Forests are a family value, says expert
Posted Sep 5, 2008 in Air Quality, Conservation, Ecosystem Services, Forests, Global Climate Change, Human World, Trees download Help
Neil Sampson, president of a company that consults on forests and climate, said that private forest owners play an essential role in keeping wooded land growing and healthy…. and Americans who don’t own wooded land still reap the benefits of forests.
Related PLT Activities
- PreK-8 Guide
- Activity 13: We All Need Trees
- Activity 14: Renewable or Not?
- Activity 19: Viewpoints on the Line
- Activity 21: Adopt a Tree
- Activity 28: Air Plants
- Activity 30: Three Cheers for Trees!
- Activity 31: Plant a Tree
- Activity 32: A Forest of Many Uses
- Activity 33: Forest Consequences
- Activity 34: Who Works in this Forest?
- Activity 50: 400-Acre Wood
- Activity 69: Forest for the Trees
- Activity 84: The Global Climate
- Activity 86: Our Changing World
- Activity 89: Trees for Many Reasons
- The Changing Forest: Forest Ecology (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Forests (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Places We Live (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Biodiversity (9-12)
- Global Connections: Forests of the World
- Activity 1: Making the Global Connection
- Activity 3: Mapping the World's Forests
- Activity 4: Analyzing Patterns of Forest Change
- Activity 5: Understanding the Effects of Forest Uses
- Activity 6: Seeking Sustainability: A Global Response
- Activity 7: Exploring the World Marketplace
- Activity 8: Making Consumer Choices
Carbon offsets could be boon to private forests
Posted Sep 5, 2008 in Air Quality, Ecosystem Services, Forests, Global Climate Change, Trees download Help
The president of a forestry consulting firm talks about the market for carbon offsets – tradeable measures of a forest’s proven capacity to store carbon. Find out how it works.
Related PLT Activities
- PreK-8 Guide
- Activity 14: Renewable or Not?
- Activity 19: Viewpoints on the Line
- Activity 28: Air Plants
- Activity 30: Three Cheers for Trees!
- Activity 31: Plant a Tree
- Activity 32: A Forest of Many Uses
- Activity 33: Forest Consequences
- Activity 36: Pollution Search
- Activity 39: Energy Sleuths
- Activity 50: 400-Acre Wood
- Activity 69: Forest for the Trees
- Activity 73: Waste Watchers
- Activity 84: The Global Climate
- Activity 86: Our Changing World
- Activity 89: Trees for Many Reasons
- The Changing Forest: Forest Ecology (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Forests (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Risk (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Places We Live (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Biodiversity (9-12)
- Global Connections: Forests of the World
Climate change speeding flux of forest ecosystems
Posted Sep 5, 2008 in Biodiversity, Forests, Global Climate Change, Invasive Species, Trees download Help
Forest ecosystems are always in a state of transformation, but climate change might speed up the process. That’s according to Neil Sampson, an international forestry consultant.
Related PLT Activities
- PreK-8 Guide
- Activity 12: Invasive Species
- Activity 14: Renewable or Not?
- Activity 21: Adopt a Tree
- Activity 27: Every Tree for Itself
- Activity 29: Rain Reasons
- Activity 69: Forest for the Trees
- Activity 77: Trees in Trouble
- Activity 80: Nothing Succeeds Like Succession
- Activity 84: The Global Climate
- Activity 86: Our Changing World
- The Changing Forest: Forest Ecology (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Forests (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Risk (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Places We Live (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Biodiversity (9-12)
- Global Connections: Forests of the World
Incentives encourage forest stewardship
Posted Sep 5, 2008 in Animals, Conservation, Fire, Forests, Human World, Land Use download Help
Good stewardship by private forest landowners in the U.S. can be a heroic effort since it can require the rejection of sometimes lucrative financial offers.
Related PLT Activities
- PreK-8 Guide
- Activity 19: Viewpoints on the Line
- Activity 21: Adopt a Tree
- Activity 22: Trees as Habitats
- Activity 30: Three Cheers for Trees!
- Activity 31: Plant a Tree
- Activity 32: A Forest of Many Uses
- Activity 33: Forest Consequences
- Activity 34: Who Works in this Forest?
- Activity 40: Then and Now
- Activity 45: Web of Life
- Activity 50: 400-Acre Wood
- Activity 54: I’d Like to Visit a Place Where…
- Activity 56: We Can Work It Out
- Activity 57: Democracy in Action
- Activity 69: Forest for the Trees
- Activity 80: Nothing Succeeds Like Succession
- Activity 81: Living with Fire
- Activity 86: Our Changing World
- The Changing Forest: Forest Ecology (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Forests (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Risk (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Places We Live (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Biodiversity (9-12)
- Global Connections: Forests of the World
Safe Harbor Agreement protects wildlife, landowners
Posted Sep 5, 2008 in Animals, Conservation, Endangered Species, Forests, Habitats, Human World, Land Use download Help
Hear about an agreement that allows individual landowners to make an agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, stating that if they work to benefit an endangered species on their land, they won’t be subject to more regulation.
Related PLT Activities
- PreK-8 Guide
- Activity 21: Adopt a Tree
- Activity 22: Trees as Habitats
- Activity 31: Plant a Tree
- Activity 32: A Forest of Many Uses
- Activity 33: Forest Consequences
- Activity 34: Who Works in this Forest?
- Activity 45: Web of Life
- Activity 50: 400-Acre Wood
- Activity 57: Democracy in Action
- Activity 58: There Ought to Be a Law
- Activity 69: Forest for the Trees
- Activity 7: Habitat Pen Pals
- Activity 88: Life on the Edge
- The Changing Forest: Forest Ecology (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Forests (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Risk (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Places We Live (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Biodiversity (9-12)
- Global Connections: Forests of the World
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