There is no doubt about the importance of forests for biodiversity
conservation, climate and water regulation, and carbon sequestration.
Next to this, forests are a source of income and living for many
families. How to meet ecological and human needs regarding tropical
forests then? The seminar “Innovative Financing Mechanisms
for Tropical Forests” organised by Tropenbos International
and the “European Tropical Forest Research Network” (ETFRN)
discussed some possible meeting points. At the end of this two-days
seminar, scientists and policy makers from 41 countries came up
with a list of recommendations that were presented at the “Global
Diversity Forum” (GDF) and CoP 6.
| Contents |
page v |
| Raaphorst, G.B. |
Preface |
page vii-viii |
| Organising Committee |
Acknowledgements |
page
ix-x |
| Verweij, P. |
Editorial
|
page
xi-xii |
David Kaimowitz |
The role of forests in addressing global problems:
what economic valuation methods won't tell us
|
page 1-6 |
| Henry Hooghiemstra |
The dynamic rainforest ecosystem on
geological,
Quaternary and human time scales |
page
7-20 |
| James Fairhead and Melissa Leach |
The dynamic forest landscapes of west africa.
Their shaping in relation to natural and anthropogenic processes |
page 21-36 |
| Brian M. Boom |
The role of tropical forests as major sources
of biological diversity |
page 37-42 |
| Carlos A. Nobre |
Amazonian tropical forests: carbon source or sink?
|
page 43-48 |
| Ian R. Calder |
Forest valuation and water - the need
to reconcile public and science perceptions |
page
49-62 |
| Roger A. Sedjo |
Tropical forests and poverty alleviation - how
can benefits be captured?
|
page 63-66 |
| Paul Richards |
Rain forests and the poor. Examples
from Sierra Leone |
page
67-72 |
| Camille Bann |
The economic value of tropical forests
|
page
73-76 |
| Mirjam Ros |
Report of the seminar discussions
|
page 77-82 |
| Richard Rice |
Conservation concessions. Concept
description |
page
83-88 |
| Natasha Landell-Mills and Ina Porras |
Silver bullet or fools' gold? A global
review of markets for forest environmental services and their
impacts for the poor
|
page
89-92 |
| Carmenza Robledo A. |
Testing a new financial method for sustainable
forest management in Colombia |
page 93-96 |
| Adrian Whiteman |
Fiscal policies in support of the
forestry sector in Africa
|
page
97-100 |
| Virginia Reyes, Olman Segura and Pita
Verweij |
Valuation of hydrological services
provided by forests in Costa Rica |
page
101-106 |
| Pita Verweij |
Innovative financing mechanisms for conservation
and sustainable management of tropical forests - issues and
perspectives
|
page 107-118 |
| |
Policy recommendations |
page 119-124 |
| |
Appendices
|
page 125-126 |
| |
Programme of the seminar |
page 127-130 |
| |
List of participants
|
page
131-140 |
