Land conservation steps into limelight as key climate change fix

The way land is used for food production and forestry accounts for about a quarter of planet-warming emissions
By Gregory Scruggs
SAN FRANCISCO, – (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – From U.S. states to retail giant Walmart, governments and businesses pledged to protect natural lands that help brake global warming at an international climate summit this week.
Important ecosystems like Brazil’s Cerrado savanna and Malaysia’s Borneo rainforest also got a boost from donors alloca