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Int'l forest experts to meet in Bali to discuss sustainable forest system
Adianto P. Simamora , The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Fri, 11/27/2009 9:45 PM | National
Experts from ten nations are slated to meet in Bali next week to show how to shift power over forests into the hands of able custodians who can promote and pursue sustainable forest-based livelihoods.
The forest governance learning group (FGLG) meeting to be held from Dec.1 to Dec. 4 will be attended by forest experts including from Cameroon, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Vietnam.
The meeting was organized by the UK-based researchers from the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED).
“Who gets to decide what about forests is vitally important,” says James Mayers, head of the natural resources group at IIED.
“It can mean the difference between corrupt elites wielding their power to exclude poor people, or it can mean equitable forest management that brings sustainable benefits to all."
Forests will be central to the UN climate change negotiations in Copenhagen in December as deforestation produces about 18% of all greenhouse gas emissions.
In Copenhagen, governments are set to agree a global deal called REDD that would see billions of dollars flowing as compensation to forest countries that leave their trees standing.
“Good governance of forests will be essential to maximize the social and environmental benefits of REDD schemes,” Mayers said.
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Katharina Sri (former: Noor Aza) (not verified), Germany — Sat, 11/28/2009 - 12:47am
This is brilliant news! But unfortunately, Malaysia is not invloved, why? I hope this will see a set up a joint ASEAN-Australia-Japan-Canada/USA-EU-NGOs Forest Research centres, in order to save the last remaining rainforest, such as the Danum Valley Research Centre in Sabah, Borneo. But the research centre must allow poor traditional villagers who are forest dependent like the Penans (see Bruno Manser Fond at www.bmf.ch) to continue on using the rainforest, because they have been ancient guardian of the rainforest and have not destroyed it since their origin, unlike the mostly greedy logging-plantation corporations. The traditional communities must also be hired to work in the research centres including as forest guides because of their very valuable forest and wildlife knowledge; which should also include English language classes (many traditional communities are schools drop-outs due to poverty). Moreover, such research centres must provide resort/lodging-style accomodation, but must opened up at reasonable rate to the masses of ordinary public including locals, not just for the elite class and 'rich' westerners such as in Danum Valley.