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For years, Conservation International has sounded an urgent call to humanity: we cannot prevent the worst impacts of climate change if we do not protect nature. With the climatic points closer than ever, we must work quickly to ensure a sustainable future for all of us.
To that end, Conservation International is moving faster than ever, associating with countries, companies and communities to expand natural solutions on a larger scale. In the last year, we have made remarkable progress. Here are some outstanding aspects.
For climate combat farms, tighten some trees
Crop plantation and grazing cattle often means cutting trees. But forests and farms really disagree? An innovative study published last year by Conservation International says that No. In fact, they discovered that researchers, cultivation lands around the world could hide both planet heating carbon and global emissions of all combined cars, only by adding some trees.
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A farm that uses agroforestry practices in Indonesia.
In Bolivia, a ‘conservation mosaic’ obtains another (large) piece
Last year, in the remote lowland forests of the northwest of Bolivia, a touch of small town a great step to protect one of the most biodiverse regions of the Amazon. With the support of Conservation International, the municipality of Sena has legally protected 450000 hectares (1.1 million acres) or Amazon Rainforest, the most recent piece in a massive and interconnected “Mosaica of conservation and indigo -Municita by Munication Protection in their own hands. In the last 25 years, the Bolivic peoples have protected 10 million. (25 of the municipality of the thousands of Azons).
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“Piece per piece, we are joining the fabric of conservation in the Amazon,” said Vice President of Conservation International-Bolivia, Eduardo Forno.
The breed is to revive the ‘third pole’ of the earth
The Eastern Himalayas to 12 percent of world biodiversity and one billion people, is one of the fastest places on Earth due to climate change. As the glaciers go back and the monsoon seasons, some rivers are drying, while others face more frequent and serious floods, all while the forests of the region continue to be shipyard. For people living in and around the “third pole” of the world, called due to the amount of ice stored in these mountains, these changes recently threaten farms, fishing and access to clean water. In this context comes “mountains to mangroves”, a massive initiative led by Conservation International to the conservation of accelerates in some of the most resistant and mountainous regions of the earth.
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The fog wraps the mountains of Western Bengal, India.
Bruno Vander Velde is the managing director of narration of stories at Conservation International. Why read more stories like this? Register to obtain updates by email. In addition, please support our critical work.
