protected areas

Protected forest areas

Last edited 2 August 2007 at 4:08pm

A gorilla in Cameroon

Protected areas can help endangered species such as gorillas

Eighty per cent of the world's forests have already been lost and of what remains, only eight per cent is currently protected. So to maintain biodiversity and limit climate change, there needs to be a real commitment to ring-fence large areas of forest for protection.

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Victory again: Huge Amazon area protected

Posted by admin — 14 February 2006 at 9:00am - Comments

Greenpeace activists block an illegal road in Para State, Brazil

Just one week after the excellent news about the Great Bear Rainforest comes another stunning victory with the announcement that a huge area of the Amazon rainforest will be protected from destructive logging.

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Enormous reserve protected from chainsaws in Canada

Posted by admin — 7 February 2006 at 9:00am - Comments

A grizzly bear swimming in the waters of Knight Inlet, British Columbia

It's rare that success comes on such a scale so this is one worth celebrating. The provincial government of British Columbia in Canada has announced the protection of 2 million hectares of ancient forest with strict ecological management for the rest.

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