The world is #losing 10 million hectares of #forest each year due to #deforestation – about the size of #Iceland , Europe´s second biggest island. In addition, insects damage around 35 million hectares of forest annually. This is extremely serious, not least given the fact that forests are key to combating #ClimateXhange . 21 March is the #InternationalDayOfForests.
https://unric.org/en/world-losing-forests-the-size-of-iceland-every-year

#StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #StopClearcuts #SaveOldGrowth #WorthMoreStanding #LastStandForForests

World losing forests the size of Iceland - every year

The world is losing 10 million hectares of forest each year due to deforestation - about the size of Iceland- and insects damage around 35 million hectares of forest annually. This is extremely serious, not least given the fact that forests are key to combating climate change. 21 March is the International Day of Forests.  

United Nations Western Europe
“The forests are in trouble. Earth’s climate is collapsing. The ABCFP and many of its members are complicit in this trouble.”

Dear President Mierau and Council Members, Association of BC Forest Professionals (ABCFP): By way of this letter, I resign my membership in the ABCFP. I no longer wish to be part of an organization that alleges to “care for BC’s forest and forest lands,” while remaining silent about the degradati...

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