10 Forest And Climate Change Facts
23 November 2008
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Destruction of forests equals global warming. The math is really that simple.
But too often, this urgent fact gets ignored. That’s why I’m asking you to forward these 10 Forest And Climate Change Facts to your friends and family.
Help us spread the word about Lost There, Felt Here and encourage your network to learn more about CI’s work.
It doesn’t take a data head to crunch these numbers. Take a look for yourself.
- 4 – hours in which the world loses acres of tropical forest equivalent in size to the island of Manhattan20 – percent of all global CO2 emissions caused by deforestation
2 trillion – amount in dollars that burning and clearing forests costs the global economy every year as valued through lost fresh water, food and timber and carbon reduction
70 – number of species of South and Central American frogs that have gone extinct, likely due to climate change
95 – percent of living coral Australia’s Great Barrier Reef may lose by 2050 due to climate change
25 – percent of all land animals and plants at risk of extinction due to climate change
25 – percent of all emissions reductions called for by 2050 that could be achieved by conserving and restoring tropical forests
143 million – acres of forest Conservation International has helped conserve over the last three years
40 – number of cars, trucks and SUVs’ yearly emissions offset by conserving just one acre of threatened tropical forest
15 – the cost in dollars for protecting one acre of forest with Conservation International.
Conservation International has the track record and the solutions it will take to put forest conservation front and center in the climate change debate.
You can help by spreading the word today and showing your friends and family why protecting even just one acre of forest is so important.
Sincerely,
Glenn Prickett
Senior Vice President, Conservation International
Executive Director, The Center for Environmental Leadership in Business
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