Greenpeace urged industrialised nations to set up an international fund to fight deforestation but warned it would require at least 30 billion dollars torun per year.

The primary strategy of the fund would be to see rich nations give poorer ones money to preserve their natural forests instead of felling trees to create farmland.

Greenpeace asked that its proposal be made part of a blueprint for fighting deforestation in negotiations for a post-2012 climate deal.

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