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'''Science -- Special Issue on Forests''' / August 2015


http://news.sciencemag.org/plants-animals/2015/08/special-issue-forest-health-changing-world
[[File:Tropical rainforest floor.png]]


https://youtu.be/ddmyMveokjg


Forests and woodlands cover about 20% of Earth's land surface, spanning all but the highest latitudes. In the millennia since humans dispersed across all forested continents, we have transformed large areas of natural forest. Historically, our greatest impacts were made in temperate regions, but they now extend to forests in the tropics and the boreal zone. Only a fraction of the forests present centuries ago have escaped human influence; in many regions the forest is gone, has regrown as secondary forest, or consists of managed and plantation forests. Humans have also introduced new species, including pests and pathogens of trees. Other influences—such as climate warming that causes tree species to shift geographically and anthropogenic drought that causes forest dieback—take effect more slowly and may occur far from their source.
''‘’Our planet is home to some three trillion trees — roughly four hundred for every person on Earth.’’''


Even though modern forests are generally much altered from their natural state, their “health” still matters. It will dictate whether forests persist and function into the future, sustaining wildlife, producing timber, sequestering carbon, and performing other services...
-- [https://www.amazon.com/Trees-Life-Max-Adams/dp/0691212732/ ''"Trees of Life"'' by Max Adams]


Understanding how we influence forest health and function is a key challenge for the future, as we increasingly realize the importance of forests to the maintenance of a healthy planet.


''"More than half the trees that once grew on the planet have been cut down" ...''


* https://eu.patagonia.com/gr/en/stories/when-trees-fall-so-do-we/story-130694.html
[[File:Green Branching Out-2.jpg]]
<big><big>'''''Global Forest Restoration and Reforestation Projects'''''</big></big>
* https://globalforestatlas.yale.edu/conservation/forest-restoration-reforestation
* https://onetreeplanted.org/ - https://onetreeplanted.org/collections/united-states
* https://www.plantabillion.org/locations/united-states/
* https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14112018/climate-change-solutions-forests-farms-carbon-storage-cancel-out-emissions-study
* https://insideclimatenews.org/news/12102018/global-warming-solutions-negative-emissions-carbon-capture-technology-ipcc-climate-change-report
* https://tree-nation.com/projects - https://trees.org/ - https://www.nationalforests.org/ 
* https://www.earthday.org/campaigns/reforestation/reforestation-projects-map/
* https://www.fastcompany.com/40481305/the-largest-ever-tropical-reforestation-is-planting-73-million-trees
[https://www.carbonbrief.org/tropical-forests-no-longer-carbon-sinks-because-human-activity Forests: Sinks or Sources?]
''Tropical forests now emit more carbon than they are able to absorb from the atmosphere as a result of the dual effects of deforestation and land degradation, a new study says.''
''The research challenges the long-held belief that forests act as “carbon sinks” by storing more carbon than they emit due to natural processes and human activity.''
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<big>'''Goal: To Plant Millions, Tens of Millions, Hundreds of Millions of Trees'''</big>
'''''Bonn Challenge''''' -- http://www.bonnchallenge.org/content/challenge
: (Blog) http://www.bonnchallenge.org/blog
: http://www.bonnchallenge.org/content/get-involved
''The Bonn Challenge is a global effort to restore 150 million hectares of the world's deforested and degraded lands by 2020 and 350 million hectares by 2030.''
''The first Bonn Challenge pledge to reach its restoration goal -- Pakistan's [https://www.iucn.org/news/forests/201708/pakistan%E2%80%99s-billion-tree-tsunami-restores-350000-hectares-forests-and-degraded-land-surpass-bonn-challenge-commitment Billion Tree Tsunami]''
● [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/pakistan-plant-billion-trees-global-warming-effects-climate-change-imran-khan-khyber-pakhtunkhaw-a7892176.html Pakistani province plants one billion trees...]
● [https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2017/08/13/Pakistan-plants-1-billionth-tree-to-help-reverse-deforestation/8281502665439/ One Billionth Tree]
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<big>'''Monitoring Forest 'Health''''</big>
'''''Recalling [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:You_can_manage_only_what_you_can_measure_Dr_David_Crisp,_OCO-2,_June_2014_m.jpg "You can manage only what you can measure"''''']
[[File:Mapping Tree Density 1.png]]
[[File:Mapping Tree Density 2.png]]
'''''According to Global Change Biology, "Virtually all U.S. forests are now experiencing change and are vulnerable to future declines..."'''''
● http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-02/du-nau022216.php
● https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=132709
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● http://news.sciencemag.org/plants-animals/2015/08/special-issue-forest-health-changing-world
● https://youtu.be/ddmyMveokjg
''Forests and woodlands cover about 20% of Earth's land surface, spanning all but the highest latitudes. In the millennia since humans dispersed across all forested continents, we have transformed large areas of natural forest. Historically, our greatest impacts were made in temperate regions, but they now extend to forests in the tropics and the boreal zone. Only a fraction of the forests present centuries ago have escaped human influence; in many regions the forest is gone, has regrown as secondary forest, or consists of managed and plantation forests. Humans have also introduced new species, including pests and pathogens of trees. Other influences — such as climate warming that causes tree species to shift geographically and anthropogenic drought that causes forest dieback — take effect more slowly...''
[https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=136815 Via National Science Foundation]
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[[File:Living Earth.png]]
<big>'''Friends of GreenPolicy360'''</big>
'''[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Rebecca_Google_Outreach.jpg Rebecca Moore], founder of Google Earth Outreach, a [http://www.planetcitizen.org 'Planet Citizen'] and [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Bioneers Bioneers inspiration]'''
[[File:Rebecca Google Outreach.jpg]]
'''''Measuring and Monitoring Forests for Effective Management and Protection'''''
::[[Image:GFW1a.jpeg | link=http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Global_Forest_Watch_top_page_2014.png]]
<big>'''''Global Forest Watch Launches'''''</big>
[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/G_Earth_Outreach.jpg '''''Google Outreach continues its impact''''']
<big>'''''Share Your Data'''''</big>
[http://GlobalForestWatch.org '''''Global Forest Watch Org''''']
[http://www.wri.org/our-work/project/global-forest-watch '''''World Resources Institute''''']
[http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2014/02/monitoring-worlds-forests-with-global.html '''''Monitoring the world's forests''''']
[[File:Global Forest Watch.png]]
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<big>'''Google Outreach continues its impact'''</big>
https://plus.google.com/115519007136221820067/posts/2ntxMkhNpf5
http://www.wri.org/our-work/project/global-forest-watch
<big>'''News'''</big>
'''Global Forest Watch Snapshot of Action in the Field -- February 2017'''
* http://gfw.blog.s3.amazonaws.com/GLAD%20Pocket%20Guides/GFW_GLADPocket%20Guide_Uganda.pdf
* https://twitter.com/globalforests/status/830781506301726720?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Enews%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
: https://twitter.com/globalforests
* https://financialtribune.com/articles/people-environment/57867/intl-firms-launch-effort-to-monitor-deforestation
* https://news.mongabay.com/2017/02/expedition-sets-out-to-explore-isolated-mysterious-forest-in-drc/
: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/01/logging-in-certified-concessions-driving-intact-forest-loss-in-congo-basin/
: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/02/the-philippines-declares-more-than-100000-acres-as-critical-habitat/
: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/02/scientists-launch-expedition-to-find-missing-monkeys/
: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/01/revolutionary-new-biodiversity-maps-reveal-big-gaps-in-conservation/
* https://psmag.com/the-dramatic-deforestation-of-cambodia-as-seen-from-space-4f04dce4d350#.ynbnn39ac
* http://www.eco-business.com/opinion/intact-forest-landscapes-matter-for-climate-change-here-are-3-reasons-why/
[[File:Forests change between 2000 and 2012.jpg]]
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* http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:G_Earth_Outreach.jpg
* http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2014/02/monitoring-worlds-forests-with-global.html
* http://www.businessinsider.com/rebecca-moore-google-earth-outreach-and-engine-2014-10
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[[File:Forests and CO2.jpg]]
[[Rainforest Canopy Don Perry]]
[[File:Don Perry In the Canopy first-gen canopy web.jpg]]
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Tropical rainforest floor.png


‘’Our planet is home to some three trillion trees — roughly four hundred for every person on Earth.’’

-- "Trees of Life" by Max Adams


"More than half the trees that once grew on the planet have been cut down" ...


Green Branching Out-2.jpg


Global Forest Restoration and Reforestation Projects


Forests: Sinks or Sources?

Tropical forests now emit more carbon than they are able to absorb from the atmosphere as a result of the dual effects of deforestation and land degradation, a new study says.

The research challenges the long-held belief that forests act as “carbon sinks” by storing more carbon than they emit due to natural processes and human activity.


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Goal: To Plant Millions, Tens of Millions, Hundreds of Millions of Trees


Bonn Challenge -- http://www.bonnchallenge.org/content/challenge

(Blog) http://www.bonnchallenge.org/blog
http://www.bonnchallenge.org/content/get-involved


The Bonn Challenge is a global effort to restore 150 million hectares of the world's deforested and degraded lands by 2020 and 350 million hectares by 2030.

The first Bonn Challenge pledge to reach its restoration goal -- Pakistan's Billion Tree Tsunami

● Pakistani province plants one billion trees...

● One Billionth Tree


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Monitoring Forest 'Health'

Recalling "You can manage only what you can measure"


Mapping Tree Density 1.png


Mapping Tree Density 2.png



According to Global Change Biology, "Virtually all U.S. forests are now experiencing change and are vulnerable to future declines..."

● http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-02/du-nau022216.php

● https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=132709

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● http://news.sciencemag.org/plants-animals/2015/08/special-issue-forest-health-changing-world

● https://youtu.be/ddmyMveokjg


Forests and woodlands cover about 20% of Earth's land surface, spanning all but the highest latitudes. In the millennia since humans dispersed across all forested continents, we have transformed large areas of natural forest. Historically, our greatest impacts were made in temperate regions, but they now extend to forests in the tropics and the boreal zone. Only a fraction of the forests present centuries ago have escaped human influence; in many regions the forest is gone, has regrown as secondary forest, or consists of managed and plantation forests. Humans have also introduced new species, including pests and pathogens of trees. Other influences — such as climate warming that causes tree species to shift geographically and anthropogenic drought that causes forest dieback — take effect more slowly...


Via National Science Foundation


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Living Earth.png


Friends of GreenPolicy360

Rebecca Moore, founder of Google Earth Outreach, a 'Planet Citizen' and Bioneers inspiration


Rebecca Google Outreach.jpg


Measuring and Monitoring Forests for Effective Management and Protection


GFW1a.jpeg


Global Forest Watch Launches


Google Outreach continues its impact


Share Your Data


Global Forest Watch Org

World Resources Institute

Monitoring the world's forests


Global Forest Watch.png


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Google Outreach continues its impact

https://plus.google.com/115519007136221820067/posts/2ntxMkhNpf5

http://www.wri.org/our-work/project/global-forest-watch


News

Global Forest Watch Snapshot of Action in the Field -- February 2017

https://twitter.com/globalforests
https://news.mongabay.com/2017/01/logging-in-certified-concessions-driving-intact-forest-loss-in-congo-basin/
https://news.mongabay.com/2017/02/the-philippines-declares-more-than-100000-acres-as-critical-habitat/
https://news.mongabay.com/2017/02/scientists-launch-expedition-to-find-missing-monkeys/
https://news.mongabay.com/2017/01/revolutionary-new-biodiversity-maps-reveal-big-gaps-in-conservation/


Forests change between 2000 and 2012.jpg


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Forests and CO2.jpg


Rainforest Canopy Don Perry

Don Perry In the Canopy first-gen canopy web.jpg

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