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Media Release: Deforestation & Climate Change

Frances Seymour, Director General of the Center for International Forestry Research, in the small forest surrounding the center’s headquarters in Bogor, Indonesia. Photo Eko Prianto, 2007.

International efforts to assist developing countries fight climate change by reducing deforestation can succeed, but will require time, money and a willingness to take often politically difficult decisions, according to the head of a leading international forest think-tank.  Frances Seymour, Director General of the Indonesia-headquartered Center for International Forestry Research, is an invited speaker at the Australian Government’s international High-Level Meeting on Forests and Climate, Sydney, July 23 – 25.

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