What can government's do to help reduce deforestation? (Any detailed websites or online reports?)?

Question

I would like to know what can governments do to help reduce deforestation in BOTH the commercial part and for the poor farmers? I can't seem to be able to find useful detailed websites on what governments can do. For example, what can governments of developing do to help farmers who have no choice but slash and burn? or what can government's do to have sustainable mining or charcoal collection in forests? Thanks

Answer 1

A large part of it is increasing the productivity of farms so that they can grow more food on less land. This has been quite successful in developed countries (which are restoring land to forests while exporting enough food to prevent starvation in other countries) and has potential in developing countries as well (a lot of their deforestation problems are due to inefficient farming techniques).

Basically they need to try to copy what the first world has already done and where it is useful use more advanced technology.

The big potential problem is that those who are left unemployed by the changes may end up doing subsistence farming to stay alive so new industries are going to have to appear to deal with that problem otherwise the damage to the environment will continue to be done. Don't expect it to be an easy process, it took the countries that are now developed a long time and quite a bit of social resistance to get where they are now and we still have to solve the global warming problem (i.e. stop the anti-nuke kooks from deciding where our power comes from).

Answer 2

it is the governments who are the main causes for deforestation.
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the next cause is overpopulation and expanding civilization

CAN DEFORESTATION BE STOPPED????
Almost impossible

SLASH AND BURN
the Indians or local people would cut everything down and burn the Forrest to replace it with harm full short term farming, killing the soil in no time .

Expanding farming ,that has to keep pace with the expanding populations are very strong forces that encroach upon the rainforest's
clearing them for farming and settlement areas .

That and the giant networks of roads that have exchanged forests for asphalt all over the planet
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In Mexico is a famous jungle that the Media has been trying to save for years
the Naturalists ,and the government ,keep watch. .laws are made for protecting the wild and to forbid logging.
TV put out a series of documentaries
there are campaigns in the News papers
and all of this has not made the slightest difference
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Rainforest's always are in third world countries and always in third world countries corruption and the need for money s highest

the jungles gets smaller by the day
more and more farmers move in .and burn the trees
it is an impossible situation
as long as there is poverty and an increasing birth rate in these regions the destruction will continue

Locals are too easily tempted to sell of exotic animals to the unscrupulous people who buy them.for the market that exists in the first world countries.

We must look for ways to improve economic situations for the local people who threaten the forest's´s,

But what can we do about those who come from far away to exploit these resources????????

One of the few ways to preserve the Forrest is to develop Eco tourism under strict control that has limited access ,and use the local people in the concept as guides ,hotel staff and get them to start home industries of artifacts .

Or agro forestal =farming which includes trees ,either wild life or/and crops such as coffee
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Eco tourism is one of the only concepts that profits by a healthy back ground with out harming it ,and so ensures the Forrest's safety

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PERMACULTURE
Permaculture is a way of living hand in hand with the Environment ,on the edge of Nature
Its a sustainable way of human existence that needs far less of the Natural resources or incorporates it as part of the concept .
Farming Natural animals or plant in conjunction with trees.
Building soil instead of depleting it
Harvesting water instead of diminishing it
And not contaminating anything

This is definitely the best philosophy to project ,
Instead of the harmful mono culture farming of today

Ancient civilizations were far more advanced about the concept of sustainability,and some of their isolated descendants still practice remnants of that today.

Generally speaking the so called educated farmers tend to be the most harmful and unfortunately this negative education has spread wiping out the sense of the past
We must try to preserve this knowledge ,
which is what Permaculture is all about

THE ONLY WAY i CAN THINK OF TO PRESERVE FORESTS IN RICH COUNTRIES IS BY EDUCATION STARTING IN KINDER GARDEN

To try and create love and respect as well as to demonstrate the necessity of these resources

And to turn the woods into utility parks .with animals

This is already happening in rich countries ,but all places are different depending on their sizes, climates and what kind of Nature they have left.

In the Netherlands the deer walk amongst the people on ¨de Veluwe¨the country is no bigger than Mexico city so they don't have a choice.

In Rustlers Valley in Africa the bless buck lie on the lawn ,and in Jasper the caribou walk around town,

Bill Mollison was asked this question about what to do with Nature and he said it is best left alone,

It is why i keep saying ¨we should be on the edge of Nature ,not on top of it.

How ever the biggest enemy is Attitudes,Modern materialistic society ,largely prompted by their religions,which have alienated them from their Environment.
,egoistically have come to regard Humanity far more important than Nature,thinking Nature must give way to progress ,failing to realize that both have to be interrelated.

And that destruction cannot be regarded as progress

Answer 3

Recycling helps the environment because we don't need to cut down as many trees to make paper. Also, we don't have to use up as much land for landfills.