The world’s natural forests and other critical ecosystems like grasslands are hanging on by a thread — they are of critical importance to the world’s climate, food supply, species habitat, and Indigenous Peoples. In places like Indonesia, central Africa, and the Amazon, forests are being cleared to make room for livestock, replaced by mono-crop plantations like soy and palm oil, exploited for timber, and withering from the impacts of climate change.
Forests are crucial for the health and well-being of people, wildlife, and our planet. They’re home to roughly two-thirds of all land-dwelling plant and animal species, critical lifelines for communities big and small, and one of the last lines of defense against catastrophic climate change.
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