This will be the first of many Earth Day articles. I hope everyone has a great Earth Day! --Gene
Today is Earth Day, a time for us all to honor and give back to nature.
Gene—today is Earth Day, a time for us all to honor and give back to nature. To celebrate this special day, thousands of supporters like you are standing up for forests. Join them and make a statement today by participating in our #hugatree awareness campaign!
We also invite you to discover a deeper appreciation our world's forests. Check out just a few reasons why they matter:
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Eight out of 10 land-dwelling species live in forests. A square kilometer of forest may be home to more than 1,000 species.
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Forests provide a vast array of resources to many of us, including food, wood, medicine, fresh water, and the air we breathe.
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Trees soak up and store carbon dioxide from our atmosphere. Tropical forests alone hold seven times the carbon dioxide emitted each year by human activities.
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But threats to forests are growing. Expanding agriculture and illegal and unsustainable logging are responsible for most of the deforestation and degradation of the world's forests. The threats are so severe that we are losing forests at a rate equivalent to 48 football fields per minute. WWF is working to address the threats to forests.
For Earth Day, help us spread awareness about our forests and the threats they face by participating in #hugatree for Earth Day. Thousands of people around the world are showing their support for trees, will you?
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Your contribution will help us protect some of the planet's last intact rain forests, reforest regions that need it, encourage responsible forest management, and work on many other projects that conserve forests around the world.
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Love the Earth. Love our forests.
#hugatree.
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