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Bookmark or Share- Lessons from Indigenous leaders to protect the Amazon rainforestBeyond 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 Amazon rainforest is at risk — how finance can helpThis ever-expanding biodiversity is thanks to the Amazon rainforest — a lynchpin of our planet’s health that must be conserved. Protecting the Amazon and the biodiversity that it secures will not only support a forest-led economy that sustains livelihoods , but it will also begin to heal some of the worst global impacts of deforestation.
- How can we save the world’s rainforests? - The World Economic ForumThe second largest rainforest is in the Congo Basin which drains an area of 3.7 million square kilometres. Most of the Congo rainforest is within the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Deforestation of the region has been increasing in recent years, with 6 million hectares of primary forest lost between 2002 and 2019.
- Saving the Amazon rainforest – in 10 steps | World Economic ForumScientists 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. The initiative is convened by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
- 4 vital steps to protect the world’s remaining rainforestsThe Amazon is undoubtedly the world’s largest single rainforest covering 6.7 million kilometres at present, hosting up to 10% of the world’s biodiversity in one single forest. Others include the Congo rainforest in Central Africa, the second largest rainforest, as well as Southeast Asian Rainforests covering Indonesia, Laos and Cambodia.
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