PLEASANTON, Kansas, June 10, 2008 -- Representatives from Allstate, Cambridge Systematics, Delta Air Lines and U-Haul International joined The Conservation Fund (the Fund) and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) today to announce the restoration of 775 acres of forestland at Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) near Kansas City. The new oak, hickory and pecan trees will restore sensitive wildlife habitat, enhance public recreation areas and address climate change climate change
Climate change includes both global warming driven by human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases and the resulting large-scale shifts in weather patterns. Though there have been previous periods of climatic change, since the mid-20th century humans have had an unprecedented impact on Earth's climate system and caused change on a global scale.
Learn more about climate change by trapping more than 230,000 tons of carbon dioxide as the trees grow.
"The World Bank estimates that 20% of greenhouse gas emissions is caused by deforestation," said The Conservation Funds Go Zero director, Jena Thompson.
