60 countries commit to zero net deforestation
Bonn, 29 May 2008 - Environment ministers and Conference Parties from 60 countries including Germany, host of the 9th Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP9), today showed WWF and the world they are serious in the fight to stop forest loss, thereby safeguarding biodiversity, global climate and people’s well-being. The ministers showed their commitment at a WWF event held during the conference in Bonn.
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Loss of forests also implies the loss of goods and major ecological services to humanity ƒ{ food, medicine, watershed protection, livelihoods, and climate and disaster mitigation. About 1.6 billion people worldwide depend on forests for their livelihoods, with 60 million indigenous people depending on forests for their subsistence.
Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity who signed to the WWF Postcard Calling for Zero Net Deforestation by 2020:
1. Afghanistan 2. Australia 3. Austria 4. Benin 5. Bosnia Herzogovania 6. Burkina Faso 7. Cambodia 8. Colombia 9. Costa Rica 10. Croatia 11. Cyprus 12. Czech Republic 13. Denmark 14. Ecuador 15. Finland 16. France 17. Gambia 18. Germany 19. Guatemala 20. Guinea Bissau 21. Indonesia 22. Iran 23. Japan 24. Kenya 25. Latvia 26. Lesotho 27. Liberia 28. Madagascar 29. Mauritania 30. Mexico 31. Namibia 32. Nepal 33. Netherlands 34. New Zealand 35. Nigeria 36. Oman 37. Pakistan 38. Panama 39. Paraguay 40. Peru 41. Poland 42. Samoa 43. Senegal 44. Serbia 45. Sierra Leone 46. Slovenia 47. South Africa 48. St Vincent and Grenadines 49. Sweden 50. Tajikistan 51. Tanzania 52. Tchad 53. Timor Leste 54. Uganda 55. Ukraine 56. UK 57. Vietnam 58. Yemen 59. Zambia 60. Zimbabwe 61. European Commission
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