Wild animals: The original and best carbon-capture ‘technology’

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Seed dispersal disruption limits tropical forest regrowthJuly 2025

by ACC Admin | Jul 24, 2025 | 2025, Peer Reviewed Scientific Paper, Resources, Technical / Scientific

Many trees depend on animals for seed dispersal, and human activities that disrupt seed dispersal by animals may impact forest regeneration and carbon storage. Yet whether expected negative impacts are observable across regrowing forests remains untested. We modeled...

Rewilding the climate: How a surprising twist on rewilding could help settle our carbon debtMarch 2025

by ACC Admin | Mar 24, 2025 | 2025, More In-depth, Press Article, Resources

In the Țarcu mountains of Romania, a pioneering experiment is changing the atmosphere around rewilding. Starting in 2014, around 100 European bison were gradually reintroduced to the area, having been wiped out by hunting more than 200 years ago. They now number more...

Submission of views and information on biodiversity and climate changeMay 2023

by ACC Admin | May 25, 2023 | 2023, More In-depth, Policy Document, Resources

On 14 April 2023, the CBD Secretariat issued a call for contributions on “Biodiversity and climate” to inform the process that guides the future work of the CBD. The GRA Secretariat prepared the below paper that was submitted on 25 May 2023 and co- signed by 12...

Where Might We Find Ecologically Intact Communities?April 2021

by ACC Admin | Apr 16, 2021 | 2021, Peer Reviewed Scientific Paper, Resources, Technical / Scientific

Conservation efforts should target the few remaining areas of the world that represent outstanding examples of ecological integrity and aim to restore ecological integrity to a much broader area of the world with intact habitat and minimal species loss while this is...

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