#forests
Along the way. The trees and their stories.
#outerworld #the_village_and_the_hills #forests
#the village and the hills
Act to save #Dartmoor #rainforest from sheep, urge campaigners | #Trees and #forests | The Guardian
Our local #TemperateRainforest, just down the road.
Out there. The scent of rain. The mood of chasing ghosts.
#outerworld #the_baltic_self #forests #ruegen
#the baltic self
2pm and out of forests again. Feet in water, with and without shoes. The sea is cold but calm today. Still somewhere in between cities and a wilderness that has much space left to itself here.
#outerworld #the_baltic_self #escapism #forests
#the baltic self
#biology #forests #multipleTreeSpecies #CarbonSinks
Forests with multiple tree species are 70% more effective as carbon sinks than monoculture forests, study finds
https://phys.org/news/2023-11-forests-multiple-tree-species-effective.amp
Le géant mondial du bois #Samling a cédé à la pression de l’opinion publique internationale et a abandonné ses poursuites contre les défenseur·e·s de la #forêt de #Bornéo. Cette issue constitue une grande victoire pour les droits des personnes indigènes et l’environnement.
Ce procès visait à faire taire et à ruiner la petite organisation locale « Sauver les rivières », qui a révélé que Samling avait détruit des terres indigènes, déboisé d’immenses étendues de forêt tropicale et menacé de précipiter l’extinction des gibbons, déjà en voie de disparition.
La campagne a été menée par les communautés #indigènes et soutenue par les membres d’Ekō partout dans le monde. Plus de 5 800 de personnes ont fait un don pour financer les frais de justice de l’association afin qu’elle puisse continuer de mener la bataille devant les tribunaux.
Grâce à la pétition signée par plus de 33 000 membres d’Ekō demandant à Samling d’abandonner les poursuites, nous avons permis d’attirer l’attention du monde entier sur l’entreprise. 5 400 personnes ont envoyé des emails au PDG de Samling, afin de renforcer directement notre appel. Devant une telle pression, Samling a tenté en vain de porter plainte pour harcèlement contre l’organisation « Sauver les rivières ».
Voici la déclaration de l’un des membres de l’organisation après l’abandon des poursuites par Samling :
« Nous éprouvons une immense gratitude pour tout le soutien international que nous avons reçu de la part de diverses organisations, d’éminents dirigeants et des communautés indigènes. Ensemble, continuons de nous battre pour les droits des communautés indigènes et de défendre l’environnement »
Cette victoire est cruciale, mais la lutte continue. Bien que les poursuites qui auraient pu faire taire et ruiner Sauver les rivières aient été abandonnées, Samling continue de détruire les terres indigènes.
Mais l’abandon des poursuites démontre bel et bien que lorsque des personnes unissent leurs forces et se mobilisent, elles peuvent l’emporter face à des entreprises multimillionnaires. En outre, il y a une deuxième mauvaise nouvelle pour Samling. En effet, il a également été révélé que le Forest Stewardship Council #FSC avait accepté une plainte contre Samling pour violation de son certificat de durabilité.
Samling a déclaré qu’elle accueillerait favorablement les commentaires et les retours constructifs de la communauté locale de Bornéo et qu’elle dialoguerait avec toutes les parties prenantes concernées. Et nous leur demanderons de rendre des comptes à ce sujet.
#deforestation #luttes #forests #borneo
Plus d’informations : Astonishing outcome! Timber giant withdraws lawsuit against indigenous forest defenders
Aliran. 18 septembre 2023
(En anglais) .
(En anglais) Indigenous activists in Borneo claim win as logging firm removes equipment from disputed area
Mongabay. 18 septembre 2023.
(En anglais) Forest Stewardship Council launches new investigation into timber giant Samling
The Borneo Project. 11 mai 2023.
#UK #forests face catastrophic #ecosystem collapse within 50 years, study says | #Trees and forests | The Guardian
#Environment #Biodiversity #Ecology #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Conservation #Wildlife
Dort, wo Stadt und Heide ineinander zerfasern, wirft ein böiger Sturm große rotgoldene Blätter in einen ebenso goldenen Tag. Junge Hipster tragen Kaffeebecher und Smartphones spazieren, mittelalte Männer in enger Kleidung rennen auf schlammigen Waldwegen vor der Zeit davon. Auch hier abseits der Straßen und Häuser ist es fast zu eng, um außerhalb des Raumes zu treiben, den die Lauten und Schrillen um sich herum beanspruchen und in dem man sich nur beschämt und unwohl bewegt. Gelernt ferner: Wenn man einem fremden Hund den dargebotenen Stock wirft, hat man lange treue Begleitung. Dann wird der Boden fester, Bäume weichen ersten Blöcken. Es beginnt zu regnen, und Gedanken verheddern sich in der Frage, ob das Grau verschiedener Jahre verschieden fad und trübsinnig schmeckt. (Sinnfragen und Kaffee an wechselhaften Sonntagnachmittagen.)
#outerworld #sunday_afternoon #autumn_in_moments #forests #where_we_are_we_are
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/cargill-amazon-destruction
Cargill, Cease Your Destruction!
BEKA SAW MUNDURUKU
Oct 12, 2023
..."We have lived here in the heart of the #Amazon for over 4,000 years. But now our world hangs by a thread.
Modern science tells us that our #forests stabilize the #climate and shape the weather. My people have always known this. Science tells us the Amazon is nearing a tipping point, a point of no return. My people already see and suffer from these changes.
...
There is illegal #mining, there is illegal #logging. There is the theft of our land and our trees and the damming of rivers. There is the murder of those who defend the land and the brutal intimidation of our leaders. And all of these problems grow because companies like #Cargill covet our land and subject it to so-called #development.
...
The Ferrogrão is a 1,000-kilometer railway that Cargill wishes to cut through our lands to transport soy. Soy produced from the destruction of the Cerrado—a critical ecosystem south of the Amazon.
...
This railway will destroy 2,000 square kilometers of the Amazon forests we live in, including Munduruku lands that are currently federally protected #Indigenous Territory. It will open our lands to more land grabbers and illegal miners and loggers that already invade and burn our lands and murder our people.
The Brazilian Supreme Court has ruled that the Ferrogrão is illegal, but economic interests like Cargill want to change the laws to allow for construction.
Cargill has said that anyone who opposes the Ferrogrão is “irresponsible.” We are fighting for our lives. For our land. For our cultures. For our children and grandchildren. This is not irresponsible.
What is irresponsible is for your company to make promises to end deforestation while continuing to expand into our territories and giving license to others to do the same.
You have the power to stop this."...
Netzrand, Wolkenrand. Blick auf Felder, alte Bäume an den Rainen, ferne Dörfer. Die Luft steht still, Mücken spielen in einem Sonnenstrahl. Tee und Apfelkuchen auf der alten Holzbank. Innehalten in sich, kurz, tief. Abseits der Zeit.
#outerworld #forests #where_quietness_roams
#where quietness roams
COP15 is a once in a lifetime opportunity to turn the tide on biodiversity loss
#cop15 #montreal #biodiversity #loss #decline #life #nature #planet #soil #ecosystems #sustainable #resources #conservation #forests #rainforests
DELIKADO
Defending paradise has never been so dangerous
#Palawan appears to be an idyllic tropical island. Its powder-white beaches and lush forests have made it one of Asia’s hottest new tourist destinations. But for a tiny network of environmental crusaders and vigilantes trying to protect its spectacular natural resources, it is more akin to a battlefield.
DELIKADO follows Bobby, Tata and Nieves, three magnetic leaders of this network, as they risk their lives in David versus Goliath-style struggles trying to stop politicians and businessmen from destroying the Philippines’ “last ecological frontier”.
It is a timely film emblematic of the struggles globally for land defenders as they are being killed in record numbers trying to save natural resources from being plundered by corporations and governments. As the world faces its sixth-mass extinction and the climate emergency worsens,
It is also a unique expose of President Rodrigo Duterte’s “war on drugs’ in the Philippines, which has claimed thousands of lives and the International Criminal Court of Justice has said may amount to a crime against humanity. DELIKADO shows the drug war is used as a tool for politicians to control the levers of economic and political power.
DELIKADO offers a story of courage and resilience to inspire others into action.
The battles being led by Bobby, Tata and Nieves in DELIKADO are the same as those being fought by local communities in #Brazil, #Cambodia, the Democratic Republic of #Congo and elsewhere around the world where #corporations and #governments are seeking to plunder increasingly valuable natural resources.
They are being killed for trying to stop #mining, #agribusiness and #logging. Many of the deaths occur in remote villages or rainforests. The victims are often from indigenous communities and the killers are rarely caught. The powerful masterminds behind the murders virtually never. All these factors are in play in Palawan.
The film has a special relevance and urgency in highlighting the perilous fate of Palawan, the most biodiverse part of the Philippines and home to two UNESCO World Heritage-listed natural wonders.
Palawan, due to its remoteness, had long avoided the corrupt development seen around the rest of the Philippines over recent decades as the country’s population has boomed. Palawan’s rainforests are among the biggest, oldest and most diverse in Asia. They are home to thousands of animal and plant species.
But few people know it is on the path to environmental destruction. Politicians and businessmen are destroying Palawan at an unprecedented rate to extract its forests, minerals and fish. #Urbanisation and #tourism are other pressures leading to the depletion of Palawan’s natural resources.
Once the last of Palawan’s majestic #Apitong, #Kamagong, #Ipil and other endangered trees are cut down, these species will be forever lost. With the demise of these #forests will come the loss of Palawan’s incredibly diverse range of endemic animal species. Some of the world’s largest butterflies - bigger than an outspread human hand - can only be found in Palawan’s rainforests. They are also home to seven-foot monitor lizards, turquoise and violet-winged peacocks, giant grey bear cats, bulging-eyed geckos as long as an adult’s arm, flying squirrels and dirt-brown “horned” frogs.
Centuries-old #traditions and #customs for the tribal people still living in the forests will also disappear if the forests are destroyed. Other communities living in towns and villages outside of the forests will face floods and droughts when the forests are gone.
#Delikado #DelikadoFilm #documentary #film #nature #environment #activism #advocacy #Indigenous #Peoples #land-defenders #natural-resources #conservation #protection #preservation #Philippines #KarlMalakunas #ThoughtfulRobot #NarraviFilms #docu-films
World on brink of five ‘disastrous’ climate tipping points, study finds
The Guardian
Giant ice sheets, ocean currents and permafrost regions may already have passed point of irreversible change.
The climate crisis has driven the world to the brink of multiple “disastrous” tipping points, according to a major study.
It shows five dangerous tipping points may already have been passed due to the 1.1C of global heating caused by humanity to date.
These include the collapse of Greenland’s ice cap, eventually producing a huge sea level rise, the collapse of a key current in the north Atlantic, disrupting rain upon which billions of people depend for food, and an abrupt melting of carbon-rich permafrost.
At 1.5C of heating, the minimum rise now expected, four of the five tipping points move from being possible to likely, the analysis said. Also at 1.5C, an additional five tipping points become possible, including changes to vast northern forests and the loss of almost all mountain glaciers.
In total, the researchers found evidence for 16 tipping points, with the final six requiring global heating of at least 2C to be triggered, according to the scientists’ estimations. The tipping points would take effect on timescales varying from a few years to centuries. (...)
“The study really underpins why the Paris agreement goal of 1.5C is so important and must be fought for.
“We’re not saying that, because we’re probably going to hit some tipping points, everything is lost and it’s game over. Every fraction of a degree that we stop beyond 1.5C reduces the likelihood of hitting more tipping points.” (...)
“Our new work provides compelling evidence that the world must radically accelerate decarbonising the economy. To achieve that, we need to trigger positive social tipping points.”
The collapse of the Greenland ice cap is one of the tipping points that may already have been passed. Photograph: Ulrik Pedersen/Getty Images.
Tags: #climate #climate_change #climate_crisis #global_warming #co2 #methane #greenhouse_gases #ice_cap #tipping_point #climate_agreement #paris_agreement #permafrost #greenland #glaciers #deforestation #forests #ocean_current #ipcc #amazon #positive_social_tipping_points #social_tipping_points
Large Parts of Amazon may Never Recover, Major Study Says
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/05/large-parts-of-amazon-may-never-recover-major-study-says
https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/55533/amazon-rainforest-fires-2022-brazil-causes-climate/
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/09/05/new-study-warns-swaths-amazon-have-already-passed-key-tipping-point
#amazon #rainforest #deforestation #americas #brazil #bolivia #trees #forests #tipping-point #conservation #environment
Prevent #tree #extinctions or face global ecological catastrophe, scientists warn | #Trees and #forests | The Guardian
Was die Armee im #Białowieża Wald zurück ließ: behelfsmäßige Infrastruktur, Brücken, Lager,...
Wenn das nächste Mal wegen Vermüllung mit dem Finger auf Geflüchtete gezeigt wird, erinnert Euch an die Folgen der Militarisierung für die 🇵🇱/🇧🇾 Grenzwälder.
@katzyna via @Elpida_Amal