Proposed #USFICA bill is intended to provide multiple benefits:
🌳 Conservation of forests, freshwater, and biodiversity
🌞 Sequestering carbon
💧 Supporting food and water security, tourism, and other essential ecosystem services
Voice support: https://t.co/HAikODooCe
By pulling water from the soil and through their leaves, trees cool the air and help cool the planet. This is in addition to the cooling forests provide by absorbing carbon dioxide.
Help safeguard forests long term by speaking up for #USFICA: https://t.co/z5KyongjHk
Great news! The US House Foreign Affairs Committee has advanced #USFICA. “The 34 cosponsors on the House bill are a testament to the bipartisan nature of the legislation,” said WCS's @JohnCalvelli.
It's #IntlForestDay. If you're in the U.S., one thing you can do for forests is speak out for the US Foundation for International Conservation Act, which would help conserve them long-term. https://t.co/b1c353SHxW
The proposed U.S. Foundation for International Conservation Act (#USFICA) would help secure the financing necessary for long-term management of protected areas.
If you're in the U.S., urge your Congress members to co-sponsor it: https://t.co/HAikODoWrM #FramingOurFuture
Thank you @repblumenauer for keeping tigers, orangutans and thousands of other species safe by introducing the FOREST Act, which will help stop illegal deforestation worldwide.
We need high-integrity forests to help slow the #ClimateCrisis.
🌳 If you're in the U.S., urge your legislators to address illegal deforestation by co-sponsoring the FOREST Act: https://t.co/yGs2sDdujy
The #ClimateCrisis is a fossil fuel crisis. Until we make an accelerated transition to renewable energy, we will continue to see temperatures climb with alarming consequences for nature and people. Nature also has a critical part to play in the solution. #FramingOurFuture
🌍🌡️2023 is confirmed as the warmest calendar year on record, with a global average temperature of 14.98°C, 0.60°C above the 1991-2020 level, overtaking 2016, the previous warmest year.
Learn more in the #C3S Global Climate Highlights report 👉 https://t.co/i7ZDNIrPvj
We need nature to help address the #climatecrisis.
Something you can do during #COP28: If you're in the U.S., speak out in support of #USFICA.
Proposed bill would provide sustainable financing to address the planet's growing challenges. https://t.co/b1c353SHxW
Thank you to @RepEspaillat for signing on as a co-sponsor of the U.S. Foundation for International Conservation Act.
#USFICA would provide sustainable financing to address the growing challenges to nature.
Speak out too: https://t.co/z5KyongjHk #FramingOurFuture
"If we can improve mechanisms on the ground, we can make these places safer and help protect people and wildlife," says WCS's @JohnCalvelli.
LISTEN: On this week's podcast, #USFICA is critical for enduring conservation success. https://t.co/76ZubhuBIV #WCSWildAudio
In light of #LaudateDeum from @Pontifex, a recent #WCSWildAudio highlighted how our #FramingOurFuture partner @FordhamNYC is teaming to address climate change as part of Pope Francis's inspirational call to protect nature.
🔊 https://t.co/7X0iEZuXVa
It's #WorldGorillaDay! 🦍
One thing you can do for them today: speak out for #USFICA. This important bill would support enduring conservation of key gorilla strongholds. https://t.co/z5KyongjHk #FramingOurFuture
Nature inspires, supports, and protects us. 🌳 🌊
This #ClimateWeek2023, take action to support it by speaking out for #USFICA, a bill critical for enduring conservation success. https://t.co/z5KyongjHk #FramingOurFuture
On restoration, much focus has been on re-establishing forests that have been cleared.
BUT degraded areas should be our top priority. They can recover quickly and provide benefits much sooner.
Read the full story @PBSNature.
https://t.co/MjuFmvs6Mv
Today is #WorldElephantDay 🐘
Elephants play crucial roles in the ecosystem, including dispersing seeds and carving out pools other animals use to drink.
Help protect them by supporting key legislation: https://t.co/z5KyongjHk #USFICA
On #WorldRangerDay, let’s celebrate all the rangers and environmental defenders around the world who dedicate their lives to protecting critical ecosystems and the people and wildlife that rely on them. Say thanks with us: https://t.co/WJERdDrquP
Today is #MangroveDay. These coastal ecosystems are invaluable as habitats, carbon storage, protection from storms and sea level rise, and more. #FramingOurFuture