We are Losing our Trees

Trees are going extinct. Why should we care? What is being done – and what can we do?

Click the image below to see a presentation about trees, their importance, and how we can save them.

References

10 things you can do to save forests. TREE Foundation. (2021, August 12). Retrieved September 28, 2022, from https://treefoundation.org/10-things-you-can-do-to-save-forests/

Coolth. (2009). Hyophorbe-amaricaulis [Photograph]. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hyophorbe-amaricaulis.JPG#metadata

Guardian News and Media. (2022, September 2). Prevent tree extinctions or face global ecological catastrophe, scientists warn. The Guardian. Retrieved September 14, 2022, from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/02/tree-extinctions-species-wildlife-ecosystems-scientists-aoe

Irwin, A. (2022, August 31). The loneliest trees: Can science save these threatened species from extinction? Nature News. Retrieved September 14, 2022, from https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-02765-x

Kaplan, S. (2022, August 23). As many as one in six U.S. tree species is threatened with extinction. The Washington Post. Retrieved September 14, 2022, from https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/08/23/extinct-tree-species-sequoias/

Scientists’ warning to humanity on tree extinctions. (n.d.). Retrieved September 15, 2022, from https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ppp3.10314?amp;mibextid=C8kmS4

Up to 135 U.S. tree species face extinction-and just eight enjoy federal protection. Science. (n.d.). Retrieved September 14, 2022, from https://www.science.org/content/article/135-u-s-tree-species-face-extinction-and-just-eight-enjoy-federal-protection

Yirka, B. (2022, September 6). Environmental scientists explain why so many tree species going extinct is so bad for the planet. Phys.org. Retrieved September 14, 2022, from https://phys.org/news/2022-09-environmental-scientists-tree-species-extinct.html

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