Swedish forests grow by a total of 110 million cubic metres a year, and the net reduction of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere as a result of Swedish forestry and wood production, is 60 million metric tons a year.
This is equivalent to the entire carbon dioxide emissions for the whole of the...
Feb
23
Urban Conservation in New York City
by Molly Marquand
Originally published on Izilwane
Where every great city stands today, a natural ecosystem once thrived. London was built on a floodplain of the River Thames; New York was set up on great tracts of oak woodland; and Tokyo, the most populous...
Feb
20
The climate in eastern Georgia has changed dramatically since the early 1990’s. The combination of a warmer climate, more frequent droughts and the loss of trees as windbreaks has turned out to be highly damaging for the Dedoplistskaro Region and the production of wheat and sunflowers.
But now...
Feb
02
This short film, produce for the Sonoran Institute addresses the rampant development which threatens the west’s open space.
Open Space from Conservation Media on Vimeo.
Sep
09
Research at the Caltech Field Laboratory for Optimized Wind Energy, directed by John Dabiri, suggests that arrays of closely spaced vertical-axis wind turbines produce significantly more power than conventional wind farms with propeller-style turbines. Photo: John Dabiri, Caltech.
Conventional...
Jul
18
Let’s Plant a Forest
Sunday, June 5 is World Environment Day (WED) — what better way to celebrate the environment than by planting a forest in this year’s host country, India?
Don Cheadle
FORESTS: NATURE AT YOUR SERVICE (India) in English by Anupam Kher from UNEP on Vimeo.
Jun
02
Sunday, June 5 is World Environment Day (WED) — what better way to celebrate the environment than by planting a forest in this year’s host country, India?
– Don Cheadle, Huffington Post
Jun
02
The Greater Yellowstone ecosystem of 28 million acres, is home to one of the largest collections of wildlife in the U.S. Rapid residential and energy development are threatening the future of the region’s iconic wildlife. In observance of Endangered Species Day, May 20th, we share this film...
May
20
