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- The Conservation Fund Ends Okefenokee Mining Threat
Land Sustains UsA proposed deep earth mine near the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is off the table thanks to a recent purchase by The Conservation Fund The refuge, North America’s largest blackwater swamp, extends from southern Georgia into northern Florida The newly purchased Trail Ridge site — most recently owned by Twin Pines Minerals, LLC — was the subject of a six-year
- The Conservation Plan – A Solid Foundation for NRCS Work
A key part of NRCS’s 90-year history was the establishment of the conservation planning process by Hugh Hammond Bennett Many of Bennett’s ideas and principles about the critical role of conservation planning have withstood the test of time and still greatly inform our work at NRCS today
- Restoration Case #2: Cases Restoring native forest with Ban . . .
Research Unit (FORRU-CMU) joined forces with Hmong villagers to reforest degraded areas in Doi Suthep-Pui Nationa Park Experimental forest restoration plots were established annually over 16 years using the framework species method FORRU-CMU funded the construction o
- Common goals ensure forest restoration success in northern . . .
Twenty-five years ago, the Hmong community of Ban Mae Sa Mai village in northern Thailand began a collaboration with researchers and national park authorities to restore agricultural fields to natural forest
- Financing Forest Conservation: Guiding Quality Forest Finance . . .
At this November’s UN Climate Conference in Belém, progress on climate finance will be measured not just in pledges, but in delivery – including for forests, which are critical to regulating the climate, sustaining biodiversity, and supporting millions of people The driving question: how do we get more money to the people conserving critical ecosystems at the speed and scale needed to
- FOREST RESTORATION PLANTING IN NORTHERN THAILAND
In northern Thailand, large areas in national parks and wildlife sanctuaries have been deforested Government and non-governmental organizations and local communities must all be involved in the reforestation and restoration of these forests
- Integrating Scientific Research with Community Needs to . . .
For environmental protection and biodiversity conservation within protected areas, the most appropriate kind of reforestation is forest restoration, or the “re-establishment of the original forest ecosystem that was present before deforestation occurred” (Elliott et al 2000)
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