The African Climate Solution
12/02/2009 //
The African Climate Solution arises from the recommendations of the AU Working Group on Agriculture Forests, Land Use and Livelihoods?, and describes an African framework for safeguarding and increasing forest and bio-carbon resources in East and Southern Africa.
Forests, of course, are a hotly debated concept with competing definitions, typically concerning legal or administrative requirements, land use or land cover. The debate is most pronounced in academic and scientific communities when considering the potential of certain lands and land uses to affect carbon balances – and within the climate change regime when considering the eligibility of actions on these same lands and land uses to qualify under the carbon-related provisions of the Kyoto Protocol. More information: The African Climate Solution - Programme