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UN urges forest investment to create green jobs
11/03/2009
A new United Nations report is urging countries to invest in ‘sustainable forest management’ in order to create up ten million new ‘green’ jobs, which will help to reduce unemployment numbers across the world.
The report, which is due for release this week is from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization and is aimed at ‘mainly regions with substantial rural unemployment and degraded land areas," according to the US Forestry Department’s chief economist, C.T.S Nair, who co-wrote the report.
Nair says the investment could most benefit countries in Asia, Africa and parts of Latin America, with every African country set to benefit in terms of new jobs and India and China also set to significantly boost their job market through the initiative.
Nair says countries including the US, South Korea and India have already expressed interest in forestry investment as part of their plans to stimulate their economies.
The report claims sustainable forestry is also beneficial to the environment and may help fight climate change. Under the investment scheme, jobs would be created, which will help fight poverty, while trees will be planted, to help soak up carbon emissions.
The report, which is due for release this week is from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization and is aimed at ‘mainly regions with substantial rural unemployment and degraded land areas," according to the US Forestry Department’s chief economist, C.T.S Nair, who co-wrote the report.
Nair says the investment could most benefit countries in Asia, Africa and parts of Latin America, with every African country set to benefit in terms of new jobs and India and China also set to significantly boost their job market through the initiative.
Nair says countries including the US, South Korea and India have already expressed interest in forestry investment as part of their plans to stimulate their economies.
The report claims sustainable forestry is also beneficial to the environment and may help fight climate change. Under the investment scheme, jobs would be created, which will help fight poverty, while trees will be planted, to help soak up carbon emissions.
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