Friday, February 19, 2021

Feb 2021: 3 Significant environmental news I want to share


Most Significantly, on Nov 12, 2018, Conservation International posted on its website that Without traditional knowledge, there is no climate change solution. They advocated- Indigenous people's traditional knowledge can help not only the world’s indigenous people but all of humanity in adapting and mitigating climate change. Indigenous people collect information from nature and use this data to make their decisions. They observe trees, fruits, bird migrations, wind direction, and the positions of the stars to predict the weather and help them adapt to changes. By combining this knowledge with science and technology and by grounding innovation in nature, we have the highest chance to meet ambitious new carbon targets.

The Guardian published on Feb 9, 2021, Invisible killer': fossil fuels caused 8.7m deaths globally in 2018, one in five of all people who died that year. Air pollution caused by the burning of fossil fuels such as coal and oil was responsible.

And, fern.org printed on Jul 1, 2020, that Tree planting cannot solve climate change. It merely refers to the act of planting trees in the ground, usually young trees (or saplings). Restoration, on the other hand, is returning a forest ecosystem to a previous, healthy state. In a biodiverse natural forest, there is a range of trees of different ages. Any young trees we plant now will be vital for the future, but it will take them a long time to catch up with the older forests’ ability to store carbon. We, therefore, need to prioritize protecting and restoring the forests we already have. 

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