César Ipenza, a Peruvian environmental lawyer and outspoken critic of the recent legislative action, told Mongabay this will “benefit actors who have previously failed to comply with the requirements demanded in the forestry law, weakening the protection of forests and environmental management, ignoring the #RightsOfIndigenousPeoples and encouraging new #deforestation.”

#StopDeforestation #PreserveIndigenousBiodiversity #DeterioratingCarbonSinks #businessasusual 
#CattleWreckedLandscape #ViolentRanchers #BigAgro #corruptpoliticians

https://news.mongabay.com/2024/02/critics-decry-controversial-bill-that-loosens-deforestation-restrictions-in-peru/ 

César Ipenza, a Peruvian environmental lawyer and outspoken critic of the recent legislative action, told Mongabay this will “benefit actors who have previously failed to comply with the requirements demanded in the forestry law, weakening the protection of forests and environmental management, ignoring the #RightsOfIndigenousPeoples and encouraging new #deforestation.”
#StopDeforestation #PreserveIndigenousBiodiversity #LandBack
#DeterioratingCarbonSinks #businessasusual
#CattleWreckedLandscape #ViolentRanchers #BigAgro #corruptpoliticians
#TragedyOfEnclosure
#StopDeterioratingCarbonSinks #deforestationfootprint
#StopInstallingKleptocratsForResourcesPredation

https://news.mongabay.com/2024/02/critics-decry-controversial-bill-that-loosens-deforestation-restrictions-in-peru/

https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/thousands-of-tree-species-at-risk-of-extinction-in-atlantic-forest-study/

#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

#CattleWreckedLandscape: Even if #fossilfuel #emissions were immediately halted today, trends in #meat and #dairy #consumption could still prevent the achievement of both the 1.5 degree and 2 degree Celsius targets.

#CensoredVoices: Officials at the UN farming wing were “censored, sabotaged, undermined and victimized for more than a decade after they wrote about the hugely damaging contribution of livestock to global heating.”

#ViolentRanchers #BigAgro #corruptpoliticians #BusinessAsUsual

https://heated.world/p/how-big-beef-muzzled-methane-research?r=11rw36&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

This #ecosystemconversion does not happen in isolation, it is linked to #violence against #Indigenous #peoples and #local #communities (IPs and LCs), with #labourrights also at #risk.

#ViolentRanchers #corruptpoliticians #BigAgro #landusechanges #climatechange #DegradingCarbonSinks #KeelingCurve #RemoveRoads #CattleWreckedLandscape

From: @GrrlScientist
https://mstdn.science/@GrrlScientist@mstdn.science/110803940900363314

#restoring #CattleWreckedLandscape: Garcia relies on #ecotourism – he guides biologists and ecologists around the plot for a small fee – and payments for #ecosystemservices (#PES), a scheme run by the Costa Rican government that rewards #farmers who carry out #sustainableforestry and #environmentalprotection.

From: @GrrlScientist
https://mstdn.science/@GrrlScientist/110803711300600509

https://www.totallyveganbuzz.com/health/vegan-diet-better-for-planet-and-longevity-new-studies-show/

They found that #vegan #diets reduced #greenhousegas #emissions, #landuse, and #water #pollution by 75% compared to high #meat-consuming diets. The impact of low-meat diets was also found to be roughly 30% less than the high-meat ones.
#CattleWreckedLandscape #ViolentRanchers #BigAgro #corruptpoliticians

#CattleWreckedLandscape: “more than 70 percent of the state’s water use goes towards growing crops to feed livestock.”