Boreal Forest Conservation Framework

Will Economic Valuation of Nature Be Happily Ever After for Canadian Boreal Forest? “Nature with all her beautiful plants and animals along with humans lived happily ever after”- This would be that perfect ending that I would envisage if I ever wrote a fairy tale with Nature as the female protagonist. But with growing human population and increasing demand for natural resources our planet’s happily ever after story seems very distant and distraught. According to Convention of Biological Diversity

FOREST CONSERVATION Forests are one of the most important natural resources that have been gifted to mankind for their sustained existence on earth. Without question, they provide us with huge amounts of tangible and intangible benefits, without which indeed, all life, less to say human life, would fall under the risk of extinction. Hence, it is vital for us to realize this importance of forest cover, conserve them, and ultimately work towards a sustainable way to maintain our forests and meet

order to address the role of international law concerning deforestation and desertification it is first important to explore what these concepts entail. Deforestation can be defined as the clearing and destruction of the vital rain forests and forests worldwide. The causes of deforestation lie in the immense population growth and poverty that exists internationally (Office of Technology Assessment 305). Deforestation exists due to the pursuit of fuel sources, clearance for agricultural

different places, in different chunks, we can manage nature for different ends” and that designers can have an important role in communicating diverse ideas about how nature should be managed in their work”. Do they begin with an idealised ‘baseline’ framework or do they take a more pragmatic

The Kyoto Protocol, negotiated in December 1997, is the first major step toward implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Protocol sets targets for industrialized nations to reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases over the next 10 years. It offers four means to achieve those targets: domestic action and three international market-based instruments. These mechanisms work through emissions reductions or through enhancements in the ability of terrestrial

The logging industries punch new roads into pristine forests, invade indigenous lands, parks and preserves, and murder those who stand in their way. Brazil does not have the means to fully regulate the logging industries however, the Asain logging companies were fined over one million dollars for illegal logging last year. The loggers have cut more than 3,000 miles of roads into the intact forest regions. The Rainforest Action Network (RAN) has taken action against

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