A Wake Up Call indeed: total weight of wild mammals less than 10% of humanity’s.

This outlines the total urgency for stronger species and habitat protection, and initiatives to reverse this, including #rewilding

http://bit.ly/3ZZokF9
#biodiversity

Last night the world agreed a treaty to protect 30% of the world's oceans. This is a historic breakthrough, the biggest ever international biodiversity agreement. Congratulations and huge gratitude to many friends who have worked for years and years to make this happen.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-64815782

#biodiversity #oceans

"too many Canadian banks and pension funds are failing to show the foresight and determination that their shareholders – and citizens – should expect"

http://bit.ly/3Z7FzU4

#climatechange #fossilfuels #netzero #greenwash

This article explains how bioenergy - often seen as 'green' energy - contributes to air pollutuon, and what you can do about it if you live near a bioenergy facility
http://bit.ly/3Y5LHLc

#energy #deforestation #pollution #forests #climate

Lithium Americas is a Canadian company with mining projects in the Lithium Triangle of S. America. A judge just lifted an injunction against them at Thacker Pass, NV that will run over Native Americans there, and compete with drinking and agricultural water. One metric ton of lithium requires up to 500,000 gallons of water. There is nothing green about lithium. I hope you will remember this during all those glitzy EV ads. https://geoffreydeihl.substack.com/p/showdown-at-thacker-pass

A sign of change in the Amazon? Brazil pushes illegal miners out of Yanomami territory http://bit.ly/3XGQkeR

#Brazil #amazon #mining #humanrights #Lula #indigenous

It's Superb Owl Sunday!🦉
Here's a Spectacled Owl, they live in tropical forests of central and south America. I met this one a year ago in Mbaracayú, Paraguay.
Photo by Oscar Rodríguez

#SuperbOwl #Owl #birds #wildlife #nature #biodiversity

This is for the bird-nerds among you, some really good news about the Hooded Grebes in Patagonia:

They are on the brink of extinction, but the first chick to been born in 4 years arrived last week.. and more are on the way...

Full story here https://bit.ly/3RnBjg7

#birds #biodiversity #nature

Key to stopping Amazon deforestation: Indigenous people. This new study shows that only 5% of deforestation occurs in Indigenous territories and protected areas
http://bit.ly/3Y3CO5C

#amazon #forests #deforestation #indigenousrights

This is alarming - new research shows that more than 90% of Verra's rainforest offset credits – among the most commonly used by companies – are likely to be “phantom credits” and do not represent genuine carbon reductions.
http://bit.ly/3IYlpXx

#climate #deforestation #falsesolutions

@notaktchnprncss that's devastating. I'm so sorry

Hottest, wettest, driest on record... How was 2022 where you were?

https://bit.ly/3IFvt7D
#climate

New report from @globalwitness reveals how financial giant Brookfield and its big bank backers profited from #déforestation #b and the abuse of Indigenous peoples’ rights in Brazil
https://bit.ly/3PEFiEn
#biodiversity

I recommend this read, a whistleblower exposé about Bioenergy giant Enviva

Enviva claim of ‘being good for the planet… all nonsense’
https://bit.ly/3ho7oHn

@mongabay

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Bike paths in Europe.
Where would you plan your cycling holiday? 🇳🇱😊
#bikes #transport #cities #Sustainability #climate #cycling via IG the.world.in.maps #Netherlands

The site I write for, like almost every news site from the NYT on down includes a twitter button for sharing.

I'd like to see a mastodon button that anyone can put on their websites to replace the twitter button that is readily available

New investigation illustrates the scale of Bolsonaro's Amazon sabotage: Brazil goldminers carve illegal ‘Road to Chaos’ out of Indigenous reserve https://bit.ly/3FJUWuN

@ski We're certainly feeling that red patch here in Argentina today

Daily #climate post:

#vibe: “arctic is +5.93 °C warmer than usual 😳”

Today’s #temperature #anomaly
Colder: #canada #westernusa #centralasia

Warmer: #alaska #greenland #northafrica #easternusa #argentina #australia

Graphic from U of #Maine

@Snoro soe Thanks for sharing. I mostly agree with these good principles, although I'd take #3 and #4 further and say "focus on absolute emissions reductions, rather than offsets"