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Despite gains in Brazil, forest destruction still 'stubbornly' high: Report
The world lost 10 football fields of old-growth tropical forest every minute in 2023 and despite uplifting progress in the Amazon, the picture elsewhere is less rosy, researchers said on Thursday.Nick PERRY (Phys.org)
Tropical forest loss puts 2030 zero-deforestation target further out of reach
JAKARTA — The tropics continue to lose primary forest at an alarming rate, with an area of tree cover half the size of Panama disappearing in 2023, new data from the University of Maryland’s GLAD lab show. Primary forest loss last year amounted to 3.hayat (Conservation news)
Deforestation harms biodiversity of the Amazon's perfume-loving orchid bees
A survey of orchid bees in the Brazilian Amazon, carried out in the 1990s, is shedding new light the impact of deforestation on the scent-collecting pollinators, which some view as bellwethers of biodiversity in the neotropics.ScienceDaily
#Road building almost always precedes #forest loss, and road density is by far the strongest correlate of #deforestation out of 38 #biophysical and #socioeconomic factors.
Findings of the study imply that the most vital #conservation function of protected areas is limiting roads and road-related environmental disruption. They suggest that burgeoning, poorly studied ghost roads are among the gravest of all direct #threats to #tropical forests.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07303-5
Ghost roads and the destruction of Asia-Pacific tropical forests - Nature
An effort to map roads in the Asia-Pacific region finds that there are 3.0–6.6 times more roads than other sources suggest, and that unmapped ‘ghost roads’ are a major contributor to tropical forest loss.Nature
Imitator Goshawk Accipiter imitator
The Imitator Goshawk Accipiter imitator is a shrewd raptor vulnerable in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands due to human-related threats. They are threatened from human persecution, palm oil defo…Palm Oil Detectives
Palm oil deforestation persists in Indonesia’s Leuser amid new mills, plantations
JAKARTA — Deforestation for oil palm plantations continues unabated at the northern tip of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, likely driven by new processing mills that in turn may ultimately be supplying major consumer goods companies.hayat (Conservation news)
Ten years since anti-deforestation pledge, corporate world still not doing enough
It was supposed to be a major milestone, back in 2014, when hundreds of governments and companies came together to sign the New York Declaration on Forests, aimed at eliminating natural forest loss worldwide.alexandrapopescu (Conservation news)
The world's business and finance sectors can do much more to reverse deforestation—here's the data to prove it
Big corporations could drive a worldwide shift towards more sustainable supply chains that limit damage caused by deforestation.Mary Gagen (Phys.org)
Authorities struggle to protect Bolivian national park from drug-fueled deforestation
In 2020, a Mongabay reporting team visited Bolivia’s Amboró National Park and Integrated Management Natural Area and found that portions of its protected forest had been cleared and replaced by illegal coca crops.Morgan Erickson-Davis (Conservation news)
Forest – Film Photography
Shot on Kodak Porta 400.
#PhotoMonday #FotoMontag #Photography #Photo #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #CanonFTb #Kodak #KodakPortra #Nature #Trees #MastoArt #Forest #Winter
#Petition #nature #biodiversity #Ecosystem #ecosystems #forest #forests #rainforest #tree #trees #deforestation
https://act.biologicaldiversity.org/Vmt7It_mD0674rGG1gGlWQ2
Guard Old-Growth Forests from Logging
Mature and old-growth forests are a vital part of a healthy planet. They fight climate change, support healthy watersheds and withstand wildfire better than young forests. Sadly, most old-growth forests have been logged. Help save what’s left.act.biologicaldiversity.org
Old forests critically important for slowing climate change, merit immediate protection from logging
Forests are an essential part of Earth's operating system. They reduce the buildup of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere from fossil fuel combustion, deforestation and land degradation by 30% each year.Beverly Law (Phys.org)
#TragedyOfEnclosure #CattleWreckedLandscape: The Atlantic Forest, located along Brazil’s southern coast, has been in dire straits for decades, with expanding cities and #agriculture leaving only a small fraction of the #forest standing today. But the situation might be even worse than previously thought.
Several thousand tree species in the forest are threatened with extinction, a new study has found. Over 80% of endemic tree species are at risk of going extinct — and that’s a conservative estimate, the researchers said.
#StopDeterioratingCarbonSinks #deforestationfootprint #ViolentRanchers #BigAgro #StopInstallingKleptocratsForResourcesPredation
Thousands of tree species at risk of extinction in Atlantic Forest: study
The Atlantic Forest, located along Brazil’s southern coast, has been in dire straits for decades, with expanding cities and agriculture leaving only a small fraction of the forest standing today.alexandrapopescu (Conservation news)
A big old oak tree in its autumn colours.
#thicktrunktuesday #woodland #trees #forest #nature #landscapephotography #treesofmastodon #photography #mastoart #landscape
A tunnel of autumnal beech trees on the turn in the mist.
#woodland #trees #nature #forest #tressofmastodon #photography #landscapephotography #landscape #photomonday #fotomontag #mastoart #autumn
6 am – Film Photography
Shot on Kodak Porta 400.
#PhotoMonday #FotoMontag #Photography #Photo #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #CanonFTb #Kodak #KodakPortra #Nature #Trees #MastoArt #Fog #Forest
Gorgeous ecological comic-based journalism from Aotearoa: a clear-eyed telling of how monoculture forestry destabilizes lands and rivers even before major climate-driven events come raging through.
#ecology #climate #forest #restoration #aotearoa
https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/28-07-2023/the-side-eye-deeper-roots
The Side Eye: Deeper roots
After Cyclone Gabrielle, Tairāwhiti faces a universal question: when it comes to the environment, have we got the guts to choose long-term solutions over short-term fixes?Toby Morris (The Spinoff)
#SavingCarbonSinks: Ecuadorian social #movements have bypassed pro-extractivist #politicians with a national #referendum to keep #oil from Block 43 also known as “Yasuní ITT,” a concession in the deepest part of the Amazonian protected Yasuní National #Forest, in the ground. While movements around the world have successfully achieved #mining moratoria, this is an important new strategy for #environmental and #Indigenous #rights activists.
#RightsOfNature #SafeguardTheCommons #YasuniITT
https://nacla.org/ecuador-yasuni-oil-historic-referendum
Ecuador Votes to Keep Yasuní Oil in the Ground in Historic Referendum
Ecuadorians have chosen to safeguard the biodiverse Yasuní National Park from oil drilling, marking a major triumph for grassroots Indigenous and environmental activists against the fossil fuel consensus.NACLA
Bangladesh ‘Village of Herbs’ profits from planting rather than cutting trees
Back in the mid-1990s, before the era of internet, mobile phones and satellite televisions, the government-run terrestrial broadcaster Bangladesh Television (BTV) was the only source of visual entertainment for the people of this country.abusiddique (Conservation news)
Study confirms surge in deforestation in Indigenous lands under Bolsonaro
Despite being among the best safeguards against deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest, Indigenous lands saw a sharp increase in deforestation over the past decade, according to a study published recently in the journal Nature.Latoya Abulu (Conservation news)
"Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do."
- Michel de Montaigne
#PalmOil #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife #PalmOilKILLS #Conflictpalmoil #nature #biodiversity #Ecosystem #ecosystems #forest #forests #rainforest #tree #trees
#deforestation#Together4Forests
“If we want to save the forest, we need the government to officially recognize that this is our land.”
#IndigenousPeoples #LandRights #ClimateAction #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Rainforest #Forest #IndigenousRights #FoodSovereignty
https://e360.yale.edu/features/brazil-atlantic-forest-indigenous-land-bees
How Indigenous People Are Restoring Brazil’s Atlantic Forest
The Guarani Mbya people are working to restore the once-vast Atlantic Forest, which has been largely lost to development.Yale E360
#PandaDay #AnimalCruelty #StopAnimalAbuse #StopAnimalCruelty #animals #animal #AnimalRights #nature #biodiversity #Ecosystem #ecosystems #forest #forests #rainforest #tree #trees #deforestation #Together4Forests
