Avoided Deforestation Partners - Philosophy
Philosophy
- Climate change represents one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century and can only be combated successfully if all sectors of society are engaged in identifying and driving cost-effective solutions.
- The link between deforestation and climate change is critical. Any international policy concerning global climate change should aim to reduce emissions from deforestation as a central and cost-effective means of mitigating climate change.
- Years of work by many accomplished minds has resulted in a suite of tools and protocols for measuring and monitoring carbon stocks and carbon stock changes in forests. This hard work has laid a solid foundation upon which practical market-based solutions can now be built.
- The fate of the world�s forests ultimately rests in the hands of local stewards, thus any effective solution must respect the goals not only of national governments, but also of the indigenous people who live and work in forested areas.
- According a real financial value to reducing deforestation the global carbon market can help unleash a wave of investment that will allow forest conservation to pay for itself while at the same time fueling economic development in those regions of the world that need it most.
- If they are to prove effective, policy options
must be evaluated from the perspective of real costs,
risks and rates of return. The private sector is
well positioned to contribute important “bottom
up” economic analysis and operational know-how
to help bridge the gap between policy and performance.
