The IPCC releases a special report on climate change and land
The IPCC report on desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems has some very key conclusions, including emphasizing the need for conservation of high-carbon ecosystems (such as...
Indigenous Peoples welcome IPCC report on International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
A statement on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Climate Change and Land from Indigenous Peoples and local communities* from 42 countries spanning 76% of the world’s tropical forests. Read the full article...
Why protecting primary forests – not planting trees – is the priority nature based solution to climate change
Tomorrow a special report on how land use affects climate change will be released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Land degradation, deforestation, and the expansion of our deserts, along with agriculture and the other ways people shape land, are all...A map of forest clearing in BC’s globally rare rainforest
The inland rainforest and “wetbelt” region of British Columbia are one of only 3 such areas globally. They have the highest known richness of lichens, massive trees that live for nearly two millennia, their full complement of large carnivores and imperiled...
British Columbia’s primary forests are being clear cut at shocking rates
Less than one-third of the world’s primary forests are still intact. Deep in the interior of British Columbia, a temperate rainforest that holds vast stores of carbon and is home to endangered caribou is being clear-cut as fast as the Amazon. Read the article at the...News:
- 12 Dec 2019
Today we are delighted to share three new infographics on carbon, biodiversity and primary forests!
- 23 Oct 2019
“We must preserve and restore natural forests, focusing on primary forests” Read about this and more on page 14 of https://forestdeclaration.org/images/uploads/resource/2019NYDFReport.pdf
- 23 Oct 2019
Just announced, Old Growth and Wilderness Conference is November 20th-21st! More at https://www.wildeurope.org/old-growth-forest-protection-strategy-old-growth-forest-protection-conference/ and https://www.wildeurope.org/president-of-slovakia-to-participate-at-wild-europe-conference/#more-1973
- 27 Sep 2019
FORESTS STORE MORE CARBON THAN IS CURRENTLY IN the atmosphere (and more than known oil and coal reserves combined). Forests are therefore a critical component of climate solutions because there is enough carbon in forests that if burned or otherwise released into the atmosphere, it would trigger dangerous warming, even if we eliminate fossil fuel […]
- 27 Sep 2019
We are in the middle of a climate breakdown, and all they can talk about is money and fairytales of eternal economic growth. Here is a link to the full article and video: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/23/world-leaders-generation-climate-breakdown-greta-thunberg
- 27 Sep 2019
Environmental activists Greta Thunberg and George Monbiot have helped produce a short film highlighting the need to protect, restore and use nature to tackle the climate crisis. Living ecosystems like forests, mangroves, swamps and seabeds can pull enormous quantities of carbon from the air and store them safely, but natural climate solutions currently receive only […]
- 15 Aug 2019
A new report https://www.worldwildlife.org/publications/below-the-canopy by WWF and ZSL finds that on average the world’s forests have lost over half of their vertebrates in less than fifty years – a catastrophic decline that threatens numerous species and also the vital ecosystem services forests provide and that we all depend on. Exceptionally bad news for wildlife and […]
- 9 Aug 2019
The IPCC report on desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems has some very key conclusions, including emphasizing the need for conservation of high-carbon ecosystems (such as peatlands, wetlands, rangelands, mangroves and forests), the considerable risks associated with biofuels and the need for changes in consumption patterns, […]