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PARIS, March 11 (UPI) -- France's expertise in science and forestry makes it the best nation to lead the world's fight against deforestation, the French ecology minister says.
Jean-Louis Borloo says France intends to play a major role in saving the world's forests, Radio France Internationale reports.
Borloo made the comments ahead of the opening of an international conference on deforestation in Paris Thursday that drew representatives of more than 40 countries.
The purpose of the summit is to reduce deforestation in poor nations by half by the year 2020.
The plan will be financed by aid from rich countries or carbon trading, officials say.
Critics say carbon trading would amount to giving rich countries a license to pollute.
A follow-up to Thursday's Paris meeting is planned for Oslo in May.
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