This is both a critical and an extraordinary time for OUR PLANET.
Over the past five years we have witnessed an increasing awareness about the effect that we as a species are having on our world’s rainforests. Environmental organisations, conservation groups and now even governments are actively encouraging businesses and individuals to seriously consider the effect that the destruction of rainforests is going to have on our planet and ourselves. If we as society do not find a way to stop the continual devastation of these essential ecosystems the end results are obvious and terrifying.
Without our rainforests the world’s air production and quality will severely decline and one of our main purification and cooling systems will be gone. Essential ecosystems will collapse resulting in less world food production and the world’s plant and animal biodiversity will be severely reduced through species extinction. Unique tribal communities and their cultures will be lost and the green that our planet is famous for will be gone. If we do not take responsibility now, the future for our children is not a blue and green one, but a world of grey and brown. Future generations will live in a world where food and water is scarce, resources are low and health problems are significantly increased.
Where they can only read about unique tribal cultures, rainforests and the majority of our animal and plant species in books. In this world, the green and blue beauty of our planet Earth will be nothing more than a legend, a myth. It is no longer only necessary for us all to take responsibility for our rainforests – but is essential for the future of life as we know it.
But there is still hope. Governments around the world are now starting to work together to create entirely new industries focused solely on saving rainforests, creating environmentally friendly technologies and new jobs in sustainability and eco management. Currently the strong international pressure to protect forests and to encourage more sustainable practices to be employed throughout all facets of business and agriculture worldwide is absolutely a necessary step in the right direction. But the question is - Will it be enough to save our planet?
At CCN, we strongly believe that the most effective way to motivate people to take action on rainforest destruction is to incentivise them to do so. We know that if done correctly, this will create a mass movement of people to take real action to save our remaining rainforests, reduce their own carbon emissions and encourage others to be involved as well.
CCN is creating the NETWORK to start this process. We are confident that the move to GO GREEN, to GO CARBON NEUTRAL and to save our world's rainforests will improve economies around the world, creating a better use of our resources and sustaining our planet for future generations.
At CCN we aim to transform the greatest challenge facing humanity today, into the greatest opportunity of our time.
We welcome you to join us to Save Our Planet.
Your CCN Founders.
Erminio kotlar, Papua New Guinea Tribal Experience
WHY ARE FROG SPECIES SO IMPORTANT?
Frogs are an integral part of the food web.
Frogs form a vital part of the ecological systems that they belong to.
* When frogs are born as tadpoles, they consume large amounts of algae that grow in ponds and other water systems. This feeding during their development actually help to keep the water clean and also prevents excessive algal growth which can deplete oxygen and choke these waterways.
* As adults, frogs consume vast quantities of invertebrates, especially insects that spawn in swamp and wetlands areas, which helps to keep the ecosystem in balance. This has a massive impact on controlling certain 'pest' insect populations from growing too large for humans to control which would otherwise consume or ruin our agricultural crops.
* Frogs also eat large quantities of insects which carry disease vectors that can transmit potentially fatal illnesses to humans such as malaria carrying mosquitoes. This is important to prevent disease spread and potential outbreaks and can have massive benefits to people who live in these areas. In the event that any of these insects ever carried a new form of disease that people had never encountered before, frogs could help to keep the insect populations down long enough to prevent an uncontrollable outbreak or could help give our scientists the necessary time to develop a vaccine.
Frogs form a vital part of the ecological systems that they belong to.
* When frogs are born as tadpoles, they consume large amounts of algae that grow in ponds and other water systems. This feeding during their development actually help to keep the water clean and also prevents excessive algal growth which can deplete oxygen and choke these waterways.
* As adults, frogs consume vast quantities of invertebrates, especially insects that spawn in swamp and wetlands areas, which helps to keep the ecosystem in balance. This has a massive impact on controlling certain 'pest' insect populations from growing too large for humans to control which would otherwise consume or ruin our agricultural crops.
* Frogs also eat large quantities of insects which carry disease vectors that can transmit potentially fatal illnesses to humans such as malaria carrying mosquitoes. This is important to prevent disease spread and potential outbreaks and can have massive benefits to people who live in these areas. In the event that any of these insects ever carried a new form of disease that people had never encountered before, frogs could help to keep the insect populations down long enough to prevent an uncontrollable outbreak or could help give our scientists the necessary time to develop a vaccine.