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Charles urges forest logging halt | Charles urges forest logging halt |
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Prince Charles has said the halting of logging in the rainforest is the single greatest solution to climate change. | Prince Charles has said the halting of logging in the rainforest is the single greatest solution to climate change. |
He called for a mechanism to be devised to pay poor countries to prevent them felling their rainforests. | He called for a mechanism to be devised to pay poor countries to prevent them felling their rainforests. |
The prince told the BBC's Today programme that the forests provided the earth's "air conditioning system". | The prince told the BBC's Today programme that the forests provided the earth's "air conditioning system". |
He said it was "crazy" that the rainforest was worth more "dead than alive" to some of the poorest people in the world. | He said it was "crazy" that the rainforest was worth more "dead than alive" to some of the poorest people in the world. |
The world's forests store carbon in their wood and in their soils. | The world's forests store carbon in their wood and in their soils. |
We're asking for something pretty dreadful unless we really understand the issues now Prince Charles | We're asking for something pretty dreadful unless we really understand the issues now Prince Charles |
But they are being felled for timber products, food and now bio fuels. Experts say this carbon is being released into the atmosphere and contributes to global warming. | But they are being felled for timber products, food and now bio fuels. Experts say this carbon is being released into the atmosphere and contributes to global warming. |
The Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change, published in 2006, suggested that the destruction adds about 18% to the CO2 from human sources. | The Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change, published in 2006, suggested that the destruction adds about 18% to the CO2 from human sources. |
Prince Charles said of the rainforests: "When you think they release 20 billion tonnes of water vapour into the air every day, and also absorb carbon on a gigantic scale, they are incredibly valuable, and they provide the rainfall we all depend on." | Prince Charles said of the rainforests: "When you think they release 20 billion tonnes of water vapour into the air every day, and also absorb carbon on a gigantic scale, they are incredibly valuable, and they provide the rainfall we all depend on." |
He said a way had to be found to ensure people living in the rainforest were adequately rewarded for the "eco-system services that their forest provides the rest of the world". | He said a way had to be found to ensure people living in the rainforest were adequately rewarded for the "eco-system services that their forest provides the rest of the world". |
He said: "The trouble is the rainforests are home to something like 1.4 billion of the poorest people in the world. | He said: "The trouble is the rainforests are home to something like 1.4 billion of the poorest people in the world. |
"In order to survive there has to be an effort to produce things which tends to be at the expense of the rainforest. | "In order to survive there has to be an effort to produce things which tends to be at the expense of the rainforest. |
"What we've got to do is try to ensure that those forests are more valuable alive than dead. | "What we've got to do is try to ensure that those forests are more valuable alive than dead. |
"At the moment there's more value in them being dead. This is the crazy thing." | "At the moment there's more value in them being dead. This is the crazy thing." |
Drought and starvation | Drought and starvation |
The prince called on governments, big business and consumers to demand an end to logging in the rainforest. | The prince called on governments, big business and consumers to demand an end to logging in the rainforest. |
He said the time was right to persuade business to play its part because there was increasing concern about global warming. | He said the time was right to persuade business to play its part because there was increasing concern about global warming. |
"Halting deforestation would be the easiest and cheapest way in helping in the battle against climate change," he said. | "Halting deforestation would be the easiest and cheapest way in helping in the battle against climate change," he said. |
"Waiting for all the new technologies to come on stream is not going to be soon enough." | "Waiting for all the new technologies to come on stream is not going to be soon enough." |
Charles said if deforestation did not slow down soon there would be "far more drought and starvation on a grand scale". | Charles said if deforestation did not slow down soon there would be "far more drought and starvation on a grand scale". |
Urgency | Urgency |
He said: "We're asking for something pretty dreadful unless we really understand the issues now, and urgency of those issues. | He said: "We're asking for something pretty dreadful unless we really understand the issues now, and urgency of those issues. |
"It is the easiest way to create a win on the climate change front while all sorts of other things come along later." | "It is the easiest way to create a win on the climate change front while all sorts of other things come along later." |
The BBC's environment analyst, Roger Harrabin, says that Prince Charles' observation that saving the forests is the cheapest and most effective way of cutting CO2 emissions is "widely acknowledged ." | The BBC's environment analyst, Roger Harrabin, says that Prince Charles' observation that saving the forests is the cheapest and most effective way of cutting CO2 emissions is "widely acknowledged ." |
At the recent Bali climate conference, developing countries asked for compensation from rich nations if they agreed to avoid future deforestation. | At the recent Bali climate conference, developing countries asked for compensation from rich nations if they agreed to avoid future deforestation. |
Talks are continuing, but there are issues over sovereignty â and genuine difficulties over who pays, who collects, and how much money should be offered. | Talks are continuing, but there are issues over sovereignty â and genuine difficulties over who pays, who collects, and how much money should be offered. |