Making Forests Count for Caribou And You update

Dec 17, 2009

Back in October, I blogged about why Making Forests Count at the UN climate change talks in Copenhagen is important to caribou and you.

Just before CPAWS’ climate and forest expert Chris Henschel took off for Copenhagen to attend the talks, I got the chance to sit down with him to hear what he expected and hoped for from the negotiations. Here is the video of our conversation:

(watch meet Chris Henschel video on YouTube)

Since then, Chris has been reporting about the UN negotiations around forests and climate change in Copenhagen via his Make Forests Count Scorecard, Forests and Climate Change blog and Biocarbonman twitter account. The news early on was dire. Only Switzerland agreed to account for real carbon emissions from cutting down forests while the other developed countries wanted to create a logging loophole:

(watch logging loophope video on YouTube)

But, then a glimmer of hope. Out of nowhere France stepped up to the table and agreed to make forests count and urged the other EU countries to follow suit. With this hopeful news I crossed my hooves hoping to hear of developed nations siding with France and Switzerland to make forests count. But now as the clock ticks down to the last day of meetings, it looks as though an agreement might not even be finalized. Whatever comes out of Copenhagen, one thing is clear. Making Forests Count will continue to be an important issue. This means the Make Forests Count team will continue to pursue and support the right change for our climate.

Join the cause and follow the news at:
www.MakeForestsCount.org
Make Forests Count on facebook
Chris Henschel’s Blog
Chris Henschel on twitter

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