Climate of Fear

Conventional wisdom says that global warming is a serious problem. Why We Shouldn't Worry About Global Warming, Moore argues that in this case, as in so many others, conventional wisdom is wrong. If global warming were to occur, it would not be the disaster that many doomsayers have predicted. Instead, most people would actually benefit from the slightly higher temperatures it would produce. Learn more

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Global Biodiversity Outlook 3

The target, “to achieve by 2010 a significant reduction of the current rate of biodiversity loss at the global, regional and national level as a contribution to poverty alleviation and to the benefit of all life on Earth”, has not been met. The Global Biodiversity Outlook 3 contains the sobering facts and figures while pin pointing several key reasons as to why the challenge of conserving and indeed enhancing biodiversity remains unmet. Learn more

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Conflict between Humans and Great Apes

One of the challenges facing great ape conservation is the rising level of conflicts between humans and great apes. As human populations continue to grow and human development makes deeper incursions into forest habitats, such conflicts will become more widespread and prevalent in the natural ranges of great apes, especially considering that the majority of great apes live outside protected areas. Learn more

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The Little REDD Book

At local to global scales, forests provide essential ecosystem services beyond carbon storage – such as watershed protection, water flow regulation, nutrient recycling and rainfall generation. Old growth forests also soak up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere . Protecting tropical forests has a double-cooling effect, by reducing carbon emissions and maintaining high levels of evaporation from the canopy. Learn more

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Forests and Climate Change

Climate change cannot be won without the world’s forests. This, however, will be a complex and challenging feat. Nonetheless, it is one of the best large-scale investments we can make against climate change that could result in an equally large-scale dividend. Forests cover nearly one-third of the earth’s land surface, harbour three-quarters of its terrestrial biodiversity and account for almost half its terrestrial carbon pool. Learn more

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Gender and Climate Change

In recent years, the main decision makers involved in climate change initiatives, have acknowledged that they don’t know enough about the links between gender equality and climate change. To meet the demand for improving skills in gender and climate change, and to build up a pool of trainers in different regions and countries, the Global Gender and Climate Alliance (GGCA) has developed the present training manual. Learn more

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Tropical Forest and Climate Change

The implications of climate change for tropical forests are immense. At stake are the livelihoods of some of the world’s poorest people and some of its most precious ecosystems. Addressing the challenges and opportunities posed by climate change for tropical forests is, therefore, imperative. This report summarizes the deliberations of the IEMACC through Sustainable Management of Tropical Forests. Learn more

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Wildlife in a changing World

Wildlife in a Changing World presents an analysis of the 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Beginning with an explanation of the IUCN Red List as a key conservation tool, it goes on to discuss the state of the worlds species and provides the latest information on the patterns of species facing extinction in some of the most important ecosystems in the world, highlighting the reasons behind their declining status. Learn more

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Canopies and Corridors

The Balphakram and Nokrek protected areas are the two ecological crown jewels of the Garo Hills, India. This report documents the declaration of village reserves in the Garo Hills - the Selbelgre Village Reserve forest to protect gibbons and the Siju-Aretika Village Reserve forest and Rewak Kosigre Village Reserve to secure a critical elephant corridor that was earlier identified by WTI and IFAW with support from the US Fish and Wildlife Services. Learn more

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