The Prince’s Rainforest Project says Yes We Can
Damian Tow at The Ecologist Magazine writes about Prince Charles’ launch on 5th May of an online video and social networking campaign in support of the Prince’s Rainforest Project (PRP).
Rainforest coverage has dropped from 12 per cent to 5 per cent of the Earth’s surface and continues to shrink. Burning rainforests creates a 5th of global CO2 emissions and one day’s deforestation emits the equivalent of 12.5 million people flying between London and New York.
The ‘double whammy’ here is that rainforests also act as a carbon sink, absorbing 15 per cent of industrial CO2 emissions. If destroyed they become a net producer of CO2 which has to be added to their lost absorption capability in terms of the overall consequence of their destruction.
Order the last print edition of The Ecologist before it goes exclusively online. Good luck to Zak and the gang in London.
