More spring sightings: Have had Wood Frogs (Rana sylvatica) and Spring Peepers (Hyla crucifer) calling in the last few days from wet areas in the surrounding #forest.
But the Wikipedia tells me that Spring Peepers are now Pseudacris crucifer and Wood Frogs are Lithobates sylvaticus. I cannot keep up with all of this scientific name changing. I shall now just call them all "frogs."
Forests are anti-viral.
"Check out this infographic from #UN#Environment Programme to learn how investments in #forests and innovation can help strengthen the resilience [& health] of societies &economies."
I created some new photo art this morning. 2 new pieces; 1 b/w piece here.
They're visual contrasts between devastating logging #clearcuts & world famous #OldGrowth tree, Big Lonely Doug. These creations are sparked by my lifelong love of ancient #forests & the need to keep protecting them, against government lies & #ecocide industry greed.
Visual contrasts between devastating logging clearcuts & world famous #OldGrowth tree, Big Lonely Doug. These creations are sparked by my lifelong love of ancient #forests & needs to keep protecting them, against government lies & #ecocide industry greed.
Dear Friends,
Research indicates that #forests managed by #indigenous people of the #Amazon are net #carbon sinks. That not managed by indigenous peoples are net carbon sources.
International Day of #Forests. These are the forests we have now, according to a new #opendata forest cover layer built with TanDEMx (so I would expect it to be very accurate). Let's try and keep as much of this as we can. https://geoservice.dlr.de/web/maps/tdm:forest
The government of Sabah state in Malaysian Borneo will continue to move forward with an opaque nature conservation agreement despite concerns raised by the United Nations.
In a letter, the U.N. calls in question the transparency of the agreement and the state’s approach to the human rights law principle of free, prior and informed consent.
A very unusual find for these parts (Niagara, Ontario) especially in only the first days of March, albeit a warm one. Scarlet elf cups I believe. And two hours later they were covered with snow.
Fresh research published in early 2024 continues to uncover the true cost on biodiversity, the economy and public health triggered by unprecedented wildfires that swept Australia in late 2019 and early 2020.
Forests have a critical role to play in capturing and storing carbon from the Earth’s atmosphere – but some models exaggerate their carbon removal potential by almost three-fold, according to a leading professor of forest economics. #CarbonOffsetting#Forests#ClimateAction (not) #Treeplanting
The former federal leader of the Greens & six supporters spent Sunday night at a #logging site in the Styx Valley after harvesting machines moved in about a week ago.