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Explore the relationship between forests and several key themes critical to sustainability and the health of our future ecosystems.
Forests can provide 30% of the solution to keeping global warming below 2°C.
Forests remove and store carbon from the atmosphere, representing a cost-effective solution for mitigating climate change. The loss or degradation of forests compromises their ability to remove emissions.
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Climate
Natural state
Forests provide a natural solution for removing carbon from the atmosphere. Forests absorb and store carbon emissions caused by human activity, like burning fossil fuels, which include coal, natural gas and oil.
Climate
Drivers of change
Forests' ability to absorb carbon from the atmosphere can be compromised by conversion into agricultural lands, commodity production, urbanization, disease and fires that cause forest loss. When a tree burns or decays, the carbon stored is released into the atmosphere further exacerbating climate change.
Climate
Compromised state
With fewer trees to help absorb and regulate carbon in the atmopshere, the Earth's temperature rises and the effects of climate change increase.
Climate
Recovery state
Sustainable forest management, improved land tenure, conservation and restoration are all valuable strategies for preserving forests as a natural climate solution. These solutions can have positive economic, biodiversity and societal impacts. Improvements in forest monitoring data and technology faciliate implementation of these solutions.
Topics
Explore the relationship between forests and several key themes critical to sustainability and the health of our future ecosystems.
Forests can provide 30% of the solution to keeping global warming below 2°C.
Forests remove and store carbon from the atmosphere, representing a cost-effective solution for mitigating climate change. The loss or degradation of forests compromises their ability to remove emissions.
Scroll to discover
Climate
Natural state
Forests provide a natural solution for removing carbon from the atmosphere. Forests absorb and store carbon emissions caused by human activity, like burning fossil fuels, which include coal, natural gas and oil.
Climate
Drivers of change
Forests' ability to absorb carbon from the atmosphere can be compromised by conversion into agricultural lands, commodity production, urbanization, disease and fires that cause forest loss. When a tree burns or decays, the carbon stored is released into the atmosphere further exacerbating climate change.
Climate
Compromised state
With fewer trees to help absorb and regulate carbon in the atmopshere, the Earth's temperature rises and the effects of climate change increase.
Climate
Recovery state
Sustainable forest management, improved land tenure, conservation and restoration are all valuable strategies for preserving forests as a natural climate solution. These solutions can have positive economic, biodiversity and societal impacts. Improvements in forest monitoring data and technology faciliate implementation of these solutions.
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