Reed Elsevier is pleased to support the Prince’s Rainforest Project’s campaign to halt the destruction of the world’s rainforests.

As detailed in our publications, like Ecosystems Ecology, rainforests play a key role in removing carbon from the atmosphere. Though they cover just 2% of the earth, they store water, regulate rainfall and contain over half the planet's biodiversity. They also absorb almost a fifth of the world’s man-made CO2 emissions every year, yet they are being destroyed at a shocking rate, with tropical deforestation releasing an extra 17% of annual global greenhouse gas emissions.

If nothing changes, 100 million hectares of tropical forests will be destroyed over the next 10 years, an area the size of Egypt.

As a global leader in scientific information, the opinion of our experts is reflected in the Reed Elsevier Climate Change statement which makes clear global warming is happening.

To read more about what Reed Elsevier is doing to help combat climate change, please visit the 2008 Corporate Responsibility Report.