Uganda replenishes her forests and livelihoods together. As the first African country to participate in a project that counts towards emission reductions under the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism, Uganda will soon be planting a combination of fast-growing and medicinal trees at the Rwoho Central Forest Reserve.
Sponsored by donations from the World Bank's BioCarbon Fund, the Nile Basin Reforestation Project is anticipated to create up to 700 jobs for the planting and ongoing management of the forest.
Along with the seedlings, which will be provided by Uganda’s National Forestry Authority, technical advice for raising and protecting the trees will also be provided for the community organizations responsible for their preservation.
Our green hats off, Uganda, World Bank BioCarbon Fund and all Nile Basin Reforestation Project participants, for your efforts to return ecological balance to the world.
May more and more nations become a part of these restorative and beautifying endeavors.
Such eco-conscious perspectives have often been shared Supreme Master Ching Hai, as in a June 2009 video message for a climate change conference in Mexico, where she also offered a sustainable solution for saving all our life-giving trees.
Supreme Master Ching Hai: Now, we can stop deforestation. We have to ban deforestation. And we have to plant more trees, of course. Wherever there’s erosion or empty land we have to plant trees. Ok. Now,
With the United Nations estimating that deforestation accounts for approximately 20% of all greenhouse gas emissions, nearly all deforestation itself is related to meat production.
Eighty percent of cleared Amazon forest is designated as a cattle grazing area to prepare the animals for slaughter, and the remainder is planted as soy crops used also largely for animal feed.
So to stop animal products is to protect our precious forest, the lungs of our Earth, and the crucial factor for our survival.
Referencehttp://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/oct2009/2009-10-06-01.aspScotland connects government spending to greenhouse gas emissions. Referred to as the world’s first “carbon budget,” a review of planned spending has shown the Scottish government’s €36.5 billion allocated for core services such as schools, roads, and hospitals will result in the release of 11.5 metric tons of carbon dioxide. This linking of financial and environmental costs is born of a June initiative passed by Scotland’s parliament that seeks carbon dioxide reductions of 42 percent by 2020.
Speaking of this recent assessment, Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth John Swinney said that these estimates would be used to help in future government spending so that ministers could award contracts based as much on their CO2 emissions as their monetary cost.
Our respectful accolades, Minister Swinney and government of Scotland for your wise consideration of the planetary effects of your nation’s spending. May more and more leaders similarly integrate such Earth-supporting guidelines in their choices.
Referencehttp://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/sep/17/scotland-carbon-budget-spending http://finance.yahoo.com/currency-converter?amt=390%252C000%252C000&from=NOK&to=USD&submit=Convert#from=GBP;to=EUR;amt=33000000000 http://www.johnswinneymsp.com/index-1.htmlRegional leaders surpass boundaries to protect rainforests. Thirty governors, premiers, mayors and senior officials from around the world convened recently in Los Angeles, USA for the Governors' Global Climate Summit. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger hosted the meeting and presented a memorandum requiring that forest-protecting provisions be included in the international climate change pact in Copenhagen this December.
Along with the US governors, five regional leaders from Brazil as well as three from Indonesia have signed the memo, which is being sent to US President Barack Obama, Brazilian President Luiz Ignácio Lula da Silva and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
Governor Schwarzenegger and other national and international leaders, we appreciate your coming together to protect rainforests and lives. May you in turn be joined by many more for a unified voice in Denmark and a sustainable future for our planet.
Referencehttp://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/10/02/02climatewire-leaders-from-indonesia-brazil-join-3-us-stat-93701.htmlhttp://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/oct2009/2009-10-02-094.aspExtra NewsScientists in India and China find that airborne soot from wood fires and diesel engines is accelerating snow and ice melt in the Himalayan glaciers as the black particles land and absorb sunlight that would otherwise be reflected.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/oct/04/climate-change-melting-himalayan-glaciersThe US-based Tennessee Conservation Voters group honors state Senator Beverly Marrero of Memphis, Tennessee for her eco-efforts that include legislation helping to ensure environmental groups have better representation.
http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2009/10/05/senator-marrero-honored-as-champion-of-the-environment/
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