Luka Suon Sociology 202 Environmental Issues September 26, 2008 11:17 am
Save the Trees!
On Wednesday the United Nations launched a program to save the world's forests from further deforestation. The program, called Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation Programme (UN-REDD), seeks to slow down if not stop the deforestation process, since clearing out trees for farmland accounts for 20% of the greenhouse gas emissions responsible for the climate change. Many see this as the successor to the Kyoto Protocol (the program responsible for investigating global warming). World delegates plan to meet in Copenhagen in the next year to figure out the situation before the pact expires in 2012.
The basic gist of the plan is for rich countries to pay the poor countries to cut down on their carbon emissions, something not everyone is excited about. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown believes such a plan is flawed and risks alienating the poor countries in the process. An alternative to the plan is to simply pay based on the size of existing forests. Countries that violate this immediately loose out on the deal. The nations that met in Ghana to discuss this pact appear to agree with it, although still some questions left to be answered.
What a stupid and idiotic idea! Geez, why don't I pay Pablo a $100 every time he cuts a tree, eh? Yeah, I get it...the U.N.'s got a bit of the messiah complex and now wants to do good, like the U.N.'s done anything good in its existence. Listen, this is a good example of international naivety and easy extortion! Hell, anybody can do it! Now, I know the U.N.'s got good intentions and maybe this is the best they've got, but seriously, will it do any good in the long run? Money comes from trees, motherf***ers! What happens when all the trees run out? Yeah...then they go back to doing what they do best!
Reader, if you've gotten this far then you must be in agreement with this statement, because seriously, you really think they're (the poor countries) going to keep this up? They're playing us for saps...ha ha ha...I just made a tree joke right there.
The basic gist of the plan is for rich countries to pay the poor countries to cut down on their carbon emissions, something not everyone is excited about. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown believes such a plan is flawed and risks alienating the poor countries in the process. An alternative to the plan is to simply pay based on the size of existing forests. Countries that violate this immediately loose out on the deal. The nations that met in Ghana to discuss this pact appear to agree with it, although still some questions left to be answered.
What a stupid and idiotic idea! Geez, why don't I pay Pablo a $100 every time he cuts a tree, eh? Yeah, I get it...the U.N.'s got a bit of the messiah complex and now wants to do good, like the U.N.'s done anything good in its existence. Listen, this is a good example of international naivety and easy extortion! Hell, anybody can do it! Now, I know the U.N.'s got good intentions and maybe this is the best they've got, but seriously, will it do any good in the long run? Money comes from trees, motherf***ers! What happens when all the trees run out? Yeah...then they go back to doing what they do best!
Reader, if you've gotten this far then you must be in agreement with this statement, because seriously, you really think they're (the poor countries) going to keep this up? They're playing us for saps...ha ha ha...I just made a tree joke right there.
Links:
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/50371/story.htm
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