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https://independentaustralia.net/environment/environment-display/biodiversity-offsets-for-dummies,19482?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
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Palm Oil: A Recipe for Disaster in India
Given the widespread destruction of rainforests and native biodiversity caused by oil palm plantations in Southeast Asia, environmental experts and politicians are warning that the move to promote …Palm Oil Detectives
Palmoil has been a disaster for #wildlife in #Indonesia 🇮🇩 Now #India's 🇮🇳 endangered animals: elephants 🐘 leopards 🐆 ungulates, monkeys 🐒 edge closer to extinction. Indians you must resist #palmoil #ecocide! #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🪔🚫 #Boycott4Wildlife https://palmoildetectives.com/2023/01/29/palm-oil-a-recipe-for-disaster-in-india/
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Palm Oil: A Recipe for Disaster in India
Given the widespread destruction of rainforests and native biodiversity caused by oil palm plantations in Southeast Asia, environmental experts and politicians are warning that the move to promote …Palm Oil Detectives
Silvery Pigeon Columba argentina
The silvery pigeon (Columba argentina) is one of Southeast Asia’s most enigmatic birds. Once widespread throughout Indonesia and Malaysia, they have been marginalised to far-flung islands where the…Palm Oil Detectives
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/01/250108173158.htm?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
Why do birds make so many different sounds? A study gets at the underlying factors
Researchers conducted a global study of the factors that influence bird sounds, using more than 100,000 audio recordings from around the world.ScienceDaily
Monarch Of The Misty Glen
A stag pictured near the shore of a loch in the Scottish Highlands, on a very misty afternoon.
#reddeer #stag #blackandwhite #photography #wildlife #scotland #highlands
Lax Laws in Indonesia Turn Blind Eye To Animal Trafficking
When Indonesian prosecutors went after the leader of an illegal wildlife syndicate operating near the Malacca Strait, they relied on the country’s then relatively new 2019 Quarantine Act to seek a …Palm Oil Detectives
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Seven practical ways to stop a species wipeout
One million plant and animal species are now threatened with extinction. Biodiversity is at a critical juncture before being wiped out forever and pressure is mounting on the international communit…Palm Oil Detectives
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Is Palm Oil Vegan?
Palm oil is cheap, tasty, extremely versatile, and its an ingredient in about half of everything - but is palm oil vegan?Liam Pritchett (Plant Based News)
#Bird #Birds #Birdwatching #Birding #UKBirding #Ornithology #Nature #Wildlife #UKWildlife #NatureCommunity #BirdsOfMastodon
Today is #HumanRightsDay 💚 #Brazil’s 🇧🇷 booming #biofuel industry is fueling tropical #deforestation for #soy and #palmoil and threatens food security. Critics warn of devastating impacts on ecosystems and communities. 🌿 #ClimateAction #BoycottPalmOil https://www.thecanary.co/long-read/2024/11/06/brazil-biofuel/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
#BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife #ClimateAction #Biodiversity #Wildlife Go #Vegan for the #Animals
Brazil biofuel boom: green growth or good old greenwashing?
Brazil biofuels push is central to its strategy to "drive the decarbonisation agenda" - but is it all that it actually seems?Monica Piccinini (The Canary)
My name is Craig Jones, I'm a #wildlife photographer. Here is my eyewitness account of rescuing an #orangutan mother and baby from an #RSPO "sustainable" #palmoil plantation in #Sumatra. We #Boycott4Wildlife 🌴🔥🛢️⛔ @palmoildetect.bsky.social
Eyewitness by Craig Jones: A mother and baby orangutan are rescued from an RSPO palm oil plantation in Sumatra
Craig Jones: Eyewitness Wildlife Photographer and Conservationist Bio: Craig Jones One of Britain’s finest wildlife photographers, Craig Jones is also one of the most humble and down-to-earth guys …Palm Oil Detectives
#Palmoil has been a disaster for #wildlife in #Indonesia. Now #India's endangered animals: elephants, leopards, ungulates, monkeys will edge towards extinction. Indians - don't allow #palmoil ecocide Resist! Be #vegan and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife
http://palmoildetectives.com/2023/01/29/palm-oil-a-recipe-for-disaster-in-india/
Palm Oil: A Recipe for Disaster in India
Given the widespread destruction of rainforests and native biodiversity caused by oil palm plantations in Southeast Asia, environmental experts and politicians are warning that the move to promote …Palm Oil Detectives
Palm Oil: A Recipe for Disaster in India
Given the widespread destruction of rainforests and native biodiversity caused by oil palm plantations in Southeast Asia, environmental experts and politicians are warning that the move to promote …Palm Oil Detectives
Deforestation ‘roaring back’ 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)
Please, no one tell this little guy that he's not hidden very well. Please don't spoil his dreams.
#photography #wildlife #nature #toad #garden
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
Malaysia Gifts Orangutans to Countries That Import Palm Oil - One Green Planet
To address growing concerns over the environmental impact of palm oil production, Malaysia is considering a novel approach.Trinity Sparke (One Green Planet)
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
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Upper Cretaceous. Approximately 100.5 million to 66 million years ago. When alive, this creature lived in warm, shallow seas and had a very short tail, which was fitted with a venomous stinger. Discovered in Haqil, Byblos, Lebanon. It just happens to look like an ancient space alien. #science #fossil #archeology #evolution #photo #nature #biology #wildlife
8 in 10 lizards could be at risk due to deforestation https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/03/240305133902.htm
Deforestation Could Put 84% of North American Lizards at Risk, Study Says https://www.ecowatch.com/deforestation-lizards-vulnerable-north-america.html
#America #environment #wildlife #lizards #deforestation
Deforestation Could Put 84% of North American Lizards at Risk, Study Says
Deforestation is making lizards in North America more vulnerable because of a lack of shelter from extreme temperatures.Paige Bennett (EcoWatch)
MARCH CALL TO ACTION: WILD HORSES NEED OUR VOICES!
March 4 - 8, 2024 Call the White House every day this week! Calls are accepted Tuesday - Friday • 11am - 3pm EST Ask to leave a message for Joe Biden and then call back and ask to leave a message for Kamala Harris: Comments: 2…The Cloud Foundation
As oil palm plantations encroach on rainforests, wild primates increasingly enter them to forage, where they face the threat of being eaten by feral dogs, killed for raiding crops, or caught by traffickers for the pet trade.
A new study from Peninsular Malaysia finds that exposure to oil plantations also significantly increases the risk of death among infant southern pig-tailed macaques.
by Spoorthy Raman
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/02/shocking-mortality-of-infant-macaques-points-to-dangers-of-oil-palm-plantations/
#NEws #Conservation #Environment #Wildlife #PalmOil
‘Shocking’ mortality of infant macaques points to dangers of oil palm plantations
For 12 years, primatologist Nadine Ruppert and her colleagues have had one recurring task on their calendar: tagging along with a group of southern pig-tailed macaques in Segari, Peninsular Malaysia, as these primates hop between native rainforests a…Isabel Esterman (Conservation news)
Converting rainforest to plantation impacts food webs and biodiversity
Every day, new areas of rainforests are converted into plantations, drastically changing tropical biodiversity and the way the ecosystem functions.ScienceDaily
Bank of America, Chase and Citibank are driving mass extinction
We're in the midst of a 6th mass extinction, & Bank of America, Chase & Citibank are bankrolling it by pouring over $16 BILLION into deforestation. @BankofAmerica, @Chase & @Citi: you MUST put people and planet over profit. #KeepForestsStanding NOW!Rainforest Action Network - RAN
Magical African Sacred Ibises 🌈
#WildLife #Ibis #MastoArt #BirdArt #Birds #PhotoArt #Photography #Africa #Botswana #Rainbow #WildLifePhotography #BirdsOfMastodon
#NewSpecies!
New freshwater crab from #indonesia just pinched us:
Lepidothelphusa menneri
Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE879E-FFF9-FFBE-1FBF-FE0DFCFB7405
Publication: http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5397.2.3
#Zootaxa
#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #arthropods #crustacea #crabs
Lepidothelphusa menneri n. sp. (Crustacea: Brachyura: Gecarcinucidae), first record of the genus from Kalimantan, Indonesia
The gecarcinucid freshwater crab genus, Lepidothelphusa Colosi, 1920, is known only from Sarawak in northern Borneo, with six recognised species i.e. Lepidothelphusa cognettii (Nobili, 1903); L. flavochela Grinang & Ng, 2015; L.doi.org
Mountain Hare - from a stroll up the hills today. It was bitterly cold, but the hares were relaxed and allowed me to get close enough.
Taken with a Canon R5 and RF100-500mm lens.
Always lovely to see in the Highlands Of Scotland.
#MountainHare #wildlife #nature #winterwatch #snow #scotland #workshop #guiding
Palm Oil Plantations are Killing Baby Monkeys - One Green Planet
The detrimental effects of palm oil plantations on wildlife have been brought to light by a decade-long study conducted by researchers.Trinity Sparke (One Green Planet)
Use of habitat for agricultural purposes puts primate infants at risk
Frequent visits to oil palm plantations are leading to a sharp increase in mortality rates among infant southern pig-tailed macaques (Macaca nemestrina) in the wild, according to a new study.ScienceDaily
Palm oil giants push out smallholders in Guatemala; deforestation risks remain
Mario Rene Xol used to enjoy life in Aldea Tierra Negra, an Indigenous village bordering the Lachuá-Ik’bolay Key Biodiversity Area (KBA) in northeastern Guatemala.alexandrapopescu (Conservation news)
Happy New Year!!!
This is my last shot of 2023: rainbow bee-eater in Myall Lakes NP in Eastern #Australia enjoying a cicada
#biodiversity #birdphotography #wildlife #birds #birdsofmastodon #bird #ecology #rainbow
The one thing that wasn’t a shit show in 2023: a huge undercover multinational operation that led to the conviction of dealers who are responsible for half the world’s pangolin trade
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66375281
How undercover sting outwitted pangolin traffickers
How charity investigators went undercover to outwit a global wildlife trafficking gang.By Steve Swann (BBC News)