Envisioning a climate-stable future requires a dual strategy as far as the world’s forests are concerned: protecting and restoring natural forests for all of their ecological and climate benefits while also sustainably managing working forests to drive the global transformation to a sustainable, circular bioeconomy. Source: World Economic Forum
Many are uncomfortable at the thought of cutting down a tree. While wood is a useful material, people don’t like the idea that it should be harvested from a forest.
In a 2017 study commissioned by the North American Forest Partnership, nearly four out of five respondents thought wood was a renewable material; however, fewer than one in five associated the forest sector with sustainability.
That’s an unfortunate misconception and in our current era of climate disasters, it’s becoming a dangerous one. The reality is that sustainable forestry and forest products can help us save the planet from ourselves. Here are five ways how.
- Investing in reforestation
- Investing in natural forest restoration
- Supporting Indigenous peoples and local communities
- Reducing pressure on intact forests and their biodiversity
- Reducing the carbon footprint of construction
The full article can be read at: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/04/sustainable-forestry-climate-action-development-biodiversity/
