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Originally published in Science Express on 10 May 2007
Science 18 May 2007:
Vol. 316. no. 5827, pp. 985 - 986
DOI: 10.1126/science.1136163
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Policy Forum

ENVIRONMENT:
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 Nobre11

New science underscores the value of a climate policy initiative to reduce emissions from tropical deforestation.

1Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z4.

2Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, MA 02238-9105, USA.

3Global Carbon Project, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Marine and Atmospheric Research, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.

4Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.

5Woods Hole Research Center, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA.

6Department of Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-1053, USA.

7Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0287, USA.

8Tropical Resources Institute, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT 06511, USA.

9Institut 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.

10Met Office Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research, Exeter, Devon EX1 3PB UK.

11Centro de Previsão de Tempo e Estudos Climáticos (CPTEC), Cachoeira Paulista, SP, Brazil.

*Author for correspondence. E-mail: pfrumhoff{at}ucsusa.org

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