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March
The carbon market has the potential to fund the protection of these valuable assets. REDD lays the foundation for using carbon credit funds to protect forests, especially rainforests.
10
October
WWF will highlight the urgency of global leaders committing to a zero net deforestation by 2020 target at the XIIIth World Forestry Congress
16
August
Forest fires are breaking out in the Sabangau peat-swamp forests in Central Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, threatening the lives of the estimated 8,000 wild orangutans living here.
25
April
After the increase in global awareness about the dwindling Brazilian rainforest in recent years, it seems worrying that there is once again concern over its destruction
19
April
As we move closer to Earth Day I’ve had quite a few requests for information about how we work with non-profits to create ‘Sustainably Managed Permanent Rainforest Habitats.
11
April
In this era of heightened concern about the relationship between the build up of atmospheric carbon dioxide and climate change
11
April
Forestry wasn’t included in Kyoto Protocol because of a lack of understanding regarding how forests, and plants in general, absorb and store carbon.
6
April
Strategies for preserving tropical forests can operate on local to international scales.
6
April
Forests have four major roles in climate change:
4
April
The tropical Rainforests of Central and South America, Africa and Asia have often been referred to as the “Lungs of the Planet” because of the their “ability” to absorb vast amounts of Carbon Dioxide and convert it to Oxygen.