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UNEP supports Indian stand on forestry
07/12/2009
The UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) has announced that it supports India’s call for developing countries to be paid for increasing the amount of land that is forested.
The UNEP’s special team for calculating the value of forests is headed up by Pavan Sukhdev. He explained: “If countries can be paid for reducing deforestation, they must be paid for adding to the area under forests.”
This week's climate change conference in Copenhagen is scheduled to discuss the concept of payment for forests. Forests absorb 20 per cent of the CO2 that causes climate change and the potential is for them to absorb much more if the number of forests are increased.
The addition of UNEP’s support to the payment for forestry concept is likely to strengthen the plan. Currently, the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degredation (REDD) plan is struggling to attract support from developed nations.
The climate summit, which begins today in Copenhagen, is intended to get leaders from around the world to agree on carbon emission reduction schemes. Countries that have large areas of forests could be able to produce more carbon under the agreements, which could see the value of forests increase.
The UNEP’s special team for calculating the value of forests is headed up by Pavan Sukhdev. He explained: “If countries can be paid for reducing deforestation, they must be paid for adding to the area under forests.”
This week's climate change conference in Copenhagen is scheduled to discuss the concept of payment for forests. Forests absorb 20 per cent of the CO2 that causes climate change and the potential is for them to absorb much more if the number of forests are increased.
The addition of UNEP’s support to the payment for forestry concept is likely to strengthen the plan. Currently, the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degredation (REDD) plan is struggling to attract support from developed nations.
The climate summit, which begins today in Copenhagen, is intended to get leaders from around the world to agree on carbon emission reduction schemes. Countries that have large areas of forests could be able to produce more carbon under the agreements, which could see the value of forests increase.
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