4 vital steps to protect the world?s remaining rainforests
13 May 2025 at 11:59pm
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
14 May 2025 at 1:03am
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.
How can we save the world?s rainforests? - The World Economic Forum
16 May 2025 at 3:24am
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.
3 changes needed to create a more regenerative economy
15 May 2025 at 6:13pm
That is the analogy Atossa Soltani uses to describe the importance of the world?s rainforests to the planet?s future. The director of global strategy for the Amazon Sacred Headwaters Alliance (ASHA), Soltani and her organization support a coalition of 30 Indigenous nations in Ecuador and Peru working to preserve 35 million hectares of ...
These trees in the Amazon make their own rain
14 May 2025 at 5:52pm
Scientists and environmental campaigners have long championed rainforests like the Amazon as the lungs of the planet, breathing in carbon dioxide and breathing out oxygen. This helps cut the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which is one of the greenhouse gases responsible for trapping the sun?s heat and warming the planet.
8 reasons we need to protect forests - The World Economic Forum
14 May 2025 at 5:45pm
Here are some reasons to protect forests from the Food and Agriculture Organisation as 1.6 billion people rely on vital forest ecosystems for their livelihoods.
Costa Rica has doubled its tropical rainforests in just a few decades ...
14 May 2025 at 11:07pm
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 ...
11 May 2025 at 6:57am
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.
Saving the Amazon rainforest ? in 10 steps | World Economic Forum
16 May 2025 at 12:32am
Scientists have drawn up an action plan to save the Amazon rainforest, river system, and region. It includes respecting the Amazon?s 400-plus indigenous communities and exposing companies or product lines that threaten the viability of the region.
Conserving and restoring forests for a food-secure future
17 May 2025 at 8:41pm
International day of forests: Conserving and restoring forests and sustainable practices within them are vital for food security, climate and livelihoods.
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13 May 2025 at 11:59pm
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
14 May 2025 at 1:03am
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.
How can we save the world?s rainforests? - The World Economic Forum
16 May 2025 at 3:24am
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.
3 changes needed to create a more regenerative economy
15 May 2025 at 6:13pm
That is the analogy Atossa Soltani uses to describe the importance of the world?s rainforests to the planet?s future. The director of global strategy for the Amazon Sacred Headwaters Alliance (ASHA), Soltani and her organization support a coalition of 30 Indigenous nations in Ecuador and Peru working to preserve 35 million hectares of ...
These trees in the Amazon make their own rain
14 May 2025 at 5:52pm
Scientists and environmental campaigners have long championed rainforests like the Amazon as the lungs of the planet, breathing in carbon dioxide and breathing out oxygen. This helps cut the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which is one of the greenhouse gases responsible for trapping the sun?s heat and warming the planet.
8 reasons we need to protect forests - The World Economic Forum
14 May 2025 at 5:45pm
Here are some reasons to protect forests from the Food and Agriculture Organisation as 1.6 billion people rely on vital forest ecosystems for their livelihoods.
Costa Rica has doubled its tropical rainforests in just a few decades ...
14 May 2025 at 11:07pm
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 ...
11 May 2025 at 6:57am
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.
Saving the Amazon rainforest ? in 10 steps | World Economic Forum
16 May 2025 at 12:32am
Scientists have drawn up an action plan to save the Amazon rainforest, river system, and region. It includes respecting the Amazon?s 400-plus indigenous communities and exposing companies or product lines that threaten the viability of the region.
Conserving and restoring forests for a food-secure future
17 May 2025 at 8:41pm
International day of forests: Conserving and restoring forests and sustainable practices within them are vital for food security, climate and livelihoods.
WHAT IS THIS? This is an unscreened compilation of results from several search engines. The sites listed are not necessarily recommended by Surfnetkids.com.
