Topic: Biodiversity
According to Neil Sampson, an international forestry consultant, forest ecosystems are always in a state of transformation, but climate change might speed up the process.
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- 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
Partha Dasgupta told Earth & Sky that, in the developing world, natural resources aren’t just amenities. Instead, they’re economic necessities.
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- Global Connections: Forests of the World
Sustainability, one neighborhood at a time
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- Global Connections: Forests of the World
Scientists are now speaking of what they call the “coupled human-environment system.” It’s a new way of thinking about the relationship between nature and human beings.
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- Global Connections: Forests of the World
Consider three requirements for a sustainable world. Everyone on the planet would have their basic needs met. Hunger and poverty would be substantially reduced. And, the natural systems that support life on the planet would be preserved.
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- Global Connections: Forests of the World
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