Conserving what's left, renewal, growing new ones, and hearing from the many peoples facing loss of their communities due to the mismanagement and exploitation of forests this special collection gets its start with the launch of the Global Forest Watch (GFW)
GFW is a project where the World Resource Institute brought together fourteen major sponsors, including Rebecca Moore of Google Earth who pioneered the use of mapping to protect our lands and people, enables our citizens to participate in and benefit from an "open data approach in putting decision-relevant information in the hands of governments, companies, NGOs, and the public."
Related special collection on Earthsayers.tv is Biodiversity, Rights of Mother Earth, and the sustainability champion, Julia Butterfly.
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Save Ireland Forests |
In Irish mythology, trees are a symbol of wealth. The Irish Government is moving closer to a huge sell-off of the public forests managed by Coillte (The Irish Forestry Board) to private investors. An area greater than 1 million acres, equivalent to two medium sized counties will be lost forever. This will include some of our most valuable native woodlands, wild places and some of the last refuges of our native flora and fauna. Sign petition here. Interest has been expressed by Swiss finance company Helvetia Wealth - who own the International Forestry Fund (IFF) - chaired by Bertie Ahern, (ex-prime minister of Ireland) as well as The China Investment Corporation. Uploaded on Mar 7, 2011 http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/help... EarthSayer Andrew St. Ledger |
Global Forest Watch | Monitoring Forests in Near Real Time
Kayapo leader Megaron Txukaramae
Altkin Count Strategic Forestry Plan
The Forest is For All of Us by Community Leader Domingo Peas
On mapping and protecting our Forests by Rebecca Moore:
Of Forests and Men with Edward Norton
Rapid, Dramatic Changes in What We Do by Randy Hayes
Google Earth Engine by Rebecca Moore
What does He Plant Who Plants a Tree read by Jeremy Irons
Save Ireland Forests
Rang-tan in My Bedroom by Iceland Foods
Screams of the Amazon by Fundacion Pachamama
The Paradigm Project by Greg Spencer
Woodlands of Ireland by Eco-Eye
Fighting wildfires with intelligent robots | AI for Good Webinar
The Reunion by Handcrafted Films
Voices for Global Forest Watch by the WRI
Climate change and forest managment Stéphane Le Goaster
Buying-up Eden - Chile
High Conservation Value Forests
Amazon Watch, your best bet to protect the rainforest.
Twenty Years of Defending the Amazon.
Trading Bows and Arrows for Laptops: Carbon and Culture
Tourism, not Oil by Hilario Saant of Ecuador
Excerpts from Two Speeches by Ethnobotanist Mark Plotkin
Global Forest Watch 2.0 preview at UN Forum on Forests