the giz's project leaders had to turn down many smaller pacific nations. their forested areas are just too tiny to make the redd initiative worthwhile. but all parties agree that, as the biggest polluters, the industrialized countries have an obligation to act. >> now, it is a moral and an ethical question. you don't have to be told. if you know you are partly responsible for it, you must play your role. and i don't think you need to be told to do that. a sustainable lumber harvest. this dakua makadre tree is worth some 4000 euros by itself. for the redd program, every single tree is measured to help determine the forest's total carbon stock and protect it from deforestation. and to calculate the exact number of carbon credits. >> redd is a very, very good concept, and if it fails, then i would say it's not because of the projects here, but because of the lack of political consensus worldwide, and because the funding that was promised isn't paid out properly. as i see it, i'd say that's the crucial point. >> the head of the forest can do nothing but wait an

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(laughter) also, john, what's an or owe without the chocolate cookie? just a gross white gizrter. >> jon: not eating those anymore. >> hmm mmm! >> jon: that's ridiculous. they have black people in the united kingdom. >> yeah, they have food there, too, but no one's exactly raving about it. jon, they went to a one-man show. even martin luther king wouldn't sit through some dude's one-man show. they were in town for three days, they saw more black people than i do, and i live in the apollo theater. (laughter) >> jon: you live in the apollo theater? >> yeah, john, it's rent-controlled. >> jon: i didn't know that. but, look, the timing of the trip is perfect. they saw just how mad black people have been the last few weeks and knew it was time to pounce. i mean, look at the shirt william wore in brooklyn. (laughter) >> jon: i don't understand why you seem bothered by all this. did you want them to pick you? >> no, i just wanted them to watch my one-woman show -- jessica williams and will and kate plus mate. >> jon: i'm sorry that didn't pan out. >> me, too. >> jon: i'll hang out w

germany's development agency giz is supporting the research. >> you would need - i would say - at leastnother 2 degrees of temperature change and in a region of about 5 to ten percent reduction of the rainfall. if you are looking at that kind of a scenario; that - i would think - is going to start having an adverse effect on the afromontane forest. >> continuous forest used to stretch across the cape region, rich in indigenous species such as the yellowwood. now, there are just a few separate patches of forest left. on large plantations, foreign species prevail. if their forest habitats are further reduced, the cape parrots might be wiped out. their food of choice is already hard to find... because countless yellowwood trees, once very abundant, have been felled. this fine specimen is one thousand years old. the forests were full of mature yellowwoods until the commercial loggers came. yellowwood trees are now rare -- and their fruit as well. for centuries now, their timber has been much in demand. >> yellowwoods were part of the industrial revolution in south africa. millions of these

the trick now is how to spread this success to the rest of mainland new zealand. [ ♪ theme ] >>> hello i'm richard gizerg, and you are at "listening post". here are some of the stories we've been covering. one of the biggest is from sydney. did it merit the news merit is received. the latest is the show down. a tabloid reporters revenge. a film with journalist behaving badly. a blackout that never happened and a light show we seldom see >>> breaking news and live reporting often do not sit well together. when news of the hostage taking in sydney broke, reporters were scrambling for the scratch. they heeded requests to hold back some of the information. one exception was the daily telegraph. and screamed that the country would never be the same. it's opened by australia's rupert murdoch. the siege in sydney and the coverage echoed what happened in ottawa about six weeks before. both stories were about one-armed men acting alone as opposed it a wider conspiracy, and both accompanied by news coverage disproportionate in editorial tone and volume. that's what happens when the gunman is a muslim and the is

the tools to move forward. >>> you're doing your holiday shopping and looking for stocking stuffers. >> whether you're finishing your gift list or just getting started, our giziz has the latest and greatest. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" now continues ♪ >>> if you are making your list and checking it twice, there's a good chance you've still got some work to do. even if you are thinking you're done, our giz wiz dick debartolo is here. good morning. so glad you're here. >> we have some fun stuff. everything is $25 and under. we have wacky tivities kinetic sand. >> i hate sandboxes. they are so messy. >> i'm going to give you this to play with in your hands. you can play with it, but it does not stick to you. already she's making -- she made a fish. >> whoa. >> that's what the fish looks like. as you notice, it sticks to itself, but not to your hands. >> i love this. this whole kit is under 20 bucks and you get the four little molds. and that's kinetic sand kit. now i need your help on this and need to turn my phone on. these are called jingle balls. we'll call then ornaments. they are blue tooth enabled holiday instruments.

i'll be back in a few moment's time. [ ♪ theme ] >>> hello i'm richard giz berg, and you are at "listening post". here are some of theies we've been covering. one of the biggest is from sydney.

the ability to navigate among these stars is invaluable to astronomers, but even to a casual observer it's pretty mind-blowing. [ ♪ theme ] >>> hello i'm richard gizerg, and you are at "listeni p