“Thousands of Indigenous people were rallying… in Brazil's capital city to call for their land rights to be protected.
The protesters were also pushing for commitments to end fossil fuels during the upcoming COP30 Summit”
https://www.dw.com/en/brazil-thousands-of-indigenous-people-demand-rights-protection/a-72211006
#stem #science #ecology #trees #rainforest #cool #Panama
"And fark this tree in particular, repeatedly." "Oh yeah? Welll, fark you back, even harder"
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/11/nx-s1-5357412/lightning-tree-dipteryx-oleifera
The #Amazon #rainforest is threatened by rampant #deforestation 
and #climatechange 
. This makes zoonotic diseases more likely to emerge - a huge health risk in #Brazil 
#Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social https://wp.me/pcFhgU-91G
Europe’s first temperate Atlantic rainforest research station will be build in Cornwall. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/07/bid-to-build-europes-first-research-station-on-atlantic-temperate-rainforest-in-cornwall
Dazzling Harlequin Poisonous #Frogs 
of #Colombia 
are sensitive to noise 
Their rainbow colours 
make them #rainforest works of art! 
Critically Endangered by #mining and #palmoil #BoycottGold 
️ #BoycottPalmOil 
️ @palmoildetect https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/03/20/harlequin-poison-frog-oophaga-histrionica/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
Protect forests from massive expansion of logging
#Petition #nature #biodiversity #Ecosystem #ecosystems #forest #forests #rainforest #tree #trees #deforestation
https://earthjustice.org/action/protect-forests-from-massive-expansion-of-logging
Dung #beetles 
are unsung heroes of ecosystems. If both drought and fire kill off dung beetles, then the Amazon #rainforest is in serious trouble. Help them to survive by going #vegan and #Boycottpalmoil 
️ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect https://wp.me/pcFhgU-4IZ?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
#goodnews #inspiring #indigenous #justice #government #rainforest #Ecuador #SouthAmerica
Rainforest Oil Exploration Stopped as Court Rules Uncontacted Tribes Have Right to Remain in Isolation
Experts fear a #palmoil #biofuel boom may drive massive #deforestation in #Indonesia, threaten the world’s 3rd largest #rainforest and send irreplaceable #animals and plants to extinction #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife https://wp.me/pcFhgU-8Vs
Buying carbon credits to fight climate change? Here’s what to know
#CarbonCredits sold on the voluntary market are under scrutiny for not offsetting #Greenhouse#Gas emissions as claimed.
One investigation concluded that over 90 percent of carbon credits issued for #rainforest protection by the largest carbon credit certification body “had no benefit to the climate.” Two reports published in 2023 found that credits for forest-based projects in North America, South America, Africa and Asia may in fact #increase net #emissions.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/carbon-credits-climate-change-emissions
Man from #uncontacted #Indigenous tribe emerges in Amazon, and villagers demonstrate a lighter
Brazil’s Fundação Nacional dos Povos Indígenas (National Foundation of Indigenous Peoples, or Funai) estimates around 100 uncontacted Indigenous groups still live deep in the Amazon #rainforest.
The individual is believed to belong to a group first seen in 2021.
https://apnews.com/article/brazil-amazon-indigenous-uncontacted-isolated-tribe-funai-0552568846327f9e4b296f83152c1afc
Not a good look!
Fonterra, and the NZ Dairy industry has been linked to deforestation inside the wildlife reserve featured in David Attenborough’s orangutan documentary, Secret Lives of Orangutans.
last year's feature on ancient Amazonian #cities vs modern ideas of #GreenCities is now in the #OpenArchives:
https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2024/02/urbanism-now-and-then.html #science #archaeology #amazon #rainforest
@EricLawton ... and even better: buy palmoil-free products! If they have no label in your country, you can find lists in the internet: https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/02/11/palm-oil-free-brands/
