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Community Forestry Curbs Deforestation in Mexico Community-based governance structures put decision-making about Ixlán de Juarez’s forests into local hands, creating economic opportunity and reversing centuries of deforestation. nacla.org/community-fo...

New Invention Detects Parasite in Beehives Parasites are responsible for beehive colony collapse and new tech from the beehive state may help prevent it. www.deseret.com/utah/2025/03...

Flies like to play and have fun like other animals, according to a fascinating new study: Scientists observed fruit flies playing by spinning on disks. Some preferred this over eating. #AnimalBehavior #Flies #PlayfulInsects #Entomology #ScienceDiscovery #EarthDotCom #EarthSnap #Earth

Honduras Gets $134 to Clean Up its Act After long being a corrupt narco-state, Honduras is now back on track for fundamental development that can help it cope with new climate realities, thanks to a new loan from the World Bank. www.worldbank.org/en/news/pres...

Biden Increased Deforestation by 24% Under the massively corrupt Biden regime, logging in national forests increased by 24% despite a promise to protect forests. Trump will no doubt try to best that but he may not succeed. www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...

Pushback Against Biofuels Most biofuels are unsustainable and can do far more harm than good. maritime-executive.com/article/ship...

Burkina Faso Farmers Get Weather Tools Farmers in Burkina Faso are taking a localized approach to climate resilience with the Hydromet Project. www.worldbank.org/en/news/feat...

Dare to NOT Follow the Herd

First Ship Installation of Inflatable Sail France’s Michelin Group confirmed the recent awarding of its first commercial contract for its innovative inflatable wind sail for shipping. The first installation will be on a new patrol boat for France. maritime-executive.com/article/firs...

Africa: Nature-Based Solutions Increase New report: "Growing Resilience: Unlocking the Potential of Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa" has important lessons for everyone. www.worldbank.org/en/topic/dis...

The Sky Gods Are Angry. Repent NOW! Stop using fossil fuels, adopt a plant-based diet.

Toyota Builds City to Create the Future Woven City is for collaboration between Inventors and residents who will co-create services, products and technologies moved by the idea of “working for someone other than themselves.” www.woven-city.global/news/article...

China’s construction of new coal-power plants ‘reached 10-year high’ in 2024 #Climate

The Case Against Mining the Seabed #mining #ecosystems #energytransition #environment thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

There's such a lesson here for nature-depleted UK and Ireland: "A beaver colony has gained overnight fame by (...) creating a natural wetland exactly where it was needed. It saved the local authorities 30 million crowns, and has the public cracking jokes about public administration and red tape".

URGENT CALL TO ACTION ON PLASTICS The continued accumulation of plastic in the environment poses an existential threat to life on Earth. Time to not only massively reduce our own plastic use but to lobby govt. to take action. Ask for our kit to use in lobbying your govt.

Wetland Restoration Through Rewilding Evidence on how species such as salmon, beavers, hippos, seabirds, terrapins, and ants play the role of ‘ecosystem engineers’ by shaping landscapes, dispersing nutrients, improving water quality, and stabilizing shoreline. sdg.iisd.org/news/global-...

Rising deforestation threatens rare species – including Critically Endangered freshwater fish – in Indonesia’s ancient Lake Poso. For 3 years, SHOAL have been working with partners Progres to ensure the endemic fishes of Lake Poso don't slip into extinction 🐟 🇮🇩 news.mongabay.com/2025/01/mini...

Inaugural lecture TODAY by Prof Michael Antoniou, whose group at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social has shown exposure to realistic levels of glyphosate based herbicides, like Roundup, can cause gut microbiome dysfunction, compromised gut integrity, and fatty liver disease www.kcl.ac.uk/events/inaug...

Palm oil based animal feed is now the single largest palm oil product category imported to the US. And, unsurprisingly, the world’s 10 largest dairy companies are not accounting for palm oil based animal feed in their supply chains or “deforestation-free” commitments. www.ran.org/the-understo...

Green Energy Spend Exceeds $2T in 2024 For the first time, annual investment in low-carbon energy transition exceeded $2 trillion. While the spending is only a fraction of what is needed, it was progress. www.reuters.com/business/ene...