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UBC's online Forest Carbon Management (FCM) Program consists of 4 courses taken part-time over 8 weeks. Course 2: Carbon Data - focusses on the many types of data needed to:  - understand the distribution and dynamics of forest ecosystems - contextualize how and why people use forested landscapes - assess total ecosystem carbon stocks and dynamics - predict potential emissions reductions / removals through interventions The next iteration of the program begins October 14. Follow the link or message me to learn more: https://lnkd.in/g-_b5ZvN UBC Faculty of Forestry The University of British Columbia hashtag #forests #carbon

Trees and ecosystems provide services essential for mankind survival, such as temperature regulation, wind shield, soil stabilization, rainwater filtration and management, etc. Urban trees, additionally, also play major role in filtering air pollutants, energy saving, and carbon sequestration. In an experiment to calculate these benefits on a financial scale, researchers from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) and Parthenope University of Naples studied 10 megacities around the world. Their findings suggest that trees have a per-city economic benefit of roughly $505 million annually. That’s $1.2 million per square kilometer, or $35 per person. Managing urban trees is a nature conservation strategy delivering non-negligible benefits. It should be strictly included and acted upon in every city development plan. . . . #UrbanTrees #NatureConservation #ConservationStrategy #EcosystemServices #businessconsultancy #MITCON #MITCONSustainability

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Putting a price on carbon is one of the best mechanisms we have for avoiding deforestation globally. But that price has to be sufficient to cover the opportunity cost of the economic activity deforestation can bring. An active and well functioning carbon market can achieve this. At BeZero Carbon we are committed to scaling carbon markets by delivering the tools and analytics participants need to engage in the market with confidence. Each #BeZeroCarbonRating is the culmination of hours of analysis by our ratings team, utilising hundreds of datasets and thousands of data points. Our ongoing monitoring and analysis mean every rating is a live risk metric available to everyone in the market to help them make better decisions. #carbonmarkets #carboncredits #naturebasedsolutions

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Carbon ratings are a great way to channel finance towards impactful forestry projects. We have rated close to 50 Avoided Deforestation projects in more than 15 countries by fusing environmental sciences and technology expertise with financial and policy research. Watch my amazing colleagues Aoibheann Brady, Clarissa Fontes and Rishi Das talk about Avoided Deforestation projects and our methodology for the same! 🌳 🛰

The report also suggested ways to incentivize private landowners to steward forests to address global warming. The report is designed to help Massachusetts meet a statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit of net zero by 2050. Net zero means the amount of carbon emissions are equal to the quantity of carbon that is removed from the atmosphere and stored every year. Forests naturally remove carbon from the atmosphere through photosynthesis, and then store it.

Forest ecosystems are generally vulnerable to climate change. What factors most influence European forests’ resilience, stability, and productivity? 💡 A research group from the Forest Modelling Laboratory of CNR-Isafom (the Institute for Agricultural and Forestry Systems of the Mediterranean) has specifically analyzed the impact of tree age and forest stands on forest ecosystems.  🌍 Forest ecosystems are characterized based on altitude, climatic conditions, substrate, and the anthropogenic interventions that have occurred over time. ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dB_MSiQP #RinnovabiliNET #environmnent #greeneconomy #solar #eolic #energy #greenenergy #solarenergy #windenergy #sustainable #sustainablity #sustainabledevelopment https://lnkd.in/dBvkberm

The first time that I heard of the term "Impact Goals", it was through a man called Tony Robbins . My understanding of impact goals is that these are personal goals that you set which have an impact on your community and generations after you. Coming from an Environmental science background, forestry to be specific, this year I managed to plant over 600 eucalyptus trees on a plot that is still asking for more work to be done. The goal is to plant more eucalyptus trees as a legacy project, for environmental remediation and beneficiation from its commercial value. What are your impact goals for the year and what legacy are you building for generations to come?

#Groundwater #GroundwaterDependentEcosystems #GDEs "Abstract Groundwater is the most ubiquitous source of liquid freshwater globally, yet its role in supporting diverse ecosystems is rarely acknowledged1,2. However, the location and extent of groundwater-dependent ecosystems (GDEs) are unknown in many geographies, and protection measures are lacking1,3. Here, we map GDEs at high-resolution (roughly 30 m) and find them present on more than one-third of global drylands analysed, including important global biodiversity hotspots4. GDEs are more extensive and contiguous in landscapes dominated by pastoralism with lower rates of groundwater depletion, suggesting that many GDEs are likely to have already been lost due to water and land use practices. Nevertheless, 53% of GDEs exist within regions showing declining groundwater trends, which highlights the urgent need to protect GDEs from the threat of groundwater depletion. However, we found that only 21% of GDEs exist on protected lands or in jurisdictions with sustainable groundwater management policies, invoking a call to action to protect these vital ecosystems. Furthermore, we examine the linkage of GDEs with cultural and socio-economic factors in the Greater Sahel region, where GDEs play an essential role in supporting biodiversity and rural livelihoods, to explore other means for protection of GDEs in politically unstable regions. Our GDE map provides critical information for prioritizing and developing policies and protection mechanisms across various local, regional or international scales to safeguard these important ecosystems and the societies dependent on them."