Down by the rushing stream, banks of wild yellow irises shimmered inthe twilight, and up inthe vaulted corridor that the tracks cut through thetrees, the mild June air was filled with twinkling green fireflies.
But talk of financial incentives for forest-owners to preserve their trees is intheair, and a deal may be struck at the United Nations climate-change meeting being held in Copenhagen in December.
The scent of wild mint hangs intheair as we pass dusky ravines where baboons swing from the fig trees, swerving past brilliant white bones stripped of flesh by vultures.