WHATEVER else historians say about the Copenhagen talks on climate change, they may be remembered as a time when the world concluded that it must protect forests, and pay for them.

• 不管历史学家们对于在哥本哈根会谈气候变暖方面说些什么别的，本次盛会可能因全球对必须保护森林并付出代价达成共识，而被历史铭记。