Read our white paper highlighting the need for making the distinction between anthropogenic vs. natural disturbances in assigning risk factors in the MOG threat assessment.
Okefenokee!! The Department of the Interior has provided the green light to move ahead with a World Heritage nomination (after receiving over 10,000 letters of support) for the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.
Read our latest publication on Mature, Old-growth Forests.
Some very good news: in April the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues held regional dialogues as part of its 22nd session and 80×25 was discussed…and included in their final report!
See the new Amazonia for Life: Protect 80×25 website!
Please see our call to action to maximize protection of large trees of all species as well as mature and old growth forests as the most “climate-smart forestry” approach.
Please see our new publication on encouraging cooperation between the climate and biodiversity conventions to solve both crises together.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management just posted this announcement of a proposed rulemaking, stating that the BLM is now “working on various aspects of ensuring that forests on Federal lands, including old and mature forests, are being managed as we feel they should be.
Please see Griffith University’s website for our research and policy partnership (and many publications) on primary forests with Griffith, Wild Europe, Australian Rainforest Conservation Society, Woodwell Climate Research Institute and many others!
A new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Forests and Global Change presents the nation’s first assessment of carbon stored in larger trees and mature forests on 11 national forests from the West Coast states to the Appalachian Mountains.
January 2022 – December 2022 Scientists call for stepped up protections of primary forests on the Tongass…
The Northern Spotted Owl is the quintessential canary in the coal-mine for older forest ecosystems. This medium-size nocturnal bird of prey was listed as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act in 1992 because of widespread logging of its old-growth forest habitat shared by hundreds of species.