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Nature holds the key to stabilizing life on Earth

1/4 more greenhouse gases

Increased annual emissions

The more carbon emitted into the atmosphere as a result of human activity, the more destabilized our climate becomes. If we don’t take action now, annual global greenhouse emissions will increase by more than 26% before 2030 — dramatically worsening the impacts of climate change. Conservation can help: Protecting and restoring forests could account for a reduction of 30% of the emissions needed to steady the climate, and help close the ‘emissions gap’ — the difference between the current rate of emissions and the reductions needed to prevent Earth’s temperature from increasing more than 2º Celsius.

> 50% of Earth’s plant species

Biodiversity threatened

Today, species are going extinct faster than at any point since the mass extinction of dinosaurs. The expansive collections of life on Earth — our planet’s biodiversity — is facing a crisis of historic proportions due to increased pollution, urbanization, disease and development. Thirty-five areas have been designated as irreplaceable “hotspots” for sustaining the vast array of species found on Earth. Representing just 2.3 percent of the planet’s land surface, these geographically specific hotspots support more than half of the world’s plant species and more than 40% of bird, mammal, reptile and amphibian species.

500,000 square miles

Amazonia destroyed

One of the richest repositories of Earth’s biodiversity is at risk of perishing. Human activities including extractive industries, road development and agricultural expansion have already removed 10 percent of the rainforest in the Amazon River basin. That’s an area roughly the size of France, Germany, Italy and Greece combined. In 2015, the Brazilian Amazon alone lost nearly 3,600 square miles of forest. Achieving zero net deforestation in Amazonia in the next five years is critical to protecting this essential ecosystem, which in turn will increase prosperity for local communities and help offset climate change.

Guarding our greatest asset — and defending against climate change

Conservation International’s mission is to protect the nature we can’t live without. In 30 countries around the world, we use science, policy and partnerships to solve the most pressing challenges facing our forests, rivers, oceans and other at-risk ecosystems — our greatest allies in confronting and curbing climate change

Climate

Climate change is reshaping human civilization. How we respond will determine the future of our species.

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Traditional knowledge can save the planet

Could observing the stars or planting bushes help the world adapt to climate change impacts? Conservation International’s 2016 indigenous fellows think so. Martha Ntoipo hails from a Maasai village in northern Tanzania; Jamer López is a Shipibo-Conibo man from the Peruvian Amazon.

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Nature Is Speaking — Is Humanity Listening?

The challenges facing us are monumental, so the solutions must respond in kind, across unprecedented scope and scale. Nature is speaking … and it’s time for humanity to listen up.

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Rebuilding nature’s barriers to stormier seas

When Typhoon Haiyan (known locally as Yolanda) crashed into the central Philippines on November 8, 2013, it was the strongest tropical cyclone to ever make landfall anywhere in the world. The storm killed more than 6,000 people and left more than 4 million displaced.

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