Forests Forever
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Forests across the planet are under threat. We need to act urgently to not only protect our existing forests, but to allow forests to return where they once were.
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The nature cure: how time outdoors transforms our memory, imagination and logic
Without engaging with natural environments, our brains cease to work well. As the new field of environmental neuroscience proves, exposure to nature isn’t a luxury – it’s a necessity
www.theguardian.com
The nature cure: how time outdoors transforms our memory, imagination and logic. Without engaging with natural environments, our brains cease to work well. Exposure to nature isn’t a luxury – it’s a necessity.
Includes a quote by @jamesgilbertmr.bsky.social
Includes a quote by @jamesgilbertmr.bsky.social
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The present global economic system has only one setting: destruction of everything that has true value for profit.
Yet if you point this out, you're assailed by smart arses trying to show how clever they are.
Yet if you point this out, you're assailed by smart arses trying to show how clever they are.
Thousand of bulldozers on the way to flatten over 5 million acres of forest in West Papua and this is just one ship
Such is the rush that even the Indonesia army has been brought in to speed up the deforestation
A shameful day for Indonesia and the world
Such is the rush that even the Indonesia army has been brought in to speed up the deforestation
A shameful day for Indonesia and the world
December 27, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The present global economic system has only one setting: destruction of everything that has true value for profit.
Yet if you point this out, you're assailed by smart arses trying to show how clever they are.
Yet if you point this out, you're assailed by smart arses trying to show how clever they are.
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Thousand of bulldozers on the way to flatten over 5 million acres of forest in West Papua and this is just one ship
Such is the rush that even the Indonesia army has been brought in to speed up the deforestation
A shameful day for Indonesia and the world
Such is the rush that even the Indonesia army has been brought in to speed up the deforestation
A shameful day for Indonesia and the world
December 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Thousand of bulldozers on the way to flatten over 5 million acres of forest in West Papua and this is just one ship
Such is the rush that even the Indonesia army has been brought in to speed up the deforestation
A shameful day for Indonesia and the world
Such is the rush that even the Indonesia army has been brought in to speed up the deforestation
A shameful day for Indonesia and the world
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99% of what you need to understand about the relentless murder of our living planet, in one word:
CAPITALISM
CAPITALISM
December 27, 2025 at 7:55 AM
99% of what you need to understand about the relentless murder of our living planet, in one word:
CAPITALISM
CAPITALISM
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Your 'moment of doom' for Dec. 27, 2025 ~ 350 million HpY
"Earth keeps getting warmer because more energy from sunlight stays trapped in the climate system... When incoming energy becomes greater than outgoing energy, heat builds up in oceans, land, and air."
www.earth.com/news/earths-...
"Earth keeps getting warmer because more energy from sunlight stays trapped in the climate system... When incoming energy becomes greater than outgoing energy, heat builds up in oceans, land, and air."
www.earth.com/news/earths-...
Earth’s heat imbalance is rising - and air pollution isn’t the cause
Earth is warming faster because clouds trap more sunlight, not because air pollution has recently decreased.
www.earth.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Your 'moment of doom' for Dec. 27, 2025 ~ 350 million HpY
"Earth keeps getting warmer because more energy from sunlight stays trapped in the climate system... When incoming energy becomes greater than outgoing energy, heat builds up in oceans, land, and air."
www.earth.com/news/earths-...
"Earth keeps getting warmer because more energy from sunlight stays trapped in the climate system... When incoming energy becomes greater than outgoing energy, heat builds up in oceans, land, and air."
www.earth.com/news/earths-...
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If you are into video games set in a post apocalyptic world where AI bots and drones are trying to attack all humans, and if you like games where you can collaborate with other human players (or not) to scavenge for life saving artefacts and equipment, then Arc Raiders might be worth trying out.
December 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
If you are into video games set in a post apocalyptic world where AI bots and drones are trying to attack all humans, and if you like games where you can collaborate with other human players (or not) to scavenge for life saving artefacts and equipment, then Arc Raiders might be worth trying out.
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Peru’s high-altitude Polylepis forests are vital to the Andes’ water cycle. In Aquia, a 2022 review found restoration succeeds when communities lead—through participation and formal agreements. Groups like ECOAN and Accion Andina are now scaling that progress across the range.
Project sees long-term success restoring forests in the high Andes: Study
High in the Andes, Polylepis trees, with their stunted gnarled trunks and twisted limbs, cling to steep mountain slopes, boulder fields and sheltered ravines. Growing at altitudes of up to 5,000…
news.mongabay.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Peru’s high-altitude Polylepis forests are vital to the Andes’ water cycle. In Aquia, a 2022 review found restoration succeeds when communities lead—through participation and formal agreements. Groups like ECOAN and Accion Andina are now scaling that progress across the range.
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[FOUNDER'S BRIEF - @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social]
Beneath Kilimanjaro, coexistence with wildlife is fragile. Daniel Ole Sambu spent years holding balance—coordinating predator compensation, supporting rangers, building trust across cultures. His death is felt, but practices he shaped endure.
Beneath Kilimanjaro, coexistence with wildlife is fragile. Daniel Ole Sambu spent years holding balance—coordinating predator compensation, supporting rangers, building trust across cultures. His death is felt, but practices he shaped endure.
Daniel Ole Sambu, who helped lions and people coexist, died at age 51
In the rangelands beneath Kilimanjaro, coexistence between people and wildlife has never been a simple matter. Livestock wander into the paths of lions. Farmers lose cattle they can scarcely afford…
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December 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
[FOUNDER'S BRIEF - @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social]
Beneath Kilimanjaro, coexistence with wildlife is fragile. Daniel Ole Sambu spent years holding balance—coordinating predator compensation, supporting rangers, building trust across cultures. His death is felt, but practices he shaped endure.
Beneath Kilimanjaro, coexistence with wildlife is fragile. Daniel Ole Sambu spent years holding balance—coordinating predator compensation, supporting rangers, building trust across cultures. His death is felt, but practices he shaped endure.
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As climate and resource crises grow, Indigenous & local communities lead on conservation but remain sidelined in global governance.
An analysis says BRICS+, with its multipolar, South-South framework, may open space for Indigenous leadership in shaping policy from within.
** Views are author's.
An analysis says BRICS+, with its multipolar, South-South framework, may open space for Indigenous leadership in shaping policy from within.
** Views are author's.
BRICS+ offers Indigenous & local communities ways to advance environmental and social goals (analysis)
As the world grapples with climate change, biodiversity loss and resource scarcity, Indigenous and local communities (IPLCs) remain at the forefront of conservation, yet are often sidelined in global…
news.mongabay.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
As climate and resource crises grow, Indigenous & local communities lead on conservation but remain sidelined in global governance.
An analysis says BRICS+, with its multipolar, South-South framework, may open space for Indigenous leadership in shaping policy from within.
** Views are author's.
An analysis says BRICS+, with its multipolar, South-South framework, may open space for Indigenous leadership in shaping policy from within.
** Views are author's.
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In West Kalimantan, the Iban protect strangler fig trees believed to house spirits, sparing them and small vegetation “islands” when clearing fields.
Research finds figs as abundant as in old-growth forests. These refuges act as wildlife corridors, showing belief can safeguard biodiversity.
Research finds figs as abundant as in old-growth forests. These refuges act as wildlife corridors, showing belief can safeguard biodiversity.
Taboo against harming strangler fig spirits protects forests in Indonesian Borneo
When a young boy went missing near his mother’s rice field in Indonesian Borneo, the entire village searched for him. After nearly a day, he was found near a large strangler fig tree. The boy…
news.mongabay.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
In West Kalimantan, the Iban protect strangler fig trees believed to house spirits, sparing them and small vegetation “islands” when clearing fields.
Research finds figs as abundant as in old-growth forests. These refuges act as wildlife corridors, showing belief can safeguard biodiversity.
Research finds figs as abundant as in old-growth forests. These refuges act as wildlife corridors, showing belief can safeguard biodiversity.
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A fun thread with some random interesting posts over the festive period:
December 26, 2025 at 8:53 AM
A fun thread with some random interesting posts over the festive period:
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Best Christmas present...
December 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Best Christmas present...
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The time of (even more than usual) forest walks and ocean swims has arrived - this is Moko, an 800-year-old rimu at Ōtari Wilton's bush - all the best everyone
December 24, 2025 at 1:33 AM
The time of (even more than usual) forest walks and ocean swims has arrived - this is Moko, an 800-year-old rimu at Ōtari Wilton's bush - all the best everyone
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Rewilding is simply a way of giving life a fighting chance.
France’s largest rewilding project, by @mongabay.com
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France’s largest rewilding project, by @mongabay.com
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France’s largest rewilding project
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. He has spent much of his life in the shadow of the Dauphiné Alps in ...
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December 25, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Rewilding is simply a way of giving life a fighting chance.
France’s largest rewilding project, by @mongabay.com
share.google/AfbjmHkdDgl1...
France’s largest rewilding project, by @mongabay.com
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A very Happy Christmas to all my followers, from an Irish Atlantic rainforest!
December 25, 2025 at 1:31 AM
A very Happy Christmas to all my followers, from an Irish Atlantic rainforest!
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That’s a wrap: #HappyHolidays from PIK. Thank you for all your support throughout the year!
We look forward to sharing more exciting research with you in 2026. The photo shows details of a frozen pond in Potsdam, captured by PIK scientist Stefan @rahmstorf.bsky.social.
We look forward to sharing more exciting research with you in 2026. The photo shows details of a frozen pond in Potsdam, captured by PIK scientist Stefan @rahmstorf.bsky.social.
December 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
That’s a wrap: #HappyHolidays from PIK. Thank you for all your support throughout the year!
We look forward to sharing more exciting research with you in 2026. The photo shows details of a frozen pond in Potsdam, captured by PIK scientist Stefan @rahmstorf.bsky.social.
We look forward to sharing more exciting research with you in 2026. The photo shows details of a frozen pond in Potsdam, captured by PIK scientist Stefan @rahmstorf.bsky.social.
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If you want an alternative Christmas playlist for tomorrow, I’ve made a few over the years.
Here’s one with The Fall, Sparks, Half Man Half Biscuit, Momus, Mazzy Star and more… open.spotify.com/playlist/6Jk...
Here’s one with The Fall, Sparks, Half Man Half Biscuit, Momus, Mazzy Star and more… open.spotify.com/playlist/6Jk...
High protein Christmas
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December 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
If you want an alternative Christmas playlist for tomorrow, I’ve made a few over the years.
Here’s one with The Fall, Sparks, Half Man Half Biscuit, Momus, Mazzy Star and more… open.spotify.com/playlist/6Jk...
Here’s one with The Fall, Sparks, Half Man Half Biscuit, Momus, Mazzy Star and more… open.spotify.com/playlist/6Jk...
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“Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor & strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself.”
Obvious to any REAL Christian. #MerryChristmas
Obvious to any REAL Christian. #MerryChristmas
Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
Leo has made care for immigrants and the poor key themes of his early papacy.
www.reuters.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:00 AM
“Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor & strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself.”
Obvious to any REAL Christian. #MerryChristmas
Obvious to any REAL Christian. #MerryChristmas
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Rivers with beavers can have up to 6x more species of fish, amphibians, water insects, water plants, and dragonflies, and up to 60x more abundance, than those without.
What the beaver does for nature is absolutely mind-blowing.
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What the beaver does for nature is absolutely mind-blowing.
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Something gnawed your oak tree? Sink hole in your road? How Zurich’s beaver hotline is reassuring residents
As the number of the semi-aquatic creatures soars so can tensions. But the Swiss have a tried and tested system to calm the neighbours and restore harmony
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December 25, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Rivers with beavers can have up to 6x more species of fish, amphibians, water insects, water plants, and dragonflies, and up to 60x more abundance, than those without.
What the beaver does for nature is absolutely mind-blowing.
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What the beaver does for nature is absolutely mind-blowing.
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I want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. We need to remember that it's not about the things we may get at Christmas but about the people in our lives. Be kind and care for one another not only at Christmas but on every day of every year
December 25, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. We need to remember that it's not about the things we may get at Christmas but about the people in our lives. Be kind and care for one another not only at Christmas but on every day of every year
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Eyeries Cascades, nearby on the Kealincha River.
There's still some residual oak, rowan, willow, and other native tree species around, but I can't help imagining how magical this must have been when it was enclosed in thick, wild Atlantic rainforest.
Without sheep, it could be again.
#Rewilding 🌎
There's still some residual oak, rowan, willow, and other native tree species around, but I can't help imagining how magical this must have been when it was enclosed in thick, wild Atlantic rainforest.
Without sheep, it could be again.
#Rewilding 🌎
December 24, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Eyeries Cascades, nearby on the Kealincha River.
There's still some residual oak, rowan, willow, and other native tree species around, but I can't help imagining how magical this must have been when it was enclosed in thick, wild Atlantic rainforest.
Without sheep, it could be again.
#Rewilding 🌎
There's still some residual oak, rowan, willow, and other native tree species around, but I can't help imagining how magical this must have been when it was enclosed in thick, wild Atlantic rainforest.
Without sheep, it could be again.
#Rewilding 🌎
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Congratulations to Glòria Pallarès on winning the ACE Award 🏆
Her Mongabay investigation exposed corrupt forest finance schemes affecting 9.5M+ hectares of Indigenous land — and helped communities reclaim their rights.
Read the full investigation: buff.ly/W7RQrKp
Her Mongabay investigation exposed corrupt forest finance schemes affecting 9.5M+ hectares of Indigenous land — and helped communities reclaim their rights.
Read the full investigation: buff.ly/W7RQrKp
Mongabay contributor Glòria Pallarès wins top anti-corruption reporting award
Journalist Glòria Pallarès won the Anti-Corruption Excellence (ACE) Award for her investigation into corrupt forest finance schemes published in collaboration with Mongabay. The award ceremony was…
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December 24, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Congratulations to Glòria Pallarès on winning the ACE Award 🏆
Her Mongabay investigation exposed corrupt forest finance schemes affecting 9.5M+ hectares of Indigenous land — and helped communities reclaim their rights.
Read the full investigation: buff.ly/W7RQrKp
Her Mongabay investigation exposed corrupt forest finance schemes affecting 9.5M+ hectares of Indigenous land — and helped communities reclaim their rights.
Read the full investigation: buff.ly/W7RQrKp
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A reminder that 90% of Ireland's so-called 'forests' are industrial plantations, virtually empty of nature.
It doesn't have to be like this: with a bit of thought, we could satisfy our timber needs AND have huge tracts of natural forest ecosystems, bursting with life.
It doesn't have to be like this: with a bit of thought, we could satisfy our timber needs AND have huge tracts of natural forest ecosystems, bursting with life.
December 23, 2025 at 7:10 AM
A reminder that 90% of Ireland's so-called 'forests' are industrial plantations, virtually empty of nature.
It doesn't have to be like this: with a bit of thought, we could satisfy our timber needs AND have huge tracts of natural forest ecosystems, bursting with life.
It doesn't have to be like this: with a bit of thought, we could satisfy our timber needs AND have huge tracts of natural forest ecosystems, bursting with life.
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It’s so laughable that it could be a satire from The Onion.
Unfortunately it seems to be deadly serious.
The US administration tries to destroy real climate science and to replace it with the fossil fuel lobby’s view.
Unfortunately it seems to be deadly serious.
The US administration tries to destroy real climate science and to replace it with the fossil fuel lobby’s view.
I look forward to the legally required, transparent peer review process required by the US Global Change Research Act and the Information Quality Act. I always thought they would try to do a NCA with Judith Curry, five old men and a LLM.
It’s the gold standard of US climate research. Contrarians could write the next one.
Researchers who have downplayed the threat of global warming have been asked to author the next National Climate Assessment.
www.eenews.net
December 23, 2025 at 7:38 AM
It’s so laughable that it could be a satire from The Onion.
Unfortunately it seems to be deadly serious.
The US administration tries to destroy real climate science and to replace it with the fossil fuel lobby’s view.
Unfortunately it seems to be deadly serious.
The US administration tries to destroy real climate science and to replace it with the fossil fuel lobby’s view.
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If we're to turn the tide on nature loss, we're going to need a government that treats it with the level of priority that was given to holding on to the nitrates derogation
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Habitats report a stark contrast to nitrates decision
Biodiversity collapse is not a lost cause, but Government failure to prioritise it is devastating for all those working on nature restoration
www.irishexaminer.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:16 PM
If we're to turn the tide on nature loss, we're going to need a government that treats it with the level of priority that was given to holding on to the nitrates derogation
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Important end-of-the-year article on government priorities: fight tooth and nail to defend nature-killing activities like the nitrates derogation, do next to nothing to support nature protection or restoration.
The result?
Species and ecosystems continue to plummet.
The result?
Species and ecosystems continue to plummet.
If we're to turn the tide on nature loss, we're going to need a government that treats it with the level of priority that was given to holding on to the nitrates derogation
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Habitats report a stark contrast to nitrates decision
Biodiversity collapse is not a lost cause, but Government failure to prioritise it is devastating for all those working on nature restoration
www.irishexaminer.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Important end-of-the-year article on government priorities: fight tooth and nail to defend nature-killing activities like the nitrates derogation, do next to nothing to support nature protection or restoration.
The result?
Species and ecosystems continue to plummet.
The result?
Species and ecosystems continue to plummet.