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

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Animals that spread seeds are critical for climate solutionsSeptember 2025

by ACC Admin | Sep 19, 2025 | 2025, Introductory, Press Article, Resources

New research analyzing more than 3,000 tropical forest sites reveals that areas with fewer seed-dispersing animals store up to four times less carbon than forests with healthy wildlife populations. The study found that 81% of tropical trees rely on animals to disperse...

Context matters when rewilding for climate changeFebruary 2024

by ACC Admin | Feb 15, 2024 | 2024, Peer Reviewed Scientific Paper, Report, Resources, Technical / Scientific

There is a crosssectoral push among conservationists to simultaneously mitigate biodiversity loss and climate change especially as the latter increasingly threatens the former Growing evidence demonstrates that animals can have substantial impacts on carbon cycling As...

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