Educational portion of the BioIntegrity presentation, "Protecting Life."

2. Tropical Rainforests
all forests
species richness

3. Protecting irreplaceable assets.Most impactful environmental projects

4. 2 benefits
Reduce
CO2
Emissions
Slow
Ex nc ons
1 Solution,

5. “52% of world’s biodiversity
lost since 1970”
-- Living Planet Index,
World Wildlife Federation (Oct. 2014)
Humans:
1804: 1 Billion
1927: 2 Billion
1959: 3 Billion
1974: 4 Billion
1987: 5 Billion
1999: 6 Billion
2012: 7 Billion
--Google
Projected Extinctions (2050):
26% of world’s Mammals
13% of world’s Birds
41% … Amphibians
80-100% … Coral
34% … Conifer Trees
30% … Sharks
63% … Cycads, etc.
- World Resources Institute

6. Extinctions Since 2000
Pyrenean Ibex, Spain, 2000

7. Extinctions Since 2000
Eastern Cougar, USA, 2011

8. Extinctions Since 2000
Giant Skink, Cape Verde Islands, 2013
Black Rhino, West Africa, 2011
Galapagos Island Tortoise, 2012
Japanese River Otter, 2012
Formosan Clouded Leopard, Taiwan,
2004
Alaotra Grebe, Madagascar, 2010
Baiji Dolphin, Yangtze River,
China, 2006

9. Crisis #2

10. BioDiversityMapping.org
c. 1950

11. Protecting tropical forest ecosystems
alleviates our biosphere’s 2 biggest problems:
Globally-scaled, actionable
1. Extinctions
2. Emissions
tropical rainforests
all forests
species richness

12. Highest Performing Projects.

13. Stopping the Extinction Crisis.

14. Global, positive impact.