CEO of the Nature Conservancy applauds the G8’s inclusion of a “Forest Carbon Partnership.”

Steve McCormick, president and CEO of The Nature Conservancy

“We are heartened by the G-8 leaders’ inclusion of a Forest Carbon Partnership into their statement at the Forum on Climate Change. Despite being the second leading contributor to carbon emissions, deforestation had not previously been addressed in international climate treaties, and countries had few incentives for preserving their forests.”

Environmentalists warn that India’s ecological balance may be put at risk because of the country’s push for investments in mining resource-rich forests.

“Prime Minister Stephen Harper recently announced a $1.5-billion, nine-year plan to make Canada a leader in biofuel production.”

However, a new report in the journal Science states that restoring and protecting forests would have a larger impact on reducing carbon than planting “energy crops.”

Recent studies have shown that forests in the Canadian North are becoming less effective in absorbing greenhouse gases. Oceans are seeing similar results. These concerns call for action – we need to reduce emissions and conserve and preserve forests and oceans.

The Canadian Press

Leaving British Columbia’s old-growth forests standing may make more economic sense than cutting them down for timber, especially as the province looks to strategies to cut global warming, a new B.C. study suggests.

The report from Simon Fraser University challenges the status quo and uses Ministry of Forest data to show that conservation wins out over logging when forests are valued for their role in capturing carbon from the atmosphere, protecting endangered species and providing opportunities for recreation.

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