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An Inside Look: How Wildlife Conservation Mitigates Climate ChangeNovember 2022

It is widely known that natural climate solutions have the additional benefit of protecting animal diversity. It is crucial to remember that animal diversity can be an important driver of climate solutions
Presentation by Dr Oswald J Schmitz and Eileen Fielding (59 minutes)
17/11/2022

It is widely known that natural climate solutions, like the storing of carbon in forest ecosystems, have the additional benefit of protecting animal diversity, but the inverse is also true: animal diversity can be an important driver of climate solutions.

Learn about the untapped potential of wildlife and habitat protection and restoration to supercharge climate mitigation.

Panelists:

Oswald Schmitz, Oastler Professor of Population and Community Ecology at the Yale School of the Environment.
Eileen Fielding, Center Director for Sharon Audubon Center in Sharon, CT.

Topics addressed:

How can conservation help mitigate climate change?
How can we restore and conserve wild animals in a heavily-populated world?
What opportunities for human-wildlife coexistence are offered by natural climate solutions?