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Deforestation and forest degradation are significant causes of climate change, accounting for nearly 20 percent of greenhouse gas emissions every year. Accelerating deforestation also threatens the world’s biodiversity, imperils the 60 million indigenous people who are entirely dependent upon forests for their physical, cultural and spiritual needs and disadvantages some 1.6 billion people who are heavily reliant on forests and other trees.