Join The National Wildlife Federation and SustainUS to Take Action on international deforestation and fight climate change and poverty! (and maybe get some funding to do it!)
Forests are one of our best weapons in fighting global warming. Forests can either absorb carbon from the atmosphere, or if logged and damaged, forests can release carbon into the atmosphere. Right now, deforestation produces 20-25% of all global warming pollution. That’s more than the entire global transportation sector.
But that’s not all. Forests provide billions of people with clean water, food, and medicine. Over 90% of the world’s most impoverished communities are dependent on these forests. Through illegal logging and deforestation, we threaten our climate, the world’s most vulnerable communities, and our most precious and biologically diverse natural resource: the forest.
Join us to safeguard the forests and protect people. Help us run the Forest Justice campaign on your campus.
Apply now to qualify for a Forest Justice Organizer Mini-Grant of $500: Deadline has been extended to Thursday, March 12, so apply right now!
http://poprl.com/ISA
(Selected organizers may also qualify for a travel sponsorship to the UN Climate Negotiations in Copenhagen, Denmark as part of the SustainUS youth delegation.)
-Deforestation accounts for nearly 25% of global emissions and the US alone consumes almost 30% of the total global wood and fiber supply.
-An estimated 60 million Indigenous Peoples are completely dependent on forests.
-The U.S. must join the international community in the fight to reduce deforestation worldwide and protect indigenous rights.
For more information and to see the campaign toolkit, check out forestjustice.org. We’d love you to join us in this campaign. An international climate treaty is the most arguably the most important policy of our time, and we need to ensure a just treaty to protect our planet and all peoples. PLEASE JOIN US!
If you have any questions, or would like more information, contact Kendra Kallevig at kendra.kallevig@sustianus.org, or (406) 480-2770.
Kendra Kallevig is the Climate Program Coordinator with SustainUS.
