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 * Country-** Ukraine
 * Topic-** Deforestation
 * Committee-** 7
 * Name-** Courtney Boutwell
 * Period-** 0

Deforestation is a widespread, critical issue in our world today. To deforest is to clear away areas of forests or trees. Becoming a major issue after World War II, deforestation has led to many environmental problems. About 12 hectares of the world's forests are cleared yearly, and every minute an area of forest equal to 20 football fields is lost. Although many countries are working to limit deforestation, it is still continuing at an alarming rate. Deforestation is harmful to humans and animals, as well as the environment. Many species of animals and plants are at risk of going extinct due to this issue. Numerous countries have a vast rate of deforestation, especially tropical countries, which are at risk of losing their forest entirely. Deforestation also contributes to global warming, due to the increase in carbon dioxide left by this topic.
 * BACKGROUND OF THE TOPIC:**

The UN has discussed the issue of deforestation in many different conferences and conventions over the last few years. The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) started the UN Forum on Forests. The UNEP is and has been discussing the issue of deforestation on the world. The UN has also put forth Agenda 21 on combating deforestation and held the Conference on Environment and Development held in the Rio de Janeiro in 1992. The most significant UN action taken so far has been to create the Tropical Forestry Action Plan. In the United Nations Millennium Declaration, it states that the UN will work “to intensify our collective efforts for the management, conservation and sustainable development of all types of forests.”
 * UNITED NATIONS INVOLEMENT:**

The issue of deforestation is crucial to Ukraine. As a nation with expansive, naturally forested land, Ukraine has taken many steps towards limiting deforestation. Deforestation has a major effect on the climate. Ukraine adopted the Forest Code of Ukraine in 1994. In 2002, Ukraine also adopted the new Land Code of Ukraine, and the program Forests of Ukraine, which started in 2002 and will continue until 2015. The country of Ukraine has gained back about 3.3% of its forests. Ukraine feels that deforestation is a major problem in our world today, and would like to regulate it as much as possible.
 * COUNTRY POLICY AND INVOLEMENT:**

Ukraine feels that even though many solutions have been put into action in the past, none have completely solved the issue of deforestation. Our goal is to limit deforestation to only the absolute necessary amount to keep the economy in tact. Ukraine would like to propose creating Humans Against Deforestation (H.A.D.), which would meet once every year to discuss the problem of deforestation and what can be done do eliminate the issue. We would also like to put forth, Protecting our Forests, a plan to help lower deforestation rates into action. Another possible solution would be to create the International Forest Foundation, which collects money from different nations to put towards reforestation. Ukraine would also like to propose putting into actions the Reforestation Plan, which would help establish a master plan for the world as well as individual plans for each country to help with reforestation. Ukraine is willing to put forth money to help settle this issue as soon as possible.
 * SOLUTIONS:**

http://www.botany.uwc.ac.za/envFacts/facts/deforestation.htm http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=52&ArticleID=59 http://www.questia.com/googleScholar.qst;jsessionid=LYvKdGQt2Nq1sZTyd2VCqpfhyv50k3yhHMh9RFqdqtffrQBYkCWL!-1569404826?docId=5000245842
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