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UNEP says investment in forestry will pay off
16/11/2009
A report from the United Nations Environment Programme said on Friday that countries which invest money in protecting their natural environments reap the financial benefits later on.
The study has been released less than a month in advance of December’s climate change conference in Copenhagen, at which the world’s leaders are set to agree on policies to reduce climate change.
The report stated that measures to reduce deforestation should be given priority. This is because the destruction of forests is currently responsible for 20 percent of the world’s greenhouse gases. The report supports the introduction of the REDD+ scheme.
The Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) scheme calls for rich nations to reward developing nations through an expanded carbon market, if they take measures to reduce deforestation.
The REDD+ scheme expands the plan to include protection, restoration and sustainable management of forests. In this way, sustainable forestry would be encouraged as a way to prevent deforestation.
Pavan Sukhdev from UNEP said, "REDD+, as well as ecological restoration, need to be given a bit of a fillet through the Copenhagen process. These are the first two steps on the ladder. When these get going then a lot else will fall in place.”
The study has been released less than a month in advance of December’s climate change conference in Copenhagen, at which the world’s leaders are set to agree on policies to reduce climate change.
The report stated that measures to reduce deforestation should be given priority. This is because the destruction of forests is currently responsible for 20 percent of the world’s greenhouse gases. The report supports the introduction of the REDD+ scheme.
The Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) scheme calls for rich nations to reward developing nations through an expanded carbon market, if they take measures to reduce deforestation.
The REDD+ scheme expands the plan to include protection, restoration and sustainable management of forests. In this way, sustainable forestry would be encouraged as a way to prevent deforestation.
Pavan Sukhdev from UNEP said, "REDD+, as well as ecological restoration, need to be given a bit of a fillet through the Copenhagen process. These are the first two steps on the ladder. When these get going then a lot else will fall in place.”
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