Stanford, CA 94305 USA.
5 Woods Hole Research Center, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA.
6 Department of Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-1053 USA.
7 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0287 USA.
8 Tropical Resources Institute, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT 06511 USA.
9 Institut Pierre Simon La Place and Laboratory of the Science of Climate and Environment (IPSL/LSCE), Unité mixte de recherche 1572, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA)-CNRS, 91191 Gif sur Yvette, France.
10 Met Office Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research, Exeter, Devon EX1 3PB UK.
11 Centro de Previsão de Tempo e Estudos Climáticos, CPTEC, Cachoeira Paulista, SP, Brazil.

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Peter C. Frumhoff , E-mail: pfrumhoff{at}ucsusa.org

Lack of effective action on reducing deforestation and climate change could push tropical forests toward becoming even larger sources of atmospheric carbon than they are now.


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