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Endangered Forests: Priority High Conservation Value Forests For Protection Guidance For Corporate CommitmentsGuiding document for the the Forest Leadership Forum: Collaborative Pathways to Responsible Trade, held April 25-27, 2002, Cobb Galleria, in Atlanta, Georgia

The destruction of the world’s forests is one of the main causes of climate change, second only to the energy sector. Tropical forests contain up to 40 percent of the world's terrestrial carbon and play a powerful role in mitigating the growing instability of the climate. The destruction of forests accounts for approximately one-fifth of total greenhouse gas emissions.

The world’s oceans, once thought to contain inexhaustible resources, are under increasing threat. In recent years, scientific study after scientific study has pointed to the fact that human activities and fishing in particular have been putting extreme pressure on marine ecosystems to the point that profound ecosystem changes are being experienced in many parts of the world.

In this Order, Judge White ruled against the Defendants and decided that the Plaintiffs' case would not be dismissed because the Plaintiffs had legal standing based on their injuries from climate change: "projects supported by OPIC and ExIm are directly or indirectly responsible for approximately 1,911 million tons of carbon dioxide and methane emissions annually, which equals nearly eight percent of the world’s emissions and is equivalent to one third of the total carbon emissions from the United States in 2003.” This was the the first time that a federal court granted legal standing for injuries from global warming.

Life abounds in the Gulf of California.This wonderful sea shelters some of the richest fisheries in the world,contains more than thirty species of marine mammals,and sustains the northernmost coral reefs in the American Continent. Immense coastal surges bring nutrients from the depths of the Gulf to the surface,and fertilize some of the richest oceanic waters in the world. The estuaries bring nutrients from land to sea,and join the ecological processes of ocean and land. In this study,Octavio Aburto Oropeza and Catalina Lopez Sagastegui present a detailed,comparative analysis of the different efforts carried out in the Gulf of California aiming to establish conservation priorities.With profound knowledge of the region,they discuss the alternatives set forth to establish a network of marine reserves in the Gulf of California,and with a broad,inclusive spirit, they search for consensus and solutions,finding accords, similarities in the focus points,and congruence in the different perspectives.

"Energy [R]evolution," details how to cut global CO2 emissions in half by 2050, using existing technology and still providing affordable energy and economic growth. In short - a revolution in energy policy and an evolution in how we use energy.

The Greenpeace Forests for Climate proposal for a hybrid market-linked fund would provide the financing needed to help protect the world's remaining tropical forests. The proposal aims to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (known as REDD) in developing countries.

We have created new maps of the world's forests, based on the most up-to-date, high resolution satellite imagery and a consistent set of criteria. World governments can use these maps to identify which forest areas are most in need of protection and to fast track setting up a global network of protected areas.