Deforestation Crisis and Successful Conservation Efforts

From the BBC World Service: China might not be the first country you think of when it comes to the Arctic, but it’s staking a claim, calling itself a near-Arctic state. We'll hear how the Arctic has become a battleground for territory, trade and power. Plus, new research shows tropical forests are being lost at an alarming rate, but there’s currently no economic model that incentivizes farming communities to preserve them.