Untuk milis lingkungan, ini informasi terakhir tentang kondisi hutan di dunia. Tuti > Text: New Report on Management of World's Protected Forests > (Many of world's forest areas protected only on paper) (910) > > A report released by the World Bank and the World Wide Fund for Nature > (WWF) says that the world's forest protected areas are threatened by > poor management, with many protected only on paper. > > The World Bank/WWF Alliance for Forest Conservation and Sustainable Use, > established in April 1998, said in a press release issued December 2 > that its so-called "paper parks" report covers 10 key forested > countries: Brazil, China, Gabon, Indonesia, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, > Peru, Russia, Tanzania and Vietnam. > > The study, conducted for the alliance by the World Conservation Union, > found that less than one-quarter of the declared national parks, > wildlife refuges and other protected areas in these countries were > well managed, and many had no management at all. This means that only > 1 percent of these areas are secure from threats such as human > settlement, agriculture, logging, hunting, mining, pollution, war and > tourism, according to the report. > > In response to these findings, the World Bank/WWF Alliance has adopted a > new target for converting these so-called "paper parks" into > effectively managed areas. The new goal calls for 50 million hectares > of existing but highly threatened forest protected areas to be secured > under effective management by 2005. > > To achieve this target, the alliance will continue to work with > governments, conservation organizations and indigenous people to > identify the world's most threatened parks and to develop a system for > implementation and monitoring management of these protected areas. > The alliance currently has projects in over 22 countries worldwide. > > One of several success stories listed in the report comes from Vietnam, > where the alliance has helped to mobilize more than $1 million in > private sector investment from the Tropical Forest Fund, an > association of furniture buyers committed to sustainable forestry. > > Following is the text of the press release: > > (begin text) > > World Bank > WWF Alliance > for Forest Conservation and Sustainable Use > > NEW RESEARCH REVEALS MAGNITUDE OF THREAT TO WORLD'S FOREST PROTECTED > AREAS > WASHINGTON, December 2, 1999 -- New findings released today by the World > Bank/WWF Alliance reveal that less than one quarter of declared > national parks, wildlife refuges, and other protected areas in 10 key > forested countries were well managed, and many had no management at > all. What this means is that only one percent of these areas are > secure from serious threats such as human settlement, agriculture, > logging, hunting, mining, pollution, war, and tourism, among other > pressures. > > In response to these findings from a study conducted by IUCN - The World > Conservation Union, for the World Bank/WWF Alliance for Forest > Conservation and Sustainable Use, World Bank President James D. > Wolfensohn and WWF-US President Kathryn S. Fuller today adopted a new > target for converting these so called "paper parks" into effectively > managed areas. > > The target calls for 50 million hectares [125 million acres] of existing > but highly threatened forest protected area to be secured under > effective management by the year 2005. To achieve this goal, the > Alliance will continue to work with governments, conservation > organizations, indigenous people and other stakeholders to identify > the world's most threatened parks and to develop a system for > implementation, improving and monitoring management of these protected > areas. > > "This new research highlights the urgent need to manage these protected > areas more effectively so that they are secure for the people and > wildlife who depend upon them for their survival" says Fuller. > > These findings, among others, are outlined in the World Bank/WWF > Alliance's first annual report released today by Wolfensohn and > Fuller. The Alliance is working world-wide, from Vietnam where it has > helped to mobilize more than $1 million private-sector investment from > the Tropical Forest Fund, an association of furniture buyers committed > to sustainable forestry, to Georgia in Eastern Europe, where WWF and > World Bank collaboration catalyzed action that led to the passage of a > new forestry code that should halt the devastation of that country's > forests. > > The Alliance has seen the governments of Brazil, Peru and six nations of > the Congo Basin commit to actions that once realized, will help the > Alliance meet two-thirds of its target for new protected areas. > > "Alleviating poverty and protecting the environment go hand in hand," > says Wolfensohn. "This Alliance will help leverage our contract with > nature, delivering real results on the ground." > > Currently, the Alliance has projects in over 22 countries worldwide and > is continuing to form partnerships with other NGOs and governments to > make their global vision for the future of the world's forests become > a reality. > > In April of 1998, the World Bank, the largest provider of development > assistance in the world, and WWF, the world's largest > conservation organization, joined forces to protect the Earth's > forests in an Alliance for forest conservation and sustainable use. > The Alliance promotes the following targets: 50 million hectares (125 > million acres) of new forest protected areas by 2005; 50 million > hectares (125 million acres) of existing but highly threatened forest > protected areas secured under effective management by 2005; 200 > million hectares (495 million acres) of the world's production forests > under independently certified sustainable management by > 2005. > > The 10 key countries in the Paper Parks report: Brazil, China, Gabon, > Indonesia, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Russia, Tanzania and > Vietnam. > > The Alliance's first Annual Report can be found on the Alliance web site > at: http://www-esd.worldbank.org/wwf/annualreport.htm > > (end text) > > (Distributed by the Office of International Information Programs, U.S. > Department of State) > >
