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Press release 04 Dec, 2010

Bring back lost and degraded forests, says 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播

Preliminary analysis shows that an estimated 1.5 billion hectares of the world鈥檚 lost and degraded forests, an area almost the size of Russia, could be restored. This is the result of the latest global research, which now needs to be expanded at a national level to identify specific on the ground opportunities, says 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播.

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鈥淯ntil recently scant attention has been paid to the world鈥檚 degraded forests,鈥 says Stewart Maginnis, Director of Environment and Development at 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播. 鈥淣ow is the time to recognise the potential of restored forests to deliver the double benefit of removing CO2 from the atmosphere and helping lift people out of poverty. However, there鈥檚 no 'one size fits all' solution - each forest landscape is unique and needs its own individual restoration strategy.鈥

The analysis reveals that Africa and Asia hold the greatest promise, each with about 500 million hectares of forest landscapes offering opportunities for forest restoration, according to 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播.

The new analysis from the World Resources Institute, South Dakota University and 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播, carried out for the Global Partnership on Forest Landscape Restoration (GPFLR) comes a month ahead of the launch of the UN鈥檚 International Year of Forests.

鈥淩estoring the world鈥檚 lost and degraded forests is possible,鈥 says Carole Saint Laurent, 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播鈥檚 Senior Forest Policy Advisor. 鈥淐ountries as diverse as China, Ghana, Mexico, India, the United Kingdom, the United States and many others have already embarked on ambitious forest restoration programmes.鈥

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For more information or to set up interviews, please contact:

  • Borjana Pervan, 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 Media Relations Officer, t +41 798574072, e [email protected]
  • On site: Brian Thomson, 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 Media Relations Manager, t+41 797218326, e [email protected]
  • Daniel Shaw, 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 Forest Communications Officer, t+41 22999168, e [email protected]

About 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播

香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播, International Union for Conservation of Nature, helps the world find pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development challenges.

香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 works on biodiversity, climate change, energy, human livelihoods and greening the world economy by supporting scientific research, managing field projects all over the world, and bringing governments, NGOs, the UN and companies together to develop policy, laws and best practice.