Every year, some thirteen million hectares of forest are destroyed - that's the surface area of one soccer pitch per second. For years, there was no economic incentive to protect the world's forests. But that is set to change: under the UN program REDD+ or Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation, wealthy industrial nations pay for forests to be replanted in developing countries or for measures to prevent deforestation in the first place. Global 3000 takes a closer look.