by Gary Chandler | Dec 18, 2018 | 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
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 | May 20, 2018 | Forest Conservation
Rainforest Destruction Reshaping Brazil Many scientists blame deforestation, generated in large part by agriculture, for global climate change and disrupted rain patterns in the Amazon. Clearing Amazonian forest to create new pastures is illegal now in Brazil, but a...
by Gary Chandler | Feb 20, 2018 | Reforestation
Trees, Forests Have Been Undervalued According to some estimates, approximately 41 million trees are cut down every day—much faster than we are replanting them. The consequences of deforestation and land degradation include climate change, biodiversity loss, and...
by Gary Chandler | Jun 29, 2017 | Forest Conservation
Gabon Will Conserve Rainforests Gabon has signed an $18 million deal with donors to stop deforestation and cut its carbon emissions by half as part of a wider plan to protect the tropical forests of the Congo Basin. One of the world’s most forested countries,...
