And were live this morning awaiting the start on the forum from the center for strategic and international studies. Live coverage should start in a moment. Thank you all for we really appreciate you joining us. Thats better. Thank you all for coming today. Really appreciate you joining us here today. Thanks for coming out this morning. I think weve got a really exciting morning of discussion. First of all, breeief introductions, im Whit Saumweber director of the stephenson ocean security project. And from my point of view, there is no better representation of that nexus than the issue of Climate Change and how its impacting our oceans and what that means for our broader world. A few weeks ago the ipcc released reports taking deeper dives into the effects Climate Change is having on this world. One focused on the impact on lands, and the ocean and the cry owe sphere. That report is fascinating. Its the current state of the science about what we know, what we understand, the impacts of C
Biodiversity of vast range of plants and animals live in the forest habitats in fact 80 percent of the worlds to rest till species inhabit them since time immemorial they also have provided us with animals to hunt for to eat and wood to burn and build but now the worlds forests are under massive pressure from logging agriculture and pollution thats our topic today on made the forest lets start in germany where forest is face problems ranging from erosion to drought to storms and flooding and insect pests around the country was the tables are falling and the forestry business in some places is on the ropes changing conditions are proving a major challenge for Many Small Companies who live off the forest. Martin hustled by his a forester who tends to 140 hectares of woods in northeastern germany mostly conifers with some deciduous species conditions have been exceptionally dry for several years now and the trees are suffering dozens of pits have been dug to monitor soil quality and moist
Immemorial they also have provided us with animals to hunt for to eat and wood to burn and build but now the worlds forests are under massive pressure from logging agriculture and pollution thats our topic today on made the forest lets start in germany where foresters face problems ranging from erosion to drought to storms and flooding and insect pests around the country was the tables are falling and the forestry business in some places is on the ropes changing conditions are proving a major challenge for Many Small Companies who live off the forest. Martin haselbach is a forester who tends to 140 hectares of woods in northeastern germany mostly conifers with some deciduous species conditions have been exceptionally dry for several years now and the trees are suffering dozens of pits have been done to monitor soil quality and moisture levels. Last year we had rainfall of just 300 liters per square metre thats the same as in the savannah woodlands of the serengeti with its zebras rhino
Have provided us with animals to hunt for to eat and wood to burn and build but now the worlds forests are under massive pressure from logging agriculture and pollution thats our topic today on made the forest lets start in germany where foresters face problems ranging from erosion to drought to storms and flooding and insect pests around the country was the tables are falling and the forestry business in some places is on the ropes changing conditions are proving a major challenge for Many Small Companies who live off the forest. Martin haselbach is a forester who tends to 140 hectares of woods in northeastern germany mostly conifers with some deciduous species conditions have been exceptionally dry for several years now and the trees are suffering dozens of pits have been dug to monitor soil quality and moisture levels. Last year we had rainfall of just 300 liters per square metre thats the same as in the savannah woodlands of the serengeti zebras rhinos and elephants in the forests
Provided us with animals to hunt for to eat and wood to burn and build but now the worlds forests are under massive pressure from logging agriculture and pollution thats our topic today on made the forest lets start in germany where foresters face problems ranging from erosion to drought to storms and flooding and insect pests around the country water tables are falling and the forestry business in some places is on the ropes changing conditions are proving a major challenge for Many Small Companies who live off the forest. Martin haselbach is a forester who tends to 140 hectares of woods in northeastern germany mostly conifers with some deciduous species conditions have been exceptionally dry for several years now and the trees are suffering dozens of pits have been dug to monitor soil quality and moisture levels. Last year we had rainfall of just 300 liters per square metre thats the same as in the savannah woodlands of the serengeti and with that zebras rhinos and elephants the fore