world rainforest movement has started reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation.
world rainforest movement has started reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation.
who has started reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation?
world rainforest movement
in december 2007, after a two-year debate on a proposal from papua new guinea and costa rica, state parties to the united nations framework convention on climate change (fccc) agreed to explore ways of reducing emissions from deforestation and to enhance forest carbon stocks in developing nations. the underlying idea is that developing nations should be financially compensated if they succeed in reducing their levels of deforestation (through valuing the carbon that is stored in forests); a concept termed 'avoided deforestation (ad) or, redd if broadened to include reducing forest degradation (see reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation). under the free market model advocated by the countries who have formed the "coalition of rainforest nations", developing nations with rainforests would sell carbon sink credits under a free market system to kyoto protocol annex i states who have exceeded their emissions allowance. brazil (the state with the largest area of tropical rainforest) however, opposes including avoided deforestation in a carbon trading mechanism and instead favors creation of a multilateral development assistance fund created from donations by developed states. for redd to be successful science and regulatory infrastructure related to forests will need to increase so nations may inventory all their forest carbon, show that they can control land use at the local level and prove that their emissions are declining.
biosequestration
the original submission by papua new guinea and costa rica, on behalf of the coalition for rainforest nations, dated 28 july 2005, was entitled "reducing emissions from deforestation in developing countries: approaches to stimulate action", exactly as is written here. cop 11 entered the request to consider the document as agenda item 6: "reducing emissions from deforestation in developing countries: approaches to stimulate action", again written here exactly as in the official text. the name for the agenda item was also used at cop 13 in bali, december 2007. by cop 15 in copenhagen, december 2009, the scope of the agenda item was broadened to "methodological guidance for activities relating to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries", moving to "policy approaches and positive incentives on issues relating to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries; and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries" by cop 16. at cop 17 the title of the decision simply referred back to an earlier decision: "guidance on systems for providing information on how safeguards are addressed and respected and modalities relating to forest reference emission levels and forest reference levels as referred to in decision 1/cp.16". at cop 19 the titles of decisions 9 and 12 refer back to decision 1/cp.16, paragraph 70 and appendix i respectively, while the other decisions only mention the topic under consideration.
reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation