The outcome of the Brazilian election presents an opportunity to change the course of history, not just for Brazil & the Amazon, but for the world.
Brazil is one of eight countries (plus the overseas territory of French Guiana) that houses the Amazon Rainforest, a vast region called Amazonia. Amazonia is one of the world’s five designated High Biodiversity Wilderness Areas and home to millions of wildlife species, many of which haven’t yet been discovered or described.
It is also critical to the estimated 20 million Indigenous peoples from more than 350 Indigenous groups that depend on natural ecosystems and resources for their livelihoods and cultures. Amazonia stores up to 140 billion tons of carbon and plays a critical role in water cycles, weather patterns and climate regulation.
(📷: João Paulo Krajewski)
In the late 80s, a warning from scientists around the world was heard; the Ozone layer, which protects the Earth from the sun’s harmful rays, had a hole in it. Without timely intervention from governments and individuals around the world, the results would be catastrophic.
In September of 1987, in order to combat this cataclysmic event, all 197 parties in the United Nations signed the Montreal Protocol to reduce the emissions of chemicals that contributed to the hole in the Ozone layer. To date, this is the only time in history a treaty received unanimous participation.
Now, nearly some 40 years later, the @noaa has concluded that that hole is getting smaller and smaller as the years pass and, if continued at current rates, the hole in the ozone layer will close around 2070.
📷: @nasa
From dying to wild again: In 2019, a young Jaguar was found in a populated area of the Brazilian Pantanal. Starving and terrified, his story could easily have ended there.
@Rewilding_Argentina, the offspring organization of @Tompkins_Conservation, was able to not only save this Jaguar named Jatobazinho, but to completely rewrite his story through rewilding. And this hopeful turnaround is just one of many.
Read the latest chapter in Jatobazinho’s story in the new Rewilding Story Map from Tompkins Conservation to find out how the rescue of just one individual and the rewilding of one species can help restore an entire ecosystem. Link in bio.
Video: @Rewilding_Argentina
@Tompkins_Conservation @Rewilding_Argentina @RewildingChile @Esrigram
#Rewilding #Rewilding_Argentina #Jaguar #Tompkins_Conservation #Storymap
Over these past few days, world leaders have come together while they’ve attended #COP27 climate summit. The leaders of these countries are committing to invest in solutions to a crisis that is inherently linked to climate change and equally devastating: biodiversity loss. Ecuador, the UK, Gabon, the Maldives, and thirteen other countries have so far committed to directly increase biodiversity financing for conservation.
They are also calling on governments around the planet to progressively end subsidies that are harmful to nature, increase the mobilization and allocation of new funding, for the private sector to become more nature-positive, and for international financial institutions to increase their contributions, among other critical appeals.
These countries have set a powerful example. But to halt and reverse the decline of biodiversity by 2030, it is going to take the highest political ambition, a global effort and commitments by many more countries. Let’s call for more governments at #COP27 to join the #10PointPlan and urgently invest not only in climate change solutions and mitigation but in the conservation of the diversity of life on Earth and the people protecting it.
Photo by @robindmoore
The warming of the planet is causing significant shifts around the world, including in the Arctic. Currently, more snow than rain falls in the region, however, that is expected to reverse by the end of the century. A new study from @americangeophysicalunion shows the frequency of rainy days in the Arctic could roughly double by 2100. This increase in rainy days could be harmful to the atmosphere of the polar region, especially because of rain-on-snow events. Rain-on-snow events impact wildlife, infrastructure, and local communities and occur when rain falls onto an existing snowpack and freezes into an ice crust.
Photo by Gary Bembridge
Read more at the link in bio.
This is what a reborn river looks like. During the past 10 years, two dams on the Elwha River in @olympic_nps in Washington were removed, paving the way for the river to be rewilded. It now flows completely unobstructed from its headwaters in the Olympic Mountains to the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The transformation during the past decade has been dramatic and has been especially critical for the river’s salmon populations. The Elwha once had the largest salmon runs outside of Alaska. The Elwha dam and the Glines Canyon dam prevented the salmon from swimming more than a few miles upriver for a century, but the salmon are now able to swim 70 miles upriver and reach their historic spawning grounds. Their populations, which were dwindling and threatened in the 1980s, are recovering and rebounding today. The changes haven’t only been contained to the Elwha’s banks. Native plants, birds, amphibians, and even large carnivores have benefitted from the rewilded river. Hungry bears who successfully catch salmon, transport minerals and nutrients from the Pacific Ocean to the forest surrounding the Elwha. The minerals help the trees grow to very tall heights. This photo shows the remains of the Glines Canyon dam. The former reservoir, which was Lake Mills, is now ablaze with lupine. The Elwha is the traditional home of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe. They once lived along the banks of the Elwha. The dams flooded areas that are spiritually important to them and areas that had historically provided them with salmon. The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe is helping restore and monitor the Elwha and the wildlife that depend on it. 📸: Jessica Plumb
#WildandScenic #WildandScenicRiver #Rewilding #EarthOptimism #ConservationOptimism #ElwhaRiver
A new study published in Geophysical Research Letters highlights the effect that climate change is having on the lakes, particularly their emblematic blue color. While green-brown lakes account for most lake types at 69%, air temperature, precipitation, lake depth, and elevation all play a role in the color of lakes, as well as environmental factors such as the presence of algae and sediments. However, shifts in lake colors can indicate a loss of ecosystem health.
Learn more about this new phenomenon at the link in the bio.
📷: Eric Stein-Beldring/Unsplash
A recent study has found that more than a thousand species of palm trees are at risk of extinction. The various species of palm trees provide a number of benefits to people around the world, including food and shelter and is also used as a means of economic growth and stability, as it plays a role in creating furniture, rubber, oil, and ropes.
The study, which was out of @kewgardens, highlighted the importance of ensuring that these species of palm trees survive, with study leader, Dr. Sidonie Bellot, stating that we need to do “all we can to protect biodiversity” when it comes to these palm trees’ survival.
📷: @kewgardens
It’s time to learn from Indigenous and local communities how to care for people and the planet.
Without forests, there is no climate stability, no fertile soils, and no clean water. It’s time to innovate. It’s time to give back to these communities and learn from their way of living…with the economics of sociobiodiversity for Brazil.
@socioambiental #RewildBrazil #TheFutureCanBeOther
Production: @adamscarvalho @socorroliracantora
Narration: @leaocama
Soundtrack: @sibaveloso
@FromDevilsBreath is a documentary film produced with Oscar-winning director @OrlandovonEinsiedel and the team at @Grainmedia to explore one community’s resilience in the face of immense grief, and how science is revealing hopeful solutions to the climate crisis.
The documentary premieres tonight on @msnbc_films, The Turning Point and will be available to stream on @peacocktv.
Learn more about the film and how you can support nature-based #ClimateAction at the #linkinbio.
#GenerationRestoration #FromDevilsBreath #Rewild #climateaction
Acknowledging the fundamental work of Indigenous peoples and local communities in protecting the Earth. They keep hope alive for a bright future. Despite all odds and threats, science has proven that they are the most effective #GuardiansOfTomorrow. They need more support to defend their rights and lands. They have and are still putting themselves on the frontlines to tackle the climate crisis. Let Indigenous peoples and local communities lead. Follow @globalalliancet to learn more.
📷: @camilafalquez
Acknowledging the fundamental work of Indigenous peoples and local communities in protecting the Earth. They keep hope alive for a bright future. Despite all odds and threats, science has proven that they are the most effective #GuardiansOfTomorrow. They need more support to defend their rights and lands. They have and are still putting themselves on the frontlines to tackle the climate crisis. Let Indigenous peoples and local communities lead. Follow @globalalliancet to learn more.
📷: @camilafalquez
Acknowledging the fundamental work of Indigenous peoples and local communities in protecting the Earth. They keep hope alive for a bright future. Despite all odds and threats, science has proven that they are the most effective #GuardiansOfTomorrow. They need more support to defend their rights and lands. They have and are still putting themselves on the frontlines to tackle the climate crisis. Let Indigenous peoples and local communities lead. Follow @globalalliancet to learn more.
📷: @camilafalquez
Acknowledging the fundamental work of Indigenous peoples and local communities in protecting the Earth. They keep hope alive for a bright future. Despite all odds and threats, science has proven that they are the most effective #GuardiansOfTomorrow. They need more support to defend their rights and lands. They have and are still putting themselves on the frontlines to tackle the climate crisis. Let Indigenous peoples and local communities lead. Follow @globalalliancet to learn more.
📷: @camilafalquez
The impact voting has on us is tremendous, shaping the way our communities work in ways that are often overlooked.
@xiyebeara talks about how, as an immigrant to the United States, policies have a profound effect on the way she lives her life, allowing us a glimpse into the importance of going to the polls today to #vote, make sure we are choosing the best leaders for our local elections #ElectionDay
#linkinbio for more on how to vote
How many people will it take to protect 30% of the planet’s wild lands by 2030? Five times more protected area personnel than we have right now.
A new study from @Rewild and partners estimates that we need a workforce of 2.9 million people, including 1.53 million more rangers. This is the first global census of protected area personnel since 1999 and the first-ever census to include rangers.
How many people will it take to protect 30% of the planet’s wild lands by 2030? Five times more protected area personnel than we have right now.
A new study from @Rewild and partners estimates that we need a workforce of 2.9 million people, including 1.53 million more rangers. This is the first global census of protected area personnel since 1999 and the first-ever census to include rangers.
How many people will it take to protect 30% of the planet’s wild lands by 2030? Five times more protected area personnel than we have right now.
A new study from @Rewild and partners estimates that we need a workforce of 2.9 million people, including 1.53 million more rangers. This is the first global census of protected area personnel since 1999 and the first-ever census to include rangers.
How many people will it take to protect 30% of the planet’s wild lands by 2030? Five times more protected area personnel than we have right now.
A new study from @Rewild and partners estimates that we need a workforce of 2.9 million people, including 1.53 million more rangers. This is the first global census of protected area personnel since 1999 and the first-ever census to include rangers.
Here in the United States, voting rights have been under attack for years and now, as we come up on midterm elections, it’s important to understand the ins and outs of voter suppression and how it continues to threaten our democracy.
Vigilante: Georgia’s Vote Suppression Hitman, narrated by @rosariodawson, explores the effects of voter suppression in the state of Georgia and what we can do as fellow Americans to ensure the right to vote is available to all.
Air pollution is one of the largest environmental issues affecting the world today, and Los Angeles in particular has faced issues arising from air pollution, swelling over the past few years. @queerbrownvegan sheds light on the effects air pollution, speaking passionately from their own experience growing up near Los Angeles factories.
Hernandez also speaks on the importance of local elections, reminding us all why November 8th is such an important day and how local elections play a pivotal role in our democracy. #LinkinBio to learn more about voting this #ElectionDay. #LeoGoesLocal
Voting is powerful. It impacts you, your community, and the world around us. These words, from @WhiteHouse Environmental Justice Advisor and Activist @jeromefosterii, are crucial for impacting change around issues that reflect our values.
Visit the #linkInbio for what you need to know to #vote this #ElectionDay – tomorrow, 11/8.
Voting in midterm elections not only affects the entire country but can greatly impact local communities. Hyper-local policies shape our immediate surroundings, and voting can help ensure that voices are heard, rights are protected, and change can be made. To shed light on this, @greengirlleah takes us to her hometown of St. Louis, MO, highlighting two environmental issues affecting her community and what can be done to help. #LeoGoesLocal
Voting is one of the most important civic duties we have, ensuring that issues that impact us the most are top of mind for the politicians that represent us. @browngirl_green takes us through the importance of choosing leaders that have climate change policies at the forefront of their platform, highlighting why climate change is an issue that affects us all and what we can do to demand better from our leaders tomorrow at the polls and beyond.
Visit the #linkinbio to find leaders in your local community who are committed to doing something about climate change, and have your voice heard by voting today, 11/8.
