Planting fast-growing crops, burning them, capturing the released CO2 and storing it: this is being discussed as a way to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere and limit global heating to 1.5 ...

The Amazon Rainforest The Amazon Rainforest is often referred to as the "lungs of the Earth," due to its vast capacity to ...

Planting fast-growing crops, burning them, capturing the released CO2 and storing it: this is being discussed as a way to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere and limit global heating to 1.5 ...

The global conversation around deforestation has evolved significantly ... They purify water sources, cleanse the air of pollution, act as carbon sinks to mitigate climate change, and even provide ...

So when we cut the trees down we release that carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere. And…we’ve just cut down the very things that could lock it away again. If deforestation was a country it ...

Ash: When woodland habitats are destroyed, that is called 'deforestation ... clever because they take in the carbon dioxide and release oxygen. And then the cycle starts all over again.

Deforestation is a major man-made source of ... Forests naturally act as a storage unit, or "sink," for carbon emissions into the atmosphere, absorbing about one-third of the carbon dioxide ...

A new opportunity has developed for Lao PDR to be involved in the international carbon trading market. Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) was recently endorsed at the ...

Currently, forests represent 23% of climate mitigation yet receive only 3% of funding. This leads to continued deforestation, carbon released, global water cycle disruptions and species extinction.