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27906
Sat, 11/01/2008 - 14:10
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GREENPEACE LAUNCHES 'FOREST FOR CLIMATE' INITIATIVE
Jakarta, Nov. 1 (ANTARA) - Greenpeace, a global environmental organization, here on Friday launched a Forest for Climate (FFC) Initiative, aimed at reducing deforestation, tackling climate change, preserving global biodiversity and protecting the livelihoods of millions of forest people.
At the launching ceremony attended by Environmental Affairs Minister Rachmat Witoelar, Greenpeace Southeast Asia's Political Adviser Arief Wicaksono said "Indonesia's rampant deforestation and fast rising greenhouse gas emissions have been driven by the lure of short term profit. Greenpeace's Forests for Climate mechanism is the solution as it places a value on keeping the forests alive."
Forests for Climate (FFC) is Greenpeace's landmark proposal for an international mechanism to fund sustainable and lasting reductions of emissions from tropical deforestation in participating countries in order to meet commitments for the second phase of the Kyoto Protocol [post 2012].
Meanwhile, in his speech, Minister Rachmat Witoelar said: "Indonesia's Government and society have a responsibility to protect its tropical forests, for the sake of the environment, the country's development and to prevent the worsening impacts of climate change. It is time for Indonesia to gain the right to funding from industrialized countries to protect one of the world's lungs."
Under the FFC mechanism, industrialized countries that committed to reduce their emissions would fund protection of the world's last remaining tropical forests.
Developing countries with tropical forests, like Indonesia, which chose to participate and who committed to protect their forests, would have the opportunity to receive funding for capacity-building efforts and for national level reductions in deforestation emissions.
Greenpeace is pushing for the FFC mechanism to become part of the second phase of the Kyoto (post-2012) agreement on climate change. If countries commit to FFC, funding from industrialized countries for the protection of tropical forests could become available as soon as 2009.
"Indonesia's remaining forests must be protected to combat climate change, stop biodiversity loss and protect the livelihoods of forest-dependent peoples. First, we need an immediate moratorium on deforestation, followed by international funding through the United Nations to protect forests for their carbon value", Wicaksono said.
At the launching ceremony attended by Environmental Affairs Minister Rachmat Witoelar, Greenpeace Southeast Asia's Political Adviser Arief Wicaksono said "Indonesia's rampant deforestation and fast rising greenhouse gas emissions have been driven by the lure of short term profit. Greenpeace's Forests for Climate mechanism is the solution as it places a value on keeping the forests alive."
Forests for Climate (FFC) is Greenpeace's landmark proposal for an international mechanism to fund sustainable and lasting reductions of emissions from tropical deforestation in participating countries in order to meet commitments for the second phase of the Kyoto Protocol [post 2012].
Meanwhile, in his speech, Minister Rachmat Witoelar said: "Indonesia's Government and society have a responsibility to protect its tropical forests, for the sake of the environment, the country's development and to prevent the worsening impacts of climate change. It is time for Indonesia to gain the right to funding from industrialized countries to protect one of the world's lungs."
Under the FFC mechanism, industrialized countries that committed to reduce their emissions would fund protection of the world's last remaining tropical forests.
Developing countries with tropical forests, like Indonesia, which chose to participate and who committed to protect their forests, would have the opportunity to receive funding for capacity-building efforts and for national level reductions in deforestation emissions.
Greenpeace is pushing for the FFC mechanism to become part of the second phase of the Kyoto (post-2012) agreement on climate change. If countries commit to FFC, funding from industrialized countries for the protection of tropical forests could become available as soon as 2009.
"Indonesia's remaining forests must be protected to combat climate change, stop biodiversity loss and protect the livelihoods of forest-dependent peoples. First, we need an immediate moratorium on deforestation, followed by international funding through the United Nations to protect forests for their carbon value", Wicaksono said.
