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There's a common path in the development of authoritarian or totalitarian regimes, regardless of whether they are overseen by Catholic Inquisitors, Protestant enforcers, monarchists, fascists, Nazis, Stalinists, Maoists .... First they eliminate words. Then they eliminate people.

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Five years left, and we’re failing. ⏳🌍 #30x30 means nothing if it protects degraded lands or exists only on paper. Parks need governance, enforcement, and real biodiversity value. Quality matters. No more empty targets. Binding commitments now. #BiodiversityCrisis #NoMorePaperParks

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A lonely native willow stands defiantly, representing life, surrounded by contrasting sheep and sitka-induced ecological nothingness. The Irish countryside, epitomised. Our land is ripe for change. Ripe for rewilding 🌎

submitted 3 days ago • 8 comments

Here's one of the warnings I gave in an article before the US election. It's devastating to see it all happening. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 4 days ago • 168 comments

A major trafficking network shut down. 🐢💚 Ploughshare tortoises get a fighting chance. Poaching pushed them to the brink & enforcement like this is long overdue. But with USAID blocked under Trump conservation efforts face an uphill battle. #WildlifeCrime #ConservationMatters #TrumpSavesThePoachers

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Seriously?! 🌍💰 Everything in nature is getting a price tag. Biodiversity credits. Carbon markets. Ecosystem pricing. Do wolves 🐺 need a CO₂ value to matter? What happens when nature’s price tag says ‘not worth saving’? #NatureForSale #SavingOrSelling #NatureBeyondProfit

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Higher yields come at a cost. Pesticides wreak havoc on ecosystems, harming countless species. We need smarter farming, not more chemicals. Support regenerative agriculture. Push for better policies. 🌱🐝🌍 #SilentCrisis #BiodiversityLoss #ToxicLegacy

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They feed billions. They get scraps. Small-scale fishers land nearly half the world’s seafood. #YetIgnored. They provide vital food, often using sustainable methods. Meanwhile, industrial fleets overfish, pollute, & get subsidies. Time to end the hypocrisy. Support those who fish for the future.

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These peculiar cuties! 🦔🐉 Pangolins! Their scale trade in China is declining. Good news 💚. But smuggling persists. We’re not there yet. Strong enforcement and global action are still needed to protect them for good. #WildlifeCrime #PoachingCrisis #EndPangolinTrafficking #CloseTheMarkets #CITES

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#BECCS won’t save us 🌾🚫. A new study shows massive bioenergy plantations remove far less CO₂ than expected and could harm ecosystems 🌍. Real climate action means cutting emissions, not just planting crops for fuel. #ActNow ⏳🔥 #BiodiversityLoss #Deforestation #WaterResourceStrain #SoilDegradation

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Nature doesn’t stop at park borders. 🛑 Even inside reserves, mammal diversity drops as human pressure outside rises. 16 people/km² nearby = 1% species loss Habitat loss beyond reserves still impacts wildlife within. #StopDeforestation #PlanLandscapesNotParks #BoostConnectivity #ProtectBeyondBorders

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The Endangered Species Act is on the chopping block. Trump’s 《God squad》 is back, gutting protections, greenlighting destruction, and calling it "energy dominance." A sad reality: Extinction isn’t a bug, it’s a feature. #PowerPolitics #MeFirst #GodSquadExtinction #PendulumPolitics

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#Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

"We wouldn't be in deep (and increasingly hot) water if humans had got their act together!"

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Europe doesn’t need MAGA tropes. It has enough of its own brown slumber. Yet here comes JD Vance, goldfish in hand, lecturing sharks on how to swim. #MunichSecurityConference #AuthoritariansAllAround

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As rich and beautiful as these cloud forests are, they're under very real threat from climate breakdown. As temperatures rise, biome boundaries are pushed ever higher. Extremely worrying losses of amphibians, reptiles, insects, birds, and other groups, including many endemic species, are happening.

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Important notice for Munich.

submitted 10 days ago • 151 comments

Mangroves are vanishing fast. Some 1.3 million hectares are at risk. Cleared for commodities, stressed by climate change. Losing them means losing carbon storage, biodiversity, and coastal protection. We need stronger policies & incentives to keep them standing. 🧵 Why carbon credits are problematic

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

The Indigenous People of North America have decided to go back to calling the Gulf of Mexico, “Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl”. It is what the Nahuatl People originally called it as it is the domain of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue, who is assoc w/water bodies, including the Gulf of Mexico.

submitted 10 days ago • 1051 comments

Outsourcing #Deforestation is outsourcing #Extinction. Wealthy nations drive #BiodiversityLoss elsewhere. Thirteen percent of global habitat loss for forest-dependent vertebrates is linked to consumption in richer countries. The cost of cheap food is vanishing wildlife. #Beef #PalmOil #Soybean

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One reason shifts to plant-rich diets are so key: In Europe (EU), ~70% of cereals are fed to livestock. So we could hugely reduce the amount of arable farm land (& pastures!) needed to feed us well - and standards for feed crops are often lower than for food crops. ourworldindata.org/grapher/cere...

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Indigenous communities must have the legal right to protect their own land! ✊🌿 Sign the petition ✍️👇 act.350.org/sign/amazon-...

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Bisons are so powerful. Rewilding, done by the pros! Tribal ranchers are bringing them home, and with them, the land comes alive. Grasslands breathing, ecosystems thriving. A wonderful story of restoration and resilience. 💚 #BisonStrong #Rewilding #IndigenousLed

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Peatlands are the ultimate climate vault... until we break the lock. Draining them releases CO₂ on a scale that would make them the world’s 4th biggest polluter. Protecting them is one of the highest-impact climate actions we can take. #CarbonBomb #PeatlandsMatter #ActNow

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Brazil’s Atlantic Forest is bleeding. Mature forest loss is accelerating, threatening biodiversity and ecosystem integrity. Secondary vegetation dominates now, but it can't replace old-growth functions. Urgent conservation action needed. #Deforestation #LandUseChange #AgroExpansion #WeakGovernance

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A talk prof Paul Behrens gave today on 'Food Transformations' has been recorded, so I'll post a link soon. Some of his arguments: 🧵 1) Food systems are the top/key drivers of all Planetary Boundaries, with animal ag playing the biggest part (+ top driver of antibiotic resistance, pandemics, etc)

submitted 12 days ago • 5 comments

Protect what we have before it's too late! 🌿 Conserving peatlands prevents 50%+ of land-use emissions in SE Asia. Restored peatlands take decades to regain carbon, while untouched ones store massive amounts. Restoration is fine, but once gone, the damage is done. #ConservationFirst.

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Another debt for nature deal, another case of exclusion. Indigenous communities, the most affected, are left out of the decision making. Conservation without them isn't conservation, it's dispossession. 🌎✊🏽 #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #ConservationColonialism #IndigenousRightsNow

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Trade deals fuel #deforestation, but weak EIAs hide the damage. A new study reveals how flawed baselines let profits win over sustainability. We need tougher assessments and real accountability. 🌍🏭📉 #GreenwashedTrade #HiddenDeforestation #WeakEIAs

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Wow! Every year, wildfires break records with more area burned and devastation. Yet, a new study finds we are in a fire deficit. Centuries of suppression mean many ecosystems burn less than they should. The consequences? Bigger and more intense fires when they come. #FireParadox #EcologicalDebt

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#Rewilding isn't just ecology or a historic baseline. Social dimensions matter. Local communities, land rights, economic impacts. Without lobbying, engagement, & social license, it remains an ideal. Human-wildlife conflicts need management, not ignorance. #PerspectivesMatter #StakeholderEngagement

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185 years! Nepal’s smallest otter is back. 🦦🌊💚 A win for conservation. But threats remain. #Pollution #HabitatLoss #UrbanPressure

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Wow. This new paper in Science shows how we will be toast at 2.7C unless we have big changes. phys.org/news/2025-02...

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Ireland’s last ancient rainforests face a new threat: industrial Sitka plantations. Ecologists warn against monocultures, yet politics backs them. Will policy shifts towards native forests be real or just greenwashing? 🌲💰 #ForestsNotFarms #Biodiversity #LandGrabs #Greenwashing #ProfitOverPlanet

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If protecting nature is only considered when it aligns with economic or political interests, we’re not addressing the root of the biodiversity & climate crises. True conservation means embracing the challenges, not avoiding them when they seem inconvenient. #SelectiveConservation #RewildOrRegress

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

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Poisoned wolves? 4 dead in Italy, suspected poisoning, awaiting veterinary results. A coward’s weapon, despicable and silent! Animals have no chance at all! Enforce rules, protect predators, uphold wolf conservation. #HumanWildlifeConflict #WildlifePoisoning #EnforceRules #WolfConservation

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

🐢✨ Turtle boom! Record numbers of endangered loggerheads nesting, the most since the 1970s. Plenty of food fueled this surge. Huge win for conservation. But! Warming sands mean more females, fewer males. Climate change is reshaping their future. 🌡️🐣 #Australia #Loggerheads #ClimateCrisis

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Want to know if mangrove restoration works? Just listen! More trees, more tree species, different ages, more complexity, more birds. If the mangroves sound like a vibrant chorus, congrats, it’s working. 🐦🎶 #BirdsDontLie #CanopyCover #TreeHeight #ForestAge #ForestSize #MoreSaplings #HabitatComplexity

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