Food for thought...
The production of beef meet is the biggest direct reason for the devastation of the Amazon rainforest.
The Swedwatch paper "More meat and soy, less rainforest"
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Facts!
- Only 0.9 % of the forests outside alpine areas have permanent protection from logging
- Less than 5% of the forests outside alpine areas can be considered "old growth"
Source: The Swedish EPA
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A Click for the Forest is a foundation that buys and preserves old growth forests with high conservation values.
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and she will sort it out. Thank you.
The foundation is growing
To keep up the good work, A click for the forest now welcomes five new co-workers. New in the team is Alexander Wallin and Jonas Johansson.
Alexander and Jonas will work with the graphic design for A click for the forest.
All the best to both of you and a big welcome to the team.
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Did you know that old growth forests benefits the climate?
Micael Jonsson and David A. Wardle from the Swedish University
of Agricultural Sciences published recently an article on the topic
claiming that boreal forests such as those in northern Sweden serve as
important carbon sinks, and therefore contribute to reducing atmospheric
carbon dioxide and mitigating climate change.
Click here to read Micael Jonssons report.
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