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Forests are a source of food, medicine and fuel. In addition to helping to respond to climate change and protect soils and water, they hold more than three-quarters of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity, provide many products and services that contribute to socio-economic development and are particularly important for hundreds of millions of people in rural areas, including many of the world’s poorest.
Yet, deforestation and forest degradation continue to take place at alarming rates, which contributes significantly to the ongoing loss of biodiversity. Forests are also particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts such as insect outbreaks, fires, strong winds, droughts, and pathogen attacks.
There are ways, however, to manage the world’s forest ecosystems that will ensure the conservation and sustainable use of their biodiversity. This requires effective governance, integrated policies, land-tenure security, respect for the rights and knowledge of local communities and indigenous peoples, and enhanced capacity for monitoring of biodiversity outcomes. It also requires innovative financing modalities.
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Perhaps climate change is mostly about home economics...
When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive, to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. Marcus Aurelius
The very air in which you live is an inspiration. William Henry
Air, an undervalued necessity, that earns your gratitude when you inhale it for the last time. Shaun Neil King
The earth is what we all have in common. Wendell Berry
The earth is the general and equal possession of all humanity and therefore cannot be the property of individuals. Leo Tolstoy
We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect. Aldo Leopold
The health of our waters is the principal measure of how we live on the land. Luna Leopold
Water is fundamental for life and health. The human right to water is indispensable for leading a healthy life in human dignity. It is a prerequisite to the realization of all other human rights. United Nations
The first law of ecology is that everything is related to everything else. Barry Commoner
Relationships are the core message of ecology. Frances Moore Lappé
Ecology is the overall science of which economics is a minor specialty. Garrett Hardin
The economy is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the environment, not the other way around. Gaylord Nelson, Earth Day Founder
The highest function of ecology is the understanding of consequences. Frank Herbert
Probably the most visible example of unintended consequences, is what happens every time humans try to change the natural ecology of a place. Margaret J. Wheatley
We need to renegotiate our contract with nature. Ecology is a unifying force. Gregory Colbert
We won't have a society if we destroy the environment. Margaret Mead
Touch the earth, feel the earth, her plains, her valleys, her hills, and her seas; rest your spirit in her solitary places. Henry Beston
Those who contemplate the beauty of the Earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. Rachel Carson
An understanding of the natural world and what’s in it is a source of not only a great curiosity but great fulfillment. David Attenborough
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. Harriet Tubman ___ https://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/carbon-dioxide/ https://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/global-temperature/ https://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/ice-sheets/ https://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/arctic-sea-ice/ https://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/sea-level/ https://www.globalforestwatch.org/ https://climate.nasa.gov/resources/education/ https://climate.nasa.gov/resources/graphics-and-multimedia/?page=0&per_… https://climate.nasa.gov/climate_resources/215/earth-now-tutorial/ https://climate.nasa.gov/ https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_2495.html https://earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/sensing-our-planet/checking-earth-s-vi… https://gpm.nasa.gov/education/interactive/eyes-earth-vital-signs-planet https://climate.nasa.gov/scientific-consensus/ https://gpm.nasa.gov/education/websites/global-climate-change-vital-sig… https://eyes.jpl.nasa.gov/eyes-on-the-earth.html https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/ https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/ https://ocov3.jpl.nasa.gov/science/ https://sealevel.nasa.gov/ https://sealevel.nasa.gov/data_tools/2 https://sealevel.nasa.gov/data_tools/17
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Did you know there’s another COP?
With just months to go until UN Biodiversity COP15, countries left Geneva without resolving many of the key elements of the Global Biodiversity Framework. Observers said the talks moved at a “glacial pace”, with some raising concerns that countries are “heading for Copenhagen” – a reference to the 2009 climate summit that was widely perceived to have ended in failure.
Read Elizabeth Mrema, chief of the Convention of Biological Diversity, reflections on the negotiations and her hope - which I personally completely support - climate change and biodiversity loss should be tackled together as one problem at UN summits in future.
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Hi everyone! Feedback request | Global Canopy invites all pension fund managers, asset managers, or representatives from financial institutions, non-governmental organisations, and Indigenous peoples and local communities for feedback on guidance for Deforestation-free Pension Funds.
Pension funds have a powerful influence over sectors and industries that are strongly connected to deforestation, conversion, and associated human rights abuses. Pension funds have the ability to help drive change not just within their own investments but across the finance sector more broadly.
To enable pension funds to address their exposure to these issues effectively, and in line with best practice, Global Canopy, alongside partners Make My Money Matter and SYSTEMIQ Ltd., are developing guidance to enable pension funds to identify, address, and eliminate deforestation, conversion, and associated human rights abuses from their investments.
The consultation document linked below is a detailed outline for guidance that is being developed; it is not comprehensive or complete but has been produced to gain feedback from stakeholders on the topics and actions included.
We are asking representatives from pension funds, asset managers, financial institutions, rightsholders, Indigenous peoples, local communities and NGOs for feedback. Please click the link below, follow the instructions and complete the survey by 5th April 2022.
If you do not feel you fit into one of the above groups and would like to review the document, or if you have any questions on this document or the associated surveys please contact the Global Canopy team at guidance@globalcanopy.org.
Announcing the UN Decade of Family Farming...
The UN Decade of Family Farming 2019-2028 (UNDFF) aims to shed new light on what it means to be a family farmer in a rapidly changing world and highlights more than ever before the important role they play in eradicating hunger and shaping our future of food. Family farming offers a unique opportunity to ensure food security, improve livelihoods, better manage natural resources, protect the environment and achieve sustainable development, particularly in rural areas. Thanks to their wisdom and care for the earth, family farmers are the agents of change we need to achieve Zero Hunger, a more balanced and resilient planet, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (FAO, 2022).
Through their Global Action Plan UNDFF provides detailed guidance for the international community on collective, coherent and comprehensive actions that can be taken to support family farmers. The Plan is designed around seven mutually reinforcing pillars of work and recommends a series of interconnected actions from the local to the global level (UNDFF, 2022).
UNDFF needs your help to collecting stories that showcase the contributions of family farmers and/or highlight the challenges they face. The stories can come from farmers themselves, but also from the people or institutions that work with farmers. Participants can use the template provided as a basis for stories. Please consider submitting your story with photos to undff@fao.org to have it featured on the UNDFF’s website!
Long live Family Farms and their Supporters! ___ https://www.fao.org/family-farming-decade/home/en/ https://www.fao.org/3/ca4672en/ca4672en.pdf https://www.fao.org/family-farming/home/en/ https://www.fao.org/3/cb7496en/cb7496en.pdf
Created a Post in Forestry, Agriculture, Climate Change
United Nations + Sustainable Forestry
Forests are good for our physical and mental well being. Spending time around trees helps boost our immune system, lowers blood pressure and promotes relaxation. From cleaner air to providing natural cooling and the freshwater we drink, forests support our health in ways that may not be visible (UN, 2021).
I have known (and loved) the Menominee Tribe and many of the tribal members of NE Wisconsin and the Great Lakes Region all my life, and to this day, have not found better forest managers and stewards of our forested lands. The proof – they've been doing it for more than 150 years.
Forest lands of the Menominee Tribe of NE Wisconsin have survived as an island of timber in an ocean of cleared land (note graphic). Their forest lands have been sustainably managed for more than 150 years, and allow the Tribe to experience a traditional quality of life from an intact, diverse, productive, and healthy forest ecosystem on the reservation.
Responsible harvesting is at the heart of their sustainable forestry program and currently, there is more standing saw timber volume (1.7 billion board feet) than there was in 1854 (estimated at 1.2 billion board feet). During this same period, over 2.25 billion board feet have been harvested from the same acreage (MTE, 2020). ___ https://lnkd.in/djZsvWh https://lnkd.in/dwXDCrq https://lnkd.in/d69K-FA https://lnkd.in/eCugQKg https://lnkd.in/e5quP38
Created a Post in Climate Change, Forestry, Green Recovery from COVID-19
Greetings to all. Am glad to join this wonderful team to help restore,preserve and conserve our universe
Created a Post in Natural Capital, Forestry, Green Recovery from COVID-19
NEW RESEARCH
Basque Centre for Climate Change and GGKP developed an NCA methodology to assess the costs, benefits, and investment gap for achieving select natural capital-related SDG targets and applied it to 20 countries. The report found that for every nature-related SDG target analysed the benefits of investing in natural capital outweigh the costs.
By knowing which intervention will have the greatest impact in terms of natural capital and enhancement and financial return, this data can help governments and financial institutions prioritize their investments and meet their 2030 targets.
More from lead author Dr. Anil Markandya: ggkp.org/ZaY
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The UN General Assembly has designated 2022 the International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development. Drinking water, sanitation, and sustainable modern energy are among the basic services that are limited in many mountain regions.
How can we increase awareness of the importance of conserving and sustainably using mountain ecosystems?
Created a Post in Climate Change, Forestry, Natural Capital
A global agreement on Biodiversity cannot wait anymore.
The biggest biodiversity summit in a decade, Cop15 in Kunming, China, where world leaders were expected to strike a deal to halt and reverse the destruction of ecosystems by reaching a Paris-style agreement for nature was postponed until 2021 and now is likely to be delayed a fourth time as a result of the Omicron variant.
In the meantime, during the pandemic, the destruction of the world’s forests increased sharply. Dangerous levels of greenhouse gases continue to accumulate in Earth’s atmosphere as humans consume beyond planetary boundaries while the world’s governments have missed every single target they have set for themselves on averting the destruction of Nature.
“We’ll get it done. Come hell, high water … or Covid. When and how, I don’t know,” says Basile van Havre, co-chair of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) working group responsible for crafting the Cop15 agreement.
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Indigenous communities face severe consequences of climate change. This study, conducted over a span of seven years, quantifies the effects of land dispossession on extreme climate change events.
The database catalogues and examines forced migration in the United States, and how it has influenced environmental processes over time. The research suggests that forced migration lead to conditions in which tribal lands experience increased exposure to climate change risks and hazards and diminished economic value.