"Vegetation, it seems, releases methane - not just when it rots, but under normal conditions. And it's no small amount either - between 10 and 30 per cent of all the methane pumped into the atmosphere... methane... is a more potent greenhouse gas than CO2. Time to rethink the Kyoto rules, then." (New Scientist)

"It is tempting to conclude from this new study that in some way we have been conned into thinking that trees were great for the planet when it turns out they might be helping to cause global warming. In fact, of course, trees are neither good nor bad. They are just there, and if they are producing methane now they always have been in natural conditions. " (BBC)

"...in a warming world, forests should be reduced, rather than extended." (Corriere.it *winner)