THE UN Climate Change Conference in Bali in December managed to produce a Bali Road Map, but the targeted greenhouse emission reduction by up to 40 percent for developed countries was not included in the Map. The US, Canada, Japan, and Australia were the major obstacles.

The REDD (Reduce Emission from Deforestation and Degradation) scheme to give incentive to forested countries was agreed upon but conservation aspects entered the scheme in the s