 Forests are essential to slow climate change. Trees absorb CO2 and store carbon. Apes disperse seeds that grow into trees. |
How saving the apes can help the fight against climate change.
Carbon trading has suddenly become a multi-BILLION dollar business. Not only could it reduce greenhouse gas emissions and slow global warming, however, it could also help protect forests where gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos, orangutans and gibbons live.
This new working group has been set up to explore the potential of carbon finance to contribute to the conservation of apes and their habitat. Some conservation groups are already putting these ideas into practice – see http://www.climate-standards.org/
The ApAl Carbon WG is currently lobbying to change the rules governing carbon trading so that “avoided deforestation” carbon credits (especially from tropical countries) are recognised under the Kyoto Protocol and the EU Emissions Trading System. We must convince world leaders BEFORE the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (see http://unfccc.int/2860.php ) concludes negotiations on the agreement that will follow the Kyoto Protocol (which ends in 2012).
The following documents explain this complex topic in more detail. Please read them and write to your MP, MEP, Senator or Congressman urging him or her to lend support.
Documents to download:
Letters & Documents from November 2010:
Click here to view Ape Alliance videos.
Archive of scientific articles: Click here to download and read Carbon Working Group related articles.
05/12/2011
Africa is Losing its Deforestation Battle and Action Needed, Says Experts allAfrica | December 2011 The UN-based fund that helps compensate developing countries combat deforestation should start fig... Read more
10/11/2011
Christian Aid | November 2011 The new Christian Aid report ‘LOW-CARBON AFRICA: LEAPFROGGING TO A GREEN FUTURE' demonstrates the considerable potential Africa has to achieve th... Read more
16/08/2011
By David Fogarty SINGAPORE | Tue Aug 16, 2011 8:49am EDT SINGAPORE (Reuters) - In July 2010, U.S. investor Todd Lemons and Russian energy giant Gazprom believed they were just weeks from w... Read more
25/07/2011
WWF's flagship scheme to promote sustainable timber " the Global Forest and Trade Network (GFTN)" is allowing companies to reap the benefits of association with WWF and its iconic panda brand, while t... Read more
14/07/2011
Indonesia will "recognize, respect and protect" the rights of traditional forest users, including indigenous people, as it works to slow deforestation, reports the Rights and Resources Initiativ... Read more
07/07/2011
With Malaysia's Borneo rainforests already under pressure from palm oil plantations, they are now facing a new threat from the country's growing industrialisation. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-... Read more
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The following organisations attended the first meeting of the Ape Alliance Carbon WG:
The following organisations are involved in the Carbon Working Group.
Gorillas 
Orangutans 
Chimpanzees 
Bonobos 
Gibbons 
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