GFP Canopy Market meca

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Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

License: CC - Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives

Genre: Documentary

Producer: IIED

Director: Isabelle Lemaire

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Posted by: gfpcanopy on Sep 17, 2009

GFP Canopy Market meca

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The whole world agrees that tropical rain forests are invaluable for humanity
So, if there is something we are going to work on, it’s forest issues
I think there is a tremendous conflict
different visions on how to solve the global forest crisis
on the one hand there is the big vision that you can do it through market mechanisms
and on the other hand there is a trememdous concern
for people working on social issues
We have problems,
we have challenges
but some of these challenges can be turned into opportunities
The future of our forests resides in the payment
an equitable payment, for the conservation of biodiversity
We need to run in REDD
So they are more or less giving money to countries to
reduce their deforestation
I think the reason REDD more or less
caught on fire
is because it captures the imagination
It doesn’t get rid of the actual problem
that there are people in other countries that want cheap woods products
Preservation of ancient growth forests is really really important
because they are the ones that have the largest carbon storage capacity
Forests that are really degraded will benefit more
so, that causes a problem
We ask ourselves, should we degrade more to benefit more?
One policy won't be specific to all the different areas in the world
There must be some way to create a credit system based on
the value-added that a healthy forest management can bring to the planet
The forest's contribution in the GDP
in countries is often very low
We should create business that make money while protecting the environment
Carbon markets in general are
a positive development in the sense that
they are directing more private investment in
sustainable forest management and
reforestation and other activities that slow deforestation
Those kinds of markets have first of all they've proven over
the last six months to be totally unreliable and unstable
the most victims of that are women,
are ingineous people local communities, people that cannot compete
in such big international markets
It's going to be very difficult for us if we don't understand
If you just come and tell me you give me money for carbon credits
I'll just be interested in the money I won't even know the implications
We always doubt of the effectiveness of carbon markets in our countries
but we think that the carbon markets should get better and better
That's where we call on the international
to support our countries
to develop sustainable financing mechanisms

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