Cette conférence, “Forest Day 3”, aura lieu le 13 décembre, en marge du sommet mondial sur le climat qui s’ouvre le même jour dans la capitale danoise. Cette conférence sera organisée conjointement avec le Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), une organisation scientifique mondiale, et d’autres organisations internationales.
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Zambia Abuzz With Plans for Increasing Honey Production
Authorities say current forestry policy is supposed to make resources available for bee keeping and honey making. But they say the policy is outdated and the Department of Forestry is working with the Center for International Forestry Research, or CIFOR, to come up with new guidelines. Dr. Crispen Marunda is CIFOR’s regional coordinator for Eastern and Southern Africa. He says the present day beekeeping industry is loosely organized and that there are no legal or legislative structures to monitor or control it.
Carbono de florestas esbarra em caos fundiário
O trabalho foi coordenado pelo pesquisador Sven Wunder, do Centro Internacional de Pesquisa Florestal (Cifor), com sede na Indonésia. À Folha, ele disse que, apesar dos esforços governamentais, a situação fundiária amazônica ainda é “bastante caótica”.
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De siste skogvoktere. Norske skogmilliarder skal sikre regnskogen i konfliktfylte Amazonas
Indianernes tradisjonelle levesett påvirker miljøet minimalt sammenlignet med de hvite bosetternes fremferd. Forsker Sven Wunder i Senter for internasjonale skogstudier (CIFOR) peker på at de to kulturene innebærer ulike tenkesett, der det for nybyggere gjelder å rydde jord og plassere ut kyr så fort som mulig for å vise at jorda er deres. Han mener at den viktigste drivkraften bak avskogingen i Pará er de mange kvegbøndene. Tømmerhuggerne er bare fortroppen som lager de første veiene i de jomfruelige områdene, og slik åpner skogområdene for at de store ranchene kan flytte etter. Brasil er nå verdens største kjøtteksportør, samtidig som det lokale kjøttinntaket har gått kraftig opp. Presset på skogene bare øker.
WWF Announces Global Partnership for Measuring, Monitoring, Managing Carbon “Carbon Benefits Project” Will Help Ensure Poor, Vulnerable Countries Reap Rewards of Carbon Sequestration
World Wildlife Fund today announced a partnership with Michigan State University, the World Agroforestry Center, and the Center of International Forestry Research to develop an innovative system for measuring, monitoring, and managing carbon in a diverse range of landscapes. The partnership, part of the Global Environment Facility and United Nations Environment Programme’s Carbon Benefits Project, will help enable some of the world’s poorest people in the most vulnerable places to obtain the benefits of carbon sequestration.
The Carbon Benefits Project (CBP) is an innovative solution to a persistent problem: how to measure terrestrial carbon, particularly on complex landscapes.
Rainforests may pump winds worldwide
Doug Sheil and his co-author Daniel Murdiyarso underline the importance of the idea. “Conventional models typically predict a 20 to 30 per cent decline in rainfall after deforestation,” Sheil says. “Makarieva and Gorshkov suggest even localised clearing might ultimately switch entire continental climates from wet to arid, with rainfall declining by more than 95 per cent.”
Revolutionary new theory overturns modern meteorology with claim that forests move rain
According to the Murdiyarso and Sheil’s paper, conventional theories not only don’t explain the connection between forests and rainfall, they have yet to explain fully the actual production of rain across regions. In fact, current understanding “offers no clear explanation for how flat lowlands in continental interiors maintain wet climates,” write Murdiyarso and Sheil, for example the Amazonian interior or the Congo. If one employs only conventional theories that “precipitation should decrease exponentially with distance from the oceans,” all the continents would look like diminishing green spirals from space, with the landscape turning browner and drier closer to the center.
Skema REDD di Simpang Jalan
Hal senada juga dinyatakan oleh pakar perubahan iklim dari Pusat Penelitian Kehutanan Internasional (Cifor) Daniel Mudyarso. Menurut dia, skema REDD jangan hanya ditujukan untuk mengurangi emisi dari deforestasi dan degradasi hutan saja. Melainkan juga secara komprehensif harus diarahkan untuk mencapai tujuan yang lebih hakiki yaitu pengelolaan hutan lestari dan peningkatan kesejahteraan masyarakat. “REDD harus memiliki maksud yang lebih mendasar dalam kaitannya dengan tata kelola kehutanan yang baik,” kata dia.