Ecosia told Metro.co.uk it will plant three million more trees in Brazil.
via People flock to search engine that plants trees after Amazon rainforest fires — Metro
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Ecuador is mentioned in the title but is not the only country where deforestation is putting at risk the survival of one of the big predator species in the hemisphere. Thanks to Kimberley Brown, writing in the Guardian, for her reporting from our neighborhood to the south on one of the animals we have featured […]
via Big Cats Of The South, Present & Future — La Paz Group
THIS IS THE COUNTRY THAT ADMINISTERS GALAPAGOS, ALSO.
Tens of millions of new trees will be planted in the Amazon under a new project led by Conservation International, and with indigenous communities having ownership of the project. The largest tropical reforestation project in history seeks to kickstart a revival for the world’s largest rainforest by planting 73 million trees in the Brazilian Amazon by […]
via World’s largest tropical reforestation project in the Amazon to plant 73 million trees — Life
It’s already being called the worst oil spill in Brazil’s history, and no one knows where the oil is coming from or how to stop it.
via Mysterious Ongoing Oil Spill is Already Brazil’s Worst on Record — Openhearted Rebellion
By Nika Knight, Thanks to Anti Media (COMMONDREAMS) After learning that they would be excluded from an official state of emergency declared in the wake of two catastrophic oil spills in the Peruvian Amazon, members of the Wampis community of Mayuriaga stopped a helicopter from taking off late Sunday evening and held 8 officials hostage […]
via Amazon Tribe Takes Government Officials Hostage Over Devastating Oil Spill — Openhearted Rebellion
The New York Times writes about the loudest bird in the world. The Loudest Bird in the World Has a Song Like a Pile Driver When a mate approaches a male white bellbird in the Amazon, he whips around and sings his piercing tune right in her face. Read story and listen to the White […]
via The Loudest Bird in the World — Natural History Wanderings
Whether it’s coastal oil spills, broken or exploding pipelines, or spills occurring during extreme weather events, I find it impossible not to immediately note that solar collection and wind farms have never produced such environmental disasters. Even if fossil fuels weren’t the major contributor to our climate crisis, the other consequences of producing those fuels […]
via Oil spills along 1500 kilometers of Brazilian coast unidentified — Abycats’ Thoughts
