When a wildfire tears through a region, the first priority for conservationists is to begin replanting some of the habitat destroyed by the blazes, but in the face of climate change, some forest mangers are rethinking what this planting should look like. In Eldorado National … [Read more...] about California forest managers are rethinking reforestation patterns to tackle wildfires
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The UK is seeing a surge in community forest projects
As the effects of climate change become harder and harder to ignore, communities from all over the globe exerting more effort to reverse generations of unsustainable and damaging practices. Take, for instance, the local climate-change group from a village on the edge of the … [Read more...] about The UK is seeing a surge in community forest projects
This bike path allows its cyclists to become one with nature
How do you get people to cycle more? Well, you could offer them the opportunity to do it in harmony with the natural environment. At least, that’s what the Belgian government had in mind when building a bike path through the trees of one of the country’s rural woods. The path, … [Read more...] about This bike path allows its cyclists to become one with nature
Charcoal-coated seeds could help reverse deforestation in Kenya
Deforestation is an immense problem for the Kenyan people. Each year, a staggering 120,000 acres of forests are lost due to illegal logging and urbanization. That also leads to a serious water shortage in the country because trees collect, filter, and release rain into streams … [Read more...] about Charcoal-coated seeds could help reverse deforestation in Kenya
Why forests are the best ‘technology’ to stop climate change
The warning from the world's top climate scientists that carbon dioxide (CO2) will need to be removed from the atmosphere to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is both a due and dire recognition of the great task in front of us. … [Read more...] about Why forests are the best ‘technology’ to stop climate change