10 forests emitting more CO2 emissions - in pictures


  • Leuser Mountain National Park in Aceh, Indonesia, is listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site. Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
    Leuser Mountain National Park in Aceh, Indonesia, is listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site. Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
  • The Rio Platano biosphere reserve in La Mosquitia, Honduras, where the government has begun to evict people deforesting land declared a World Heritage by Unesco in 1980. AFP
    The Rio Platano biosphere reserve in La Mosquitia, Honduras, where the government has begun to evict people deforesting land declared a World Heritage by Unesco in 1980. AFP
  • A couple has their photo taken close to the edge of the Grand Canyon in the southern US. AFP
    A couple has their photo taken close to the edge of the Grand Canyon in the southern US. AFP
  • Visitors enjoy Mirror Lake in Yosemite National Park, California. Getty Images via AFP
    Visitors enjoy Mirror Lake in Yosemite National Park, California. Getty Images via AFP
  • US park rangers hike in Glacier National Park, Montana. Getty Images via AFP
    US park rangers hike in Glacier National Park, Montana. Getty Images via AFP
  • The Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains were recently named a Unesco World Heritage Site. AFP
    The Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains were recently named a Unesco World Heritage Site. AFP
  • Mount Kinabalu in Malaysia, the highest mountain on the island of Borneo, is located in Kinabalu National Park, a Unesco World Nature Heritage Site. Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
    Mount Kinabalu in Malaysia, the highest mountain on the island of Borneo, is located in Kinabalu National Park, a Unesco World Nature Heritage Site. Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
  • The Uvs Nuur Basin in Mongolia and Russia is the northernmost of the enclosed basins of Central Asia. Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
    The Uvs Nuur Basin in Mongolia and Russia is the northernmost of the enclosed basins of Central Asia. Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
  • The Three Sisters, an unusual rock formation, in the Jamison Valley, Australia. Corbis via Getty Images
    The Three Sisters, an unusual rock formation, in the Jamison Valley, Australia. Corbis via Getty Images
  • Freshwater lake in Morne Trois Pitons National Park, Dominica. Reuters
    Freshwater lake in Morne Trois Pitons National Park, Dominica. Reuters