Discuss How a Protected Area Managed as a Strict Nature Reserve or Wilderness Reserve in an Hfld (High Forest and Low Deforestation) Country Like Guyana Can Contribute to the Achievement of Redd+ Objectives.
Discuss how a protected area managed as a strict nature reserve or wilderness reserve in an HFLD (High Forest and Low Deforestation) country like Guyana can contribute to the achievement of REDD+ objectives.
REDD means Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation in developing countries. Its overarching objective is to reduce greenhouse gases. REDD-plus includes the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries. This serves as a mechanism to create an incentive for developing countries to protect, better manage and wisely use their forest resources, contributing to the global fight against climate change. For REDD+, Guyana defines as forest on the basis of 30 % crown cover, 5 m potential minimum maturity height and 1 hectare minimum area of land being closed forest formations or open forest. Deforestation is changes to the thresholds of this definition when forest lands begin to transform into non-forest lands.
High Forest Cover, Low Deforestation (HFLD) countries retain a high percentage of their original tropical forest cover due to historically low levels of deforestation. These forests and their carbon stocks are crucial to the long-term fight against climate change. Because HFLD countries have no history of widespread deforestation, some consider them to be at low risk.
Guyana is an example of a high forest cover, low deforestation rate (HFLD) country. The country's interior tropical rainforests and highlands have been largely untouched. Since majority of the population live along the coastland regions (other than significant but scattered indigenous groups), thus leaving intact over 80 percent of the Guyana’s forest. There is an extremely low annual deforestation from historical estimates and a study indicated deforestation rates at 0.03% per annum between 1990 and 2009, rising to 0.06% between 2009 and 2010 (GFC and Poyry 2011). However, history shows that
REDD means Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation in developing countries. Its overarching objective is to reduce greenhouse gases. REDD-plus includes the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries. This serves as a mechanism to create an incentive for developing countries to protect, better manage and wisely use their forest resources, contributing to the global fight against climate change. For REDD+, Guyana defines as forest on the basis of 30 % crown cover, 5 m potential minimum maturity height and 1 hectare minimum area of land being closed forest formations or open forest. Deforestation is changes to the thresholds of this definition when forest lands begin to transform into non-forest lands.
High Forest Cover, Low Deforestation (HFLD) countries retain a high percentage of their original tropical forest cover due to historically low levels of deforestation. These forests and their carbon stocks are crucial to the long-term fight against climate change. Because HFLD countries have no history of widespread deforestation, some consider them to be at low risk.
Guyana is an example of a high forest cover, low deforestation rate (HFLD) country. The country's interior tropical rainforests and highlands have been largely untouched. Since majority of the population live along the coastland regions (other than significant but scattered indigenous groups), thus leaving intact over 80 percent of the Guyana’s forest. There is an extremely low annual deforestation from historical estimates and a study indicated deforestation rates at 0.03% per annum between 1990 and 2009, rising to 0.06% between 2009 and 2010 (GFC and Poyry 2011). However, history shows that