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

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

As a follow up to these regional and global events, 14 national workshops, to address the underlying causes of deforestation and forest degradation, were organized in all continents.

The REDD partnership (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation), an effort to create financial value for the carbon stored in forests, is the prime example here.

On the other hand, inappropriate allocation of roles and responsibilities in forest management can result in negative impacts on people's livelihoods and contribute to deforestation and forest degradation.

A REDD agency will be charged with treating rain forests as a natural resource that is to be preserved and restored rather than exploited and destroyed.

In addition, there should be emphasis on another key area of concern for the sector, besides deforestation and forest degradation, namely, the lack of recognition of indigenous peoples and communities that live in and depend on forests.

however remaining deeply concerned, despite progress made, over deforestation and forest degradation in many regions, as well as the trade in illegally harvested wood and non wood forest products, including wildlife,

For example, during 1997 and 1998, together with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), several Governments and local communities organized seven regional workshops on the problematique of underlying causes of deforestation and forest degradation.

The REDD agency will have a domestic governing board that will coordinate the activities of all the governmental units concerned with rain forests, and an international board that will authorize and monitor the spending of ODA funds.

It will also reduce deforestation.

Non governmental organizations are also deeply concerned about the lack of action taken by key actors, including Governments, intergovernmental organizations, and the private sector, among others, to curb the deforestation and forest degradation currently occurring at an alarming rate.

Countering deforestation is not without its challenges.

Dealing with deforestation and forest degradation cannot wait until 2020.

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

But Indonesia is number three, owing to its rapid deforestation.

Brazil has significantly reduced the rate of deforestation in the Amazon.

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

One such initiative is the REDD framework (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation), an effort to create financial value for the carbon stored in rainforests.

While countries can be compensated for planting forests, they cannot be compensated for avoiding deforestation.

Compared to neighboring countries, rates of deforestation in Colombia are still relatively low.

When we eat our meals, we are unaware of the deforestation that has resulted from unsustainable farming.

Deforestation, often the result of illegal logging, is an acute problem in the Philippines.

Moreover, its current contribution is also negligible, practically all of it coming from deforestation and degradation of forests and farmland.

However, the alarming rate of deforestation continues to warrant international attention and there is a need to renew the pledge to combat deforestation and restore forest functions (such as production, protection and conservation) at the landscape level, by rehabilitating degraded lands with, inter alia, forest plantations, and to improve the livelihoods of poor people living in and around forests worldwide as a priority.

Forest clearing in Ghana is also a result of urban sprawl, export of timber, and use of wood for domestic fuel.

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

Conversely, deforestation can contribute to land degradation and desertification.

Deforestation must be reversed, not accelerated.

, Mexico had the second fastest rate of deforestation in the world, second only to Brazil.

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

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

Deforestation Deforestation is a major concern for Ethiopia as studies suggest loss of forest contributes to soil erosion, loss of nutrients in the soil, loss of animal habitats and reduction in biodiversity.

Some participants considered that a trust fund could also be considered, but any approach adopted should be independent from UN headquarters in order to be accessible to the members of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF).

Similarly, if only one component of a given estimate is problematic (such as inconsistent, incorrect or misapplied emission factors or other inventory parameters, or activity data), the review team should replace only that component in calculating the adjusted estimate.

Currently, about 2.4 billion people worldwide rely on fuelwood for cooking and heat.5 While fuelwood can be produced without causing deforestation (for example, from well managed plantations), there are places where the harvesting of fuelwood does contribute to deforestation, for example where it is used for large scale commercial charcoal production to supply cities in parts of Africa and Asia.

Cleverly, Norway pays out the funds to Brazil only upon proven success in avoiding deforestation (compared with an agreed baseline).

The next step is to define measurable targets, such as better lives for slum dwellers or reduced deforestation.

Likewise, modern energy crops increase deforestation, displace agriculture, and push up food prices.

De forestation currently accounts for roughly a fifth of all greenhouse gas emissions.

The armed groups also deforest large areas to cultivate illegal crops and open unauthorized highways in protected areas.

One clear requirement is that tropical deforestation, which is responsible for 20 of greenhouse gas emissions, be halted within the next decade or two.

Simply put, by controlling deforestation we can significantly affect the carbon emissions that cause climate change.

Amazon Watch reports that the current rate of deforestation threatens to push the Amazon past a tipping point from which it cannot recover.

Without carefully managing tropical forests 90 of which grow in developing nations that have pressure to clear the land for other economic purposes we cannot meet our global targets for reduced carbon emissions.