As in most central African countries, Congo's deforestation is currently minor, caused largely by small-scale shifting cultivation and over-harvesting of wood for fuel.

ECONOMIST: Seeing the wood

Can we achieve it, as suggested in a recent New York Times story, through a cultivation of experiences over the acquisition of things?

FORBES: Happiness Is Hard Work

In Brazil Renuka has control over cane as it can undertake sugarcane cultivation-- Equipav owns 272, 000 acres (110, 000 hectares) of sugarcane plantations.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Peatland can store over 5, 000 tonnes of carbon per hectare, and when drained for cultivation emits it for decades.

ECONOMIST: Tropical forests�� best hope

That was partly because more land was taken into cultivation, but also because yields per hectare rose by some 17% over this period, according to the Rural Society, a farmers' lobby.

ECONOMIST: Use your brains