Forest For A Living Planet

Forest Are The Lungs Of Our Earth, Yet We Are Losing Them At An Alarming Rate.

We need to take a solutions-oriented, integrated and local-to-global approach to tackle the causes of deforestation and degradation. We need efforts that are geared towards halting deforestation and forest degradation around the world, from rainforests to temperate forests. This article endeavors to highlight the key benefits of securing our forests and also highlight some amazing work being done by organisations like WWF, FSC and inspiring leaders like Alistair Monument in conserving our forests.

Forests are the planet's lungs. Home to people and wildlife. Engines of green economies. Forests are essential to life on Earth. They are home to amazing animals and plants – almost nine out of ten species found on land live in forests. They lock up vast amounts of carbon and release oxygen. Forests make rainfall and filter freshwater. They provide substinence, fuelwood and medicines. Forests have been at the heart of key organisations like that of WWF’s work for half a century, and we are proud of some of their accomplishments to protect these amazing ecosystems, the biodiveristy that they harbor, and the communities that have called these forests homes for centuries.

They have fought for the creation of national parks and other protected areas, helped bring more attention to responsible harvesting and trade of timber products and have helped increase transparency and continual improvement in forest markets; and we’re working to tackle new threats, like the destruction of forests for bioenergy. There's much to celebrate. But forests still face major threats. As more wood is used for energy, more land is cleared for agriculture, new roads bring settlers and industry beyond today frontiers and climate change causes extreme weather events, forests will come under pressure like never before.

FORESTS FOR LIFE