Transcript for GFP Canopy Market meca

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