搶救氣候 保護雨林

文｜呂岱如

圖｜綠色和平

我工作職位所屬的森林項目組這個月正熱烈展開一系列跨國行動，在哥本哈根會議之前與美國總統歐巴馬的亞洲之行交叉之際，綠色和平在印尼蘇門答臘金島半島的雨林深處設立了「氣候保衛站」[1]，與當地住民合力合作共同呼籲世界各國領袖展現擔當，積極促成一個公平正義且具有法律約束效力的氣候協議─其中，立即停止毀林和保護熱帶原始森林的相關資金挹注是我們訴求的重點。

保護森林，尤其是在巴西亞馬遜、印尼天堂雨林等天然原始林，是平衡氣候變化的重要槓桿，因為這些大片的原始天然林儲藏了世界上約五分之一的碳，若能保護天然林不受非法砍伐和過度開發，就能立即對全球暖化啟動平衡的作用。而這些天然林更是許多瀕臨絕種珍貴物種的原生棲息地，保護森林除了保持地球的呼吸，也維持了生物多樣性和維護當地原住民的生態平衡。目前地球正以每二秒失去一個足球場大的森林的速度不斷地消費寶貴的天然資源，而印尼作為世界第三大的碳排放國家(僅次於美國與中國)也正是因為破壞雨林的原因。

「氣候保衛站」是綠色和平國際今年跨國合作的一個專案，保衛站的設立在於提供一個臨時工作基地，開展所有相關的密集活動，包括在當地建立一個阻斷焚林用水的水壩、接見英美大使與媒體記者、和當地住民進行交流等。綠色和平許多國家的辦公室都參與進來了，許多夥伴和更多從泰國加入的志願者抵達印尼雨林，一起搭蓋氣候保衛站，豎起大壩，掛上標語。揭露毀林的現場，告訴世界停止雨林的破壞是減緩全球暖化的最有效捷徑，而破壞天然雨林的不可逆後果是現在可以馬上阻撓的。

法國辦公室請來了影星Melanie Laurent、中國辦公室請到了歌手蕭偉和作家春樹到印尼雨林一同見證雨林的破壞現況，拍攝大量的影像資料在國際媒體間曝光。為數眾多的當地居民和志願者成功地花了幾個星期的時間成功蓋起大壩，阻斷毀林的水道憑藉。綠色和平更在歐巴馬的亞洲行之前，將美國駐印尼大使請到雨林中實地探訪當地居民，了解毀林的嚴重現況和代價，並且將此訊息轉達給歐巴馬。在中國的氣候組也在歐巴馬抵達中國前，將一幅表達期待歐巴馬成為氣候領袖的剪紙藝術送交美國駐中國大使館，作為致送給他的禮物。而這兩個禮拜，氣候保衛站採取了更積極的行動，直接突擊造紙企業亞太漿紙公司（APRIL）盜用天然林的證據，拉上「你可以停止森林破壞」的標語，對全球領袖喊話。即使日前已有多位綠色和平工作人員甚至獨立的媒體記者先後被當地警方拘捕、審問且強制遣返，這一系列引人注目的行動引發大規模的媒體效應，而值得欣慰的結果是印尼的林業部上週停止了APRIL在該地區的採伐許可。

哥本哈根會議的迫近在綠色和平的辦公室內真是掀起萬里風雲，氣候組與森林組的各項行動在全球不同據點緊鑼密鼓，身在其中除了忙碌壓力與草木皆兵的緊張氣氛以外，真心希望這一切努力不只是一個在環保界中茶壺裡的風暴，而這所有執著和熱情的吶喊與行動能在12月哥本哈根能夠得到具體政治成績。

[1] 延伸閱讀，綠色和平氣候保衛站的部落格: http://weblog.greenpeace.org/climate/

圖片說明 (由上至下依序)

(1) Local people on the Serkap River, Riau Province, Sumatra, Indonesia

(2) Climate Defenders Camp Indonesia

11/03/2009

Greenpeace activists and local community finishing constructing a dam on a peatland canal to stop the drainage of the carbon-rich peatland as part of their "Climate Defender Camp" at Kampar Peninsula, Teluk Meranti village, Riau province, Indonesia change from Indonesian rainforest Kofi Annan’s ‘climate justice’ ambassador and star of Quentin Tarantino’s latest movie ‘Inglorious Basterds’, French actress Mélanie Laurent has joined Greenpeace in the heart of the Indonesian rainforest today. Mélanie is here to speak out against the mass destruction of the planet’s forests because it is one of the main causes of climate change and a critical issue to be addressed at the UN Copenhagen Climate Summit in five week’s time.

(3) Climate Defenders Camp Indonesia

10/30/2009

Melanie Laurent, who stars in Quentin Tarantino's latest movie 'Inglourious Basterds', in the Indonesian Rainforest with Greenpeace speaking out against forest destruction and climate change in the lead up to the UN Copenhagen Climate Summit in December 2009.

(4) Climate Defenders Camp Indonesia

11/09/2009

Chinese celebrities pop star Xiao Wei and Beijing novelist Chun Sue visit a recently destroyed and burnt peatland in the Kampar region of Sumatra.

(5) Greenpeace Climate Defenders Camp

11/25/2009

Greenpeace activists hang banners reading "Forest Destruction: You can stop this" and "Climate Crime" from the top of a loading crane in the port of a major pulp mill facility in Riau Province, Sumatra, Indonesia. The activists are shutting down the export facilities of the pulp mill, operated by Sinar Mas-owned pulp and paper company APP in the heart of Indonesia's rainforests. Sinar Mas is a driver of global climate change due to its role in widespread forest destruction. The action comes 12 days before the UN Copenhagen Climate Summit. Greenpeace is sending a message to world leaders to demand decisive action to avert runaway climate change and to provide funds needed to end tropical deforestation as part of a fair, ambitious and legally binding climate deal in December. Indonesia is the world's third largest climate polluter after China and the US, mainly as a result of the ongoing destruction of its forests and peat soils. Globally, a million hectares of forests are destroyed every month, emitting so much CO2 that deforestation is one of the main causes of climate change, responsible for about a fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions.

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2009年11月25日星期三