mongabay.com December 03, 2012
The groups, led by Winrock International and Woods Hole Research Center, conclude that carbon dioxide emissions from tropical deforestation during the period averaged three billion (800 million tons of carbon) tons per year, with an error range of 1.1 billion tons. The consensus is important because two groups earlier this year published academic papers that initially seemed to offer starkly different estimates on emissions. However once timeframes, differences in methodologies, and disparities in data sets were considered, the results were "remarkably consistent," according to a joint statement issued by the groups.