Speaking of global ecosystems, Indonesia recently announced that about half of Kalimantan will be protected as "lungs of the world". This ambitious move has been viewed with (not unjustified) scepticism and uncertainty, as the following articles show:
SBY Sees Kalimantan as the 'Lungs of the World' (The Jakarta Globe)
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/sby-sees-kalimantan-as-the-lungs-of-the-world/492525
Indonesia sets aside 45% of forest-rich Kalimantan to be world's lungs (CIFOR Forests Blog)
http://blog.cifor.org/7144/indonesia-sets-aside-45-of-forest-rich-kalimantan-to-be-worlds-lungs/
Questions of state rhetoric aside, it is interesting how this move is taking place under the UN's REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degredation) programme. Since the rest of the world benefits from 'green lungs' such as Kalimantan's, should they pay for its preservation through schemes like REDD+? This does take into consideration the needs of developing states, though one wonders whether trading green for green will eventually result in short-term, monetised approaches to the environment. Is economics the solution, or really another problem in the making?
SBY Sees Kalimantan as the 'Lungs of the World' (The Jakarta Globe)
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/sby-sees-kalimantan-as-the-lungs-of-the-world/492525
Indonesia sets aside 45% of forest-rich Kalimantan to be world's lungs (CIFOR Forests Blog)
http://blog.cifor.org/7144/indonesia-sets-aside-45-of-forest-rich-kalimantan-to-be-worlds-lungs/
Questions of state rhetoric aside, it is interesting how this move is taking place under the UN's REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degredation) programme. Since the rest of the world benefits from 'green lungs' such as Kalimantan's, should they pay for its preservation through schemes like REDD+? This does take into consideration the needs of developing states, though one wonders whether trading green for green will eventually result in short-term, monetised approaches to the environment. Is economics the solution, or really another problem in the making?
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