Copenhagen Special | Palming off livelihoods?: Forest management plan must consider sustainable livelihoods for poor
by Tim Wilson, December 10, 2009
The negotiations at the Copenhagen Climate Conference are complex and go well beyond emissions reduction targets.
One of the key negotiating points between developed and developing countries is over the REDD agenda, or Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in developing countries.
The REDD agenda is all about reducing emissions from deforestation and encouraging reforestation to capture emissions.
But part of the agenda is also whether developing countries are allowed to convert their forests for carbon sequestering agriculture purposes.
As the Copenhagen Special edition of Palming off livelihoods? argues the cost of anti-conversion policies will harm the world’s poor, particularly in Asia and the one million Indonesians and Malaysians who rely on palm oil for their jobs and livelihoods.
And the evidence is clear that if you want to reduce environmental degradation the best option is poverty reduction by providing people the opportunity for a sustainable livelihood, especially in poor rural communities.
Any REDD decision at COP15 must consider the impact it will have on developing countries and those trapped in poverty.
A copy of the report can be found here.
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