Tropical Forests: A Review

News:

• We are destroying our ecosphere…
  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 […]

• The IPCC releases a special report on climate change and land
  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, […]

• Indigenous Peoples welcome IPCC report on International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
  9 Aug 2019
  

  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 at https://ipccresponse.org/home-en

• Why protecting primary forests – not planting trees – is the priority nature based solution to climate change
  8 Aug 2019
  

  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 major contributors to global climate change. Read the full article at http://theconversation.com/want-to-beat-climate-change-protect-our-natural-forests-121491

• A map of forest clearing in BC’s globally rare rainforest
  5 Aug 2019

  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 woodland caribou. The area is endangered by logging, roads, and energy development. This video […]

• British Columbia’s primary forests are being clear cut at shocking rates
  5 Aug 2019
  

  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

• 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