Year: 2021
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Diving Indigenous People Land Rights Significantly Reduces Deforestation, says UN Report
Land rights for Indigenous and Tribal groups help lower deforestation rates, reduce biodiversity loss and avoid CO2 emissions, according to a new UN report. In Bolivia, Brazil and Colombia, securing land rights has allowed communities to avoid the equivalent annual emissions of taking between 9 and 12.6 million cars off the road. In the run-up…
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Indigenous peoples by far the best guardians of forests – UN report
The embattled indigenous peoples of Latin America are by far the best guardians of the regions’ forests, according to a UN report, with deforestation rates up to 50% lower in their territories than elsewhere. Protecting the vast forests is vital to tackling the climate crisis and plummeting populations of wildlife, and the report found that…
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Indigenous peoples by far the best guardians of forests – UN report
Damian Carrington Environment editor @dpcarrington Preserving Latin America’s forests is vital to fight the climate crisis and deforestation is lower in indigenous territories The embattled indigenous peoples of Latin America are by far the best guardians of the regions’ forests, according to a UN report, with deforestation rates up to 50% lower in their territories than…
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Owen Jones: The planet cannot survive our remorseless pursuit of profit
Oil companies knew 50 years ago the huge damage they were doing. Their motive to ignore it is the same now as it was then Fri 19 Mar 2021 16.12 GMT Capitalism is on a collision course with human life and the future of our planet. Each year, air pollution takes more lives than smoking:…
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“We must invest in nature”: Prince Charles on the circular bioeconomy
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Nature loss, climate breakdown, global pandemic — who now can save life on Earth?
Delfin Ganapin, WWF Governance Practice Leader, and Lin Li, WWF Global Policy and Advocacy Director, argue that securing the rights and recognising the roles and contributions of Indigenous Peoples and local communities are critical in creating a just, green, resilient future. Born of our destructive incursion upon nature, COVID-19 has shown us just how vulnerable we are…
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ACROSS THE WORLD, BUILDING OUR ENERGY FUTURE
Rooted in science, innovation at ExxonMobil is sparked by thousands of engineers and scientists – including 2,500 PhDs – working to scale promising ideas into viable, industrial-grade products. That dedication influences the entire business, from catalysts that help make refineries more energy efficient to longer-term research that scales up low-emission technologies. The research isn’t siloed…
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Domestic Biogas Septic System with Multi-Purpose Dryer
Current home owners and those planning to build a family home. This is a Domestic Biogas Septic System you can use, instead of the conventional septic system. Its easy to install. All the equipment you see in the diagram comes with it, including the Multipurpose Biogas Dryer. Biogas is produced from the human waste and…
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Plant-based diets crucial to saving global wildlife, says report
Vicious circle of cheap but damaging food is biggest destroyer of nature, says UN-backed report Damian Carrington Environment editor @dpcarrington Read more here: https://www.theguardian.com/
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Why protecting Indigenous communities can also help save the Earth
Read Full Article HERE Indigenous peoples are critical guardians of biodiversity. Here’s what we can learn For thousands of years, Indigenous communities have been caretakers of the environment, protecting their lands, respecting wildlife and utilizing traditional knowledge passed down through generations. Today, they continue to safeguard some of the most biodiverse areas on the planet. Almost…