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Woodland Caribou Fights for his Belt

A very brave woodland Caribou is fighting for his belt.  The Caribou belt that is...a large swath of Boreal forest that stretches across Ontario, Manitoba and Quebec.  His habitat is endangered by human activities, and if he does not react, his survival is uncertain.   As he and CPAWS / SNAP defend this critical habitat, they also help protect one of the world's largest natural carbon reserves and slow the effects of climate change. Today, he is in Manitoba, fighting for his belt! When the Caribou is in Danger, we are too Si le Caribou est en Danger, L' Hombre est en Danger Read More

New Bill for Carbon-Caps, but not Protecting Wild-Nature

As you've likely heard, the US House of Representatives passed the first comprehensive climate and energy bill last week. The "American Clean Energy and Security Act" shows that the US is setting up to the climate change plate, as are many countries in preparation for December's UNFCCC summit in Copenhagen. The bill now moves to the Senate, and then onto President Obama's desk. In a nut shell, it is a cap-and-trade bill, but has some mention of preventing deforestation as methods to reduce carbon emissions. The bill mandates that 15% of US electricity come from renewable sources ... Read More

Take Action for Wilderness & Climate Change

We know that at least 20% of all emissions since the industrial revolution are directly related to the destruction of wild-nature (forests, peat-lands, wetlands, and more). We know that our planet's wetlands alone store 771 billion tons of carbon. Very simply, to prevent catastrophic climate scenarios, we need to protect our planet's remaining wilderness and wildlands resources. Learn more about wilderness and climate change. The issue is, that this very common-sense approach to solving a large part of the climate problem has not received the attention it deserves. As people who enjoy wilderness, and who care about the future of our ... Read More

Climate Change – We Can’t Solve the Problem without Forests

Negotiations on a new climate change agreement to replace the expiring Kyoto Protocol (it expires in 2012) will reach a critical milestone this December in Copenhagen at the 10th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The objective for the Copenhagen meeting is to reach agreement on a framework for a post-Kyoto agreement by the end of the conference. There will be many details that will remain unresolved until after Copenhagen - but the idea is that the core architecture of the agreement, including the all-important question of emissions reductions targets, will be ... Read More

How to Build an Earth-Friendly Community

Author Nancy H. Taylor's new book "Go Green: Building an Earth-Friendly Community," is the updated "100 Ways to Save the Planet."  Taking things one step beyond recycling and riding your bike, Nancy looks provides many user-friendly suggestions for reducing our carbon food-print, replacing our appetite for fossil fuels and supporting our local community.  Some of her suggestions include: buying local, organic and sustainable food, starting community programs in support of light rail systems, green hospitals and schools and smart city planning, and protecting fragile ecosystems. You can here an interview with Nancy and read 10 practical green living tips at ... Read More

Prince Charles Calls for Action on Deforestation

Yesterday, Britan's Prince Charles launched an internet campaign to raise awareness about deforestation.  In this short video clip, international personalities (Dalai Lama, Pele, Harrison Ford, Robin Williams and others) as well as the Prince and his sons William and Henry, appear along side of a large, computer generated frog.  Each individual makes a clear statement in support of protecting our world's forests to address climate change.   Thought to be the first time any senior royalty has used online social networking tools, this video calls for an online community to support and protect the Earth's rainforests.    Individuals can join the campaign ... Read More

Porkbush Fights Climate Change

[caption id="attachment_5295" align="alignleft" width="190" caption="Vervet Monkey "on watch" at top of a spekboom thicket, Eastern Cape, SA"] [/caption] Wilderness and climate change is not just about saving tropical forests in the Amazon.  It is also about restoring wildland qualities (world-wide) that have been destroyed, and in the process increasing carbon sequestration capacity and increasing what are called "ecosystem services" (the many ways in which nature supports human society). Wildlands restoration is being done in many places around the globe. It can be as sophisticated and visionary as the well-known, very accomplished Trees for Life project in NW Scotland, or it can be ... Read More

REDD+: Conservation’s Role in the Fight Against Climate Change

The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change program on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing is moving towards including tropical forest conservation in addition to sustainable forestry practices in its Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation mechanism. Including conservation in REDD - making REDD into REDD+ - draws attention to the huge potential of carbon sequestration through wilderness protection. Wild nature and wilderness areas - on land and sea - are critically important from a climate change perspective: they keep large amounts of carbon locked up, they absorb carbon out of the atmosphere, and they help ... Read More

Global Warming Video

This is a very powerful video, conveying the impacts of global warming.  Are you ready to take action? Read More

Climate Change News Round-Up

Agreement between President Obama and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to step up cooperation between the UN and the US on climate change - both for the health of the planet and a sustainable economic recovery. Research presented at the International Scientific Congress on Climate Change in Copenhagen (organized by the International Alliance of Research Universities) revealed that 1 in 10 people live in low-lying areas at risk of flooding as sea levels rise due to climate change. That's nearly 600 million people! Dr Rajendra Pachauri (chair of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change since 2002, director general of The Energy and ... Read More