Global deforestation must be reduced by 50 percent, says Guyana president
By Oscar Ramjeet, Caribbean Net News Special Correspondent, Caribbean Net News, May 15, 2009
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – President Bharrat Jagdeo on Wednesday pledged Guyana's support for calls to reduce net global deforestation by 50 percent by 2020 and make the global forestry sector carbon neutral by 2030.
Guyana President Bharrat Jagdeo. AFP PHOTO
Jagdeo, who was the only Head of State invited to address the 17th Session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development in New York, told the gathering that Guyana, through its Avoided Deforestation initiative, aims to provide the world with a model of how this could be realised in a sustainable manner.
The Guyana Chronicle reported that he asserted that the Copenhagen forum must create financing flows and technology transfer to facilitate the considerable abatement potential of the developing world to be part of the solution, warning that, if it fails to create the incentives to address deforestation, the cost of inaction will dwarf the investments that are required to solve this aspect of the climate change.
He reminded the UN that for two years Guyana had indicated its willingness to place its entire rain forest under long-term protection if the international community finds the right way to include forestry within a broader climate agreement.
The president explained that Guyana is currently working with Norway and other countries to "trial innovative ways for the developed and developing world to work together as equals to solve the climate change problem".
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