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...REDD has its risks. The first is so-called leakage: halting deforestation in one area might simply drive loggers into another. "Permanence is a huge problem," says Kessler of Greenpeace, citing another worry. "How do we know these areas are going to stay protected? What happens if a forest burns to the ground?" A third concern is calculating how much carbon is stored in a forest, and what emissions are actually avoided by preserving it. In September a multinational research team led by French landscape ecologist David Gaveau asserted that the Ulu Masen scheme might not significantly reduce deforestation...
...Politics of Climate Change Greenpeace wants wealthy industrialized nations to pay into a U.N.-run REDD fund that would protect priority areas of deforestation in Indonesia, Congo and the Amazon. A $40 billion - a-year fund "could get us to zero deforestation by 2020 - globally," says Kessler. But will rich nations cough up that much? The U.S., the E.U. and Japan are all "willing to put money on the table" for REDD, he adds. "Just to put it into perspective, $40 billion is about a quarter of what the U.S. gave in bailout funds to one insurance company...
Senior goalie Christina Kessler had 27 saves in the match, bringing her season save percentage to .940. The mark is just below her career percentage of .941, a stat tied for first among all NCAA goalies...
Even with the impressive numbers, Kessler stuck to the basics...
...Kessler and the rest of the Harvard team got the job done on defense and also showed strong play on the opposite side of the ice. Ryabkina recorded one goal and one assist in her first game of the season after coming back from a dislocated knee. Freshmen Josephine Pucci and Jillian Dempsey each contributed a goal and assist of their own, while co-captain Cori Bassett and junior Kate Buesser added assists as well...