Celebrating World Nature Conservation Day

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July 28th is World Nature Conservation Day. In honor of this, we’re happy to offer some practical advice for how to make a positive difference for some of the world’s most important ecosystems: rainforests. 

This lovely article was contributed by our friends at the Rainforest Alliance.  

 

5 ways to save rainforests and the world every day

Rainforests are among the most vibrant and iconic ecosystems Earth has to offer. They are also release oxygen, cleaning the air we breathe.

Recent research has shown that forests do more than just store carbon, they also help keep the world at least half a degree cooler making the preservation of forests crucial in the race to prevent global warming from going above 1.5 degrees. Forests also provide habitat for 80 percent of the world’s biodiversity and are the source of 1.6 billion people’s livelihoods.

However, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the global rate of deforestation is about 10 million hectares per year. In the last forty years, that amounts to an area the size of Europe.

The pandemic showed us that carbon emissions can be reduced if we change our lifestyles. Worldwide restrictions caused by Covid-19 meant that in 2020 global emissions fell by 7%. In 2021 they rebounded by 6%.

If we want to save the rainforest, then we have to remake our world, and that means also taking individual actions that can add up to a collective impact. Let’s take a look at some of the things we can change right away…

To read the full article, click here.