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Sunrise over the Allegheny Front viewed from the Dolly Sods Wilderness area. The Dolly Sods Wilderness is a U.S. Wilderness Area in the Allegheny Mountains of eastern West Virginia and part of the Monongahela National Forest The Nature Conservancy has acquired and protected thousands of acres in the Monongahela forest. The northeast end of the Federal land at Dolly Sods is bordered by the Bear Rocks Nature Preserve, owned by The Nature Conservancy. Dolly Sods and Bear Rocks Preserve are adjoining areas of incomparable beauty that are comprised of high plateaus above 4000 ft. and steep-walled stream valleys. The area was originally covered with a thick spruce forest but was aggressively logged in the early 20th century. Today the area is dominated by broad plains covered with heath and grasses, with many bogs. Hardwoods dominate the lower elevations but the spruce forest is coming back at higher elevations. © Kent Mason

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Writing in Politico, Nature Conservancy CEO teams up with his counterpart for Oxfam America to call for global solutions to climate change.

Dense vegetation at the "fangs of Chaihuin" rocks at Los Colmillos de Chaihuin, "the fangs of chaihuin", demonstration trail. Vines and mosses growing on trees is one of the definning features of the Valdivian Rainforest. The demonstration trial is at the north end of The Nature Conservancy's Reserva Costera Valdiviana, (Valdivian Coastal Reserve), a 147,500 acre reserve comprising temperate rainforest and 36km of Pacific coastline south of Valdivia, Chile. © Mark Godfrey

Project Certified for Fighting Climate Change

A project in one of the world’s most threatened forests is proving that conservation is not only good for biodiversity, it's also good for the climate.

Polar bear in Churchill, Canada, North America. © Diane E. Chenault

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Get the facts about climate change.

Forest trail at Dolly Sods Wilderness South. The Dolly Sods Wilderness is a U.S. Wilderness Area in the Allegheny Mountains of eastern West Virginia and part of the Monongahela National Forest The Nature Conservancy has acquired and protected thousands of acres in the Monongahela forest. The northeast end of the Federal land at Dolly Sods is bordered by the Bear Rocks Nature Preserve, owned by The Nature Conservancy. Dolly Sods and Bear Rocks Preserve are adjoining areas of incomparable beauty that are comprised of high plateaus above 4000 ft. and steep-walled stream valleys. The area was originally covered with a thick spruce forest but was aggressively logged in the early 20th century. Today the area is dominated by broad plains covered with heath and grasses, with many bogs. Hardwoods dominate the lower elevations but the spruce forest is coming back at higher elevations. © Kent Mason

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Planet Change

Speak out on what you want to protect from climate change.

Carbon monitoring in forest one of the land use types that WAC (ICRAF (now World Agroforestry Centre or WAC) carbon measurement project) is using to determine the carbon load of the entire Berau District. This carbon monitoring project is the “ground-truthing” portion of the REDD project. The object of the carbon measurement project is to determine the carbon load of the 17 different land use types (teak plantation, palm oil and forest – all photographed, also coffee, cocoa, forest concessions (logged), industry forests (planted), etc…). Using GIS they select locations in Berau to represent the different land use types. They then select the site and by throwing a stick locate one corner of the 200 meter transect. After setting it up with a rope, they locate random areas around the transect and using 20 cm transect squares they determine the “wet” weight of the top 0-10 cm, 10-20 cm and 20-30 cm. They weigh the samples, then put them in a bag to take back to the lab. At the lab, they dry the material and weigh the “dry” weight. They will use the carbon load data, together with GPS data of land use types throughout the Berau District to determine the carbon load of the District and the changes over time. This data will be used by the Conservancy and partners in developing the REDD approach in the Berau District. © Bridget Besaw

Forest Carbon Solutions

Reducing emissions from deforestation.

May 1995. Sunrise over a cottonwood tree in a lowland tallgrass prairie along Central Platte River in the TNC Caveny Tract of Hall County, Nebraska. Central Mixed-Grass Ecoregion © Chris Helzer

Preparing for Change

Helping people and natural areas adapt to changing climate.

Oil refineries and petro-chemical plants line the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, contributing pollution and greenhouse gases to the environment. © Mark Godfrey

Reducing Carbon Pollution

Supporting policies to minimize climate impacts.