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Kids Saving the Rainforest (KSTR) is a Costa Rica–based non-governmental non-profit 501(c)(3) organization founded in 1999 to plant trees in depleted areas of the country, and to rescue, rehabilitate and, when possible, release the animals who live in these forests. Since its inception, Kids Saving the Rainforest has planted or is in the ...
Forests in the United States can be categorized into three main forest biomes, they are boreal, temperate, or sub-tropical based on the location and climate of the forest. Each of these biomes faces various threats of deforestation , urban development, [ 2 ] soil compaction , species extinction, unmanaged recreational use, invasive species , or ...
The Official Crest of the Junior Forest Wardens. The Junior Forest Wardens (JFW) is a Canadian volunteer-led organization focused on developing a wild lands conservation ethic in youth. JFW clubs have operated at various times across Canada. As of 2019, clubs are active in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Newfoundland and Labrador.
She explored the vast forest around Lovejoy's research site, part of his famous "forest fragments" project, and sketched and photographed the plants and animals there. [ 2 ] When the book was released in 1990, coinciding with the twentieth anniversary of Earth Day , Cherry told a reporter, "When kids grow up, in another 20 years, they'll be the ...
Nature Is Speaking is an ongoing environmental awareness campaign by Conservation International that was launched in 2014. [1] The campaign is developed by TBWA\Media Arts Lab and produced by RadicalMedia for Conservation International. [2] It was conceptualized by Peter Seligmann and Lee Clow [3] and its launch was led by M. Sanjayan. [4]
Ecotourism can contribute to the conservation and sustainability of biodiversity in rainforests. Many of the tropical field stations are visited by tourists and the general public, by students and volunteers and of 142 field stations surveyed received a total of ~11,055–18,950 visitors per year [ 5 ]
The young mother is one of thousands of Kenyans who have been forced out of their homes since the launch of a World Bank-financed forest conservation program in western Kenya’s Cherangani Hills. Human rights advocates claim government authorities have used the project as a vehicle for pushing indigenous peoples out of their ancestral forests.
The Monteverde Conservation League was formed in 1986 to counteract agricultural development threatening Pacific Slope forests near the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve. After U.S. biologist Sharon Kinsman gave a presentation about the rainforests to a class of Swedish schoolteacher Eha Kern, the children raised funds to protect the forest. [1]