Wahana Lingkungan Hidup (Walhi) mengkritik inisiatif restorasi lahan berbasis bentangan alam yang dilakukan oleh sektor swasta karena dilakukan di luar area konsesi mereka yang selama ini memiliki titik api. Hal itu terkait dengan berlangsungnya The Global Landscape Forum dalam salah satu acara dalam KTT Perubahan Iklim di Paris, Prancis. Walhi menyatakan sedikitnya terdapat lima provinsi yang melakukan restorasi lahan yakni Sumatra Selatan, Riau, Jambi, Kalimantan Barat dan Kalimantan Timur.
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2015
Indigenous people keep carbon locked in forests
Indigenous people prevent carbon emissions through their stewardship of forests and pristine environments, a side event at the COP 21 summit heard. A study presented at COP 21’s Global landscapes forum showed that indigenous people oversee around a fifth of the world’s carbon stock, in the form of tropical forests.
Adapt to Survive
Unprecedented forest fires have been tearing through Indonesia since September, affecting vast swaths of the country’s population — not to mention its valuable ecosystems. The country’s Center for International Forestry Research projects a final cost of $14 billion in losses to agriculture, forestry, tourism, and transport. Not to mention an increasing burden on Indonesia’s public health system as a result of the estimated one and a half billion metric tons of CO₂ which have clouded the atmosphere up to 9 November.
Resilience of African landscapes NEPAD launches initiative for restoration
The Global Landscape Forum organized alongside the UNFCCC-COP in Paris, hosted the launch, and created a platform for positioning landscapes in the new international agreements on climate and sustainable development. While the initial focus of the initiative is sub-Saharan Africa (s-SA), the programme aims to expand globally in order to draw synergies, and share experiences with other regions.
Kenya among 10 African countries that have pledged to restore forests
Kenya is among 10 African countries that have committed to restore 100 million hectares of degraded and deforested landscapes by 2030. In the pledges dubbed AFR100 (African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative), Kenya is among the countries that have committed to restore about 31.7 million hectares. The announcement was made during the Global Landscapes Forum at the Conference of Parties (COP21) in Paris.
The Heat: COP21 close to an agreement
The Conference of Parties – or COP21 – is trying to seal agreement to keep temperature rises in check and avoid dangerous global warming. Joining The Heat to continue the discussion is:Louis Verchot, the Director of Environmental Research at the Center for International Forestry Research.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Just Said Africa Can Lead On Climate Change. Here’s how.
Interview with Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala following after Global Landscapes Forum 2015. The interview emphasized the need for public funding and investments in landscape restoration and conservation. Urbanisation has been named a major source of land degradation, but economists agree that there is a positive connection between urbanisation and economic growth, especially for developing countries.
Ein teures Durcheinander
Hunderte Milliarden Franken sollen fliessen, um die Zerstörung der Böden zu verhindern. Doch wohin fliesst das Geld? Zwei Schweizer Forscher versuchen jetzt, Ordnung in das Chaos zu bringen. Das musste auch der Chef des UNO-Umweltprogrammes, Achim Steiner, in seiner Schlussrede am Global Land- scapes Forum 2015 eingestehen. An der Veranstaltung, die mitten in Paris im Palais de Congrès stattfand, ging es um die Zukunft der Landwirtschaft, des Bodens, der Wiesen und Wälder. Sie sind laut Sekretariat der UNO-Konvention gegen die Wüstenbildung (UNCCD) ein Puzzlestein, der noch fehlt, um die Emissionen an Treibhausgasen zu senken. The news also published in Tagesanzeiger.ch