Economically-Sound Reforestation
There is good news for the rain-forest. Willie Smits
tells us at TED.com
how integrated reforestation in Borneo has created 3000
sustainable jobs while restoring bio-diversity, increased local air
humidity by 10% while decreasing local temperatures (as compared to
areas around the project), over a period of less than 5 years, in a 5000
acres area previously devastated by fires following
deforestation.
The sustainable development model applied at Samboja
Lestari (People, Profit, Planet++) can be applied everywhere around
the world and requires to involve local people, a science-based
approach, clear legal status, transparency, professional management,
measurable results, scalability, controlled growth, ...
This is the real answer to save the rain-forest and bio-diversity, not
with subsidies, but with science and honesty.
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