The World of Child 6 Billion
AIR
Do you think about air quality when you turn on a light switch? Energy production is one of the largest sources of air pollutants in the world. When fossil fuels�the world's major source of energy�are burned, they add gases to the atmosphere. These gases threaten people's health, create acid rain, and may contribute to global warming. Air pollution may damage Child 6 Billion's lungs and heart. Air pollution does not recognize international boundaries�it is truly both a local and a global problem.
Increasing the absorption of carbon through soils, vegetation, wetlands, and oceans can decrease the amount of pollution, like carbon dioxide (CO2), in the atmosphere. When forests are saved or regenerated, the carbon they absorb through photosynthesis can offset the carbon released from burning fossil fuels.
Organizations, industries, and governments have joined forces to protect forests as a new approach to combating air pollution.
The Nature Conservancy, Friends of Nature Foundation of Bolivia, the Bolivian government, and three U.S.-based energy companies are working together to protect tropical forest and other ecosystems in Bolivia. The project purchased logging rights to over 3,000 square miles of government-owned land and expanded the Noel Kempff Mercado National Park into these areas. Park guards were hired and trained to reduce logging and poaching. To help ensure future conservation, the project is seeking to establish new means of economic development such as beekeeping and small nurseries.
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Graph: Carbon Dioxide Emissions in Major Regions of the World
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