森林の経済的価値のモニタリングを

Global forest monitoring to help mitigate climate change(FAO)

For the first time worldwide, free and ready-to-use high-resolution satellite data is now available to monitor forests and help reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. The monitoring system has been launched by FAO and other partners as part of the Global Forest Resources Assessment.
"This brings a revolution to the forest monitoring field. Never before have data of this kind been provided directly to users in developing countries. Monitoring will be cheaper, more accurate and transparent for countries that want to participate in reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation," said FAO Director General Jacques Diouf.
The world's forests are in the spotlight as talks for a new climate change deal move towards an agreement on how to achieve reduced emissions from forests next December in Copenhagen, Denmark.
A mechanism for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation((REDD) would be a breakthrough in the fight against climate change and represents one of the areas where most progress is expected in Copenhagen.
It is the first time that a global forest scheme has the potential to generate such a magnitude of benefits for developing countries. Diouf underlined how a REDD mechanism would not only bring a reduced impact on climate but also much needed resources to improve livelihoods, conservation efforts and food security.

FAOが強調するREDDへの利用だが、これは、CDMのLand Use Changeへの応用編。先進国が発展途上国の森林消失防止に基金を創ろうというもの。
しかし、自分が考えている炭素本位制は化石燃料起源の二酸化炭素増加分と、それを海、森林が吸収する分とで炭素為替取引にして直接的に炭素循環を経済に取り込んでしまうものだ。大気中に溜まった化石燃料起源分の二酸化炭素はいわば累積債務であり、炭素金利を設定して炭素銀行たる森林に経済的資産に変えるビジネスモデルだ。
そのためには、よりリアルタイムに近い形で森林の面積、森林の光吸収、炭素貯蔵量のデータを得られなければならない。遅かれ早かれ世界の流れは排出権取引や炭素税などおざなりのモデルから脱して炭素本位制に移行せざるを得ないことになるだろう。テクノロジーとそれがもたらすデータは使いようで利用価値が変わってくる。
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