by Gary Chandler | Apr 2, 2020 | Deforestation
Study Identifies Mitigation, Resilience Strategies The AXA Research Fund has just launched its latest publication Biodiversity at Risk: Preserving the natural world for our future. This is a collection of interviews, articles and desk research that discuss the...
by Gary Chandler | Jan 10, 2019 | Deforestation
Deforestation Fueling Global Warming Deforestation is one of the largest contributors to global warming, climate change and the extinction of endangered species. The conversion of ancient rainforests into plantations for commodities, including palm plantations, is the...
by Gary Chandler | Sep 25, 2018 | Deforestation
Deforestation Compounding Global Warming By Danna Smith, Executive Director, Dogwood Alliance For the last ten years or more our national climate change conversation has been dominated by fossil fuels. We do need to rapidly transition away from burning coal, gas and...
by Gary Chandler | Apr 10, 2018 | Forest Conservation
Court Demands Halt To Amazon Deforestation By Anastasia Moloney, Thomson Reuters Foundation Colombia’s highest court told the government to take urgent action to protect its Amazon rainforest and stem rising deforestation, in what campaigners said was an historic...
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...
