The Biden administration is thankfully re-entering the Paris Climate Agreement and will announce its climate commitments at the end of this month. Wild Heritage is providing preliminary analyses of the carbon and climate importance of the Tongass and older forests and large trees nationwide.
Wild Heritage’s Chief Scientist, and former spotted owl recovery team member, comments on what it will take to save the owl and mature forests in the Pacific Northwest in The misguided spotted owl shell game.
Read the “Statement by Scientists and Economists on BECCS from Forest Biomass” signed by Wild Heritage Chief Scientist Dominick DellaSala.
The Primary Forests microfilm, brilliantly produced and directed by Jaime Rojo Visuals, wins Honorable Mention at the highly prestigious Jackson Wild Film Festival in the Forests category!
500 scientists, led by Dr. Peter Raven, Director Emeritus of the Missouri Botanical Society in St. Louis, Missouri USA, signed a letter to the Biden administration, the EU and the UN against burning forests as biofuels.
Wild Heritage Executive Director Cyril Kormos has been invited to participate in the Global Environment Facility’s Technical Advisory Group Feb. 8-11, which will provide technical input on potential directions for investments in preparation for the 8th Replenishment Cycle of the GEF Trust Fund (GEF-8).
New science shows the imperiled spotted owl may benefit from large fires of mixed intensities that leave optimal foraging and nesting for owls, despite claims made by land managers to the contrary. Wild Heritage Chief Scientist, a former member of the US Fish & Wildlife Service’s owl recovery team, comments on new owl-fire research findings.
Carbon and IPCC scientists ask President-elect Joe Biden to extend his pledge of the Amazon to forests at home in this Seattle Times Op ed.
The Tongass rainforest in southeast Alaska is one of the nation’s last climate sanctuaries and needs to be protected from logging.
As trees grow and age over time they store massive amounts of carbon and help to keep Earth’s temperature from drastically overheating.
Our World Heritage Launched on Nov. 16!
Chief Scientist Dr. Dominick DellaSala has worked on the Tongass for decades and is working with hundreds of scientists and elected officials to push back on this latest Trump conservation rollback.Chief Scientist Dr. Dominick DellaSala has worked on the Tongass for decades and is working with hundreds of scientists and elected officials to push back on this latest Trump conservation rollback.
