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Sustainable Development Goal #15 | Life On Land | Youth4GlobalGoals. Environment.nationalgeographic.com. Modern-Day Plague Deforestation is clearing Earth's forests on a massive scale, often resulting in damage to the quality of the land. Forests still cover about 30 percent of the world’s land area, but swaths the size of Panama are lost each and every year. The world’s rain forests could completely vanish in a hundred years at the current rate of deforestation. Forests are cut down for many reasons, but most of them are related to money or to people’s need to provide for their families.The biggest driver of deforestation is agriculture. Farmers cut forests to provide more room for planting crops or grazing livestock. Often many small farmers will each clear a few acres to feed their families by cutting down trees and burning them in a process known as “slash and burn” agriculture.

Logging operations, which provide the world’s wood and paper products, also cut countless trees each year. Not all deforestation is intentional. Deforestation has many negative effects on the environment. The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion. Charter. World Bank and Environment in Indonesia. As the world’s largest archipelago of 17,000 islands, Indonesia spans two bio-geographic regions - the Indomalayan and Australasian - and supports tremendous biodiversity of animal and plant life in its pristine rain forests and its rich coastal and marine areas. Up to 3,305 known species of amphibians, birds, mammals, and reptiles and at least 29,375 species of vascular plants are endemic to the islands, estimated at 40 per cent of APEC’s biodiversity. Indonesia’s stunning natural environment and rich resources however, are facing sustained challenges both from natural phenomena – it is located in the highly seismic Pacific Ring of Fire which experiences 90 percent of the world’s earthquakes and human activity.

The growing pressure of population demands together with inadequate environmental management is a challenge for Indonesia that hurts the poor and the economy. Natural resource challenges have persisted and become more complicated after decentralization. Key Issues. 10 Things You Can Do to Help Save the Earth | HowStuffWorks. Going green is easier than you think. There are little things you can do every day to help reduce greenhouse gases and make a less harmful impact on the environment.

Taking care of the Earth is not just a responsibility -- it's a privilege. ­ In that spirit, HowStuffWorks came up with 10 things you can do to help save the Earth. 1.­ Pay attention to how you use water. 2. 3. 4. 5. Deforestation: Facts, Causes & Effects. Deforestation is the permanent destruction of forests in order to make the land available for other uses. An estimated 18 million acres (7.3 million hectares) of forest, which is roughly the size of the country of Panama, are lost each year, according to the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Some other statistics: About half of the world's tropical forests have been cleared (FAO) Forests currently cover about 30 percent of the world’s land mass (National Geographic) Forest loss contributes between 6 percent and 12 percent of annual global carbon dioxide emissions (Nature Geoscience) About 36 football fields worth of trees lost every minute (World Wildlife Fund (WWF)) Deforestation occurs around the world, though tropical rainforests are particularly targeted.

NASA predicts that if current deforestation levels proceed, the world's rainforests may be completely in as little as 100 years. Error loading player: No playable sources found Weather vs. Renew Australia. It's time to Renew Australia Australia’s economic future is clean and green, or it is no future at all. We are currently heading towards a climate catastrophe. Our planet is warming, sea levels are rising, we are living through hotter summers and more extreme weather events.

It makes economic sense to act now. The coal industry is in structural decline. Coal exports are declining and the world is shifting towards clean energy. The Greens’ plan for a clean energy powered economy will secure all the benefits of lower prices, better technologies, more jobs and significant export opportunities for innovative technologies and services developed and produced in Australia.

Our plan to Renew Australia Download our plan Powering the new economy Tackling global warming needs real leadership. The Green’s plan for 90% renewable energy will meet Australia’s energy demand more cheaply. Handing the power back to users. The Greens want to hand the power back to energy users. Transitioning away from coal. Protecting our precious places. The Greens’ commitment to our precious places has never been more important.

Around our nation our environment is being impacted by global warming, unsustainable development and mining and pollution - with the full support of the Liberal, National and Labor parties. 90% of the Great Barrier Reef is already experiencing bleaching caused by global warming, and the Tasmanian world heritage area has been permanently decimated by previously unheralded bushfires. The Liberal, National and Labor parties refuse to admit that coal is a huge part of our global climate change problem. In doing so, they are signing the death warrants for some of our most precious natural places. They’re approving massive new mines, offshore drilling and new coal seam gas wells, and enjoy huge corporate donations from fossil fuel interests. Our precious natural places are national icons.

The Australian Greens will proudly stand for the environment now and into the future. View all environmental initiatives. Environmental movement in Australia. Beginning as a conservation movement, the environmental movement in Australia was the first in the world to become a political movement. Australia was home to the world's first Green party.[1] The normal environmental movement is represented by a wide range of groups sometimes called non-governmental organizations. These exist on local, national, and international scales. Environmental NGOs vary widely in political views and in the amount they seek to influence environmental policy in Australia and elsewhere. The environmental movement today consists of both large national groups and also many smaller local groups with local concerns.

In Australia, the movement has seen a growth in popularity through prominent Australian environmentalists such as Bob Brown, Peter Garrett, Steve Irwin, Tim Flannery and David Fleay. Scope of the movement[edit] History[edit] The first signs of the environmental movement in Australia began with the growing naturalism movement at the turn of the 19th century. Centre for Environmental History – at the Australian National University. Environment | Indonesia. Indonesia is highly vulnerable to both climate change and a wide range of weather-related natural disasters. Given Indonesia’s growth and settlement patterns, disaster-related losses and casualties will have an even larger impact on human development in the future, particularly for the poorest and most vulnerable. Addressing climate and disaster risks is critical: both the public and private sectors in Indonesia must move to systematically integrate climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR) into their investments and planning processes.

USAID works with the Government of Indonesia to help the most vulnerable areas of Indonesia to become more resilient to the effects of climate change. USAID builds local government and civil society organizational capacity to understand the effects of climate change, and implement climate change solutions in agriculture, water, and natural resources management. Strengthening Climate Change Resilience Download Fact Sheet. ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND POLLUTION IN INDONESIA.

Early life on land and the first terrestrial ecosystems | Ecological Processes | Full Text. Definition of “terrestrial” Habitable, non-aquatic environments must have existed all throughout the geologic history of Earth unless its surface was entirely under water, which seems unlikely. The definition of a terrestrial environment may not be as trivial as it sounds.

“Terrestrial” is defined here as non-aquatic environments. However, even fully aquatic ecosystems, such as lakes and coastal environments, cover a wide spectrum of mixed environments where aquatic and non-aquatic landscapes develop and overlap over time. Habitats above sea level include aquatic (ice-covered and ice-free lakes, ponds and wetlands, peats, rivers and streams, geothermal fields) and non-aquatic environments (especially areas with low rain regimes) that experience drastic changes governed by tectonic activity and climatic conditions, including the rise and fall of sea level, glaciations, and rain regimes (e.g., Romans and Graham 2013). Caution and re-interpretation of the rock record Dust Underground realm. What Can We Do to Conserve Biodiversity in BC? | Nature Trust. We can participate in biodiversity conservation by increasing our knowledge of environmental issues, increasing our awareness of the impacts of biodiversity loss, and increasing support for government policies and actions that conserve our valuable ecosystems.

We can become educators and role models as stewards of the environment by aiding in the recovery of species at risk and preventing other species from becoming at risk. Habitat stewardship consists of activities that range from enhancing the quality of soil, water, air and other natural resources to monitoring and conserving wildlife species and their habitat by donating or leasing property to a land trust. Identify locations of critical wildlife habitat for species at risk and the threats to these areas. Where possible, eliminate threats and maintain natural areas. Leave critical wildlife habitat undisturbed, especially nesting and denning sites.

What is a terrestrial ecosystem. Care for your national parks. When visiting a national park you need to ensure that you don't disturb plants, animals, special sites, or the enjoyment of other visitors. Here are some of the rules for visiting a national park: Staying safe in national parks When bushwalking, tell someone where you are goingTake food and water, warm clothing and a raincoatDo not go aloneBe careful when walking on rocks at the sea edgePut on sunscreen and a hatStay behind safety fencesBefore swimming check the depth, temperature and current.

Learn more Care for your national parks activity sheet (PDF 129KB)Do you know what you should and shouldn't do when you visit a national park? More about caring for national parks Get some more tips on how you can help protect your national parks. Improving biodiversity monitoring - LINDENMAYER - 2011 - Austral Ecology. Effective biodiversity monitoring is critical to evaluate, learn from, and ultimately improve conservation practice. Well conceived, designed and implemented monitoring of biodiversity should: (i) deliver information on trends in key aspects of biodiversity (e.g. population changes); (ii) provide early warning of problems that might otherwise be difficult or expensive to reverse; (iii) generate quantifiable evidence of conservation successes (e.g. species recovery following management) and conservation failures; (iv) highlight ways to make management more effective; and (v) provide information on return on conservation investment.

The importance of effective biodiversity monitoring is widely recognized (e.g. Australian Biodiversity Strategy). Yet, while everyone thinks biodiversity monitoring is a good idea, this has not translated into a culture of sound biodiversity monitoring, or widespread use of monitoring data. What is biodiversity and why is it important? Climate change science and solutions for australia. LegislationHome Page| Department of the Environment and Energy, Australian Government. Sustainable Palm Oil. 3 Reasons Why Ecosystem Services are Important to You. Ecosystem Services are the benefits nature provides to human well-being. The term is frequently thrown around in academic circles, but why should you care about them?

Although the concept is quite new, our connection to nature is not. We depend on nature for our survival – without healthy ecosystems, our drinking water isn’t clean nor is the air we breathe. We also enjoy nature… studies show that people who spend time in nature tend to be happier than those that don’t. This brings me to the reasons why we feel Ecosystem Services are important to each and every person: 1. Understanding nature in economic terms, while not perfect, allows us to put everything into the same comparison unit. A recent 2014 study estimated the combined benefits of nature to people at well over $100 USD trillion per year. Valuing nature in a way that can speak to decision makers, may help promote conservation efforts in the future. 2. Ecosystem Services help measure the true cost of industrial development. 3. Australian endangered species list.

ACCORDING TO THE IUCN Red List of endangered species, Australia has 86 animal species that are considered Critically Endangered. A species is considered Critically Endangered by the ICUN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature) if it meets certain criteria, such as a reduction in the population of 90 per cent within a decade, the population range is severely limited or fragmented, or the population is under 50 indivuduals. Species are listed as Critically Endangered on Australia's own Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC) - 54 in total - but due to the administration of the listing process and the state of research of some species, the lists do not exactly match. Australian Geographic has compiled a list of Critically Endangered Australian animals from these two lists.

The IUCN Red List includes these Critically Endangered Australian animals:10 Mammals4 Birds13 Fishes7 Reptiles15 Amphibians37 Arthropods Australia's top 10 endangered species. Indonesia’s Rainforests: Biodiversity and Endangered Species. Indonesia’s rainforests are home to some of the highest levels of biological diversity in the world. Many sources credit Indonesia as the most species rich country on earth. Spread over 18,000 islands, Indonesia contains the world’s third largest area of rainforest after the Amazon and Africa’s Congo Basin. Tragically, the rapid loss of Indonesia’s biologically wealthy rainforests is driving in-numerable species to the very edge of survival. Only decisive action and a paradigm shift towards meaningful conservation commitments by industry and the Indonesian government will prevent a catastrophic epidemic of extinctions in the coming decades. RAN’s strategic involvement in Indonesian forest issues is aimed at ushering in just such a sea change in the status quo.

Please join us to ensure our work is not too late. And there is still much to be discovered. Indonesia has more species of mammal than any other nation, an incredible 515 species by most counts. The Sumatran Tiger The Orangutan. Despite global climate pledge, indigenous activists are under attack. From signatures to action. Zero deforestation in Indonesia: Pledges, politics and palm oil. High-Resolution Global Maps of 21st-Century Forest Cover Change.

Land management. Biodiversity Conservation. Primary forest cover loss in Indonesia over 2000-2012 : Nature Climate Change : Nature Research. Humans – the real threat to life on Earth | Environment. Climate change and health. Indonesia: Land and People. SDG 15: Life on land. 100 Million Trees by 2017 - United Nations Partnerships for SDGs platform. Biodiversity, plants and wildlife. Environmental protection. Australia ranks 20th on progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. This goal is key to the whole development agenda. WWF Indonesia office | WWF. Sustainable Development Goals. Sustainable Development Goals. SDG 15 - Sustain Life on Land - Forest, Ground and Animals. Goal 15: Life on land. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) - Home page.

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