4 vital steps to protect the world?s remaining rainforests
22 Nov 2024 at 2:58pm
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 ...
How can we save the world?s rainforests? - The World Economic Forum
20 Nov 2024 at 10:14am
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.
5 things you didn?t know about rainforests | World Economic Forum
22 Nov 2024 at 7:34am
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 ...
20 Nov 2024 at 4:02am
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.
Saving the Amazon rainforest ? in 10 steps | World Economic Forum
23 Nov 2024 at 3:15am
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.
Africa?s tropical rainforests are the lungs of the earth. And we?re ...
19 Nov 2024 at 3:42am
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.
5 reasons to protect mangrove forests for the future
21 Nov 2024 at 11:20pm
An examination of 25 mangrove forests across the Indo-Pacific region found that per hectare, they held up to four times more carbon than other tropical rainforests. 3. They provide livelihoods Many people living in and around mangroves depend on them for their livelihood. The trees are a reliable source of wood for construction and fuel, which ...
What are the world?s biggest natural carbon sinks?
23 Nov 2024 at 11:08am
Carbon sinks come in a surprising variety of forms. But they all need to be protected if they are to continue to fulfil this vital function because, if they are damaged ? as in the case of rainforests ? their destruction releases their stored carbon back into the atmosphere.
This is how agroforestry can help the Costa Rican rainforest | World ...
17 Nov 2024 at 3:18pm
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.
Why indigenous people are key to protecting our forests
22 Nov 2024 at 7:30pm
There?s a first time for everything: in its preamble, the Paris Agreement on climate change recognized the intrinsic relationship between indigenous people and their environments. Whether they're in Taiga, the Sahel or the rain forests of Africa, America or Asia, what all indigenous people have in common is a deep connection to the natural environments in which they live.
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22 Nov 2024 at 2:58pm
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 ...
How can we save the world?s rainforests? - The World Economic Forum
20 Nov 2024 at 10:14am
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.
5 things you didn?t know about rainforests | World Economic Forum
22 Nov 2024 at 7:34am
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 ...
20 Nov 2024 at 4:02am
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.
Saving the Amazon rainforest ? in 10 steps | World Economic Forum
23 Nov 2024 at 3:15am
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.
Africa?s tropical rainforests are the lungs of the earth. And we?re ...
19 Nov 2024 at 3:42am
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.
5 reasons to protect mangrove forests for the future
21 Nov 2024 at 11:20pm
An examination of 25 mangrove forests across the Indo-Pacific region found that per hectare, they held up to four times more carbon than other tropical rainforests. 3. They provide livelihoods Many people living in and around mangroves depend on them for their livelihood. The trees are a reliable source of wood for construction and fuel, which ...
What are the world?s biggest natural carbon sinks?
23 Nov 2024 at 11:08am
Carbon sinks come in a surprising variety of forms. But they all need to be protected if they are to continue to fulfil this vital function because, if they are damaged ? as in the case of rainforests ? their destruction releases their stored carbon back into the atmosphere.
This is how agroforestry can help the Costa Rican rainforest | World ...
17 Nov 2024 at 3:18pm
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.
Why indigenous people are key to protecting our forests
22 Nov 2024 at 7:30pm
There?s a first time for everything: in its preamble, the Paris Agreement on climate change recognized the intrinsic relationship between indigenous people and their environments. Whether they're in Taiga, the Sahel or the rain forests of Africa, America or Asia, what all indigenous people have in common is a deep connection to the natural environments in which they live.
WHAT IS THIS? This is an unscreened compilation of results from several search engines. The sites listed are not necessarily recommended by Surfnetkids.com.
