The population is thought to have plummeted during the 19th and 20th centuries as members retreated deeper into the #rainforest to escape the #rubberboom and the #enslavers who drove it.

By 1959, when #American #missionaries convinced the Iskonawa to settle in a village where they could be #evangelized, there were around 100 left.

#BoardingSchools
#ReligousDogma
#Monocultures

@TransitBiker As you likely know - #monocultures are just another form of destructive & #unnatural #colonial brainwashing. #Biodiversity is the natural way & all #ecosystems benefit when we don't follow along with crappy #colonizer thinking - especially regarding #nature 🌿

@sim
A lot of the "#diversity" signalling today appears to be about one-upmanship — a posturing against Russia and China, however nonsensical that might be. It seems to be accelerating the more hostile we are towards them.

If they really believed in diversity, an entities like #CloudFlare and #Amazon, for example, that are effectively #colonisingTheInternet would not be allowed to exist.

#monocultures #antiTrust

RT @moderateflank@twitter.com

One of the obstacles to effective #climate #action is the tendency to isolate "the answer". This is the very mentality that grows #monocultures and #monopolies. We need to cultivate a biodiverse ecosystem of solutions. https://twitter.com/GreenRupertRead/status/1617260291091218433

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/moderateflank/status/1617443101202878464

Okay, let's build one in our town. I'm completely on board with this.

As someone from a farming family, I'll say this:

Help #farmers transition - to alternatives like this, and to growing more local, sustainable, diverse foods. I envision former #monocultures converted to facilities like this interspersed with restored forests/prairies and #permaculture fruit/vegetable/legume production.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/24/green-technology-precision-fermentation-farming

#food #farming #climate

What do you have to bear in mind when considering supporting a #forestation project?

1. Don't support mono-cultures
This is very important. #MonoCultures are not helpful in regenerating the soil, attracting water, increasing biodiversity and they are not as effective ecosystems at sucking #CO2 out of the air as mixed forests.

2. Support long-term projects
If a project plants trees and then cuts them down after they have grown to full size that is not helping anything. Make sure the project commits to protecting and fostering the forest for a long time.

3. Make sure indigenous people are included.
Conservation areas protect nature from any human influence, which includes indigenous people. But practice has shown, that forestation projects are more efficient if indigenous people are included, their knowledge is used and they can use and care for the land. Also it's only just to support indigenous people. #NatureNeedsJustice.

4. Support respected projects.
Make sure the project you want to support is not all talk, but can also provide proof that they actually do what they say.
Check what certificates they have, if they won any sustainability awards and what newspaper articles write about them.

#reforestation #ClimateJustice #ClimateCrisis #forest #trees #CarbonCapture