Ways forward for 'Deforestation free' - WWF Living Forest Report

According to the WWF Living Forest Report of 2015; some of the critical measures to curb the social, economic and environmental harm caused by deforestation fronts are:

• Expanding and strengthening networks of indigenous reserves and protected areas along with governance arrangements. 
• Presenting public and private sectors with strong evidences on valuation of ecosystem services, from forest and risks for depleting natural capitals.
• Rolling out REDD+ with safeguards on a far larger scale.
• Mainstreaming the concept of deforestation free as critical elements of sustainable supply chains and financing and ensuring it is applied in ways that balances the interest of stakeholders
• Developing forestry friendly infrastructures that mitigate social and environmental impacts without undermining local economic opportunities
• Using landscape approaches to integrate these elements and enable solutions at an adequate scale to achieve land use mosaics and balance trade offs among competing land uses.

At COP21 - Cut deforestation rates to low level

As global leaders, scientists and stakeholders gather for the Conference of Parties (COP 21) in Paris, France this month; commitments made by countries and the UN has to be even set high. The commitments are based on Zero Net deforestation, as one of the leading global organization - WWF advocates and the New York Declaration by global nations to halve rate of deforestation by 2020. The New York Declaration was only signed by 18% of the total nations in the world, being 36 countries out of 196 only. This projects even tough negotiations at COP21 in Paris, to bring more countries at the table and sign new declarations including the new Sustainable Development Goals. However wont be easy, but rather a continued echo for voluntary agreements to reach big commitments worldly.
Tanzania, being one of the countries which is loosing much hactres annually at the tune of 372,000Ha as per new national inventory in 2015. But with the new government under Dr John Magufuli, it is expected to improve much governance in natural resource sectors. Deforestation fronts in East Africa region are mainly on fuel wood for energy, illegal harvesting, slush and burn agriculture, livestock and infrastructure development to mention a few. The WWF report projects forest loss between 2010 to 2030 is about 12 million hactres, if there is no zero net deforestation initiatives.

President Magufuli asked to promote governence on Natural Resources in Tanzania

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