{"id":2992,"date":"2022-12-19T11:10:02","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T01:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primaryforestsandclimate.org\/?page_id=2992"},"modified":"2022-12-23T09:25:29","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T23:25:29","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/primaryforestsandclimate.org\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Program"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Primary Forest & Climate Program is a collaboration among research institutes, civil society organisations, and First Nations Peoples at the forefront of addressing what is one of the world\u2019s most pressing problems, which lies at the nexus of the climate and biodiversity crises: how to protect the world\u2019s remaining primary forests<\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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What are primary forests?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Primary forests are largely the result of natural processes and minimally disturbed by modern industrial land use impacts including from logging and mining. <\/strong>They are irreplaceable sanctuaries for much of the world's biodiversity, store significant stocks of carbon which play a vital role in climate mitigation, and support the sustainable livelihoods of their Indigenous custodians. Primary forests have a much higher level of ecosystem integrity compared to degraded and planted forests, store 30-70% more carbon, are more biodiverse, and generate cleaner water.\u00a0 Around 1\/3 of the world's remaining forests are in a primary state and despite their multiple values are under growing land use pressures.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Why are primary forests important?<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Waking up the international community<\/h2>\n

The international community is only now beginning to recognise the importance of primary forests in meeting global challenges on climate, biodiversity, sustainability, the rights of First Nations Peoples, and planetary health.<\/p>\n

The Primary Forest & Climate Program is advancing knowledge and practice in support of primary forest protection.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Partner organisations<\/h2>\n

Together with partner organisations, the Primary Forest & Climate Program makes important contributions to advancing scientific understanding, evidence-based international policy, and business case studies in support of primary forest protection.\u00a0 We are developing and disseminating the necessary principles, approaches, tools and information base to help guide and inform governments, business, First Nation and community decision makers in how to protect primary forest and ecological restore to a primary condition regrowth and degraded forest.<\/p>\n

See full list of partners<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>