A new book!
See the latest volume in the CEMEX Nature Book Series: http://www.cemexnature.com/books/. Read about the critical role of primary forests for saving biodiversity and for fighting climate change.
New York Declaration on Forests Assessment: Protect primary forests!
New York Declaration on Forests 5-year assessment report: "We must preserve and restore natural forests, focusing on primary forests"! Results would have been better had this been a priority from the start in the NYDF...but better late than never! Please...
Wild Europe’s Wilderness Conference
The wilderness conference organized by Wild Europe is fast approaching (Nov. 20-21). Find more information here: https://www.wildeurope.org/president-of-slovakia-to-participate-at-wild-europe-conference/
An Old Growth Forest Protection Strategy for Europe
Read about work by Wild Europe to develop an old growth strategy for Europe: https://www.wildeurope.org/category/wildareas/old-growth-forest-protection-strategy/
A CLARA-Wild Heritage submission to the climate summit in NYC
See the CLARA-Wild Heritage submission to the climate summit in NYC on why primary forests are essential for a safe climate: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b22a4b170e802e32273e68c/t/5cdc842b971a1829b44741ee/1557955628360/Wild+Heritage+submission+final.pdf
Monbiot and Thunberg video
A critical message: Protect, Restore, Fund! https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2019/sep/19/greta-thunberg-and-george-monbiot-make-short-film-on-solutions-to-the-climate-crisis-video
Greta Thunberg: you have stolen my dreams and my childhood
A must watch video from Greta Thunberg's address to the U.N.: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2019/sep/23/greta-thunberg-to-world-leaders-how-dare-you-you-have-stolen-my-dreams-and-my-childhood-video
Bill McKibben on the folly of planting trees for biofuels
Turning trees into pellets and burning them for electricity is a disastrous idea: https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/dont-burn-trees-to-fight-climate-changelet-them-grow
Destroying our ecosphere: catastrophic decline in forest vertebrates
A new report by WWF and ZSL, Below the Canopy, finds that on average the world's forests have lost over half of their vertebrates in less than fifty years - a catastrophic decline that threatens numerous species and also the vital ecosystem services forests provide...
IPCC releases a special report on climate change and land.
The IPCC releases a special report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems. The report has some very key conclusions, including emphasizing the need...