Los bosques son más que carbono

The fact sheet contends that treating forests primarily as carbon sinks undermines biodiversity and the rights of indigenous peoples. It argues against the use of carbon markets and REDD, suggesting instead that industrialized nations provide direct financial support and address the root causes of deforestation, such as industrial logging and unsustainable consumption of meat and paper.

• Forest conservation agreements must be explicitly aligned with the Convention on Biological Diversity's Expanded Programme of Work on Forest Biological Diversity and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) to avoid undermining good forestry practices.
• Tree plantations should not be defined as forests because they store at most 20% of the carbon and support only a small fraction of the biodiversity found in old-growth forests; furthermore, large monocultures, particularly transgenic trees, cause negative social and environmental impacts.
• The use of carbon markets and REDD mechanisms is criticized for allowing carbon-intensive countries to avoid necessary economic transformations, risking the global ability to face climate change, and potentially leading to a loss of sovereignty over natural resources and violent evictions of indigenous peoples lacking formal land titles.
• Alternative financing for stopping deforestation should focus on national programs, community-led ecosystem restoration, deforestation moratoria, and innovative carbon taxes in industrialized countries rather than the World Bank's Forest Carbon Partnership Facility or voluntary systems.
• Addressing the root causes of deforestation requires tackling the drivers of demand in industrialized and importing nations, specifically biofuels and the overconsumption of meat and paper, as well as stopping destructive industrial logging and fossil fuel extraction.

APA

Friends of the Earth International (2008). Los bosques son más que carbono. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/FORESTS-ARE-MORE-THAN-CARBON_AUG08_FINAL-SP.pdf

Chicago

Friends of the Earth International. Los bosques son más que carbono. 2008. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/FORESTS-ARE-MORE-THAN-CARBON_AUG08_FINAL-SP.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{friendsoftheearthinternational2008los, author = {{Friends of the Earth International}}, title = {{Los bosques son más que carbono}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2008}, month = aug, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/FORESTS-ARE-MORE-THAN-CARBON_AUG08_FINAL-SP.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }