Africa: Tackling Deforestation Must Be Key Focus in Fight Against Climate Change

While the global community is fighting wars on many fronts, the Commonwealth Secretary-General has said that there is no greater fight than climate change, "where the battle for the forest represents the front line, and the very thick of the action." "We know that by protecting forests from deforestation and degradation, and by restoring forests that have been lost, we can make a huge contribution to the global effort to avoid catastrophic climate change,"