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Debunking deforestation - Pearls and Irritations
Indonesiaās new president is finding out that gaining respect in the international community is not the same as ordering a special squad to intimidate.Duncan Graham (Pearls and Irritations)
Did you know red meat contributes up to 30% of agricultural emissions? It's one reason the ag sector is the 2nd-largest greenhouse gas emitter after energy. But not all meats have the same impact - on the planet or our personal health.
The new episode of Serving Up Science considers the best options for both our bodies & the environment! š„© (And don't worry, we're not out to take anyone's steak away). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa6SWm99_rY #science #food #environment #climatechange
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I love seeing cacti decorated with holiday lights this time of year, here in Tucson, AZ! Hereās my art of a festively decorated Enlightened Saguaro. You can read about my process creating this art on my latest blog post https://paulaborchardt.substack.com/p/a-festive-cactus
#ArtAdventCalendar #SciArt #art #illustration #watercolor #painting #sketchbook #NatureJournal #NatureJournaling #blog #blogging #Tucson #SonoranDesert #NativePlants #biodiversity #environment #cactus #Saguaro #festive #holiday #lights #ChristmasLights
A Festive Cactus
āand a Peek into My Art ProcessPaula Borchardt (Paula Borchardt - Visual Storyteller)
Deforestation around Mennonite colonies continues in Peruvian Amazon: Report - Conservation news
Satellite data and imagery confirm ongoing deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon around colonies of Mennonites, a group of highly conservative Christian communities.Conservation news
Drowning in plastic
Visualising the worldās addiction to plastic bottles. Around the world, almost 1 million plastic bottles are purchased every minute.Reuters
BP Scraps Target of Reducing Oil Production by 2030
Oil major BP has scrapped its goal of reducing oil and gas production by the end of the decade, angering environmental groups.Cristen Hemingway Jaynes (EcoWatch)
NGOs push EU to label Sarawak as āhigh riskā source of timber, palm oil
A coalition of Indigenous and human rights groups are hoping new European Union trade regulations could help pressure timber and oil palm industries in Malaysiaās Sarawak state into respecting Indigenous land rights and implementing better land-use cā¦Isabel Esterman (Conservation news)
Deforestation āroaring backā despite 140-country vow to end destruction
Demand for beef, soy, palm oil and nickel hindering efforts to halt demolition by 2030, global report findsDamian Carrington (The Guardian)
"The bottom line is that, globally, deforestation has gotten worse, not better, since the beginning of the decade.
Weāre only six years away from a critical global deadline to end deforestation, and forests continue to be chopped down, degraded, and set ablaze at alarming rates,ā
Ivan Palmegiani, consultant at the research group Climate Focus
#Forests #Deforestation #Trees #Environment #Biodiversity #ClimateEmergency #Beef #Soy #PalmOil
Deforestation āroaring backā despite 140-country vow to end destruction
Demand for beef, soy, palm oil and nickel hindering efforts to halt demolition by 2030, global report findsDamian Carrington (The Guardian)
Cost-benefit analysis exposes ābogusā promises of palm oil riches for Papuans
JAKARTA ā A study by an Indonesian NGO challenges government claims that oil palm cultivation is a driver of economic welfare and development, showing that the environmental and social damage from plantations in the countryās Papua region vastly outwā¦hayat (Conservation news)
Turns out ecologists and entomologists around the world have been warning about declining insect numbers for years. The culprits are climate change, habitat loss, light pollution, intensive farming, pesticide and fertiliser use. But itās a struggle to get people to act.
Itās not just about bees and butterflies, the poster children of the pollinator world. Other, less photogenic pollinators such as hoverflies, moths, wasps, soldier beetles and earwigs are also showing declines. Several of these species donāt just pollinate. They also eat the pest insects that ruin crops.
Already, in the apple and pear orchards of south-west China, depleted populations of pollinators have forced farmers to hand-pollinate their trees, carrying pots of pollen and paintbrushes with which to individually pollinate every flower. If it sounds labour-intensive and time-consuming, thatās because it is.
#green #ukpolitics #uspol #ukpol #climate #environment #insects #agriculture #farming
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Avoiding Climate Catastrophe: Global Elimination of Meat Production Could Save the Planet
Eliminating all animal agriculture within the next 15 years would drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and also pull carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.Mike O'Neill (SciTechDaily)
We know so little of the hidden world beneath the seas. This is a perfect example of why it is so risky to just power ahead and start mining our oceans.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c728ven2v9eo
Dark oxygen made by deep sea 'batteries'
The discovery that lumps of metal on the seafloor produce oxygen raises questions over plans to mine the deep ocean.Victoria Gill (BBC News)
An Amazon free from oil and gas
Out of the more than $20 billion invested, 46% of all direct financing for oil and gas exploration in the Amazon comes from just six banks: Citibank, JPMorgan Chase, ItaĆŗ Unibanco, Santander, Bank of America, and HSBC.act.350.org
Air pollution harms pollinators more than pests, study finds
Pollinators experienced a 39-percent decline in foraging efficiency after being exposed to elevated air pollution levels. In contrast, plant-eating aphids and other pests were not significantly impacted.ScienceDaily
Allegations widen against Indonesian palm oil giant Astra Agro Lestari
JAKARTA ā Allegations of illegal activity and land-grabbing against Indonesiaās second-largest palm oil company continue to mount as a new report reveals the firmās violations appear to be more extensive than initially documented.hayat (Conservation news)
Latest comic: The Supreme Court ruling overturning the Chevron doctrine was largely overlooked in the wake of the debate, but possibly even more apocalyptic. In short, the Republican majority gutted the precedent that gave deference to scientists and other experts at setting regulations for air and water pollution and food safety.
#supremecourt #environment #uspol #cartoon #pollution #science #law
Amazon deforestation threatens one of Brazilās key pollinators, study shows
With their metallic-blue-and-green bodies and iridescent wings, orchid bees arenāt just charismatic bugs.alexandrapopescu (Conservation news)
Indonesian palm oil firm clashes with villagers it allegedly shortchanged
JAKARTA ā A dispute simmering for years has erupted into conflict between villagers and a palm oil company on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi over the latterās failure to abide by a profit-sharing scheme.hayat (Conservation news)
Cruise Ship Invasion | Hakai Magazine
Take a typical Alaska cruise and see the damage in its wake. The evidence is clear: the industry needs an overhaul.Hakai Magazine
Indonesian palm oil, Brazilian beef top contributors to U.S. deforestation exposure https://news.mongabay.com/2024/05/indonesian-palm-oil-brazilian-beef-top-contributors-to-u-s-deforestation-exposure/
In Brazil, 76% of deforestation in three Amazonian states occurred in a planned agricultural development zone https://phys.org/news/2024-05-brazil-deforestation-amazonian-states-agricultural.html
#Indonesia #Brazil #environment #forest #deforestation #PalmOil #AnimalRights #agriculture #AnimalAgriculture #meat #beef
In Brazil, 76% of deforestation in three Amazonian states occurred in a planned agricultural development zone
The Brazilian government is discussing the creation of an "agricultural development zone" at the confluence of three states in the Amazon regionāAmazonas, Acre, and RondĆ“nia (hence the proposed acronym AMACRO).Luciana Constantino (Phys.org)
Malaysia plans to give orangutans to countries that buy palm oil | Malaysia | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/09/malaysia-plans-give-orangutans-gifts-countries-buy-palm-oil
Uhm, bizarre move
#Malaysia #PalmOil #Nature #Environment
Malaysia plans to give orangutans to countries that buy palm oil
āOrangutan diplomacyā strategy aims to ease concern over environmental impact of palm oil production, says ministerRebecca Ratcliffe (The Guardian)
Latest palm oil deforester in Indonesia may also be operating illegally
JAKARTA ā The largest case of deforestation for industrial palm oil in Indonesia is happening within a concession on a tiny island off the coast of southern Borneo, according to satellite analysis by technology consultancyĀ TheTreeMap.hayat (Conservation news)
Reading thisš§µ? Your blood probably contains some amount of toxic #foreverchemicals made by #3m
Enough to spike your risk of cancers & illnesses?
Without a blood test, you have no idea.
Why is their toxin running in your veins?
Well, 3M & #dupont kept the harms secret even as their toxins were incorporated into...everything.
From french fry bags to chairs.
They gaslit their own scientists.
& regularly dumped, creating toxic zones. 1/
https://www.propublica.org/article/3m-forever-chemicals-pfas-pfos-inside-story
How 3M Execs Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in peopleās bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.ProPublica
Ecuador: Stop land grabbing and racial discrimination for palm oil!
Communities in northern Ecuador are fighting back against land grabbing and deforestation by the palm oil industry.www.rainforest-rescue.org
Oil palm plantations are driving massive downstream impact to watershed https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/05/240502153115.htm
Oil palm plantations are driving massive downstream impact to watershed https://phys.org/news/2024-05-oil-palm-plantations-massive-downstream.html
Oil palm plantations are driving massive downstream impact to watershed
The global demand for palm oilāthe most widely consumed vegetable oil on the planet, in everything from instant noodles to lipstickāis driving worldwide tropical deforestation.Science X (Phys.org)
In the last few years it is likely that PepsiCo has been using in its production palm oil from deforested land claimed by the Shipibo-Konibo people in eastern Peru, a new investigation has found.
by Andrew Wasley, AramĆs Castro, ElisĆ¢ngela MendonƧa
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/04/snack-giant-pepsico-sourced-palm-oil-from-razed-indigenous-land-investigation/
#News #Environment #Conservation #Investigation #IndigenousPeoples #FoodIndustry #PalmOil #LandRights
Latest comic: No-so-silent Spring
#leafblowers #environment #climatechange #noisepollution #cartoon #comic #climate #climatecrisis #earthday
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 ā 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 Marylandās 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 3.0ā6.6 times more roads than other sources suggest, and that unmapped āghost roadsā are a major contributor to tropical forest loss.Nature
Happy Easter! A seascape of fish and other critters at Richelieu Rock in the Andaman Sea. Your #sealife #photooftheday
#Easter #Sunday #fish #Sony #RichelieuRock #SonyAlpha #Nauticam #Inon
sea #ocean #marinelife #animals #nature #wild #wildlife #outdoors #explore #environment #earth #water #climatechange #reef #photo #photography #pictureoftheday #picture #Indianocean #AndamanSea #Thailand @thesmilingseahorse
PalmWatch platform pushes for farm-to-fork traceability of palm oil
JAKARTA ā Farm-to-fork traceability has become an increasingly urgent, and often required, component of global supply chains, with a growing number of commodities now trackable all the way back to their source.hayat (Conservation news)
You know what? In the capitalist bizarro-world, it's a crime to protest *against* ecocide and homicide committed by Big Oil.
#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #JustStopOil
Brazil: Stop land grabbing and violence for āfair and sustainableā palm oil!
Palm oil from Brazil's Agropalma sports no less than ten different seals: Certified as organic, fair and sustainable, the oil is sold to food giants such as Ferrero, Kelloggās and NestlĆ©.www.rainforest-rescue.org