Another result of this study, reports Anthony Watts atWattsUpWithThat.com, is that emissions from deforestation, caused inlarge part by the clearing of forest land to grow allegedlyplanet-saving biofuels, may have been grossly overestimated. Thisfinding agrees with results published in November in the journal NatureGeoscience by a team led by Guido van der Werf from VU University inAmsterdam. It reanalyzed deforestation data and concluded thatresulting emissions have been overestimated by a factor of two.