Brightspot Climate’s Post

Happy to share my recent blog post discussing the new BC Forest Carbon Offset Protocol!

Rethinking Forests: Our Key to Survival and Climate Stability: In our fight against climate change, we often overlook one of our most powerful allies: forests. It's time we recognize their true value and potential. 🌳 Why Forests Matter: 1. Carbon Sinks: Forests absorb vast amounts of CO2, mitigating climate change. 2. Biodiversity Hotspots: They're home to countless species, maintaining ecological balance. Nature is never monoculture but rather multiple , varied species living together and depending one on the other. hurting one species can collapse and create a spiral effect that grows and turn to be huge problem. 3. Water Cycle Regulators: Forests play a crucial role in maintaining rainfall patterns. 4. Air Purifiers: They filter air pollutants, improving air quality. 5. Climate Stabilizers: Forests help regulate local and global temperatures. creat moisture and regenerate the water cycle. 6. Mental health of humans and animals, the proximity to nature and forests helping our own wellbeing, creativity, and health. helping us being better people for us and for our environments. eventually growing better economy. Time for A New Perspective: We must start viewing forests as valuable resources, akin to gold or oil. By monetizing forest conservation and sustainable management, we can: 1. Create economic incentives for preservation 2. Develop innovative, forest-friendly industries 3. Integrate forest value into national and global economic calculations It's time to invest in our forests – not just for their timber, but for their role in ensuring our planet's future. Let's find ways to make conservation profitable and sustainability the norm.

Thank you, Canadian Forest Industries Magazine, for sharing the news of Central Chilcotin Rehabilitation Ltd. (CCR) releasing a five-part video series on the benefits of forestry.       The second video, titled 'The Environmental Focus of Forestry', shares how CCR has been salvaging and rehabilitating these areas to help the forest regrow and improve wildlife habitat, among other positive outcomes. CCR has also been utilizing the wood waste; instead of burning it in slash piles, it has been helping support local industries to create green energy.      Read the article here:   https://lnkd.in/gDigCYnS

Central Chilcotin Rehabilitation Ltd. (CCR) is leading the way in wildfire salvage and forest rehabilitation. Featured in Canadian Geographic, CCR’s efforts are turning the impact of wildfire into a catalyst for restoration and sustainable forestry practices in Canada. Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/gwYstwYv

🌱Embracing Native Forestry for a Resilient Future 🌱 From supporting biodiversity to combating climate change, the benefits of planting native trees is immense. In our latest blog, we explore how native forestry isn't just a commitment to the environment—it's an investment in the resilience of our ecosystems, communities, and future generations. 🌿 🔗 Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/gKkkg49f

The latest issue of Cityvision magazine examines how Washington cities including Bellingham, Port Townsend, and Ritzville are expanding their tree canopies with community-centered urban forestry projects funded by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources. As these cities develop and carry out unique forestry initiatives, each contributes to broader state and federal climate goals while creating positive health and social benefits tailored to local residents. https://lnkd.in/gzFce4S4 #CityvisionMag

We all know the importance of trees in our communities. Read more to learn how your community can leverage the benefits of planting more trees to enhance economic growth, public health and promote increased resilience in the face of climate change.

As the recent report by Forest Alliance NSW emphasises, citizen science surveys can only be temporary solutions to the failure of the NSW Government to effectively protect greater gliders from extinction. But only less than 1% of den trees for gliders are being identified by Forestry Corporation. That’s why we’re for calling an immediate end to logging in forests – like Bulga, Tallaganda, Styx River and Tuggolo – that are strongholds for greater gliders. Sign the petition telling the NSW Government to end the state-sponsored destruction of glider habitat: https://lnkd.in/gAHQNH_X

New Webinar Series! Forests are in the news—from wildfires to habitat and species loss to illegal logging, it seems that barely a week goes by that we don’t read or hear something alarming about our forests. And while concerns about our forest future are valid, emphasis on the negative to the exclusion of all other news can be overwhelming and overshadow all that is working in how we manage and conserve our forests. Join us for a new series of webinars during our Matching Gift campaign on Forest Optimism, as we focus on Forest Optimism as a way to tell the stories of what is working across the spectrum of forestry and related research, industry, land management and conservation efforts. Register https://lnkd.in/e-92tzEP

Read our latest Case Study🌲Resilient Woodland Case Study, Managing Director of Harewood House, Ben Lascelles and Forestry Foreman Jay O'Donoghue explain their shift towards managing the estate for habitat, biodiversity and resilience to climate change. Find out more about their progress: https://ow.ly/ufQ850Uv3Ti