Une réunion de l’ONU consacrée au climat se déroule à Poznan (Pologne), du 1er au 12 décembre. Le Centre pour la recherche internationale sur les forêts (Cifor) a attiré l’attention de délégués sur les effets du changement climatique dans les milieux forestiers en termes d’incendies (sécheresse dans les régions montagneuses d’Amérique centrale) et d’inondations (submersion des mangroves en Asie, due à l’élévation du niveau des mers). Un milliard de personnes sont potentiellement concernées, estime le Cifor, qui préconise la sélection d’espèces d’arbres adaptées au changement, la lutte contre de nouveaux insectes parasites et le maintien de couloirs pour permettre aux animaux et aux plantes de migrer.
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2008
3 Considerations for U.N. Negotiators in Poznan
But a new report by the Center for International Forestry Research being released this week makes a new case: that the forests themselves, and about 1 billion people who rely on them, are imperiled by global warming. “Forests will experience an unprecedented combination of flooding, drought, wildfire, and other effects of a warming climate over at least the next 100 years,” as an Environmental News Service report put it.
Changement climatique : Les forêts menacées
L’étude, réalisée par le Centre pour la Recherche internationale sur les forêts (CIFOR) basé à Djakarta, invite les délégués réunis du 1 au 12 décembre à Poznan, en Pologne, pour une réunion de l’Onu consacrée au climat à rechercher de nouvelles manières de protéger les forêts dans les pays en développement. Elle souligne que le changement climatique devrait avoir des impacts allant de la sécheresse dans les forêts des régions montagneuses d’Amérique centrale – ce qui multiplier les incendies de forêt – à l’inondation des mangroves en Asie, due à l’élévation du niveau des mers.
How to insure a tree against going up in smoke: Even conserved forests are at risk of fires, storms, illegal logging.
Forest owners want full access to credits as fast as possible. But insurers suggest that half be retained in buffer funds in case forests vanish in a few decades. If a forest disappeared, the credits in the funds would go to them. “How much land-managers will see of the price is what the excitement is about,” said Frances Seymour, head of the Center for International Forestry Research in Indonesia.
Trying to insure trees to fight warming
But there is wide disagreement on how to assess the risks under the new UN treaty, due to be agreed by end-2009. Forest owners want full access to credits as fast as possible. But insurers suggest that half be retained in buffer funds in case forests vanish in a few decades. If a forest disappeared, the credits in the funds would go to them. “How much land managers will see of the price is what the excitement is about,” said Frances Seymour, head of the Centre for International Forestry Research in Indonesia.
Forests Are Vulnerable to Climate Change Effects
A new report released by Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), a Jakarta-based initiative, urges the leaders of the world to act swiftly for the prevention of global warming, so as to save the world’s forests from threats posed by climate change. The study is addressed to the delegates of the 190 nations meeting in Poznan, Poland, December 1 to 12.
Suomalaistutkija varoittaa: “Pienikin ilmastonmuutos uhkaa metsiä” (Finno scientist warn: Even a small climate change threatens the forests)
Tutkimuksen on tehnyt Jakartassa sijaitseva Kansainvälinen metsäntutkimuskeskus (CIFOR), ja se julkistetaan YK:n ilmastomuutoskokouksessa Poznanissa, Puolassa joulukuun alussa. Suomalainen CIFORin metsäekologi ja akatemiatutkija Markku Kanninen, raportin toinen kirjoittaja, sanoi uutistoimisto Reuterille, että monissa metsissä pienilläkin ilmastonmuutoksilla saattaa olla tuhoisia vaikutuksia.
Insurers uneasy about underwriting trees for carbon credit
Forest owners want full access to credits. But insurers suggest half should be retained in buffer funds in case forests vanish in a few decades. If a forest disappeared, credits in the funds would go to the insurers.”How much land managers will see of the price is what the excitement is about,” said Frances Seymour, the head of the Centre for International Forestry Research in Indonesia. Placing a value on forests could give developing nations in Africa, Latin America and Asia a big incentive to do more to slow rising greenhouse gas emissions. But the economic slowdown may make rich nations reluctant to take part.