Tag: Forest

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Playing God in Yellowstone

The Destruction of America’s First National Park 

Alston Chase | 1987, Harper Collins

Beavers have disappeared, and their prime food, aspen and willow, has drastically declined. Cougars, bobcats, and wolves are no longer here, victims of predator control from earlier times. Deer, moose, and bighorn sheep are scarce; visitors seldom see black bears, and the grizzly is threatened with extinction. Meanwhile, bison and elk flourish to the detriment of rangeland.

Wildlife management in Yellowstone has been criticized for decades. Chase reviews the park’s history and examines the vacillating policies and political pressures that affect its management.

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A City within a Forest

Jack Kruf | May 2024

This is a strong reminder to us all of how it actually all began. It’s time for reflection. After reading through the many articles on LinkedIn this morning, I sensed a need for change.

Scientists and practitioners of all kinds speak out that we must change. It is the most often used word in all contributions and opinions, must. In short, a kaleidoscope of paradigm shifts is proposed. There is no doubt in many minds that ‘must’ needs to change into ‘will’ or ‘can’. It is all about navigation towards a better world.

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Nature’s Temples

A Natural History of Old-Growth Forests Revised and Expanded

Joan Maloof | 2023

Standing in an old-growth forest, you can instinctively sense how it differs from forests shaped by humans. These ancient, undisturbed ecosystems are increasingly rare and largely misunderstood. Nature’s Temples explores the science and alchemy of old-growth forests and makes a compelling case for their protection.

Many foresters advocate forest management, while ecologists and conservation biologists believe that the healthiest forests are those we leave alone. Joan Maloof combines scientific data about old-growth forests, drawing on diverse fields of study to explain the ecological differences among forests of various ages.

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The Latest on the World’s Forests

The Forest Pulse draws on the most recent data and analysis to reveal the latest global forest loss and deforestation trends.

World Resources Institute, Global Forest Review |  April 4, 2024

Between 2022 and 2023, Brazil and Colombia experienced a remarkable 36% and 49% decrease in primary forest loss, respectively. Yet despite these dramatic reductions, the rate of tropical primary forest loss in 2023 remained stubbornly consistent with recent years.

Forests are experiencing a huge decline in quality and quantity.

As some countries show political will to reduce forest loss and others do not, the frontiers of forest loss are shifting. The notable reductions in Brazil and Colombia were counteracted by sharp increases in forest loss in Bolivia, Laos, and Nicaragua, as well as more modest increases in other countries.

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Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)

CDP is a global non-profit that runs the world’s environmental disclosure system. This system allows investors, companies, and governments of cities, states and regions to assess their impact on climate change, forests and water security and take action to build a genuinely sustainable economy.

Over the past twenty years, this charity built a global disclosure system through an independent scoring methodology. Corporate and city progress can be measured, and action incentivized. See the A-list of companies 2023 and the A-list of cities 2023.

Focus on scoring and a drive towards environmental leadership.

Each year, CDP takes the information supplied in its annual reporting process and scores companies and cities based on their journey through disclosure and towards environmental leadership. 

Download Corporate Disclosure Framework.

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La révélation de leur harmonie (forêts)

Gustave Flaubert | 1842
Je tâchais de découvrir, dans les bruits des forêts et des flots, des mots que les autres hommes n’entendaient point, et j’ouvrais l’oreille pour écouter la révélation de leur harmonie.
• I tried to discover, in the sounds of the forests and the waves, words that other men did not hear, and I opened my ear to listen to the revelation of their harmony. Bibliography Flaubert, G. (1842) Novembre. Online on July 21 2020: https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Novembre_(Flaubert) Flaubert, G. (2000, ed. Arvensa Editions and Fb Editions). Novembre. Paris: Librairie Générale Française. 123 p.
Gustave Flaubert (December 12, 1821 – May 8, 1880) is among the greatest Western novelists. He was born in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, in the Haute-Normandie Region of France.