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TUBE-ing with TESEO: Treaty officials assess how space could help
 
12 February 2003

Father and daughter enjoy a ride on a tube sled

Credits: AP Photo/Stephen Chernin
 
  TESEO pilot projects
 
Wetlands area
Wetlands are an important ecological resource under threat
 
  Forest inventories for Kyoto
 
Deforestation in tropical rainforests accounts for as much as 20 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Around 25 billion tonnes of extra carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere annually by human activities, mainly through burning of fossil fuels, land clearance and wildfires.
 
  Fighting desertification with better information
 
Sandstorm in China April 2001
(Photo: UNCCD Secretariat)
 
  TESEO as a catalyst
 
Poster of TESEO
 
 
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