{"id":1796,"date":"2018-03-21T20:39:32","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T20:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalchangeecology.com\/?p=1796"},"modified":"2018-06-25T14:49:15","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T14:49:15","slug":"a-youth-pledge-on-forests-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalchangeecology.com\/2018\/03\/21\/a-youth-pledge-on-forests-day\/","title":{"rendered":"A youth pledge on forest’s day"},"content":{"rendered":"

One second<\/span><\/p>\n

Two seconds<\/span><\/p>\n

Three seconds<\/span><\/p>\n

Four seconds<\/span><\/p>\n

Five seconds<\/span><\/p>\n

Every minute, forest areas of the size of 50 soccer fields are lost.<\/b><\/span>
\nEvery minute, every day.<\/span><\/p>\n

Today, March 21st 2018, we celebrate the International Day of Forests. Ever since 2013, this date calls for global awareness on the degrading state of forests worldwide. It takes only one day<\/i><\/b> in our calendars for us to remember how dependent mankind’s survival is on the \u00a0lungs of the planet.<\/span><\/p>\n

With the current rate of deforestation, there will be no forests left within the next 100 years.<\/span> <\/span>The loss, degradation and conversion of forests threaten our survival.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“We are on the verge of destroying the perfect balance <\/b>that nature has created for the wellbeing of human beings. Halting deforestation is not about saving the planet , it’s about ensuring the human well-being. <\/span>The Earth will survive us and has done so for 4.5 billion years, she is much older and wiser.<\/b><\/span>“<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/em>– Christiana Figueres (Former UNFCC Executive Secretary, 2018)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Certainly, once forests or green shelters and sources of life are lost, services and goods provided by nature also disappear. The maintenance of human well-being is then a question of time: how long can we survive with a degrading nature around us?<\/i> Certain regions of the world already know the devastating answer.<\/span><\/p>\n