Dogwood Alliance is proud to be a founding member of DoNation, a new model in online giving. Use DoNation’s shopping cart to make it quicker, easier, and more efficient to give to the organizations you love all in one place! DoNation does the work of vetting non-profits to assure you they’re using your money in the best way possible.
Give the Gift of Forest Protection on #GivingTuesday
Please watch our video and make a #GivingTuesday donation to your favorite forest protection group, Dogwood Alliance, today.
Report Highlights World-Wide Forest Destruction and Land Grabbing Due to UK Biomass Demand
Biofuelwatch has launched a new report, Biomass: the Chain of Destruction, focusing on the human and environmental costs of biomass-focused UK renewable energy policy.
IP Makes Good on Commitment to Conserve Forests
As you may remember, this past spring International Paper (IP) made a game-changing agreement with Dogwood Alliance to increase protection of Southern forests. This week they announced more details on their $7.5 million commitment to fund a five-year effort with National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) to restore 200,000 acres of forestland in the Southeast.
Scientists Urge EU To Rethink Burning Southern US Forests To Fight Climate Change
Originally published in the Huffington Post. Written by Bob Cabin, Dogwood Alliance Board Member and Professor of Ecology & Environmental Science, Brevard College: A group of over 60 US scientists, including such luminaries as E. O. Wilson, Tom Lovejoy, Gretchen Daily, and Reed Noss, recently sent a letter to EU decision-makers urging them to take swift action to “develop and adopt sustainability criteria and carbon accounting requirements to ensure adequate protections for forests and the climate. “