WAFA’s ‘Forests For Climate’ Campaign

Our film partners, WA Forest Alliance, are leading the fight to protect Australia’s South-West forests. They are so close to winning, but to do so they need as many passionate people to join as possible – because the only way we win is together.

Why the forests need our Help?

• Forests are a major part of the climate system. They bring rain, provide shade and remove carbon from the atmosphere.
• The science is clear that to keep Global Warming below 2° C we must protect native forests, but they continue to be logged and cleared, emitting carbon and destroying a vital carbon sink.
• Stopping logging in Western Australia’s South-West forests has the potential to prevent 40-60 million tonnes of Co2 equivalent from being emitted over 10 years.
• As climate change intensifies, forests are suffering from the effects of increasingly intense fires; drought and heat stress and they are becoming less resilient to disease, insect attack and other stressors. Protecting them from logging, clearing and inappropriate fires will give them the best chance of adapting to decreasing rainfall and increasing temperatures, for their own sake, and ours.
• At a local level, native forests make the South-West more resilient to the effects of climate change. They bring rain, keep temperatures down and protect rivers and streams. They provide for wildlife and biodiversity and offer us hope and sanctuary. They are safeguarding our climate, wildlife and water. They need us to stand up for them.

Video: The Nannas For Native Forests have been a force in working to protect WA’s native forests. Find out more by visiting the Nannas Facebook page HERE