ES Sustainable Development Goals: SDG 15 Life on Land

Such an extreme fire season is at least 30 percent more likely because of global warming, a new analysis finds

The large, intense fires have threatened more than 800 million animals in the state of New South Wales alone, according to one estimate

CAUSES OF FIRES
Climate change is fuelling wild-land fires though they are human induced.

Each year, global fires fueled by the climate crisis, and the deliberate burning of forests, peatlands and other landscapes for livestock and feed are getting worse and worse. The combination of smoke, smog, and haze during the COVID-19 global pandemic could aggravate the current health crisis.

Devastating floods in Europe. Temperatures soaring to 45C in Canada. Mudslides in Japan. Cloud bursts in India. Floodings in subways in New York and central China.

2021 was still one of the seven warmest years on record, according to six leading international datasets consolidated by the World Meteorological Organization.

As more and more forest is cleared around the world, scientists fear that the next deadly pandemic could emerge from what lives within them.

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In western Poland, beneath the hills and the forests, lies a forgotten network of underground tunnels and fortifications originally built as a defensive line for Nazi Germany. It was once part of the most technologically advanced fortification system of Nazi Germany, but now has an altogether different purpose.

Forming part of the Nietoperek Nature Reserve, the tunnels have become the largest hibernation site for bats in Northern Europe.

Videos and teaching resources for the Netflix/Attenborough series "Our Planet". Includes making-of videos, issues, success stories and WWF action sites.

Interactive outlining biodiversity, issues and change.

Our poles are some of the earth's last remaining wildernesses. And yet just as we are beginning to understand these extraordinary places, they are changing fast.

In jungles, everywhere is special. Host to a staggering array of species, they are the oldest and most diverse ecosystems on our planet.

Our planet’s grasslands are the rich home to our big land animals, but they’re also shrinking. Life in our grasslands depends on space.

We are uniquely reliant on forests – without them, life as we know it would not exist. We’ve exploited our forests through the ages, but if we give them the chance, they will bounce back.

During the past three years, there has been a 52.9% increase in deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, compared to the three previous years. Images of the fires have shocked the world and caused an uproar.

A study suggests the world's largest rainforest is losing its ability to bounce back from damage caused by droughts, fires and deforestation.

Deforestation is the clearing or thinning of forests, the cause of which is normally implied to be human activity. As such, deforestation represents one of the largest issues in global land use in the early 21st century. Estimates of deforestation traditionally are based on the area of forest cleared for human use, including removal of the trees for wood products and for croplands and grazing lands.

Deforestation is the removal or destruction of large areas of forest or rainforest. Deforestation happens for many reasons, such as logging, agriculture, natural disasters, urbanization and mining.

"Tree hollows provide hidden homes for many different species of animals. Deforestation is causing a housing shortage for wildlife." What does that mean?

Be sure to watch the informative video to learn more about what deforestation is.