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OUGANDA: Le fonds carbone pourrait ne pas profiter aux communautés forestiÚres

Posted on 02 December 2010 by admin

Mabira Forest, Uganda. Credit: S A Perez/Wikicommons

Mabira Forest, Uganda. Credit: S A Perez/Wikicommons

Par Rosebell Kagumire*

KAMPALA, 2 dĂ©c (IPS/TerraViva) – L’Ouganda a perdu plus de deux millions d’hectares de forĂȘt depuis 1990; la plus grande partie a Ă©tĂ© convertie en terre agricole par une population croissante de petits producteurs. Le fonds carbone, Ă  travers le programme REDD, est souvent prĂ©sentĂ© comme un moyen d’arrĂȘter cette destruction, mais seulement Ă  condition que les avantages aillent rĂ©ellement Ă  la base. Continue Reading

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UGANDA: Carbon Finance May Not Benefit Forest Communities

Posted on 30 November 2010 by admin

Mabira Forest, Uganda. Credit: S A Perez/Wikicommons

Mabira Forest, Uganda. Credit: S A Perez/Wikicommons/

By Rosebell Kagumire*

KAMPALA, Nov 30, 2010 (IPS/TerraViva) – Uganda has lost more than two million hectares of forest since 1990, mostly converted to farmland by a growing population of smallholders. Carbon finance through the REDD programme is often presented as one way to arrest this destruction, but only if the benefits clearly translate to the grassroots. Continue Reading

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Logging is one of the main threats in the southern area of the Bosawas Biosphere Reserve. Credit: José Garth Medina/IPSMauricio Cruz points to an area where he believes tourism infrastructure will be built, in Cuche del Monte on the edge of the mangrove forest on Jiquilisco Bay. Credit: Edgardo Ayala/IPSLagarfljot lake before the Karahnjukar construction began. Credit: Petur Elisson/IPS.Protest in Rio de Janeiro by residents affected by Vale mining company operations. Credit: Fabíola Ortiz/IPS
Mauritians protest against the construction of a 100-megawatt (MW) coal power plant in Pointe-aux-Caves, on the west of the island. They say the project will cause irreparable damage to them and the environment of this Indian Ocean island nation. Credit:Nile fishermen say the river holds less fish, and less variety. Credit: Cam McGrath/IPS.The mostly dry Grise riverbed in Haiti, which is alternately affected by floods and drought. Credit: Jean Reniteau/IPSSinkholes like this are slowly swallowing the Dead Sea. Credit: Pierre Klochendler/IPS.

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