That is why the UK and Australia are committed to scaling up financing - not just after 2012, but now, and why we are supporting the establishment of new funds administered by the World Bank for clean technologies, sustainable forestry, and for adaptation to climate change.
We were at the dark heart of what Oliver was later to call "the locust years" (he loved a good epigram) when the forestry sector was trashing native woodland, and the subtext of the conference was a subtly orchestrated counter-attack by British ecologists, a bid to rehabilitate the national tree.
The prime minister also announced the creation of a forestry industry advisory council, currently being finalised by the government, to provide information on the sector.
Hunt has also exempted Western Australia from federal conservation laws in order to allow the state to cull the protected great white shark and has requested that Unesco remove 74,000 hectares of Tasmanian forest from its world heritage list to allow logging, even though the state's forestry industry is against the move.
Consider the offence that might be caused to, say, a Sandringham forestry foreman, forced to share an honour with Sir David Manning.
Tasmanian campaigners also successfully lobbied international customers of logging companies Gunns and Ta Ann during the long-running dispute over the state's forestry industry.
In October 2013, it stopped monitoring some industries including forestry or apprenticeships and contract cleaning in the food industry –when it should be expanding to include sectors with the worst working conditions.
The forestry industry has said it does not want the World Heritage listing revoked, due to the difficulty of selling timber from a previously protected area.
"This is a purely political stunt aimed at tearing up the goodwill and the good progress that's been made between hostile adversaries in the forestry debate".
"The Coalition's forestry policy will create a truly sustainable forestry industry for Tasmania, providing dividends for the environment, the community and the industry".
According to CAT, Australia uses complicated rules around the way that land-clearing is included in the greenhouse gas accounting system – known as land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) – to make it appear that cuts will be met.
