Tropical Forests: A Review

News:

• A fantastic new report from the Sierra Club: Forests, Wood and Climate – read why trying to store carbon in wood products is not a sound mitigation strategy
  20 Jul 2019
  
• We are literally flushing boreal primary forests down the toilet…
  20 Jul 2019
  
• Iran’s unique and beautiful Hyrcanian Forests have been added to the World Heritage List.
  9 Jul 2019
  

  Stretching in an arc along the southern Caspian Sea coast, these fascinating temperate broad-leaved forests have been in continuous evolution for over 25 million years, and are a remnant of forests that used to cover most of the northern temperate region. See: https://www.iucn.org/news/iucn-43whc/201905/huge-sub-antarctic-area-among-five-sites-recommended-iucn-world-heritage-list  

• Two critical articles explaining why we need ecological restoration – not tree planting – to fight climate change and save biodiversity.
  2 Jul 2019

  Article 1: Intact Forests in the United States: Proforestation Mitigates Climate Change and Serves the Greatest Good Article 2: Regenerate natural forests to store carbon

• Forests and Climate Change: logging in Oregon emits as much carbon as the dirtiest coal plant on Earth.
  24 May 2019
  

  Scientists say reforestation and better forest management can provide 18 percent of climate change mitigation through 2030. But studies appear to be divided about whether it’s better to prioritize the conservation of old forests or the replanting of young ones. A closer look, however, reconciles these two viewpoints. While young forests tend to absorb more […]

• See the 2019 Goldman Environmental Prize Ceremony! An uplifting evening of hope and inspiration!
  1 May 2019
• Unfortunately the world’s forests – and primary forests – continue to be lost and degraded at extremely high rates…
  1 May 2019
  

  See the story and latest findings from Global Forest Watch: https://www.wri.org/blog/2019/04/world-lost-belgium-sized-area-primary-rainforests-last-year And the Guardian…https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/apr/25/death-by-a-thousand-cuts-vast-expanse-rainforest-lost-in-2018 And the BBC…https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48037913

• Plantations shouldn’t be considered “forest restoration”!
  20 Apr 2019

  Nations around the globe have pledged to increase their forest cover by planting millions of trees. But new research shows much of this growth would be in monoculture plantations that would be quickly cut down and do little to tackle climate change or preserve biodiversity.