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A portion of the $30 billion that world leaders agreed to spend over the next three years to help poor nations could go toward the forest program. World leaders agreed to spend a total of $100 billion by 2020. Finding mechanisms to disburse those funds quickly and fairly is among the tasks at the conference. Djombo and two other African ministers present with Borloo on Wednesday were unanimous that not enough money has been committed to the fight against deforestation
-- and they said the money earmarked so far should be funneled quickly to the relevant countries. They emphasized that the task at hand is enormous, and long-term. Forest management must become participative, putting people who live off the forest at the heart of the program, the ministers said. Gabon's environment minister, Martin Mabala, said the world and indigenous populations need to view the forest differently. For example, he said the term "wood cutter" should be replaced by the term "forest manager." "Forests are a planetary asset and no longer the concern of individual countries," Mabala said. "This is the business of all humanity."
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