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Gladwyn d’Souza · @godsouza
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Salon.com - Deforestation carbon offsets have been way overestimated: study

: Misleading carry negative for the because they are not the released… not reducing deforestation as much as claimed, and for the future finance of because the reputational risks of being tainted by accusations of may deter future - Julia P. G. Jones

salon.com/2023/08/24/why-plant

#maladaptations #offsets #consequences #climate #offsetting #emissions #forestconservation #greenwash #investments #deforestation

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IndiaNewsWatch · @indianewswatch
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Facing the axe: new ‘forest’ definition makes large tracts vulnerable

Amendments to the Forest Conservation Act, 2006, may pose threat to Odisha’s densely treed Niyamgiri hill range that is fiercely protected by the Dongria Kondh tribe, say experts.

thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-a

#odisha #niyamgirihills #dongriakondh #fca2023 #adivasirights #indigenouspeople #adivasis #tribals #forestrights #fca #forestconservation #environment #environmentalimpact #law #supremecourt #uniongovt #india

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IndiaNewsWatch · @indianewswatch
246 followers · 1662 posts · Server kolektiva.social

As CM lobbied, Centre went against rules, courts to allow river mining in Uttarakhand

Before the onset of monsoon, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami personally lobbied with the Centre to keep mining four rivers. The Centre, ruled by his fellow partymen, fulfilled his demand in breach of critical environmental safeguards.

reporters-collective.in/trc/as

#environment #ecology #environmentalimpact #rivers #forestconservation #BJP #uttarakhandgovt #india #uttarakhand #rivermining #mining #pushkarsinghdhami #bhupenderyadav

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IndiaNewsWatch · @indianewswatch
246 followers · 1644 posts · Server kolektiva.social

Harsh Chouhan resigns as NCST chairman eight months before end of term

Harsh Chouhan's resignation comes after a run-in with the environment ministry over the Forest Conservation Rules 2022, which he said violated the Forest Rights Act, 2006.

business-standard.com/india-ne

#harshchouhan #ncst #forestrights #environment #forestconservation #uniongovt #india

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Remnants · @remnants
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#forestconservation #watershed #watersupply #waterquality

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MAlanLewis · @hayduke2000
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At last evening's meeting, the Santa Cruz City Planning Commission certified the Rail Trail Segments 8 & 9 Environmental Impact Report and Declaration of Overriding Considerations, in effect approving the destruction of over 400 trees on the 1.6 mile section of the rail trail corridor project.
savesantacruztrees.weebly.com/

#santacruz #santacruzcounty #railtrail #regionaltransportationcommission #planningcommission #government #environment #forestconservation

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Ottermarie · @Ottermarie
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Super psyched to realize that this photo of wild is a potential range extension for this wild and threatened forest plant native to the Mesoamerican .

#pasopacifico #poinsettias #drytropicalforest #forestconservation #biodiversity

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The Root RSS · @theroot
5 followers · 214 posts · Server 0twitter.com

#reducingemissionsfromdeforestationandforestdegradation #entertainment2cculture #forestcertification #forestconservation #emissionsreduction #saturdaynightlive #carbonfinance #deforestation #chrisredd #forestry #HBO

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Natasha Vizcarra · @vizcarran
378 followers · 89 posts · Server scicomm.xyz

Finally, my !

I'm a freelance science writer and editor writing mostly about , , , , and . Soon, I'll publish more pieces on , , and .

I'll be sharing my science writing here and my favorite . But I'm really more excited about sharing and photos. If you and keep a worm bin, let's chat!

Cheers,
Natasha

#compost #pet #garden #nonfiction #narrative #immigrantculture #wildlifeconservation #energy #ecologicalrestoration #forestconservation #conservation #earthscience #climatechange #introduction

Last updated 2 years ago
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Inge · @ikl
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#naturalcrisis #ForestProtection #forestconservation #naturkrise #skogvern

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MPI for Biogeochemistry · @MPI_BGC
243 followers · 6 posts · Server wisskomm.social
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Our group leader Henrik Hartmann is now head of the newly founded Julius Kühn Institute for in Quedlinburg. We are proud and very happy that our long-time employee now has this great opportunity to dedicate himself to the even more intensively.
All the best Henrik!🤗
julius-kuehn.de/pressemitteilu
© S.Hahn/JKI

#forestconservation #forest

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Ben Lockwood · @benlockwood
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"Important progress on sustainable forest management and conservation has been made at the UN Climate Change Conference COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh with the launch of the Forest and Climate Leaders’ Partnership (FCLP), which aims to unite action by governments, businesses and community leaders...to halt forest loss and land degradation by 2030 and to convert ambition into results on the ground."

unfccc.int/news/cop27-leaders-


#climatechange #ForestManagement #forestconservation

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Gerald Leppert :verified: · @gerald_leppert
1249 followers · 595 posts · Server bonn.social

New study on

The international + program aims at reducing and in , to reduce and change. The study shows that REDD+ achieved capacity building for and put on the global agenda, but has not yet met its high expectations nor lead to significant emission reductions. Readiness efforts & drivers of deforestation underestimated.

deval.org/en/pressemeldung-det

#deval #climatechange #mitigation #redd #deforestation #forestdegradation #developingcountries #co2 #emissions #climate #forestconservation #forests

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