When one drives through Amman’s industrial Marka neighborhood in the east of Jordan’s capital, one won’t expect to stumble upon a flourishing forest amidst motor...
Archive for tag: forests
Uniting for Global Forests and a Sustainable Future
The critical state of global forests, with almost half of the 6 trillion trees lost, demands swift action. Beyond biodiversity loss, the economic threat looms...
Earth’s Largest Boreal Forest Shrinks as Time Goes On; What Will Happen in the Future?
Earth has gifted us with boreal forests or taigas. Forests that, if you look at the map, shaped like a loose-knit headband across the planet’s...
Can Logging be Sustainable? Experts Say Yes and They Show Us How
When we see or hear “logging,” what images or words come to mind? Probably barren lands, dead stumps, deforestation aftermath, maybe those poor orangutans or...
One More Proof to Show How Protecting Forests Has Its Benefits
There are many stories and news around us about how protecting forests can have a positive impact on our current efforts to improve climate change....
Indigenous People are Vital for Forest Conservation and Healthy Ecosystem
Around 12 miles northwest of downtown São Paulo lies Yvy Porã, one of six villages that make up the Jaraguá Indigenous Territory. It’s surrounded buildings...
City Dwellers or Not, Forests are Important for Cities and the People
Citizens like urban, lush parks because they reduce stress, cool the air, and make the concrete jungle a little more beautiful. If one lives in...
Yosemite Creek Basin Case: When a Wildfire Isn’t That Bad
When we hear the word ‘wildfire’, usually all we can imagine is the catastrophic aftermath, the smokes, the blaze, the poor wildlife, and the people...
We’ll Depend More on Drones to Reforest Our Planet Because It’s Faster
There are many negative impacts of deforestation. Aside of making human-caused climate change worse, there will be loss of habitat and eventually loss of biodiversity....
Experts Said We Have Forgotten The Importance Of Forests
Most of us understand it pretty well that trees are our best option to diminish carbon in the atmosphere. We also understand it as well...