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EARTH

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Working to develop technology and strategic partnerships for the protection of forests, oceans, biodiversity and human rights.

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Joined December 2014
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U.S. Companies Face EU Deforestation Rules on Coffee, Wood and Other Everyday Goods: wsj.com/articles/u-s-compani…

U.S. Companies Face EU Deforestation Rules on Coffee, Wood and Other Everyday Goods

Businesses selling everyday products such as leather shoes, coffee and chocolate in the EU will soon need to prove their wares aren’t causing forest loss under a new law, after voluntary efforts...

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Recently, there have been several sightings of the elusive African Golden Cat. This photo was taken by a camera trap high in the Rwenzori.
Image from Virunga National Park (@gorillacd)
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Five months into 2020, and there has been a huge, record-breaking warm anomaly over Asia (up to +8°C). If 2020 goes on to be the warmest recorded year, despite the lack of an El Niño event, then this year's monstrous Asian anomaly will be the reason why. berkeleyearth.org/may-2020-t…
Image from Dr. Robert Rohde (@RARohde)
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Congratulations @Unilever for taking such decisive action to tackle climate change and protect nature! 🌎🙏 unilever.com/climate-and-nat…
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Halt destruction of nature or suffer even worse pandemics, say world’s top scientists theguardian.com/world/2020/a…
European politicians, CEOs, lawmakers urge green coronavirus recovery | Article [AMP] | Reuters reuters.com/article/us-healt…
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Record-high global tree cover loss driven by agriculture news.mongabay.com/2020/03/re… via @Mongabay
Record-high global tree cover loss driven by agriculture

Record-high global tree cover loss driven by agriculture

Across the globe, tree cover loss hit record highs from 2016-2018, with roughly the size of a soccer field lost each second. In 2018 alone, the area of tree cover loss was larger than the UK. Using...

news.mongabay.com
Albatross Wearing Data Trackers Are Exposing Illegal Fishing Boats audubon.org/news/albatross-w… via @audubonsociety
Albatross Wearing Data Trackers Are Exposing Illegal Fishing Boats

Albatross Wearing Data Trackers Are Exposing Illegal Fishing Boats

The seabirds' knack for finding fishing vessels could help authorities crack down on crimes on the high seas.

audubon.org
Great step forward: “MPs bow to Extinction Rebellion demand, as they send out invitations to climate change citizens' assembly”. telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/11… A beacon of hope in our emergency (see here for basics: link.medium.com/SO5Wq9C3h1 )
MPs bow to Extinction Rebellion demand, as they send out invitations to climate change citizens'...

MPs bow to Extinction Rebellion demand, as they send out invitations to climate change citizens'...

MPs have bowed to a demand by activist group Extinction Rebellion as they send out 30,000 invitations to a citizens' assembly on climate change.

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Brazilian 'forest guardian' killed by illegal loggers in ambush theguardian.com/world/2019/n…
Brazilian 'forest guardian' killed by illegal loggers in ambush

Brazilian 'forest guardian' killed by illegal loggers in ambush

Paulo Paulino Guajajara was killed by armed loggers in the Araribóia region in Maranhão

theguardian.com
Congratulations to @Will4Planet, @schingler and the @planetlabs team for having Californian Governor @GavinNewsom delivering their keynote speech! #climatetech 🌍😍🙏
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5 changes CEOs can make if they’re serious about ending shareholder primacy fastcompany.com/90395365/5-c…
5 changes CEOs can make if they're serious about ending shareholder primacy

5 changes CEOs can make if they're serious about ending shareholder primacy

If the Business Roundtable is serious about encouraging stakeholder capitalism, here are some things they might do.

fastcompany.com
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Brazil: fears for isolated Amazon tribes as fires erupt on protected reserves theguardian.com/environment/…

Brazil: fears for isolated Amazon tribes as fires erupt on protected reserves

Campaigners say indigenous territories make easy targets for loggers and farmers seeking land or valuable wood

theguardian.com
#prayforamazonia - BBC News - Brazil fires prompt 'prayers' for Amazon rainforest bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-…
Norway sees sharp drop in palm oil biofuel consumption after ban on government purchasing news.mongabay.com/2019/06/no… via @Mongabay
Norway sees sharp drop in palm oil biofuel consumption after ban on government purchasing

Norway sees sharp drop in palm oil biofuel consumption after ban on government purchasing

The consumption of palm oil-based biofuels fell 70 percent in Norway last year, following a government policy change on the purchase of the commodity that is being blamed for rampant deforestation in...

news.mongabay.com
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In a fresh start in customary forest recognition by the State, President Joko Widodo bestows the right to manage customary forests on nine indigenous communities forestsnews.cifor.org/48323/… via @cifor

Indonesian president hands over management of forests to indigenous people

Indonesia has had a long history of conflict over control of its massive areas of tropical forests that are spread across the many thousands of...

forestsnews.org
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This is absolutely heartbreaking! 😢
Erik Solheim (@ErikSolheim) profile pictureErik Solheim
@ErikSolheim15 Jun 2019
More Than 1,000 Rhinos Killed by Poachers in South Africa 🇿🇦 Last Year . Disgusting & despicable! Let’s make a new deal for nature! xitter.cf/Environment2022/status…
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The tragic and often unseen consequences of the timber industry: news.mongabay.com/2018/06/fa…

Facebook video shows orangutan defending forest against bulldozer

Dramatic footage released last week by an animal welfare group shows a wild orangutan trying in vain to fight off destruction of its rainforest habitat in Borneo. The video (below), filmed in 2013...

news.mongabay.com
Thank you @elonmusk and @SpaceX for bringing us closer to having low-cost internet access in the remotest jungles and oceans and helping us revolutionise what’s possible in conservation! 😃🌍🙏
SpaceX (@SpaceX) profile pictureSpaceX
@SpaceX24 May 2019
Successful deployment of 60 Starlink satellites confirmed!
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Saturday’s carbon dioxide measurement of 415 parts per million is the highest in at least 800,000 years and probably over 3 million years. washingtonpost.com/weather/2…
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