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Investigating the pledge of zero-deforestation

Private companies, governments, indigenous groups and civil society have signed a “zero-deforestation†pledge. What are the chances of success? Is the aim too high, or, in this climate of corporate and government responsibility is this the beginning of a new era in environmental good citizenship? Krystof Obidzinski and Steven Lawry from CIFOR discuss the goals and targets and how the outcomes of the pledge will be judged.

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