It will also reduce deforestation.

Countering deforestation is not without its challenges.

Dealing with deforestation and forest degradation cannot wait until 2020.

At the very least, markets like ETS should credit emissions reductions that result from limiting deforestation.

Not only would this reduce hunger by increasing food production and lowering food prices it would also protect biodiversity, because higher crop productivity would mean less deforestation.

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.

Working with a grant of approximately 2.3 million euros the Ethiopian government recently began training people on reducing erosion and using proper irrigation techniques that do not contribute to deforestation.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Conversely, deforestation can contribute to land degradation and desertification.

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.

On climate change, it makes sense to seek mini agreements that set minimum common standards for fuel efficiency, slow deforestation, or limit the largest economies carbon output.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Deforestation must be reversed, not accelerated.

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

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.

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

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

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.

Helping soybean farmers, palm oil planters, and cattle ranchers from Brazil to Southeast Asia to use land more productively, thereby reducing pressure on tropical forests, must be an integral part of the solution.

At the time, there was already overwhelming evidence of a serious problem that needed to be addressed, and data since then concerning, for example, the rapid melting of the polar ice cap have strongly reinforced this conclusion.

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

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

(v) Support education, training and extension programmes involving local and indigenous communities, forest workers and forest owners, in order to develop resource management approaches that will reduce the pressure on forests, particularly fragile ecosystems

In the trade area, this implies regional and bilateral accords. On climate change, it makes sense to seek mini agreements that set minimum common standards for fuel efficiency, slow deforestation, or limit the largest economies carbon output.

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

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).

According to him, it is imperative to address the country's infrastructure especially roads and the energy sector as well as to combat deforestation and environmental degradation.

Felling seven million hectares of trees each year, South America clears more forests than any other continent.

Some species may be in risk of extinction even without complete deforestation, such as ruffed lemurs, which are very sensitive to habitat disturbance.