Montserrat Xilotl, a Regional Technical Advisor in Climate Change Adaptation for the UN Development Programme (UNDP), explains why. Montserrat Xilotl, Regional Technical Advisor in Climate Change Adaptation for the UN Development Programme (UNDP). “Forests are nature’s water filters and storage systems. When rain falls, the trees, and vegetation capture and absorb it, allowing it to…
The fire could not be controlled even on the fourth day in the forests of Greece, Photo: File Athens: 18 migrants were badly burned to death in a fire while trying to enter Turkey illegally from a forest in Greece. According to the international news agency, 18 badly burned bodies were found near the Turkish…
—File photo The extreme heat wave continues in Europe and America, the forests of the Greek island of Rhodes caught fire. According to the report of the international media, the heat is still strong in Italy, Greece and Spain. According to the report, a fire broke out in the forests of the Greek island of…
Istana: Fourteen people have been killed so far due to fire in the forests of northeastern Kazakhstan. According to international media reports, the Ministry of Emergencies of Kazakhstan said that fourteen people have died due to a fire in the forests of northeastern Kazakhstan. A total of 14 bodies have been found, the ministry said….
File photo The fires in Canada’s forests have not yet been brought under control. According to foreign media, efforts are underway to control the fire in 150 different places in the Canadian province of Quebec, which has burned an area of about 3.8 million acres. According to reports, hundreds of people have been displaced from…
The Northwestern regions of the United States have been affected by the fires in the Canadian forests. According to Federal Aviation Administration, some flights to New York in the United States were temporarily suspended. According to the US Federal Aviation Administration, flights from the state of Ohio and the Mid-Atlantic to New York have been…
1. Forests are essential to life on Earth Forests cover 31 per cent of the Earth’s land area, contain over 80 per cent of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity, and store more carbon than the entire atmosphere. “Forests are one of Earth’s most valuable ecosystems,” said Li Junhua, Under-Secretary-General for UN Economic and Social Affairs, at…
Covering 31 per cent of Earth’s land and providing a home to 80 per cent of all land-based species, forests are crucial to human health and well-being, but their loss across the planet is threatening people everywhere. Here are five things you need to know about the age-old and ever-growing interlinked relationship between forests and…
