AIDESEP and Rainforest Foundation Norway welcome the deforestation deal signed between Norway, Germany, and Peru, but warn that Peru must improve its “policy and practices on forests and indigenous peoples’ rights”.
Tag: Deforestation
The New York Declaration on Forests: An agreement to continue deforestation until 2030
How the New York Declaration on Forests came from Davos to New York, via Washington. But skipped Brasilia.
Don’t plant trees to address climate change. Instead, leave fossil fuels in the ground
Last week, the New York Times published an article that argues that, “The science says that spending precious dollars for climate change mitigation on forestry is high-risk”. It is written by Nadine Unger, an assistant professor of atmospheric chemistry at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University.
“Ebola is winning.” Liberia appeals for urgent help battling the disease that has West Africa under siege
Liberia’s defence minister, Brownie Samukai, told the UN Security Council this week that Ebola is “spreading like wildfire”. The international response so far has been slow and inadequate.
“Deforestation is inevitable.” Indonesia promises to deforest another 14 million hectares in the next six years
“Deforestation is inevitable,” Hadi Daryanto, secretary-general of Indonesia’s Forestry Ministry, said in August 2014. He told the Jakarta Post that the government would go ahead with its plans to clear 14 million hectares of “degraded” forest.