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Drivers of Deforestation?Facts to be considered regarding the impact of shifting cultivation in Asia

พิมพ์โดย: Asian Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP)

An estimated 260 million indigenous peoples live in Asia1. Most of them inhabit forested uplands where a large number of them practice shifting cultivation, which is also called as swidden cultivation or rotational farming. For them, shifting cultivation is not merely a technique of farming; it is their way of life. Government policies and laws have attempted to limit or outright ban shifting cultivation since it is considered a primitive and destructive form of land use. Recently, several governments of the region involved in REDD have identified shifting cultivation as a driver of deforestation in their REDD Readiness-Plan Idea Note (R-PIN)2 and Readiness Preparation Proposals (RPP)3.Decades of research on virtually every aspect of shifting cultivation has generated sufficient evidence to prove that its sweeping condemnation by government bureaucrats, politicians or professionals is based on insufficient and erroneous information, or quite simply myth4.Past state intervention aimed at restricting or eradicating shifting cultivation has had serious negative consequences for the affected indigenous communities, and we therefore call on SBSTA to ensure that the discussion on shifting cultivation in the context of identifying drivers of deforestation is not based on the old prejudices, but on the facts that have been well established by scientific researcher and is easily accessible.

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Lakpa Nuri Sherpa, nuri@aippnet.org Joan Carling, joan@aippnet.org Christian Erni, ce@iwgia.org

ผู้แต่งร่วม (บุคคล) Lakpa Nuri Sherpa, Joan Carling and Christian Erni
สำนักพิมพ์ Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP); International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA)
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วันที่อัพโหลด มิถุนายน 13, 2015, 01:10 (UTC)
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