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Bookmark or Share- Investment in reforestation is critical for Mexico's forestsMexico suffers from one of the highest rates of deforestation on the planet, a third of its land area is severely degraded. Led by the World Economic Forum and the Mexican Alliance for Ecosystem Restoration (AMERE), a coalition between Reforestamos Mexico, WRI Mexico and WWF Mexico, the 1t.org Mexico Chapter has launched to scale the ...
- Why forest restoration is key to India's climate goalsIndia has a long tradition of community participation in the conservation and restoration of trees and forests, from the Bishnoi people in the country’s arid state of Rajasthan who gave their lives to save their forest more than two centuries ago, to the women of the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand who mobilised the Chipko movement in the 1970s.
- To tackle deforestation we must focus on land use. Here's whyStopping deforestation is crucial to cutting carbon emissions and the impacts of climate change. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change found that 23% of global greenhouse gas emissions in 2007-2016 came from agriculture and land-use change, approximately half of which is due to deforestation.
- Saving the Amazon rainforest – in 10 steps | World Economic ForumSatellites and other data tools are critical in the real-time monitoring of deforestation, forest fires and other threats to the Amazon. Data collected on location is also crucial in backing this up. The scientific community must collaborate to implement an early warning system that alerts the world to risks in “near real time”.
- Protect, manage, restore: a formula to end deforestationCosta Rica reversed a decades-long trend of deforestation with early conservation and restoration policies, including eliminating cattle ranching subsidies and implementing a payment for an ecosystem services scheme. Between 1986-2013, annual deforestation decreased while forest regeneration substantially increased. The country became a pioneer ...
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