International Convention against Deforestation

⁇This is the biggest turning point in the preservation of the world’s forests in a generationThe British presidency of COP26, which began Sunday in Glasgow, Scotland, is cheering. In a statement, he announced his engagement on Monday evening. “HistoricalEnd and reform deforestation and landslides by 2030 out of more than 100 leaders. Of the countries involved, Canada, Russia, Brazil (60% of the Amazon rainforest) or the Democratic Republic of the Congo … represents 85% or 13 million square kilometers of the world’s total forest area.

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According to the British Presidency, which formalized the announcement in Glasgow this Tuesday in the presence of the leaders of Colombia, Indonesia and the United States, நிதி 8.75 billion (approximately 10.30 10.30 billion) in public funds will be pledged for the project. . France and 11 countries will participate. 3 5.3 billion of private investment will be raised, and one billion of this amount will be allocated for the protection of the Congo Basin, which has the world’s second largest tropical forest.

“Nature’s Guardian”

⁇With its unprecedented promises, we will have a chance to end nature’s long history of conquering nature and become its protector.Boris Johnson, the head of the British government, estimates that he “remembers forests.”LungOf our planet. They absorb about a third of the CO2 released each year by the combustion of fossil fuels.

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Deforestation causes destruction. However, deforestation refers to low carbon capture in the atmosphere. Not to mention that deforestation increases emissions from forests, for example releasing carbon when wood is burned. A A recent UNESCO report pointed out Recently, since the beginning of the millennium, the ten iconic forests on the planet have been emitting more CO2 than they are trapped in. This is, for example, Yosemite National Park in the United States.