A new report has determined that setting up legal rights for forest-dwelling peoples costs little, and can make a big difference to efforts aimed at reducing deforestation.
A new report has determined that setting up legal rights for forest-dwelling peoples costs little, and can make a big difference to efforts aimed at reducing deforestation.
Supporting the rights of the world’s forest-dwelling peoples has long been seen as an essential part of reducing deforestation. Yet policymakers have been unwilling to take on the economic and political costs of enforcing these rights.
Carbon Stored in Trees and Forests can Prevent Deforestation
The researchers claim that the emerging market for carbon credits has the potential to radically alter that equation.
The researchers claim that the emerging market for carbon credits has the potential to radically alter that equation.
The study was launched today at the Rights, Forests and Climate Change conference in Oslo, Norway.
It estimates that just 3.35 dollars per hectare could implement legal and regulatory frameworks ensuring land ownership and habitation rights for forest communities.
Non-native Trees Invading a Rainforest can Change Forest Ecology
Non-native trees dominating a rainforest can change its basic ecology — rendering it less friendly to the countless plant and animal species that depend on its resources.
Non-native trees dominating a rainforest can change its basic ecology — rendering it less friendly to the countless plant and animal species that depend on its resources.
By comparison, the estimated costs of setting up and implementing the REDD programme could be up to 3,500 dollars per hectare each year for the next 22 years.
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Role of Climate Change in Siberian Forest Fires Explored
Researchers at the university of Leicester have found that changing climate is contributing to forest fires in Central Siberia.
Researchers at the university of Leicester have found that changing climate is contributing to forest fires in Central Siberia.
"There is strong evidence that local people are good at forestry management. So even if REDD does not come about, if you at least recognize people’s rights you will get a good outcome and reduced emissions," he added.
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Global Warming Can Increase Crop Damage And Forest Devastation
Increasing temperatures round the globe can increase insect assault on plants and forests confirm research teams of California, Santa Barbara, and Wesleyan Universities.
Increasing temperatures round the globe can increase insect assault on plants and forests confirm research teams of California, Santa Barbara, and Wesleyan Universities.
Under the programme, governments would be paid by the international community to preserve forests in global efforts to combat climate change.
But campaigners have warned that unless the proposals take greater account of the rights of forest-dwelling communities to live, manage and take resources from the land, the plans will fail, and could provoke corruption and land grabs.
According to Erik Solheim, Norway’s environment and international development minister, "Indigenous peoples are rightly concerned about how these new investments could affect their access to the forests that they depend on for their livelihoods."
"These rights need to be respected, not just for moral reasons, although that is vital. It is also a matter of pragmatism and effectiveness," he added.
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