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Benefits of Intact Forests .:. Southern Appalachian Forest Coalition
Intact Forests .:. Southern Appalachian Forest Coalition HomeAbout SAFCOur ForestsProgramsPublic LandEventsResource Library Our Forests About Our Forests Introduction National Forests Benefits of Forests Threats to Our Forests ...
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Conservation International - Projects
Future for Life Benefits of Giving Events Sojourns Home > Learn > Forests > Projects Learn Climate Change Forests Species Communities Land Use Oceans Freshwater Related Links Climate Change ... deforestation by negotiating conservation agreements with local inhabitants who are encroaching on intact forests, planting native species on deforested areas, and designing agroforestry systems to expand ...
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EIA - The Environmental Investigation Agency: Forests for the World Campaign | Campaign News
Indochina, threatening some of the last intact forests in the region, a major new report reveals. Photo Story: 13 Mar 08 IMAGES ... timber from Indonesia to China is a billion dollar trade threatening the last remaining intact tropical forests in the Asia-Pacific region, the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and Telapak revealed ...
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EIA - The Environmental Investigation Agency: Forests for the World Campaign | Reports & Briefings
Agency: Forests for the World Campaign | Reports & Briefings CAMPAIGNS SPECIES IN PERIL FORESTS CAMPAIGN NEWS WHAT CAN I DO? REPORTS & BRIEFINGS BACKGROUND INFO LINKS success stories GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FORESTS FOR THE ... huge quantities of unlawfully-logged timber from across Indochina, threatening some of the last intact forests in the region. Last Updated: 19 Mar 08 How Wal-Mart's Sourcing Practices ...
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Forests and the EU
The management of forests and forest areas remains squarely a prerogative of national states. This is ... ratification of the Convention on Biological Diversity. In a small section on forests, it is acknowledged that forests "contain the greatest proportion of biological diversity in terms of species, genetic ...
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Global Forest Watch - Russia - Russia's Forests
Remaining intact forests are poorly ... per hectare. 4. The areas in the vicinity of the intact forests play a mostly insignificant role in the wood supply of ... intactness. Far fewer personnel are needed to protect and manage forests within intact landscapes than are required in developed forest regions. ...
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Conservation International - Saving Forests
If left intact, these tropical forests are reservoirs of massive amounts of carbon. Protecting and restoring forests then is an essential first response to climate change ...
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Saskatchewan Environmental Society — Sustainable Economic Development in Saskatchewan's Forests
Sustainable Economic Development in Saskatchewan's Forests Sustainable Economic Development in Saskatchewan's Forests In 1999, the Saskatchewan Government announced a planned doubling of the provincial ... for areas with natural beauty and cultural uniqueness. By its nature, ecotourism maintains intact ecosystems and as a result may provide longer-lasting economic opportunities than extraction ...
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Global Forest Watch - Chile - Chile's Forests
Chile's forests qualify as frontier forest—tracts of at least 5,000 hectares, classified as mature forests or dense timberline forests that are intact or only slightly altered. Only a third of all forest is in relatively undisturbed tracts of at least 10,000 hectares. Frontier forests ...
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Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem National Forests: Caribou-Targhee
Vegetation ranges from aspen, maple, Douglas fir, and lodgepole pine forests to vast expanses of sagebrush steppe grasslands and mountain meadows. ... Idaho's Roadless Areas make up the core of the last intact forest ecosystem in the lower 48 states — where all of ... can still be found. The Roadless areas of Idaho’s National Forests are of statewide, national and global significance. What is Greater ...
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