Rome, 27 nov. (Adnkronos) – reduce deforestation almost to zero by 2020, it is possible, but there are uncertainties. He says the Wwf noting that a delay in making the right decisions even just 10 years to save forests, could double the surface of the forests that would be lost by 2030, with serious implications for global climate change. Forests and climate are indeed, ecologists, closely related and stop the destruction of the means of forest helping them win the challenge of climate change.
According to the new chapter of the living forest of Wwf dedicated to “forests and climate”, launched today in Durban, on the eve of negotiations on the climate, the world prepares to lose 55.5 million hectares of forests by 2020, although it will adopt urgent measures to reduce deforestation. According to the report, if the world continues to delay the necessary measures, we will lose 124.7 million hectares of forests by 2030, a larger than those of the Italy, Germany and Spain put together.
Forests, adds wwf, but are essential for life, they provide these services essential to the well-being of the people and for the conservation of biodiversity, but also play a key role in the global climate, being important reservoirs of greenhouse gases. (more)