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Forest conservation: 14 facts you need to know

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Forests are essential to human survival: They filter our air and water, keep carbon out of the atmosphere and even provide us with life-saving prescription medicines.

Despite all of these benefits, humans have already destroyed almost half of the world's forests.

But there's good news: People are stepping up to conserve existing forests and restore the ones we've already cut down. Here are three recent positive developments in forest conservation.
1. "Debt-for-nature" bill renewal would conserve forests
The U.S. House of Representatives recently introduced legislation to renew the Tropical Forest Conservation Act (TFCA), a bill enacted in 1998 that conserves nature in developing countries. The bill revolves around the debt-for-nature policy, which means that the United States "forgives" certain amounts of debt that developing countries have in exchange for conservation efforts. Around US$ 233 million had been "given" to countries in debt-for-nature agreements as of December 2016.

Approximately 56 million metric tons of carbon dioxide have been sequestered through the program since its initiation, equivalent to taking 11.8 million cars off the roads. The renewal will also include efforts to conserve coral reef ecosystems - an expansion of the original bill.

"Conservation International applauds the House introduction of legislation to reauthorize [the Act]," said the organization's president, Jennifer Morris. "This important conservation legislation is among the U.S. Government's most innovative and effective economic tools for supporting critical conservation initiatives that sustain ecosystems, livelihoods and species."

The renewal of the bill would secure conservation efforts until fiscal year 2021.
2. Cloud forest conservation initiative helps supply renewable energy.
Cloud forests - tropical rainforests found in high-altitude mountainsides that are regularly immersed in low-lying cloud cover - help provide energy. How? Half of all cloud forests filter and provide water for some of the 50,000 plus hydropower reservoirs around the world, providing renewable energy. The Cloud Forest Blue Energy Mechanism, an initiative developed by Conservation International and The Nature Conservancy, is an investment tool that mobilizes funds to conserve cloud forests in Latin America.

Now, a new initiative will help conserve these cloud forests so that hydropower can continue to grow as a reliable energy source.

The Cloud Forest Blue Energy Mechanism, an initiative developed by Conservation International and The Nature Conservancy, has a "pay for success" technique. This means that hydropower plants' investments in cloud forests result in tangible benefits to their company, making the initiative a win-win for renewable energy corporations and conservation.

"Natural climate solutions - like restoring and conserving cloud forests that provide important goods and services that we need on a daily basis - can deliver up to 30 percent of emission reductions needed by 2030 to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement," said Romas Garbaliauskas, senior director of conservation finance at Conservation International.
3. Shailene Woodley becomes the voice of 'Forest'
In the latest film in the "Nature Is Speaking" series, Shailene Woodley provides the voice of forest - inclusive of all forests, from tropical mangroves to coniferous forests. In the film, Woodley is the emphatic voice of forest, urging people to protect her or suffer the consequences.

"Saving forests is the only way to save ourselves," said Woodley, an Emmy Award nominee. "From the air we breathe, to water, medicine and other resources they provide, forests sustain lives."

The goal of "Forests" is to bring attention to the life-giving benefits that forests provide and how essential it is that we protect them. Nature alone can solve more than one-third of climate change, but not if people continue to destroy it. The messaging behind the campaign is that nature doesn't need people - people need nature.

The "Nature Is Speaking" series was launched in 2014 by Conservation International and has included films narrated by some of Hollywood's biggest stars including Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson and Julia Roberts.
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By Kevin Mathews

1. The earth has more than 80,000 species of edible plants.

If you're ever in the mood to try something new, the good news is that there is certainly food you haven't tasted yet still growing somewhere in the world. You'll probably have some trouble finding it, however, because ...
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2. 90 percent of the foods humans eat come from just 30 plants.

Out of tens of thousands of plants we could eat, mankind chooses to consume only about 30 of them. It's crazy to contemplate how limited our diets are compared to all of the different foods we could be eating. If you think the selection of which plants we eat has anything to do with their nutritional benefits, however, you'd be wrong ...

3. Nutrition doesn't factor into the crops we do mass produce.

The world's largest farmers have pursued certain crops because they can grow a lot of them more quickly, easily and inexpensively to turn a better profit. As a result, most of the most healthful plants stay off of our dinner plates because they aren't available at grocery stores. Still, sustenance isn't the only thing humans rely on plants for ...

4. 70,000 plant species are utilized for medicine.

As it turns out, humans are more diversified in the plants we use for medicine. Although a large portion of that figure applies to traditional medicine, modern medicine is not excepted from plant help. Half of the drugs prescribed in the U.S. have plant origins, many coming out of the rainforest, yet ...

5. Only one percent of rainforest plants have been studied for medicinal potential.

Given how valuable plants can be medicinally, the rainforest houses a host of possible cures for ailments new and old. This untapped resource could still hold the key to medical breakthroughs. Of course, a lot of this potential could be lost considering ...

6. 80 percent of the Earth's original forests have been cleared or destroyed.
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The same forests that dominated the land 8,000 years ago are all but gone. Approximately four-fifths of the forests are gone thanks to human intervention-just think of how many plant species may have been lost in that process. If you thought protections were in place, actually ...

7. Just 10 percent of the world's plant-rich areas are protected.

Of the most biodiverse areas on the planet, only 10 percent are officially "protected" to ensure the survival of a multitude of species-plant and animal alike. Worse still, many of the supposedly protected areas are done so nominally only, leaving plants threatened by external factors they should be safeguarded from. This is especially problematic because ...

8. More than half of plant species are native to just one country.

Chances are, a plant you find in one part of the world is not currently growing anywhere else. As plant habitat is ruined, there's little point in hoping that the killed plants could be found and harvested somewhere else in the future. For this reason ...

9. 68 percent of plants are in danger of going extinct.

While scientists have only examined a fraction of the existing known plant species, of those that have been studied, 68 percent face extinction in the not too distant future. Since plants can't just up and move as their habitat is being destroyed, they are even more vulnerable than endangered animals. It's happening quickly, too, since ...

10. Plant species are going extinct-about 5,000 times faster than they should.

Some will argue that species would go extinct even without human interference. While that's certainly true, it's the rate that plants are dying off that raises alarm. Thanks to climate change, deforestation and other human-influence factors, experts believe that species are going extinct somewhere between 1,000 and 10,000 times faster than they would naturally.
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10 Incredible Plant Facts You Didn't Know

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The impact deforestation has on plants and nature

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An overview of the dangers deforestation poses to both plants and animals. This video highlights the impact habitat loss has on animals, how it causes their numbers to decrease, even to the point of extinction. The impact it has on humans is also discussed; in particular, how the lack of trees to convert carbon dioxide into oxygen leads to increased air pollution.

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