Tag: Earth Island Institute

Rim Fire, Yosemite, post-fire ecosystem
Environmental Issues

Protecting Greater Yosemite Ecosystem from Salvage Logging

The US Forest Service salvage logging plan ended up damaging the health of the Greater Yosemite Ecosystem far more than 2013’s massive Rim Fire. Chad Hanson from the John Muir Project of the Earth Island Institute explains how wildfires can promote ecological health and survival of many plant and wildlife communities, despite the intense heat and scale of the blazes.

Papua New Guinea, canoe ceremony
Humanity, Rituals and Traditions

Papua New Guinea: Rainforest World of Sustainable River Guardians

The Sacred Land Film Project captured a revival of a canoe ceremony with feasting, dancing and carving, honoring their sacred Ramu River. The region is part of the third largest intact rainforest ecosystem left on earth, where sustainable agriculture and forestry practices have allowed societies to thrive for thousands of years, now threatened by multinational logging interests and corrupt governmental entities.