U. MICHIGAN (US) — Forests are more economically and ecologically beneficial when local residents have a say in how they are managed.
The findings are particularly relevant for small forest patches in regions with high population density—instances that present special challenges for achieving sustainability.
The David Suzuki Foundation has joined an unprecedented coalition of forestry companies and environmental groups to unveil the landmark Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement, one of the largest forest conservation agreements in history.
The Agreement covers an area of more than 70 million hectares of public lands — an area larger than the entire Province of Alberta — and when fully implemented will permanently protect vast areas of Canada’s treasured Boreal Forest, stretching from British Columbia to Newfoundland and Labrador. (more…)
About 90 per cent of the species in Madagascar’s rainforests are found nowhere else on Earth, but efforts to save the island nation’s forests are about more than conserving biodiversity: they provide a model for efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation around the world.
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