Biodiversity's role in climate change

A new study found that the loss of biodiversity can seriously impair a forest’s ability to absorb carbon. Due to be presented at the Climate Change Conference, starting this week in Doha, the report will have far-reaching implications for Hong Kong, which has been reforesting its countryside from once bare and deforested hills of the early 20th century. http://www.dw.de/biodiversity-neglected-in-countdown-to-doha/a-16393875