Forests Are Key to Climate Protection, UN Says

30 August 2011
The Cambodia Daily
Agriculture and fishing / Aid and development / Development policy and administration / Environment and natural resources
Cambodia / Climate Change / environmental damage / Forests / Greehouse Gas Emissions / MDGs / Sophie Baranes / Tin Ponlok / UN / UN Developmet Programme / UNDP

Destruction of Cambodia’s forests is one of the biggest threats to the country’s ability to effectively deal with the effects of climate change, the UN warned in a new report to be released today. Cambodia is one of the most vulnerable countries in the region when it comes to climate change, and has a “limited adaptive capacity” in dealing with the effects, said Sophie Baranes, UN Development Program deputy country director, who spoke yesterday at a briefing in Phnom Penh. The UNDP and the Ministry of Environment produced the report. (Alice Burke, pg. 32)UNDP, UN, UN Developmet Programme, Cambodia, Forests, Climate Change, Greehouse Gas Emissions, Environmental Damage, Tin Ponlok, Sophie Baranes, Millennium Development Goals, MDGs