There are places to stop along the road to look at the fields and forests down below and far in the distance.
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Thereare also some ecosystems, such as the boreal forests of Canada and Siberia and the Amazon rainforest, which are huge absorbers of carbon dioxide, but which are changing rapidly because of temperature increases and deforestation.
The sad reality is that in many developing countries thereare too many interest groups that view forests as being worth more (to them) dead than alive.