Tag:forests

Health

Forests reduce health risks, new global report confirms

The global scientific evidence of the multiple types of benefits that forests, trees and green spaces have on human health has now been assessed...

Michael Simire - March 24, 2023

Agric & Biotech

Meat grown from fungus could save the world’s forests

Substituting just a fifth of meat from cattle with microbial protein – a meat alternative produced in fermentation tanks – by 2050 could halve deforestation, a new analysis...

Michael Simire - May 4, 2022

Cover

Forests, trees can help recovery from multiple crises, says FAO report

With the world facing multiple crises including, COVID-19, conflicts, climate crisis and biodiversity loss, our forests can help us recover from their impact, but...

Michael Simire - May 3, 2022

Cover

UN seeks increased public finance to protect forests

The United Nations (UN) has advocated increased public finance to protect forests in the world. Antonio Gutteres, the Secretary-General of the UN, made this call...

Michael Simire - May 3, 2022

Conservation

Research network publishes ‘10 Must Knows’ on biodiversity

"10 Must Knows from Biodiversity Science”, ranging from climate stress for forests to the corona virus that has jumped from animals to humans, are...

admin - March 25, 2022

Climate Change

Forests vital to fight against climate change, says Fijian president

Fijian President, Jioji Konrote, on Friday, March 19, 2021 stressed the importance of forests in the fight against climate change. “We all know that the...

Michael Simire - March 19, 2021

Sustainable Devpt

Livelihoods, forests at risk if land rights are ignored, says report

Indigenous Peoples and local communities protect half the world's land, but formally own just 10 percent, according to a report released today by a...

admin - March 2, 2016

Sustainable Devpt

Activists flay UN, loggers over Africa forest grab ‘under guise of REDD+’

Loggers and the United Nations want to grab African forests for REDD+, which promotes monoculture plantations and genetically modified trees and violates human rights,...

admin - September 9, 2015

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