Hardwood forests are returning to the Lower Mississippi Valley region, thanks to a range of private and public actors, and as the trees grow they will sequester of millions of tons of carbon from the atmosphere.
Posted by: The Nature Conservancy
Indigenous groups in Australia are mitigating carbon emissions from their land by setting fire to it.
Posted by: The Washington Post
Bigger changes are underway for sustainable agriculture. Farmers and others in the sustainable food movement pursue a broader vision of change in agriculture. More-diverse crop rotation is one of the solutions the authors advocate for.
Posted by: The Guardian
A group of 23 companies, Walmart, McDonald’s and Nestle, signed up to a new resolution to halt the destruction of the Brazilian cerrado and ensure that any future commercial exploitation of the area is sustainable and well-managed.
Posted by: Thomson Reuters Foundation
A new report by Climate Focus found that just 2 percent of the $167 billion spent on reducing planet-warming carbon emissions since 2010 was invested in forests.
Posted by: Nature4Climate
While most efforts to decarbonize the world’s economies tend to focus on energy and transportation, there are huge gains to be made in the construction sector.
Posted by: Milton Lopez Tarabochia
The main activities that have threatened forests in these areas include illegal gold mining and the advancement of industrial agriculture.
Posted by: Nature4Climate
For years,private investors have been urging policymakersto help them invest in protecting forests.