SinksWatch
Encyclopedia
SinksWatch is an initiative of the World Rainforest Movement
, hosted by the WRM's Northern Support Office and implemented by FERN
. The aim of SinksWatch is to track and scrutinize carbon sequestration projects
related to the Kyoto Protocol
, and to highlight their threats to forests and other ecosystems, to forest peoples
as well as to the climate. The focus of SinksWatch is on tree plantation sinks projects, particularly in areas where land tenure and land use rights are in dispute.
SinksWatch advocates addressing the links between forests and climate change in a way that honours forests as a safeguard against the impacts of extreme weather events without justifying the continued, additional and permanent release of carbon from fossil fuel burning.
World Rainforest Movement
The World Rainforest Movement is an international NGO and Indigenous Peoples' Groups network involved in efforts to defend the world's tropical forests against the forces that destroy them....
, hosted by the WRM's Northern Support Office and implemented by FERN
FERN
FERN is a Dutch foundation created in 1995. It is an international non-governmental organization to keep track of the EU’s involvement in forests and to co-ordinate NGO activities at the European level...
. The aim of SinksWatch is to track and scrutinize carbon sequestration projects
Carbon dioxide sink
A carbon sink is a natural or artificial reservoir that accumulates and stores some carbon-containing chemical compound for an indefinite period. The process by which carbon sinks remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is known as carbon sequestration...
related to the Kyoto Protocol
Kyoto Protocol
The Kyoto Protocol is a protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change , aimed at fighting global warming...
, and to highlight their threats to forests and other ecosystems, to forest peoples
Indigenous peoples
Indigenous peoples are ethnic groups that are defined as indigenous according to one of the various definitions of the term, there is no universally accepted definition but most of which carry connotations of being the "original inhabitants" of a territory....
as well as to the climate. The focus of SinksWatch is on tree plantation sinks projects, particularly in areas where land tenure and land use rights are in dispute.
SinksWatch advocates addressing the links between forests and climate change in a way that honours forests as a safeguard against the impacts of extreme weather events without justifying the continued, additional and permanent release of carbon from fossil fuel burning.
External links
- FERN's SinksWatch site
- Forests and the European Union Resources Network (FERN)