A third of climate emissions could be offset by stopping logging and cutting forest land , which recent estimates suggest could be achieved at a much faster rate than cutting fossil fuels . Conservation ##ist Thomas Lovejoy 's research project in Brazil has shown that the Brazilian Amazon , which has already lost nearly a fifth of its forest cover , is beginning to suffer , as the remaining forest is more fragmented and less continuous . We are still trying to understand what is going on.” " One could reduce total CO2 emissions by about 30 percent , just like the land sector , " said the president of the Woods Hole Research Institute . Brazil recently pledged to achieve " no illegal deforestation in the Amazon by 2030 " but major deforestation will still occur up to that point .
A third of climate emissions could be offset by stopping logging and cutting forest land , which recent estimates suggest could be achieved at a much faster rate than cutting fossil fuels . Conservation ##ist Thomas Lovejoy 's research project in Brazil has shown that the Brazilian Amazon , which has already lost nearly a fifth of its forest cover , is beginning to suffer , as the remaining forest is more fragmented and less continuous . " One could reduce total CO2 emissions by about 30 percent , just like the land sector , " said the president of the Woods Hole Research Institute . Brazil recently pledged to achieve " no illegal deforestation in the Amazon by 2030 " but major deforestation will still occur up to that point .