How can we save the world?s rainforests? - The World Economic Forum
21 Dec 2024 at 3:11am
Tropical rainforests cover about 6% of the earth?s surface, but are home to around 50% of all terrestrial diversity. Rainforests are crucial in the fight against climate change as they act as carbon sinks which soak up greenhouse gases. Deforestation remains a significant threat, as the global demand for food and fuel continues to rise.
4 vital steps to protect the world?s remaining rainforests
20 Dec 2024 at 8:01pm
Rainforests are disappearing at alarming rates. Since the 1960s, nearly half of the world?s rainforests have been destroyed. What once covered 14% of the earth, now covers only 6%. Every day, the world loses about 81,000 hectares (200,000 acres) of rainforests. For generations, governments and economists evaluated the monetary value of ...
6 things you didn?t know about rainforests | World Economic Forum
18 Dec 2024 at 8:08am
In the UK, research suggests that the temperate rainforests which used to mostly cover the west coasts have the potential to be partially restored. The remaining forests could double in size in a generation if they were allowed to naturally regenerate, Guy Shrubsole of the Lost Rainforests of Britain Campaign, told The Guardian.
Costa Rica has doubled its tropical rainforests in just a few decades ...
22 Dec 2024 at 11:52am
Tropical rainforests also harbour unknown quantities of natural resources that could be used to develop pharmaceuticals and natural medicines. The fund offered landowners per-acre financial incentives to conserve their land and prevent it degrading, which led to improved land management and reforestation.
How 2?C of warming will push most tropical rainforests above their ...
22 Dec 2024 at 12:54am
The jungles of the western Amazon and Borneo are wet all year round, while elsewhere in Amazonia and in Africa there are ?rainforests? that have virtually no rainfall in the driest months. We used this variation to understand how climate affects the amount of carbon tropical forests store, and to predict how this might change in the future.
?Secret rainforests? have been discovered deep in our oceans. Here?s ...
5 Dec 2024 at 4:01pm
Rainforests of the sea Unlike coastal coral reefs, the deepsea corals have evolved to live below the photic zone , the uppermost part of the sea where light penetrates. While 845 reef building coral species live in the photic zone , only six species are known to form deep water reefs.
Lessons from Indigenous leaders to protect the Amazon rainforest
21 Dec 2024 at 9:52am
Beyond the question of economic value, Uyunkar Domingo Peas, President of the Board of Directors, Amazon Sacred Headwaters Alliance, reminded attendees that, for Indigenous Peoples, the debate on preserving the Amazon forest is deeply ontological.
The world's largest temperate rainforest is now protected | World ...
19 Dec 2024 at 10:11pm
But North America has rainforests too ? and like their tropical counterparts, these temperate rainforests are ecological treasures. The Biden administration finalized a rule on Jan. 25, 2023, that restores roadless protection to more than 9 million acres of the Tongass National Forest , keeping this land free from road-building and logging.
This is how agroforestry can help the Costa Rican rainforest | World ...
23 Dec 2024 at 9:13am
Alexander Retana is a farmer with a different kind of farm. His ? where he grows around 22 different crops from bananas to cacao ? is right among the trees of the Costa Rican rainforest.
Africa?s tropical rainforests are the lungs of the earth. And we?re ...
21 Dec 2024 at 4:22am
One industry that could be impacted heavily is the pharmaceuticals industry. Tropical rainforests have provided key ingredients for an estimated 25% of pharmaceuticals and prescription drugs derived from rainforest plants are used to treat cancer, heart disease, bronchitis, arthritis, diabetes and other conditions.
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21 Dec 2024 at 3:11am
Tropical rainforests cover about 6% of the earth?s surface, but are home to around 50% of all terrestrial diversity. Rainforests are crucial in the fight against climate change as they act as carbon sinks which soak up greenhouse gases. Deforestation remains a significant threat, as the global demand for food and fuel continues to rise.
4 vital steps to protect the world?s remaining rainforests
20 Dec 2024 at 8:01pm
Rainforests are disappearing at alarming rates. Since the 1960s, nearly half of the world?s rainforests have been destroyed. What once covered 14% of the earth, now covers only 6%. Every day, the world loses about 81,000 hectares (200,000 acres) of rainforests. For generations, governments and economists evaluated the monetary value of ...
6 things you didn?t know about rainforests | World Economic Forum
18 Dec 2024 at 8:08am
In the UK, research suggests that the temperate rainforests which used to mostly cover the west coasts have the potential to be partially restored. The remaining forests could double in size in a generation if they were allowed to naturally regenerate, Guy Shrubsole of the Lost Rainforests of Britain Campaign, told The Guardian.
Costa Rica has doubled its tropical rainforests in just a few decades ...
22 Dec 2024 at 11:52am
Tropical rainforests also harbour unknown quantities of natural resources that could be used to develop pharmaceuticals and natural medicines. The fund offered landowners per-acre financial incentives to conserve their land and prevent it degrading, which led to improved land management and reforestation.
How 2?C of warming will push most tropical rainforests above their ...
22 Dec 2024 at 12:54am
The jungles of the western Amazon and Borneo are wet all year round, while elsewhere in Amazonia and in Africa there are ?rainforests? that have virtually no rainfall in the driest months. We used this variation to understand how climate affects the amount of carbon tropical forests store, and to predict how this might change in the future.
?Secret rainforests? have been discovered deep in our oceans. Here?s ...
5 Dec 2024 at 4:01pm
Rainforests of the sea Unlike coastal coral reefs, the deepsea corals have evolved to live below the photic zone , the uppermost part of the sea where light penetrates. While 845 reef building coral species live in the photic zone , only six species are known to form deep water reefs.
Lessons from Indigenous leaders to protect the Amazon rainforest
21 Dec 2024 at 9:52am
Beyond the question of economic value, Uyunkar Domingo Peas, President of the Board of Directors, Amazon Sacred Headwaters Alliance, reminded attendees that, for Indigenous Peoples, the debate on preserving the Amazon forest is deeply ontological.
The world's largest temperate rainforest is now protected | World ...
19 Dec 2024 at 10:11pm
But North America has rainforests too ? and like their tropical counterparts, these temperate rainforests are ecological treasures. The Biden administration finalized a rule on Jan. 25, 2023, that restores roadless protection to more than 9 million acres of the Tongass National Forest , keeping this land free from road-building and logging.
This is how agroforestry can help the Costa Rican rainforest | World ...
23 Dec 2024 at 9:13am
Alexander Retana is a farmer with a different kind of farm. His ? where he grows around 22 different crops from bananas to cacao ? is right among the trees of the Costa Rican rainforest.
Africa?s tropical rainforests are the lungs of the earth. And we?re ...
21 Dec 2024 at 4:22am
One industry that could be impacted heavily is the pharmaceuticals industry. Tropical rainforests have provided key ingredients for an estimated 25% of pharmaceuticals and prescription drugs derived from rainforest plants are used to treat cancer, heart disease, bronchitis, arthritis, diabetes and other conditions.
WHAT IS THIS? This is an unscreened compilation of results from several search engines. The sites listed are not necessarily recommended by Surfnetkids.com.
