Rainforest Deforestation

Anaïs Boussié

Diane Cazal

Aliette Harriz

Aymeric Malfait

Where are rainforest located?

The Canopy

The canopy may be 100 feet above the ground.

RAINFORESTS HELP STABILZE CLIMATE.

Coral reefs off Cancun, Mexico.

Rainforests and coral reefs both have critical roles in the global environment

RAINFORESTS HELP MAINTAIN THE WATER CYCLE

RAINFORESTS REDUCE EROSION

Deforestation in Madagascar makes the rivers run red from soil eroded off deforested hills.

WHY ARE RAINFORESTS BEING DESTROYED?

LOGGING AND TIMBER HARVESTING AGRICULTURE CATTLE ROAD CONSTRUCTION THE ROLE OF POVERTY BIOFUELS

CARBON TRADING AND UN-REDD

Tropical deforestation is responsible for approximately 20% of world greenhouse gas emissions.

COP3 : 2001, Kyoto Protocol

COP11, 2005, Montreal Meeting

COP13, 2007, Bali UNFCCC Meeting

COP15, 2009, Copenhagen, Conference of the parties of the UNFCCC

COP16, 2010, Cancun Summit.

MAIN ACTORS

Private sector NGO’s, development agencies, research institutes…

International organizations: World Banks’s forest Carbon Partnership Facility

UN-REDD program, Forest initiative

The World Bank: created a $300 million fund called Forest Carbon Partnership Facility.

UND, UNEP, FAO set up the UN-REDD program allocated to developing countries $48,3 million.

KEY ISSUES

The structure of funding mechanisms

Setting reference levels to measure the reduction in emissions

Distribution of benefits

HOW TO ADRESS DEFORESTATION?

Poor farmersPermaculture

Industrial/commercial developers:

use natural pest control and fertilizers

leave strips of forest as corridors linking sections of

How to restore and rehabilitate ecosystems ?

increase and sustain the productivity of farms, pastures, plantations, and scrub

restore species and ecosystems to degraded habitats.

How to find funds for the rainforest conservation efforts ?

Ecotourism Bio-prospecting fees Carbon credits Corporate sponsorship

Once funding is in place, the next steps:

Increase surveillance of and patrols in protected areas.

Build research facilities for training local scientists and guides.

Involve indigenous people Compensate displaced

people. Establish programs that

promote sustainable use.

CONCLUSION

Reference

UN-REDD UNFCCC The Economist Mongabay