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Saving rainforests needs both property rights and paymentsStill PicturesFORESTS lock up a lot of carbon. Cutting them down accounts for around 20% of the world’s emissions of greenhouse gases. O

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The prime minister’s survival is probably bad news for his party, but not necessarily for his countryReutersGORDON BROWN may lack the political graces but one quality he has in abundance: sheer