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This starts you off with a great concept of what is happening to the forests.  The following excerpt is the fourth paragraph down:

"Things have changed, and the change can be summarised in a single word: carbon

. For, as the threat of climate change has become more and more clear, there has been an growing perception that the biggest benefit of all that rainforests provide is their function as a carbon store, and the biggest danger from their destruction is the release of carbon dioxide

into the atmosphere when they are cut down and burnt."