A forest is a community of trees. Through reforestation and afforestation, together we can restore and restock areas of forests and woodlands.
Plant It Together! Planet Together! A Global Effort ...
For people, animals, and our earth.
Recently I posted the 'Save Our Forests' Petition - by 38 Degrees and after I received so many inquiries from people asking how to join in petitions of from other countries - so many inquiries I realized this was an issue, so I wrote the 38 Degrees team requesting more information.
Their response letter is below.
Soon people will be able to join in a petition campaign for any location in the world, from anywhere, and support in the resolution of that issue.. I think global efforts are needed for solutions to many of the important environmental and health issues in the world.
Let's save forests worldwide. By doing so we'll be ensuring the health and protection of many generations of people and animals to come.
Spiny forest at Ifaty, Madagascar, featuring various Adansonia (baobab) species, Alluaudia procera (Madagascar ocotillo) and other vegetation.
Trees on a mountain in northern Utah during early autumn.
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Re: Your message to 38 Degrees
"Dear Natalie,
Unfortunately, we can only take names from those that are based in the UK at this time.
However, you obviously feel very passionately about this, so I would recommend you and others in your situation contact your UK-based friends and family, and ask them to sign up to our campaign, to get your voice heard.
If you are interested in campaigning at a global level, Avaaz (http://avaaz.org/) is a global organisation based on similar principles to 38 Degrees.
Unfortunately, we can only take names from those that are based in the UK at this time.
However, you obviously feel very passionately about this, so I would recommend you and others in your situation contact your UK-based friends and family, and ask them to sign up to our campaign, to get your voice heard.
If you are interested in campaigning at a global level, Avaaz (http://avaaz.org/) is a global organisation based on similar principles to 38 Degrees.
Thanks for taking the time to get in touch,
Martin and the 38degrees team."
Victory! Government to scrap plans to sell our forests
"Over half a million of us should feel very proud of what we’ve achieved together. Let’s keep watching but also celebrate what we’ve done!"
Thanks again to Martin and the 39 Degrees team!
Its a great time now for change, with the internet people cam already (in many ways) unite-globally in online actions and efforts to help people, animal and earth...Eventually, there will be less walls, then people will truly be able to work together to solve worldwide problems, from anywhere .. for any place, for anyone.
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SAVE FORESTS WORLDWIDE ...
SAVE EARTH!
A
forest (also called a
wood,
woodland,
wold,
weald,
holt,
frith, or
firth) is an area with a high density of trees. There are many definitions for forest, based on the various criteria.
These plant communities cover approximately 9.4% of the Earth's surface (or 30% of total land area), though they once covered much more (about 50% of total land area),
in many different regions and function as habitats for organisms, hydrologic flow modulators, and soil conservers, constituting one of the most important aspects of the Earth's biosphere.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest)
Anthropogenic factors that can affect forests include logging, urban sprawl, human-caused forest fires, acid rain, invasive species, and the slash and burn practices of swidden agriculture or shifting cultivation. The loss and re-growth of forest leads to a distinction between two broad types of forest, primary or old-growth forest and secondary forest. There are also many natural factors that can cause changes in forests over time including forest fires, insects, diseases, weather, competition between species, etc. In 1997, the World Resources Institute recorded that only 20% of the world's original forests remained in large intact tracts of undisturbed forest.[8] More than 75% of these intact forests lie in three countries - the Boreal forests of Russia and Canada and the rainforest of Brazil. In 2006 this information on intact forests was updated using latest available satellite imagery.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest)
I LOVE FORESTS AND WOODLANDS
Reforestation is the restocking of existing forests and woodlands which have been depleted, an effect of deforestation. Reforestation can be used to improve the quality of human life by soaking up pollution and dust from the air, rebuild natural habitats and ecosystems, mitigate global warming since forests facilitate biosequestration of atmospheric carbon dioxide, and harvest for resources, particularly timber.
The term reforestation is similar to afforestation, the process of restoring and recreating areas of woodlands or forests that may have existed long ago but were deforested or otherwise removed at some point in the past.
Mixed deciduous forest in Stara Planina, Serbia.
Forest near Rajgir, Bihar, India
Rainforest in Tasmania's Hellyer Gorge.
A conifer forest in the Swiss Alps (National Park).
Swiss National Park
