neenamaiya, to bookstodon
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Amalivaca is a well-known legend coming from the people of , St. America.

Amalivaca means: child of my searching. The story is beautifully retold by one of our finest writers, Jan Carew. There are so many stories based in Guyana, I wish the whole world could read them:

https://neenamaiya.substack.com/p/jungle-books

@bookstodon @bookstodon

Komeil, to nature
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🇪🇸🇮🇨
Sunlight passing through the dense cover on Sendero de los Sentidos (Path of the Senses) in Laurissilva ancient rainforest of Anaga Rural Park, Tenerife, Canary Islands
Komeil Karimi_20231115_K013431
#CanaryIslands #Tenerife #Anaga #tree #rainforest #light #landscape #nature #Photography

Bellingen, to random
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What’s so bad about a road?
Roads are forest killers.

"A road means access. Once roads are bulldozed into rainforests, illegal loggers, miners, poachers and landgrabbers arrive. Once they get access, they can destroy forests, harm native ecosystems and even drive out or kill indigenous peoples. This looting of the natural world robs cash-strapped nations of valuable natural resources."

"When ghost roads appear, local deforestation soars – usually immediately after the roads are built. We found the density of roads was by far the most important predictor of forest loss, outstripping 38 other variables. No matter how one assesses them, roads are forest killers."
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Ghost roads and the destruction of Asia-Pacific tropical forests
https://theconversation.com/roads-of-destruction-we-found-vast-numbers-of-illegal-ghost-roads-used-to-crack-open-pristine-rainforest-227222

europesays, to Amazon
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bibi098, to random Dutch
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asbestos, to random
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Beside an old timber road. This entire universe.
Near the Hoh River


^that's the best hashtag.

Brazil, France launch $1.1 billion program to protect Amazon rainforest (japantoday.com)

Brazil and France announced on Tuesday the launch of an investment program in the Brazilian and Guyanese Amazon rainforest involving 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) in private and public funds over the next four years, according to a joint statement.The announced was made during French President Emmanuel Macron's three-day visit...

msquebanh, to climate
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#SilentSunday
Me & my hiking friend saw only one other person out in the rains & trails, yesterday. Once you go deeper into the forest, the rain doesn't fall through the trees' canopy as much. The air smelled so good!

#StopDeforestation #SaveOldGrowth #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #environmental #ClimateCrisis #PNW #Forest #Green #StopClearcuts #Nature #Trees #Mosstodon #ecological #ProtectForests #CoastalTemperateRainforest #Rainforest #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #TakeAHike #BCForestryReform

arstechnica, to random
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Redwoods are growing almost as fast in the UK as their Californian cousins

New study finds that giant sequoias add 70 cm of height and store 160 kg of carbon per year.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/03/redwoods-are-growing-almost-as-fast-in-the-uk-as-their-californian-cousins/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

HistoPol,
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@GhostOnTheHalfShell

#ClimateCrisis

In general, I agree. However, for the #Amazon #rainforest, there might not be much hope:

Huge regions of earth will become uninhabitable , e.g. the northern part of #SouthAmerica and #Africa.

I got this from a scientific article some months ago, the post of which, alas, I cannot find anymore.

https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110007840537087386

https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110821897073497005

@stib @conditional_soup @arstechnica

Suzan, to boardgames
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Now playing: Rainforest with @eerko!

#brettspiele #boardgames #rainforest

Dragofix, to environment
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Dragofix, to environment
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The indigenous Ka'apor people are calling for our support: Their ancestral rainforest is being plundered by loggers, miners and land grabbers. #Indigenous #environment #rainforest #deforestation https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1253/brazil-the-kaapor-people-need-our-support

sflorg, to Amazon
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The is a unique region where have studied the effects of warming and for decades. With the global crisis becoming more evident, a new study is linking the Amazon to climate change around the rest of the world.

https://www.sflorg.com/2024/02/en02222401.html

druid, to cymru
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PIK_climate, to Amazon
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Recent stress from increased temperatures, droughts, deforestation & fires is weakening the #Amazon #rainforest's natural resilience mechanisms, pushing this system towards a critical threshold, a new study with PIK scientists finds: https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/amazon-rainforest-at-the-threshold-loss-of-forest-worsens-climate-changes

"Losing forest in one place can lead to losing forest in another in a self-propelling feedback loop or simply ‘tipping'," says co-author Boris Sakschewski.

Link to the article in Nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06970-0

philcolbourn, to Amazon
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alexskunz, to photography
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Just published, and it took me a long time: a portfolio of 24 photographs from the rainforests of the Olympic Peninsula that we visited during our 2022 road trip: Hoh, Quinault, and Maple Glade.

https://www.alex-kunz.com/portfolio/rainforests-of-the-olympic-peninsula/

#Photography #Portfolio #NaturePhotography #PacificNorthwest #Rainforest #OlympicNationalPark #OlympicPeninsula #Forest #ForestPhotography #Mosstodon

itnewsbot, to science
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Avocado-Shaped Robot Makes Its Way Through The Rainforest - When you think of a robot getting around, you probably think of something on wheel... - https://hackaday.com/2024/02/03/avocado-shaped-robot-makes-its-way-through-the-rainforest/ #robotshacks #rainforest #science #avocado #tether #robot

JSharp1436, to environment
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🌲The #NationalTrust plans to create vast new areas of temperate #rainforest in the south-west of #England

More than 100,000 trees will be planted in north #Devon to create swathes of humid #woodland that will be home to plants facing #extinction

Experts say the area's heavy rainfall and high humidity levels provide a unique moisture-rich #environment

Other projects to recreate the lost #rainforests of #Britain are already ongoing

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-68127144 #Conservation #News

silverdory, to australia
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Having rainforest gullies on your property is pretty cool - although some mornings they can contribute to a few unexpected traffic delays. And picking up a few of the smaller locals while clearing the road can also suck ;)

#CoastLife #Rainforest #Australia

Rainforest on the road - Corunna NSW
Local leech - Corunna NSW

joe8Zeta7, to nature Italian
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markmeisner, to ecology

Yet again, environmental and labour certification of food products comes up well short of public expectations / perceptions - allegedly 😉 #Chocolate #hershey #rainforest #EnvComm @ecology

https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/rainforest-alliance-and-hershey-chocolate-sued-falsely-claiming-fair-labor-and-sustainability

CarbonBubble, to random
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European parliament MEPs have voted to outlaw use of terms such as “environmentally friendly”, “natural”, “biodegradable”, “climate neutral” or “eco” without evidence, while introducing a total ban on using carbon #offsetting schemes to substantiate claims https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/17/eu-bans-misleading-environmental-claims-that-rely-on-offsetting

sheislaurence,
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@CarbonBubble "It should no longer appear that planting #trees in the #rainforest makes the industrial production of a #car, the organisation of a soccer World Cup or the production of cosmetics #climateneutral. This deception is now a thing of the past. This is a great success for the #environment, the #climate & #consumers.” Wow, word✊🏽, thank you #EU! Now let's see how far behind #Brexit #Britain will lag & continue gaslighting its citizens like using carcinogenic flame retardants, EU banned.

ScienceDesk, to Amazon
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"Amid the discovery of a lost city in the Amazon rainforest, scientists are uncovering a different kind of relic underground — one that's still being used today."

BBC reports on the "'dark earth' revealing the Amazon's secrets."

https://flip.it/3cyCqq

#Amazon #Rainforest #Archaeology #Bolivia #SouthAmerica

itsveganjim, to vegan Dutch
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