Brazil’s Cerrado Under Fire

Brazil’s Cerrado Under Fire

Agriculture Threatening Biodiversity, Watersheds Deforestation is a major contributor to global warming. Brazil is one of the nations with the highest rates of deforestation in the world. Agriculture expansion is the primary force behind the destruction. Industrial...
COP26 Builds Momentum To Stop Deforestation

COP26 Builds Momentum To Stop Deforestation

Forest and Land-Use Agreement Already In Jeopardy Forests are one of the only proven weapons in the battle against greenhouse gases, but we are burning them down to create massive factory farms. Millions of acres of critical ecosystems have been lost forever. Many...
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reach Record Level

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reach Record Level

Carbon Sinks Becoming Carbon Generators Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached a new record last year, despite the pandemic lockdown. The world will reach new records in 2021 according to the UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO). It’s been at least 3...
Wildfires, Deforestation and Global Warming

Wildfires, Deforestation and Global Warming

Carbon Sinks, Ecosystems Destroyed When Needed Most From the Amazon to the Arctic, the last forests around the world are burning. Fueled by climate change, the wildfires are compounding the problem of global warming. Carbon emissions from global wildfires reached...
Wildfires, Deforestation and Global Warming

Global Warming Accelerating

Net Zero, Carbon Sequestration Part Of Solution Human influence has warmed the climate at a an unprecedented rate. Climate change is already affecting many weather and climate extremes in every region across the globe, including heat waves, droughts, heavy...
Brothers Defending Orangutan Habitat

Brothers Defending Orangutan Habitat

Steve Irwin Inspires Rainforest Conservation Thanks to some marvelous charities around the world, several children who face disabilities and terminal illnesses are granted a wish every year. One young man from Australia gave his wish to endangered orangutans and the...
Deforestation An Existential Threat

Deforestation An Existential Threat

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...
Brazil’s Cerrado Under Fire

Rewilding Promotes Biodiversity

Restoring The Earth Requires Corridors, Carnivores Land use is one of the most important issues of our time. Decisions made within the next five years will have a dramatic impact on the state of the planet forever. In some areas, it’s a showdown between conservation...
COP26 Builds Momentum To Stop Deforestation

Reporters Killed For Exposing Deforestation

Pulitzer Center Defending Rainforests In many parts of the world, journalists who report acts of environmental destruction are risking their lives. According to Global Witness, 212 environmentalists were murdered worldwide in 2019 — the deadliest year so far. These...