There is a scandal here...policy makers are calling vast monocultures ‘forest restoration’.
… Restore natural forests to meet global climate goals Staff … restoration’. International plans to restore forests to combat global warming are flawed … restoration means bringing back natural forests, but policy makers are calling vast …
Forests should not have to do the work previously performed by fossil fuels.
… Thought Leaders 32780794312_878da5a7cd_b.jpg Forests should not have to do the work … all of them produced from trees growing in forests located abroad. In fact, 4.8 million … of these being produced from the extensive forests of the US south. Rapid growth Much of …
‘We understand the value of forests beyond the price tag of timber. We recognise that our forests are crucial for wildlife to survive.‘
… Seddon | 4th March 2020 News Thought Leaders Forests Forestry Commision Monoculture Trees … ‘We understand the value of forests beyond the price tag of timber. We recognise that our forests are crucial for wildlife to survive.‘ …
The Forestry Commission is celebrating its history while looking forward to the challenges of the next 100 years.
… challenges of the next 100 years. England’s forests are home to an abundance of wildlife, … been planting and looking after the nation’s forests to help the creatures that call them … the job of looking after the nation’s forests has never been so important. …
Global outcry as India’s Supreme Court threatens to evict over a million vulnerable people from forest under the guise of protecting wildlife.
… but also hurt the global struggle to save forests and mitigate climate change. These … is helping neither tigers nor India’s forests. Forest guardians The Nature … sustainable stewardship that India still has forests worth conserving. "To truly protect …
Have we forgotten the inherently tangled, interdependent nature of ecosystems, the ecological value of old-growth, the microcosm of habitats provided by diversity?
… walking through the fiercely managed forests of Bellever, Dartmoor, that my childhood experience of forests as rich, tangled, ancient woodlands … restoring one trillion trees globally. As forests are sinks that sequester and store …
The Cork Oak forests in southern Europe play a huge role in maintaining biodiversity, regulating water cycles, as well as preventing the spread of desertification.
… Europe’s cork oak forests 'ripe for expansion' Nick Breeze | 4th September 2019 News Forests Thought Leaders Cork Oak Harvest The Cork Oak forests in southern Europe play a huge role in …
Ecuador's protected forests to define Rights of Nature and test jurisprudence in country’s Constitutional Court.
… Leaders Los Cedros Ecuador's protected forests to define Rights of Nature and test … 6 million acres (2.4 m hectares) of Protected Forests. The government has been promoting … respecting the national network of Protected Forests or Indigenous Territories. Precedent …
Megabiodiversity in the Congo Basin can be preserved by sustainable forest management and wood certification.
… as the planet’s second lung. But its forests, like many others, face increasingly … important threats: the conversion of forests to industrial agriculture, pressure on … very well protected in managed and certified forests (i.e. FSC or PEFC). In the Republic of …
Parts of Alaska are warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet - maintaining the unique ecosystem of the Tongass ecosystem is critical.
… enabling further clear-cutting of old growth forests and threatening the livelihoods of … climate efforts. Climate scientists agree , forests are critical for stabilizing the …
Fragmentation is one of the biggest threats that our wild habitats face today. But new research can help mitigate its effects and revive degraded landscapes.
… Sartaj Ghuman | 9th September 2020 | News Forests India Thought Leaders Research … is surrounded by relatively undisturbed forests of the Anamalai Tiger Reserve, … Tiger Reserve and Vazhachal Reserved Forests. Habitats The authors chose 131 trees …
'Forests are resilient, adaptive, multifaceted, and have offered us real hope that we could find a way through the crisis.'
… | 17th August 2020 | News Thought Leaders Forests Timber Festival 🌳 Timber Takeover Timber Wild Rumpus 'Forests are resilient, adaptive, multifaceted, … resilient, adaptive and multifaceted forests are has offered us real hope that we …
Talking with hunters in the mountains of Arunachal Pradesh.
… for every two square kilometres for community forests in Eastern Arunachal Pradesh – to say … “But these mountains have a world full of forests on them, and we hunt only on our own … all. That is your way of life; these are your forests; who are we outsiders to tell you how …
Timber Festival panellists discuss the key practices, problems and possibilities associated with 'rewilding'.
… to celebrate ‘the transformative impact of forests’. It is organised by Wild Rumpus and … to ‘rethink our relationship with trees and forests’. Whilst rewilding is not exclusively …
Combine latest technology with local knowledge and the picture becomes clear, a comprehensive story of life on the rainforest floor.
Seeing the wood for the trees Staff Reporter | 5th August 2019 News Conservation Peru Rainforest Thought Leaders 170509_peru_ashaninka_aerial-0059-2.jpeg Combine latest technology with local …
Grassroots approaches can protect tropical forests in Brazil and Senegal.
… Grassroots approaches can protect tropical forests in Brazil and Senegal. September … community protect these invaluable forests, when Brazil’s own leader resists … to conservation, which holds that tropical forests are “pristine” and must remain …
Peasant and indigenous women in Paraguay are organising to survive the twin threats of industrial agriculture and climate change.
… fires across South America’s fragile forests have put the spotlight on the impacts … by legislation or law enforcement. The Chaco forests in western Paraguay have been … hand, has already been largely cleared of its forests, which were burned over recent decades …
The amazon fires must give rise to action from individuals, corporations and governments.
… a trail of giant kindling behind them. Forests are then flattened for cattle ranches … trade deals with countries destroying their forests, engage in protest and activism and … and support organisations that fight for forests around the world. It's fundamental …
Storytelling and collective reflection can enrich efforts in environmental restoration.
… to discourage hunting and restore the forests in and around his native village of … last and the largest contiguous patches of forests remaining in the whole of … need more narratives like these: whether of forests being cleared to make way for …
Amazon, BlackRock and owner of Versace among 242 leading companies and financial institutions which fail to recognise responsibility to act on deforestation.
… are complicit in the destruction of tropical forests, which undermines our ability to … has been lost every year from 2014 to 2018 as forests are cleared for agriculture, emitting …
We need to fundamentally overhaul our agriculture and forestry practices.
… across the tropics: to make room for crops, forests come down. In fact, according to … There are ways to produce food that protect forests, reduce emissions, and provide … Goods Forum, the New York Declaration on Forests in 2014, as well as many individual …
Europe did not light the fires ravaging the Amazon, but it did provide some of the matches.
… devastation for the Amazon and other rainforests around the world , including the … who live there and act as custodians of these forests. The European Union can save the Amazon, and other rainforests, by halting the import of goods …
What is progress and how do we measure it? Timber Festival will explore this question in relation to nature, the green economy and community wellbeing.
… comedy and debate inspired by our trees and forests. Political progress Festival goers …