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Rainforest Deforestation
Anaïs Boussié
Diane Cazal
Aliette Harriz
Aymeric Malfait
Where are rainforest located?
The Canopy
The canopy may be 100 feet above the ground.
RAINFORESTS HELP STABILZE CLIMATE.
Coral reefs off Cancun, Mexico.
Rainforests and coral reefs both have critical roles in the global environment
RAINFORESTS HELP MAINTAIN THE WATER CYCLE
RAINFORESTS REDUCE EROSION
Deforestation in Madagascar makes the rivers run red from soil eroded off deforested hills.
WHY ARE RAINFORESTS BEING DESTROYED?
LOGGING AND TIMBER HARVESTING AGRICULTURE CATTLE ROAD CONSTRUCTION THE ROLE OF POVERTY BIOFUELS
CARBON TRADING AND UN-REDD
Tropical deforestation is responsible for approximately 20% of world greenhouse gas emissions.
COP3 : 2001, Kyoto Protocol
COP11, 2005, Montreal Meeting
COP13, 2007, Bali UNFCCC Meeting
COP15, 2009, Copenhagen, Conference of the parties of the UNFCCC
COP16, 2010, Cancun Summit.
MAIN ACTORS
Private sector NGO’s, development agencies, research institutes…
International organizations: World Banks’s forest Carbon Partnership Facility
UN-REDD program, Forest initiative
The World Bank: created a $300 million fund called Forest Carbon Partnership Facility.
UND, UNEP, FAO set up the UN-REDD program allocated to developing countries $48,3 million.
KEY ISSUES
The structure of funding mechanisms
Setting reference levels to measure the reduction in emissions
Distribution of benefits
HOW TO ADRESS DEFORESTATION?
Poor farmersPermaculture
Industrial/commercial developers:
use natural pest control and fertilizers
leave strips of forest as corridors linking sections of
How to restore and rehabilitate ecosystems ?
increase and sustain the productivity of farms, pastures, plantations, and scrub
restore species and ecosystems to degraded habitats.
How to find funds for the rainforest conservation efforts ?
Ecotourism Bio-prospecting fees Carbon credits Corporate sponsorship
Once funding is in place, the next steps:
Increase surveillance of and patrols in protected areas.
Build research facilities for training local scientists and guides.
Involve indigenous people Compensate displaced
people. Establish programs that
promote sustainable use.
CONCLUSION
Reference
UN-REDD UNFCCC The Economist Mongabay