Forests Are The World's Air-conditioning System-the Lungs

I Think We'd Be Very Foolish To Expect That We Can Just Import Everything From Somewhere Else And Imagine That That's Going To Last For Ever And Ever And Ever

My Rainforests Project ... Has Three Main Elements. Firstly, To Determine How Much Funding The Rainforest Countries Need To Re-orientate Their Economies So That The Trees Are Worth More Alive Than Dead.

Personally, I Have Been Very Impressed By The Slow Food Movement. It Is About Celebrating The Culture Of Food, Of Sharing The Extraordinary Knowledge, Developed Over Millennia, Of The Traditions Involved With Quality Food Production, Of The Sheer Joy And Pleasure Of Consuming Food Together. Especially Within The Context Of Family Life, This Has To Be One Of The Highest Forms Of Cultural Activity.

The World's Forests Need To Be Seen For What They Are - Giant Global Utilities, Providing Essential Public Services To Humanity On A Vast Scale. They Store Carbon, Which Is Lost To The Atmosphere When They Burn, Increasing Global Warming. The Life They Support Cleans The Atmosphere Of Pollutants And Feeds It With Moisture. They Act As A Natural Thermostat, Helping To Regulate Our Climate And Sustain The Lives Of 1.4 Billion Of The Poorest People On This Earth.

One Of The Main Reasons For The Conflict In Syria, And The Terrorism That It's Spawned, Is Climate Change And Drought.