[risingtide] AMAN-DTE press release: Forests for the Future
Carolyn Marr
dte at gn.apc.org
Wed Apr 22 10:47:24 CEST 2009
Press release by AMAN and DTE
Forests for the Future: Climate change lessons from Indonesia
April 22nd - Earth Day - 2009 The forest
management practices of indigenous peoples in
Indonesia provides important lessons for world
governments about to make crucial decisions on how to deal with climate change.
A new book launched today - Forests for the
Future - is written by indigenous communities
across Indonesia and describes the skills and
knowledge used for generations to manage forest
ecosystems without destroying them.
CO2 emissions from runaway deforestation and
peatland destruction in Indonesia are making a
substantial contribution to climate change worldwide.
Forests for the Future avoids romanticising the
indigenous way of life. Instead it presents
lessons learned from communities striving to meet
today's economic and political challenges. It is
a testament to the willingness of indigenous
peoples to engage with an international audience
so that their ways of forest management may be
better known and get the recognition and respect they deserve.
Traditional knowledge has enabled indigenous
communities to benefit from the wealth of forest
resources such as food crops, rubber, medicines,
materials for building and household goods.
Many governments are keen to include forests in
mechanisms that permit industrial polluters to
buy carbon credits from forest schemes in
countries like Indonesia. But there are huge
risks involved. For indigenous communities, these
risks include the loss of livelihoods and the
violation of their right to manage their forests.
Powerful business and political elites in
Indonesia have pushed indigenous communities
aside for decades in Indonesia: now they may rush
to grab more forests so they can profit from the carbon trade.
Forests for the Future is published by
Indonesias Indigenous Peoples Alliance, AMAN,
and Down to Earth. It marks AMANs tenth
anniversary and aims to assist efforts to develop
community-based models which present a more
achievable, viable and just way of addressing the
challenges of sustainability, poverty reduction
and upholding the rights of indigenous peoples.
The book can be downloaded from DTE's website at
http://dte.gn.apc.org/GNSCON.htm
For further information and/or interviews please contact:
Abdon Nababan, AMAN
+62 811 111 365
<mailto:abdon.nababan at aman.or.id>abdon.nababan at aman.or.id
Yuyun Indradi, DTE
+6281 31066 3859
y.indradi at gmail.com
Emil Kleden, Pusaka
+ 628131168311
emil.kleden at cbn.net.id
Chip Fay, Samdhana Institute
+63 917 718 3780
chip at samdhana.org
For more information about AMAN visit http://www.aman.or.id
For more information about DTE visit http://dte.gn.apc.org
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://risingtide.org.uk/pipermail/rt-news/attachments/20090422/04316f71/attachment.htm>
More information about the rt-news
mailing list