The Kyoto protocol signed in 1997 required 37 counties to cut there carbon emissions. A loophole in this agreement did not count carbon from bio energy. Countries seeking to boost their bioenergy production deforested their land to plant crops for biofuel. Several scientists point out that this does not help reduce the carbon in the atmosphere. By deforesting, you cut down forests that intake carbon and replace biofuel that intake and outtake carbon. The scientists hope to prove their point and cause world leaders to amend the Kyoto protocol when a climate treaty is signed in Copenhagen summit in December.
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