Join us in celebrating forests—beautiful and diverse ecosystems that provide life-sustaining benefits for people, wildlife and our planet.
A forest is defined as “a dense growth of trees and underbrush covering a large tract.” But outside the pages of a dictionary, these amazing places are so much more. Forests provide indispensable ecological, economic, community and health benefits—like clean water and air, jobs, recreational opportunities, pulp and paper supply, and homes for a wide variety of wildlife species.
Forests are also one of our most important climate change mitigation strategies because they store carbon and absorb atmospheric emissions. In 2019, U.S. forests sequestered 791 million metric tons of CO2 emissions, approximately 12% of the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions that year.
Protecting and Appreciating America’s Forests | The Conservation Fund
A forest is defined as “a dense growth of trees and underbrush covering a large tract.” But outside the pages of a dictionary, these amazing places are so much more. Forests provide indispensable ecological, economic, community and health benefits—like clean water and air, jobs, recreational opportunities, pulp and paper supply, and homes for a wide variety of wildlife species.
Forests are also one of our most important climate change mitigation strategies because they store carbon and absorb atmospheric emissions. In 2019, U.S. forests sequestered 791 million metric tons of CO2 emissions, approximately 12% of the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions that year.
Protecting and Appreciating America’s Forests | The Conservation Fund