Biden Takes First Step to Protect Vital Climate Forests

A briefing by Earthjustice regarding an executive order issued by President Joseph Biden to inventory mature and old-growth forests on federal land as a first step toward establishing permanent protections.

• President Joseph Biden issued an executive order requiring federal agencies to create an inventory of mature and old-growth forests on federal land within one year, which is intended to serve as a precursor to enacting protection policies.
• Forests provide critical climate and environmental services, including sequestering 35 million metric tons of carbon on federal lands alone and absorbing approximately one-third of annual human-caused carbon dioxide emissions.
• Logging is identified as the primary driver of forest carbon loss across various regions of the United States: 92% in the South, 86% in the Northeastern and Upper Midwestern U.S., and 66% in the Western U.S.
• Earthjustice and other conservation groups, including the Climate Forests Campaign, are advocating for a national rule to protect federal forests from logging and are urging the government to use peer-reviewed scientific research for the inventory process.
• The Roadless Rule is a federal policy that Earthjustice has defended for over 20 years, which protects approximately one-third of national forests from clear-cuts and new roads.

APA

Earthjustice (2022). Biden Takes First Step to Protect Vital Climate Forests. https://earthjustice.org/brief/2022/biden-takes-first-step-to-protect-vital-climate-forests

Chicago

Earthjustice. Biden Takes First Step to Protect Vital Climate Forests. 2022. https://earthjustice.org/brief/2022/biden-takes-first-step-to-protect-vital-climate-forests.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{earthjustice2022biden, author = {{Earthjustice}}, title = {{Biden Takes First Step to Protect Vital Climate Forests}}, institution = {Earthjustice}, year = {2022}, month = apr, url = {https://earthjustice.org/brief/2022/biden-takes-first-step-to-protect-vital-climate-forests}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }