My last stop in Indonesia is the Center for International Forestry Research, a serene, wooded compound where more than 100 top scientists are working out ways to protect the world’s forests and their peoples. Researcher Herry Purnomo is part of an international team that has devised a plan to pay developing countries to leave the trees standing. Known as the Reducing Emissions From Deforestation and Degradation initiative, the program is projected to cost a mere $12 billion annually worldwide—not bad considering that the US government has spent $126 billion on post-Katrina reconstruction. But international agencies and Western governments have promised only $1 billion so far—”nowhere near what there needs to be,” Purnomo says with frustration.

Oft verlieren gerade die Kleinbauern ihre Rechte, warnt die IFAD. “In Indonesien hat der Streit über Landbesitz zu Konflikten, Einschüchterung, Verhaftungen, Folter und Todesopfern geführt”, klagt ein Bericht des Center for International Forestry Research.

Il Centro Internazionale per la Ricerca Forestale (CIFOR) conferma: “ci sono ben poche prove circa la capacità delle piantagioni di legno nell’alleviare in qualche modo la pressione sulle foreste naturali”. In realtà avviene il contrario: le piantagioni sono uno dei motori della deforestazione, come nel caso di Brasile e Indonesia. La stessa Fao ammette che la distruzione delle foreste procede al ritmo allarmante di 13 milioni di ettari l’anno, ossia non accenna a calare. E questo avviene anche a causa dell’espansione delle piantagioni.

An international team of scientists, including researchers from the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), has discovered that rain forest trees are getting bigger, storing more carbon from the atmosphere and slowing climate change. According to the findings, tropical trees in undisturbed forests around the world are absorbing nearly a fifth of the carbon-dioxide (C02) released by burning fossil fuels. That is significantly more than the greenhouse gas emissio ns produced by the world’s transport sector.

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The management of the Gunung Halimun Salak National Park in Bogor will allow local farmers to tap pine trees as a way to minimize destruction in the conservation park. “We have also involved CIFOR *Center for International Forestry Research* to monitor the activities for six months and to research the tapping spots,” Bambang told The Jakarta Post.

Les liens entre la lutte contre la pauvreté et la protection des forêts sont si importants que le Vietnam compte reboiser 43% de sa superficie d’ici 2010, a souligné Hua Duc Nhi, vice-ministre de l’Agriculture et du Développement rural lors d’un colloque national de 3 jours à Hanoi qui prend fin aujourd’hui. M. Nhi a estimé qu’il était évident que la conservation et le développement des forêts contribueraient à atténuer les effets négatifs du changement climatique et de la dégradation de l’environnement. D’après lui, 85% des réserves naturelles du pays se trouvent dans des régions pauvres. Placé sous le thème “Lier protection des forêts, développement économique et réduction de la pauvreté – défis et méthodes”, ce colloque est organisé par le Centre international de recherche en agroforesterie (ICRAF), le Centre international de recherche sur les forêts (CIFOR) et le Programme de soutien au secteur forestier (FSSP).

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