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Scientific Summary No. 42, 2008
An international conference on “Forests, Bioenergy and Climate Change� was held from 25-26 March 2008 in Casablanca, Morocco. The following issues were on the agenda: Forests and Development; Bioenergy; Climate Change; and Adaptation to Climate Change. The Conference focused on the current state of knowledge of climate change conditions in different regions of the world, and the impacts of these conditions on forest management and conservation. It also discussed the topics of energy and bioenergy consumption, as well as the role of forests in the mitigation of global warming, through carbon sequestration.
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Forests, Bioenergy and Climate Change
By Mohammed Ellatifi, IUFRO General Board Member
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