The bio-rights financial mechanism

July 9th, 2009 | Posted by iip in Forest - (Comments Off)

I noted PES and REDD as recent mechanisms that was built to protect environmental services. However, some parties have developed similar mechanism with various approaches or addressing more issues on local people’s livelihood.  Such mechanisms allow resources transfer from different parties who have also different capabilities.

Here I put another financial mechanism –known as Bio-right that aims to address poverty issues and environmental degradation.  This mechanism stands in the area where widely known that poverty has to do with environmental problems or vice versa. The linkage is more complex and varies from countries to countries.  What make different Bio-rights mechanism with PES or REDD?

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In search of suitable environmental protection: PES and REDD

June 8th, 2009 | Posted by iip in Forest - (7 Comments)

There’re always ways to achieve better life and we need to struggle to achieve it

Now I’m highlighting how people are trying to develop better mechanism to address environmental issues, especially forest protection. I refer to recent hot issues on payment environmental services (PES) and reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD).  Both of them are built to address environmental issues that currently not handled by mainstream development in many countries.

What actually the prospect of these mechanism? What’s it current status? Do they really benefits to forests and its livelihood of local indigenous people? (more…)

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Avoided deforestation: most favorite project of forest carbon offset

May 13th, 2009 | Posted by iip in Forest - (6 Comments)

A recent survey of forest carbon offsetting reveals that most buyers rated positive on the projects of avoided deforestation and ecological reforestation.  It about 90% of respondents consider these to be highly desirable or desirable.

The survey was involved 141 corporate participants throughout the world. They are participated in the carbon market during February 2009 and also purchased about 2.7 million carbon credits in 2008–including 850,000 offset from forestry sector. The survey conducted four organization including Ecosecurities, Conservation International,The Climate Community & Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA) and ClimateBiz.

The participants of the survey rated highest on community and environmental benefits generated from forestry projects as main motivators for purchasing forestry offsets (88%). Meanwhile, about 77% of  participants agree or strongly agree on the motivators of the scale of the deforestation and climate change problem. Looking for the area preferred by participants for forestry carbon offsets, about 78% participants see that South America were considered attractive.  Africa and Southeast Asia positively rated 71% and 69% respectively.

Why people and business entities should pay more attentions on avoided deforestation?  I try to wrap it here: (more…)

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