Aftenposten: “This is fantastic,” said an enthusiastic Lars Haltbrekken of Norway’s chapter of Friends of the Earth (Naturvernforbund). He has earlier criticized the government for failing to come up with sufficient concrete measures to halt global warming. Rainforest preservation is viewed as an important means of reducing carbon emissions, because it can halt the burning that often comes with deforestation. Some experts claim that stopping the destruction of the world’s rainforests is …