The Land Gap report reveals that countries’ so called 'climate pledges' are dangerously over reliant on inequitable, and in fact, unsustainable tree planting plans. #MindTheGap
Read the #LandGapReport here:
landgap.org
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Read the #LandGapReport here:
landgap.org
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In the current plan, 6 630 000* square kilometres would be monocultures of planted conifers (e.g. spruce or pine) or eucalyptus!
*This area is almost as large as all of Australia or the continental United States, and larger than all of Europe outside Russia.
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*This area is almost as large as all of Australia or the continental United States, and larger than all of Europe outside Russia.
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"Current tree planting plans should be scrapped or rather reoriented. Mitigation actions should prioritise protecting and restoring the existing carbon stocks in ecosystems. The most important thing is to protect the remaining natural forests" #Landgapreport
#MindTheGap
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#MindTheGap
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"‘Net accounting’ methods assume that planting new trees offsets fossil fuel emissions or the destruction of primary forest, but this is based on flawed scientific understanding."
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#MindTheGap #LGR2022 #COP27 #LandGapReport
landgap.org
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#MindTheGap #LGR2022 #COP27 #LandGapReport
landgap.org
"Clearly, countries are loading up on [these kind of] land pledges to avoid the hard work of steeply reducing emissions from fossil fuels, decarbonizing food systems and stopping the destruction of forests and other ecosystems.”
- @katedooley0
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- @katedooley0
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”Evidence shows that Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPs and LPs) with secure land rights vastly outperform both governments and private landholders in preventing deforestation, conserving biodiversity, and producing food sustainably.”
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