Conservation International Students | United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth The work of the Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth is guided by the World Programme of Action for Youth which outlines four priority areas; Participation, Advocacy, Partnerships and Harmonisation. The Envoy on Youth advocates for addressing the development needs and rights of young people, as well as to bring the work of the United Nations with and for youth closer to them. Model UN The Model UN Workshops focus on giving students and MUN advisors a basic understanding of the General Assembly’s Rules of Procedure, the discussion and action phases of General Assembly Committee meetings, what you need to know when drafting resolutions, the duties and responsibilities of the UN Secretariat and General Assembly officials, the negotiation process that takes place during informal meetings, how consensus is achieved, the Security Council’s Provisional Rules of Procedure, and more. Voices of Youth Focal Point on Youth UNESCO Youth Forum
Timber Queensland - Queenslands peak timber industry body Facts and information on the Amazon Rainforest The Disappearing Rainforests We are losing Earth's greatest biological treasures just as we are beginning to appreciate their true value. Rainforests once covered 14% of the earth's land surface; now they cover a mere 6% and experts estimate that the last remaining rainforests could be consumed in less than 40 years.One and one-half acres of rainforest are lost every second with tragic consequences for both developing and industrial countries. Rainforests are being destroyed because the value of rainforest land is perceived as only the value of its timber by short-sighted governments, multi-national logging companies, and land owners. The Wealth of the Rainforests The Amazon Rainforest covers over a billion acres, encompassing areas in Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia and the Eastern Andean region of Ecuador and Peru. Vincristine, extracted from the rainforest plant, periwinkle, is one of the world's most powerful anticancer drugs. Rainforest Action But who is really to blame? The Amazon River
DOGO News - Kids news articles! Kids current events; plus kids news on science, sports, and more! Forest & Wood Products Australia (FWPA) travel companies | educational tours | student travel agency We are a nonprofit organization founded by educators in 1989 with the mission of saving tropical forests. We began by encouraging schools to raise money to purchase rainforest acres and forwarding their donations to the Monteverde Conservation League (Costa Rica), Programme For Belize and Fundacion Jatun Sacha (Ecuador). In 1990 we began an innovative travel program that sent students and educators to the rainforests we were helping to save. Bruce Calhoun. Butch Beedle, Treasurer. is a retired middle school social studies teacher who has been active with Save The Rainforest since 1988. Mark Blackbourn. Karri Roh-Wasley. Board of Advisors. Jennifer Dallman. Corinne Dedini. Mike Freidlin. Roy Triveline.
BBC Learning English - Learning English Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) | Forestry Forests cover 31 percent of the world's land and are fundamental to life on our planet. Home to more than half of the world’s land animal and plant species, forests are a direct source of food, income and shelter for millions of people, and provide energy for heating and cooking for 2.6 billion. Forests are key to mitigating climate change, absorbing carbon dioxide from the air, storing more than half the global carbon stock in soils and vegetation and regulating rainfall. If sustainably managed, forests are also a source of renewable raw materials, helping to build an economy which allows nature to regenerate. Through its Forestry Programme, FAO seeks to restore forests, improve the lives of forest-dependent people, and support countries to manage their forests in a sustainable way.
10 Rainforest Facts for 2020 Tropical rainforests are among the world's most important ecosystems for they role they play in sustaining life on the planet. From the Amazon to the Congo, every rainforest has a unique assemblage of plants, animals, and people. Below are 10 quick up-to-date facts about tropical rainforests to explain what these ecosystems are, why they are important, and how they can be saved. For more in-depth coverage of rainforests, check out our rainforests news feed and the main rainforests site. 1. While tropical rainforests are the most famous, rainforests are also found in sub-tropical and temperate zones. 2. Estimates of forest cover depend on the methodology used to define a forest, including the density of canopy cover and height of trees. 3. The Amazon basin contains the world's largest rainforest, which is nearly the roughly of the continental United States and covers about 40 percent of South America. The second largest rainforest is found in Central Africa's Congo Basin. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
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