Raise the value of forests, says 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播
A better evaluation of what forests are worth will generate direct benefits for poor forest dwellers, open up new markets and affect global economic growth. The economic benefits of forests are massively under-valued by governments and donor agencies, according to 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播鈥檚 latest report.
Forests are traditionally valued for their main commercial resource, timber. But they are home to 80% of terrestrial biodiversity and provide a wide range of ecosystem services such as clean water, protection against floods and other natural disasters, estimated at more than US$ 720 billion a year for national and global economies.
鈥淲hen deciding how to spend their budgets, governments usually don鈥檛 factor in the economic returns to investing in locally-controlled forestry,鈥 says 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播鈥檚 Lucy Emerton, one of the authors of the report. 鈥淭hey thereby miss a critical opportunity to invest in stimulating economic growth, sustainable development and poverty reduction.鈥
At least 400 million hectares of forest landscapes, an area roughly the size of the European Union, and 1.5 billion people, a population larger than that of China, are already involved in locally-controlled forestry. However, only about 47% of the legal rights over forests are formally placed under their management.
The aim of 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播鈥檚 report, The Value of Investing in Locally-controlled Forestry, launched at the United Nations meeting on the International Year of Forests in New York, is to show the global economic impact of forests if they are managed and controlled by the people who live in and around them.
鈥淟ocally-controlled forest management is a highly profitable public investment and development assistance option,鈥 says Stewart Maginnis, 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播鈥檚 Director of Environment and Development. 鈥淲e are talking about an absolutely revolutionary way of changing the world economy-and changing it for the better.鈥
The direct livelihood values, such as food, medicines, fuel, energy, income and employment, are estimated at US$130 billion a year to the world鈥檚 poorest communities, according to the report. This is more than France and Switzerland鈥檚 gold reserves combined.
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