The role of the forest-wood sector in climate change mitigation
In Hinda, in the Kouilou department, on the west coast of the Republic of Congo.
© RFI / Sayouba Traoré
By: Sayouba Traoré
2 min
One of the triggers of global warming is what scientists call the greenhouse effect.
And the first responsible for this greenhouse effect, and therefore for global warming, is carbon dioxide.
It turns out that forests, which cover 31% of the earth's land, play an important role in climate regulation.
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It all started with the Paris agreements, resulting from the COP 21 in 2015. This agreement, approved by all 195 delegations representing their country, defines a global framework aimed at avoiding dangerous climate change by limiting global warming to a level well below 2 ° C and continuing efforts to limit it to 1.5 ° C.
When researchers speak of the forest-wood sector, this concerns a large number of players.
The forester must change his working methods to allow the forest to regenerate, the forest operator must change his working methods and the techniques used and, at the end of the chain, the citizen must change his methods of consuming wood products. .
In Hinda, in the Kouilou department, on the west coast of the Republic of Congo.
© RFI / Sayouba Traoré
Guest:
Jean-Charles Bastien, specialist in Integrated Biology to enhance the diversity of trees and forests, at the National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (INRAE).
Production: Sayouba Traoré
Director: Ewa Piedel.
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