Deforestation

Combating deforestation and forest degradation

So clearly there was a problem with deforestation.

Underlying causes of deforestation are complex and varied.

Conversely, deforestation can contribute to land degradation and desertification.

In the last years of 1980's the annual deforestation rate was estimated at 0.8 and deforestation covered 120ha, whereas reforestation was only of about 4,000 ha year.

And here the light green are areas of massive deforestation.

The deforestation, the growth of human populations, needing more land.

Every year we lose 50 thousand square miles in deforestation.

Another global consequence of deforestation is loss of biological diversity.

Seven Parties proposed projects to slow deforestation and assist regeneration.

And finally, there's deforestation, and there's emission of methane from agriculture.

Palm oil production is the leading cause of deforestation in Indonesia.

(g) Perverse subsidies and their impact on deforestation and forest degradation

Measures taken to combat deforestation and forest degradation include the development and implementation of national forest programmes (and similar frameworks), management guidelines, financial encouragement, removal of perverse incentives for deforestation and public information campaigns.

The challenges of the alarming rate of deforestation and forest degradation remain serious.

Also, there is evidence that combating deforestation stems the spread of harmful pathogens.

We've done this for a very difficult case, which was for deforestation in China.

And we don't have any industry at all it's only because of this deforestation.

This encourages unsustainable practices, hampers financing for sustainable forest management and contributes to deforestation.

In many countries, causes of deforestation are related to more fundamental issues such as poverty.

Furthermore, deforestation is often linked with a failure to recognize the full value of forests.

The deforestation, especially for oil palm, to provide biofuel for Western countries is what's causing these problems.

Invites the Global Environment Facility to strengthen the focal area of land degradation, primarily desertification and deforestation

Visible, near infrared and short wave infrared images had shown significant environmental damage as a result of deforestation.

4. Invites the Global Environment Facility to strengthen the focal area of land degradation, primarily desertification and deforestation

6. Invites the Global Environment Facility to strengthen the focal area of land degradation, primarily desertification and deforestation

I'm going to skip through some of the objections because I don't have answers to why there's deforestation.

Burning wood in pre industrial Western Europe caused massive deforestation, as is occurring in much of the developing world today. The indoor air pollution that biomass produces kills more than three million people annually. Likewise, modern energy crops increase deforestation, displace agriculture, and push up food prices.

Green carbon, which is the deforestation and agricultural emissions, and blue carbon together comprise 25 percent of our emissions.

Despite some positive trends, there remains a need for continued action to combat deforestation and forest degradation in many countries.

In many Parties (China India, Malawi, Zambia and others), there is high dependence on biomass energy, which contributes to deforestation.

to be completed (Agenda item 5) Reducing emissions from deforestation in developing countries approaches to stimulate action (Agenda item 6)

Other significant environmental problems include land degradation caused by deforestation and inappropriate agricultural practices, water loss, and mangrove clearance for aquaculture.

(c) Getting a better understanding of the causes of deforestation and illegal activities and helping develop solutions based on this understanding.

Despite substantial progress in the formulation and implementation of national forest policies, deforestation and forest degradation continue at an alarming rate.

Another programme, a pilot initiative, aims to stem deforestation in Brazil and contributes to the development of regional climate change models.

Address underlying causes of deforestation and forest degradation, including the need for the readjustment of financial flows and the reduction of consumption.

The poor usually depend on the production and sale of firewood and charcoal as sources of income and this leads to deforestation.

Brazil has reduced deforestation rates in the Amazon by roughly 80 since 2005, and Norway s pledge of 1 billion is helping to achieve further reductions. Brazil s efforts have led to perhaps the biggest emission reduction of any country in the world at a time when deforestation accounts for around 15 of global greenhouse gas emissions.

Will we, then, manage to sign a legal and binding agreement in Cancún? Will we be able to implement cooperation mechanisms between countries such as the UN s Collaborative Program on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries the REDD program so as to prevent deforestation and encourage technology transfer and financing?

In the future, research methodologies would be tested for monitoring deforestation, and other data sources, such as SPOT and ATSR 2, would be examined.

While deforestation and unsustainable management practices can lead to increased water pollution, sustainable forest management in watersheds can help to protect supplies of freshwater.

Emphasizing the need for the provision of adequate resources for the focal area of land degradation, primarily desertification and deforestation, of the Global Environment Facility,

Recognizing the need for the provision of adequate resources for Global Environment Facility focal areas, including a focus on land degradation, primarily desertification and deforestation,