Buffer zone project becomes first gold level REDD project in Africa
Primary goal of 50% reduction in deforestation removed from draft agreement
Decline provides opportunity to focus on deforestation in others areas
Conservation of boreal forests as important as tropical in climate change negotiations.
Global deal on deforestation lacks the rules to enforce forest protection
Photo gallery of the impact of deforestation in Sumatra
Current REDD negotiating terms could cause the destruction of natural forest rather than protect them