Conference 7 MAY 2018 at the UNFCCC, World Conference Center
“Addressing the big four drivers of deforestation”
Just four key commodities – beef, soy, palm oil and wood (for bioenergy, paper and timber), are by far the leading cause of global deforestation and forest degradation, a key cause of climate change that also significantly undermines the climate resilience of countries and communities.
Global population increase propels production of commodities but wood bio-energy is not necessarily a direct result of population increase, nor do some other commodities have to increase proportional to population increase.
Obviously the more people the greater the demand on forests and all natural resources.
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