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Wolfgang Obergasselobergassel
2025-11-19

The IPCC has concluded that “[r]apid and far-reaching transitions across all sectors and systems are necessary” to effectively mitigate climate change. The UNFCCC made a start on addressing transitions in Glasgow, culminating in the Dubai GST outcomes on transitioning away from , scaling up and , and ending and .

NILA Productionsproductionsnila
2025-08-23

Before the Trees Are Gone = This new track hits different! - - youtube.com/watch?v=l02fRE8KWJ4

DoomsdaysCWDoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social
2024-11-23

From the Bretton Woods Project: #Forests

"Finally, the [#WorldBank] ’s #forest policy and #WeakSafeguards on #ForestProtection have also been observed to infringe the rights of local communities and have failed to protect one of the planet’s most important ‘#CarbonSinks’ (see Observer Spring 2017). CSOs have called for the Bank to open up its Forest Notes – which are meant to guide the interface between its lending and forests – to consultation (see Observer Winter 2017-2018). CSOs have also been highly critical of one of the forest initiatives the Bank manages, the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF), a climate investment fund that supports Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) projects. A March 2017 post in REDD Monitor called the FCPF, 'the most cost-inefficient tree-saving scheme ever,' owing to high administrative costs between fiscal years 2009-2015 absorbing 64 per cent of FCFP’s $55 million expenditure. More generally, the Bank’s overall approach to lending has undermined the protection of vital natural ecosystems in borrower countries. As noted by Bruce Rich in his influential 2013 book, Foreclosing the Future: The World Bank and the Politics of Environmental Destruction, 'When one examines the failures to conserve ecosystems, or to mitigate environmental impacts of development, one finds that failed governance at all levels is almost invariably at the root. …Many of [the Bank’s] problems are associated with a dysfunctional institutional culture in which the relentless pressure to move money out the door, even in violation of the Bank’s own policies and rules, often overrides all other considerations.'"

2017: World Bank policy lending undermines climate goals

"One of the main problems is the Bank’s refusal to adequately assess the social and environmental risks of their policy loans" - Harlem Mariño, Derechos, Ambiente y Recursos Naturales

6 April 2017

"A late January report by US-based NGO Bank Information Center (BIC), together with partners in Egypt, Indonesia, Mozambique and Peru, claimed that the Bank is undermining its climate commitments by supporting investment incentives for coal, gas and oil projects through its development policy financing (DPF) mechanism. DPF accounts for approximately a third of all Bank funding and provides resources for programmes of policy and institutional reforms that are agreed by the Bank and the borrowing government (see Update 82). The report argued that the Bank’s financing through DPF contradicts the internationally agreed and Bank-supported goal of limiting the global average temperature increase to 2°C, which according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change would require that at least two-thirds of existing fossil fuel reserves are left in the ground.

"BIC’s report looked at the Bank’s DPF measures in four countries: Egypt, Indonesia, Mozambique and Peru. It found that DPF introduced subsidies for coal in all countries, apart from Peru. For example, the report argued that Bank-supported subsidies for coal infrastructure have helped Indonesia become one of the world’s top coal exporters. It found some DPF support for renewable energy, but argued that the Bank could do more given that all countries examined have potential to develop renewable energy. For example, while Peru’s DPF provides subsidies to public-private partnerships to develop oil and gas infrastructure, it does not include plans for solar or wind power projects."

brettonwoodsproject.org/2017/0

#FCPF #REDD #Ecosystems #ProtectTheForests #EnvironmentalDestruction #ForestDegradation #Deforestation #EnvironmentalImpacts #Egypt #Indonesia #Mozambique #Peru #LeaveItInTheGround #Coal #BigOilAndGas #ExtractiveIndustries #Exploitation #EnvironmentalImpacts
#HumanRights #ParisAgreement
#ParisClimateAgreement #BigOilAndGas #CorporateColonialism #IMFLoanSharks #RenewablesNow

Dr. Flávia de Souza Mendesflaviamendes@climatejustice.social
2024-11-07

Very pleased to see the annual #deforestation rates published yesterday by #PRODES. Here are some key points to clarify the significance of PRODES and its data produced by INPE, the official agency reporting on deforestation rates:

1. PRODES has been a cornerstone in monitoring the Amazon, using a consistent methodology since 1988 to map clear-cutting in primary #forests. This consistency allows for reliable year-over-year comparisons, which are crucial for understanding long-term trends.

2. PRODES calculates annual deforestation rates based on data from August to July. The most recent data, therefore, reflects deforestation from August 2023 to July 2024. It specifically maps complete clear-cutting in primary forests, requiring a minimum area of 6.25 hectares, and relies on #LANDSAT images.

3. It's essential to note that PRODES does not track #forestdegradation, such as #selectiveLogging, #fire, or edge effects. (1) Studies show that between 2003 and 2019, degradation and disturbances accounted for 44% of carbon losses in the Amazon, with 56% due to deforestation. (2) Recent reports suggest that the area affected by degradation in the Amazon is currently larger than the deforested area. From 2001 to 2018, the deforested area in the Amazon basin was 325,975 km², while the degraded area reached 364,748 km² in the same period. There are areas in the Amazon where deforestation has decreased, but degradation has not. This underscores that reducing deforestation alone won't address the ongoing degradation crisis in the #Amazon.

4. Additionally, PRODES does not account for deforestation in secondary forests. (3) Over the past 15 years, more than 60% of these regenerating areas have been cleared again, highlighting a significant challenge in conserving secondary forests.

5. This emphasizes the value of complementary #monitoring systems that address what PRODES doesn’t cover, such as degradation and deforestation in #secondaryforests.

Brazil is fortunate to have a diverse set of monitoring tools, from #government, #NGOs, and private sectors, which help to track deforestation, degradation, and other environmental crimes with more frequent data collection and higher spatial resolution.

Rerefences cited:
apnews.com/article/brazil-amaz from Fabiano Maisonnave

(1): frontiersin.org/journals/fores
(2): oeco.org.br/reportagens/degrad
(3): g1.globo.com/meio-ambiente/not

CDE, University of BernCDEunibe@mstdn.social
2024-06-20

A CDE research team in #Madagascar has investigated the social and environmental impacts of #mining analysing, among other things, #deforestation and #ForestDegradation over time and space. On closer inspection, it turns out that the largest mine in Madagascar is having a far greater impact on the forest than previously reported – despite the company’s efforts to provide ecological compensation. Read more in our Storymap 👉 storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/c

ES Michelsonesmichelson@mas.to
2023-12-21

#CareerOpportunities in #sales and partnership success at Vibrant Planet working at the intersection of "#science, #forestry, #policy, and tech, building a cloud-based, data-driven platform to increase the pace and scale of #ForestRestoration and reduce catastrophic #wildfire, #TreeMortality, #ForestDegradation, and #deforestation." Based in the Western US, positions are mostly remote.
vibrantplanet.net/team#careers
Please boost.

#climate #ClimateDiary
#EcosystemRestoration #RestorationEconomy

CelloMom On CarsCelloMomOnCars
2023-10-05

"The study examines how and circulation are interlinked.

Human degradation of the – by land clearance, fire, logging and mining – is pushing that system towards a tipping point, after which drier conditions would be expected to cause an abrupt “regime shift” in the rainforest, which would be unable to sustain itself and transport moisture."

theguardian.com/environment/20

Wonderfulwonderful@wonderful.social
2023-01-04

Inspired by tech that's good for the planet? 🌍 🌲

Dendra Systems are working hard to develop highly scalable solutions to combat catastrophic ecosystem degradation.

Their new Gen 3 drones can plant up to 700kg of seeds per day!

youtube.com/watch?v=QKoKPheKA_

#AI #Automation #TreePlanting #TechForGood #ForestDegradation #EcosystemRestoration

Ajay Kumarajayfri@mastodon.online
2022-11-21

Shifting cultivation in #mountains of #manipur state of #northeast #India . #shiftingcultivation #redd+ #forestdegradation #Forestry #deforestation

#oneplus #photography
#mastodon
#nature

Adrian Ghilardiyayo@mapstodon.space
2022-11-06

Hola! I'm Adrian.

I'm interested in the impacts of #fuelwood harvest and #charcoal production over the #landscape in the global south. I build GIS-based models that simulates the #spatio-temporal cycles of harvest-regrowth patterns within dynamic landscapes.

Fascinating right? 😁

#energypoverty #forests #abovegroundbiomass #forestdegradation
#mofuss

Gerald Leppert, PhD :verified:gerald_leppert@bonn.social
2020-10-20

New #DEval study on #climatechange #mitigation

The international #REDD+ program aims at reducing #deforestation and #forestdegradation in #developingcountries, to reduce #CO2 #emissions and #climate change. The study shows that REDD+ achieved capacity building for #forestconservation and put #forests on the global agenda, but has not yet met its high expectations nor lead to significant emission reductions. Readiness efforts & drivers of deforestation underestimated.

deval.org/en/pressemeldung-det

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