Drawing a line the in the sand, not in the forests.

Pristine natural forest in Southeast Alaska. © Bob Taylor

At Greenpeace, we’re often working hard to help save unique and amazing forests in places like the Amazon and Indonesia. This week, we’re excited to announce a major victory for our unique and amazing forests right here in the U.S.

It started with a simple premise – if there’s no road going into a forest, it’s very hard to get in and chop the trees down. This is why, since 1999, Greenpeace and other NGOs have been supporting what’s known as Clinton’s “Roadless Rule”: a formal federal rule proclaimed at the close of his presidency which aimed to protect the remaining 58+ million acres of unprotected roadless areas in our national forest system.

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Carbon Density and Conflict: The Overlap

Forests play a vital role stabilizing Earth’s climate and they are the home of 1.6 billion people who rely directly on forests to provide food and livelihood. The Lacandona Rainforest within the sovereign state of Chiapas in southwestern Mexico has a particularly rich cultural history dating back to Mayan times.  The tremendous cultural contributions from the area have been marred by a history of conflict.   Continue reading