4 vital steps to protect the world?s remaining rainforests
28 Nov 2024 at 12:56pm
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
28 Nov 2024 at 12:18am
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
27 Nov 2024 at 7:21am
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 ...
24 Nov 2024 at 10:52am
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.
Africa?s tropical rainforests are the lungs of the earth. And we?re ...
23 Nov 2024 at 3:58am
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.
Saving the Amazon rainforest ? in 10 steps | World Economic Forum
29 Nov 2024 at 3:33pm
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.
What are the world?s biggest natural carbon sinks?
28 Nov 2024 at 6:40pm
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.
5 reasons to protect mangrove forests for the future
28 Nov 2024 at 5:21pm
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 ...
How 2?C of warming will push most tropical rainforests above their ...
1 Dec 2024 at 12:57am
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.
8 things you can do to help save the rainforest in 2022
27 Nov 2024 at 11:13pm
The global greed for beef has led to slash-and-burn techniques to clear out land for cattle not only in rainforests, but in grasslands and savannas as well. WWF says beef and soy are driving more than two-thirds of the recorded habitat loss in South America?s rainforests, including the Amazon and Cerrado regions. 3
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28 Nov 2024 at 12:56pm
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
28 Nov 2024 at 12:18am
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
27 Nov 2024 at 7:21am
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 ...
24 Nov 2024 at 10:52am
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.
Africa?s tropical rainforests are the lungs of the earth. And we?re ...
23 Nov 2024 at 3:58am
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.
Saving the Amazon rainforest ? in 10 steps | World Economic Forum
29 Nov 2024 at 3:33pm
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.
What are the world?s biggest natural carbon sinks?
28 Nov 2024 at 6:40pm
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.
5 reasons to protect mangrove forests for the future
28 Nov 2024 at 5:21pm
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 ...
How 2?C of warming will push most tropical rainforests above their ...
1 Dec 2024 at 12:57am
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.
8 things you can do to help save the rainforest in 2022
27 Nov 2024 at 11:13pm
The global greed for beef has led to slash-and-burn techniques to clear out land for cattle not only in rainforests, but in grasslands and savannas as well. WWF says beef and soy are driving more than two-thirds of the recorded habitat loss in South America?s rainforests, including the Amazon and Cerrado regions. 3
WHAT IS THIS? This is an unscreened compilation of results from several search engines. The sites listed are not necessarily recommended by Surfnetkids.com.