An important new Australian study finds that “untouched natural forests store three times more carbon dioxide [ark] than previously estimated and 60 percent more than plantation forests” and that first-time “logging resulted in more than a 40 percent reduction in long-term carbon compared with unlogged forests.” They conclude that “in Australia and probably globally the carbon carrying capacity of natural forests [search] is underestimated and therefore misrepresented in economic valuations and in policy options.”

This resoundingly confirms Ecological Internet’s forest campaign’s key principle: sustaining intact ancient primary forests, by virtue of their holding of carbon and species, is a requirement for global ecological sustainability. This Earth Action Network’s shared commitment to ending ancient primary and old-growth forest logging has been validated by the emerging ecological science. And we hope this motivates you to continue taking action at http://www.ecoearth.info/alerts/ and to participate regularly in future email protest campaigns.