by Gary Chandler | Jun 2, 2021 | Forest Conservation, Reforestation
Nature-Based Solutions Imperative To Global Defense In the battle against global warming and climate change, there are no silver bullets. It will require both an offensive approach and a defensive one. Defending ecosystems and biodiversity is a moral obligation and an...
by Gary Chandler | Jun 26, 2020 | Carbon Capture, Reforestation
Canada Planting Trees To Honor Fallen Soldiers Thanks to a powerful initiative in Canada, fallen soldiers will have a living monument to keep their memories alive. In its first five years, an initiative to support the environment, while honoring Canada’s fallen...
by Gary Chandler | May 2, 2019 | Carbon Capture, Reforestation
Trees Also Shelter Us From Climate Change What’s low-tech, sustainable and possibly the most effective thing that we can do to fight global warming and climate change? Planting trees and saving forests. Tom Crowther is a climate change ecologist at Swiss...
by Gary Chandler | Dec 18, 2018 | Biodiversity, Reforestation
Deforestation Fueling Global Warming Many countries have made commitments to restore huge areas of forest as part of the Bonn Challenge, organized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. For example, Costa Rica has promised to preserve 1 million...
by Gary Chandler | Jun 2, 2018 | Reforestation, Sustainable Agriculture
Deforestation Driving Poverty, Migration, Conflict Every year, 12 million hectares of land are degraded because of drought and desertification. The Food and Agriculture Organization Of The United Nations hopes to reverse that trend and return land to agriculture...
by Gary Chandler | Mar 3, 2018 | Forest Conservation, Reforestation
Deforestation A Crime In North Korea Between 1990 and 2005, North Korea lost 25 percent of its forest cover, or around 2 million hectares, which is the highest rate among countries in East Asia. Cultivation, logging, and natural disasters have all put pressure on...
