Forests Now Declaration

<h2 id="rationale">Rationale</h2>
<p><a href="/facts/Deforestation/L1TNhN9p">Deforestation</a> in the next five years[<i>when?</i>] will release more <a href="/facts/Carbon_dioxide/xGzpppEp">carbon dioxide</a> than all aircraft since the <a href="/facts/Wright_Brothers/byU6xEkD">Wright Brothers</a> until at least 2025;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> however, credits from reduced deforestation were omitted from the <a href="/facts/Clean_Development_Mechanism/mbhqjec1">Clean Development Mechanism</a> for the first commitment period of the <a href="/facts/Kyoto_Protocol/88twzpDf">Kyoto Protocol</a>, so there is little incentive for forested countries to reduce their deforestation rates. The Forests NOW declaration seeks to establish new market based mechanisms to protect the <a href="/facts/Ecosystem_services/Fm4owYGV">ecosystem services</a> that forests provide in <a href="/facts/Biodiversity/GruakEzs">biodiversity</a> <a href="/facts/Conservation_movement/Vnqkdddv">conservation</a>, <a href="/facts/Carbon_sequestration/WDBvr9eU">carbon sequestration</a> and global and local <a href="/facts/Water_cycle/wALHdKjJ">hydrological</a> and <a href="/facts/Mineral_cycle/3vG5KBu4">mineral cycles</a>.
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<h2 id="prescriptions">Prescriptions</h2>
<p>The Declaration prescribes six changes to the existing carbon market frameworks:
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<ul><li>Ensure that <a href="/facts/Carbon_credits/dx6za8xG">carbon credits</a> for reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) and the protection of standing forests are included in all national and international carbon markets, especially those created by the <a href="/facts/UN_Framework_Convention_on_Climate_Change/Tg7f18g3">UN Framework Convention on Climate Change</a>.</li>
<li>Simplify and expand carbon market rules, including the <a href="/facts/Clean_Development_Mechanism/mbhqjec1">Clean Development Mechanism</a>, to encourage reforestation, afforestation and sustainable forest management.</li>
<li>Include tropical forest and land use carbon credits in the <a href="/facts/European_Union_Emissions_Trading_Scheme/tVh9TLFz">European Union Emissions Trading Scheme</a>, while maintaining strong incentives to reduce industrial emissions.</li>
<li>Encourage mechanisms that recognise the value of carbon stocks and forest <a href="/facts/Ecosystem_services/Fm4owYGV">ecosystem services</a>, and support appropriate voluntary carbon market standards.</li>
<li>Provide assistance for developing nations to build capacity to fully participate in the carbon markets, and to evaluate the ecosystem services their forests provide.</li>
<li>Incentivize the sustainable use of degraded land and ecosystems, and remove incentives that encourage forest destruction.</li></ul>
<h2 id="signatories">Signatories</h2>

<p>Over 200 individuals and organisations have signed the declaration including:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a>
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<h3>Organisations</h3>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Coalition_for_Rainforest_Nations/4YyJpkNa">Coalition for Rainforest Nations</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Conservation_International/G687YBDc">Conservation International</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Flora_and_Fauna_International/fdQ0QzSV">Flora and Fauna International</a></li>
<li>The Forest Trust<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Wildlife_Conservation_Society/8pCKr4aX">Wildlife Conservation Society</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Union_of_Concerned_Scientists/JTo2PTeX">Union of Concerned Scientists</a></li></ul>
<h3>Individuals</h3>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Hans_Blix/uGaEGgo5">Hans Blix</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Jane_Goodall/WQ1qPTXX">Jane Goodall</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Wangari_Maathai/6joUk5HR">Wangari Maathai</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015091938/http://forestsnowdeclaration.blogspot.com/">The Forests NOW blog</a> <a href="http://forestsnowdeclaration.blogspot.com/">The Original</a></li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080910214343/http://www.globalcanopy.org/themedia/file/PDFs/Forests%20First%20June%202007.pdf">Forests in the Fight Against Climate Change</a>, a report by the Global Canopy Initiative</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Stern N. (2006).  The Stern Review on the economics of Climate Change.  Cambridge University Press. <a href="/wiki/Stern_Review" target="_blank">/wiki/Stern_Review</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>[dead link‍]Forests First in the Fight Against Climate Change Archived 10 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine Global Canopy Programme, 2007 <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" target="_blank">/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>A full list of signatories <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100611160429/http://www.forestsnow.org/endorsers.php" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20100611160429/http://www.forestsnow.org/endorsers.php</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>"News story – TFT endorses the Forests Now Declaration". Archived from the original on 23 November 2007. Retrieved 27 November 2007. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071123135014/http://www.tropicalforesttrust.com/news-detail.php?newsid=93" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20071123135014/http://www.tropicalforesttrust.com/news-detail.php?newsid=93</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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