28 October 2009
The Congress sent a strong message on climate change and forests to the upcoming UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen in December. The message stated above all: “Maintaining high carbon stocks by reducing deforestation and forest degradation and promoting the sustainable management of all types of forests, including the conservation of biodiversity, forest protection and restoration, should be amongst the world’s highest priorities for the forestry sector. Sustainable forest management provides an effective framework for forest-based climate change mitigation and adaptation.For forests to fully achieve their potential in addressing the challenges of climate change, forest governance should be improved, financing and capacity building should be enhanced, and processes to empower disenfranchised people, including indigenous peoples and other forest dependent communities, be strengthened.” [ more...]
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28 October 2009
More than 7 000 participants from 160 countries attending the XIII World Forestry Congress in Buenos Aires (18-23 October 2009) have called for the broadest possible coalition to address the many challenges the forestry sector is facing. A final declaration, adopted by the Congress, called for immediate “multi-sector responses” to rapid global changes. “Today, the major pressures on forests are arising from outside the forest sector, such as changes in global climates, economic conditions, and population. These changes are creating impacts across multiple sectors. For example, population growth and migration to cities is creating environmental pressures on forests and farm lands. These changes are occurring more rapidly than they did in the past, creating more uncertainty and larger fluctuations - global economic changes and fuel demands and supplies are examples.The path forward lies in shifting to an integrated landscape approach for confronting these changes, working with partners outside the forest sector to develop sustainable multi-sector responses. The accelerating rate and the dimension of changes in economic, social, and environmental conditions require immediate action.” [ more...]
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28 October 2009
What does financial and economic crisis mean for the forest sector, and what can the sector do to respond? C.T.S. Nair and R. Rutt overview opportunities for creating forestry jobs. T. Presas gives an industry perspective. R. Taylor illustrates impacts of the crisis for wood industry in North America. Subsequent articles examine measures to support forestry’s role in economic renewal in the United States (A.R. Kimbell and H. Brown), South America (I. Tomaselli), India (J.R. Matta), the Philippines (J.L. Atienza, Jr), China (Q. Ma, J. Liu and W. Du), Central Africa (J.C. Tieguhong et al.) and South Africa (R.N. Heath and S. Chipeta). [ more...]
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