WGA Launches National Forest and Rangeland Management Initiative
WGA Launches National Forest and Rangeland Management Initiative
27 June 2017
published by http://wildfireinthewest.blogspot.de/
USA – Western Governors on June 27, 2017 released the National Forest and Rangeland Management Initiative Special Report, highlighting mechanisms to bring states, federal land managers, private landowners and other stakeholders together to discuss issues and opportunities in forest and rangeland management.
In the report, experts and stakeholders from throughout the West share insights on land management practices and identify improvements that will enable western states to develop healthy, resilient landscapes and communities.
The goals of the initiative are to:
-Examine existing forest and rangeland management authorities and programs to determine their strengths and weaknesses;
-Perform a detailed investigation of the role of collaboratives in landscape restoration;
-Create a mechanism for states and land managers to share best practices, case studies and policy options for forest and rangeland management; and
-Recommend improved forest and rangeland management authorities and encourage more effective collaboration.
The report outlines the launch year of the initiative and includes both administrative and legislative recommendations. The priorities under each recommendation section are in direct alignment with the Cohesive Strategy.
Click here for the whole report.
Tropical peat swamp forests, which once occupied large swaths of Southeast Asia and other areas, provided a significant “sink” that helped remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But such forests have been disappearing fast due to clear-cutting and drainage projects making way for plantations. Now, research shows peatlands face another threat, as climate change alters rainfall patterns, potentially destroying even forested peatlands that remain undrained.
Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2017-06-peatlands-dwindling-losses.html#jCpTropical peat swamp forests, which once occupied large swaths of Southeast Asia and other areas, provided a significant “sink” that helped remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But such forests have been disappearing fast due to clear-cutting and drainage projects making way for plantations. Now, research shows peatlands face another threat, as climate change alters rainfall patterns, potentially destroying even forested peatlands that remain undrained.
Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2017-06-peatlands-dwindling-losses.html#jCp
