Everyone knows that forests are our planets’ lungs. However pressure on forests is unrelenting and they are being cut down at a rate much faster then they can recover. Such deforestation produces over 17 per cent of the world’s annual carbon emissions; in fact forestry and logging industries outstrips the entire global transport sector in their emissions. If we are to combat climate change, it is clear that mitigating the impact of such deforestation should be a key priority. To tackle the problem, UN member countries put forward an initiative as part of the Framework Convention on Climate Change. Known as REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation +), it directly links financial incentives for conservation with carbon stored in forests, in effect placing a financial value on forest conservation. REDD+ recognises that forests, as absorbers and stores of carbon, play a critical role in any response to climate change.
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