Last night I saw #TheTerritory, a powerful film made in collaboration with the Uru-eu-wau-wau Indigenous people about their fight to protect the Amazon Rainforest from land invaders in Brazil. The filmmaker @alex_pritz, and protagonist @bitate_uru_eu_juma, are doing great work — amplifying Indigenous voices in the fight against climate change and organizing around legislation to protect Indigenous lands from deforestation.
Stream The Territory on @natgeo and learn more about their campaign at the #linkinbio
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If you see a glowing green light in the sky starting Thursday night, it isn’t an alien spaceship that has come to invade planet Earth. Rather, it’s a rare comet that will potentially be visible by the naked eye for the first time in 50,000 years.
C/2022 E3 (ZTF), as it’s called, was first spotted on March 2, 2022, at the Zwicky Transient Facility, and it is slated to pass close to the sun and Earth in the coming weeks.
The comet will reach its closet point to the sun on January 12. People who want to view it are advised to use binoculars or a telescope and look in areas with low light pollution. That said, if you’re busy Thursday night, you’ll have other chances; experts say the comet will be visible for the majority of January for Northern Hemisphere stargazers and in early February, when the comet is closest to the Earth, for Southern Hemisphere stargazers.
‘Comets are notoriously unpredictable, but if this one continues its current trend in brightness, it’ll be easy to spot with binoculars, and it’s just possible it could become visible to the unaided eye under dark skies,’ said NASA’s Preston Dyches.
Comets are small bodies composed of ice, dust, and gasses that orbit around the sun, and the unique green appearance of this comet is due to the presence of certain compounds, such as diatomic carbon and cyanogen. Because this particular comet has an especially large orbit around the sun, it likely won’t be back for another 50,000 years, so be sure not to miss it.
#comet #outerspace #galaxy #space
For nearly 30 years, communities in Ecuador’s Intag Valley have defended their livelihoods, their rights to clean water and clean air, and the rights of nature against threats posed by open-pit copper mining in the valley. Their most recent setback comes from the Imbabura Provincial Court, which started to hear the case last year and was set to send the three judges out to Intag to speak with local community members and explore the beauty of Intag’s forests and wildlife. Instead, the court has re-started the entire case after replacing one of the judges, putting the burden on the local communities to pay additional legal fees and travel three hours to the courthouse to repeat the first hearing.
The cloud forests of Intag Valley are home to dozens of Critically Endangered species, some of which are not found anywhere else in the world, including the Long-nose Harlequin Toad and Intag’s Resistance Rocket Frog.
You can help: Add your name to an open letter [link in bio] calling for the judges to visit Intag as planned and to protect the rights of the communities of Intag Valley and the constitutional rights of nature. #SalvemosIntag
Photo by Lucas Bustamante / @luksth
For nearly 30 years, communities in Ecuador’s Intag Valley have defended their livelihoods, their rights to clean water and clean air, and the rights of nature against threats posed by open-pit copper mining in the valley. Their most recent setback comes from the Imbabura Provincial Court, which started to hear the case last year and was set to send the three judges out to Intag to speak with local community members and explore the beauty of Intag’s forests and wildlife. Instead, the court has re-started the entire case after replacing one of the judges, putting the burden on the local communities to pay additional legal fees and travel three hours to the courthouse to repeat the first hearing.
The cloud forests of Intag Valley are home to dozens of Critically Endangered species, some of which are not found anywhere else in the world, including the Long-nose Harlequin Toad and Intag’s Resistance Rocket Frog.
You can help: Add your name to an open letter [link in bio] calling for the judges to visit Intag as planned and to protect the rights of the communities of Intag Valley and the constitutional rights of nature. #SalvemosIntag
Photo by Lucas Bustamante / @luksth
For nearly 30 years, communities in Ecuador’s Intag Valley have defended their livelihoods, their rights to clean water and clean air, and the rights of nature against threats posed by open-pit copper mining in the valley. Their most recent setback comes from the Imbabura Provincial Court, which started to hear the case last year and was set to send the three judges out to Intag to speak with local community members and explore the beauty of Intag’s forests and wildlife. Instead, the court has re-started the entire case after replacing one of the judges, putting the burden on the local communities to pay additional legal fees and travel three hours to the courthouse to repeat the first hearing.
The cloud forests of Intag Valley are home to dozens of Critically Endangered species, some of which are not found anywhere else in the world, including the Long-nose Harlequin Toad and Intag’s Resistance Rocket Frog.
You can help: Add your name to an open letter [link in bio] calling for the judges to visit Intag as planned and to protect the rights of the communities of Intag Valley and the constitutional rights of nature. #SalvemosIntag
Photo by Lucas Bustamante / @luksth
For nearly 30 years, communities in Ecuador’s Intag Valley have defended their livelihoods, their rights to clean water and clean air, and the rights of nature against threats posed by open-pit copper mining in the valley. Their most recent setback comes from the Imbabura Provincial Court, which started to hear the case last year and was set to send the three judges out to Intag to speak with local community members and explore the beauty of Intag’s forests and wildlife. Instead, the court has re-started the entire case after replacing one of the judges, putting the burden on the local communities to pay additional legal fees and travel three hours to the courthouse to repeat the first hearing.
The cloud forests of Intag Valley are home to dozens of Critically Endangered species, some of which are not found anywhere else in the world, including the Long-nose Harlequin Toad and Intag’s Resistance Rocket Frog.
You can help: Add your name to an open letter [link in bio] calling for the judges to visit Intag as planned and to protect the rights of the communities of Intag Valley and the constitutional rights of nature. #SalvemosIntag
Photo by Lucas Bustamante / @luksth
For nearly 30 years, communities in Ecuador’s Intag Valley have defended their livelihoods, their rights to clean water and clean air, and the rights of nature against threats posed by open-pit copper mining in the valley. Their most recent setback comes from the Imbabura Provincial Court, which started to hear the case last year and was set to send the three judges out to Intag to speak with local community members and explore the beauty of Intag’s forests and wildlife. Instead, the court has re-started the entire case after replacing one of the judges, putting the burden on the local communities to pay additional legal fees and travel three hours to the courthouse to repeat the first hearing.
The cloud forests of Intag Valley are home to dozens of Critically Endangered species, some of which are not found anywhere else in the world, including the Long-nose Harlequin Toad and Intag’s Resistance Rocket Frog.
You can help: Add your name to an open letter [link in bio] calling for the judges to visit Intag as planned and to protect the rights of the communities of Intag Valley and the constitutional rights of nature. #SalvemosIntag
Photo by Lucas Bustamante / @luksth
The speed at which glaciers around the world are melting is alarming. Alaska’s Northwestern Glacier has receded around six miles from the 1940s until 2005 and will continue to do so at a rapid rate. This trend solidifies the fact that the scale and impacts of glacial loss are greater than previously thought, and –according to new research– half the planet’s glaciers will melt by 2100.
While it is imperative that humanity sticks to the goals outlined in the Paris Climate Agreement, slowing down global warming and biodiversity loss has never been more important, as the rate at which the planet is heating up has a significant impact on the speed at which the glaciers melt.
@guardian has more, click the link in bio to read.
📷: Odd Andersen/@guardian
After being hunted to extinction in the UK by the early 16th century, @hantsiwwildlife has introduced two Eurasian Beavers to an enclosed space in Hampshire, England; the first two of the species to live in the country in over 400 years.
Beavers are known as a keystone species; shaping wetlands by building dams and bringing wood into water, they help other animals thrive. The release of the two beavers is part of efforts by conservationists to restabilize the species populations.
Click on the link in bio for more on the story of Hazel and Chompy from @cbsnews.
📷: Joshua Glavin/Beaver Trust
The world’s oceans had a tough 2022, with water temperatures the hottest they’ve ever been, according to the @noaa. Ocean warming can cause a number of environmental disasters, such as stronger hurricanes and more intense rains, coral bleaching, and can also contribute to rising sea levels, endangering coastal cities.
Click on the link in bio to learn more from @guardian
📷:Kerem Yücel/@guardian
Over the past few years, there has been a surge in the adoption of solar and wind energy which has had some positive impacts on climate change and the environment. However, as the effects of climate change are already obvious –including severe heat, major storms, drought and other ecological disasters– scientists warn that even with less warming, climate change will still continue to have devastating effects on the planet, people, and wildlife.
Click on the link in bio to learn more from @postclimate.
📷: @postclimate
Honored to have executive produced this documentary, coming exclusively to Florida theaters on Feb. 24. The Path of the Panther explores attempts to track the incredible animal in the wild as well as to protect the natural home of the panther.
Florida boasts the big cat as its state animal, though only about 200 or so remain in the state. Nearly two years ago, legislation was passed to help conserve the big cat with extraordinary efforts from Indigenous individuals, conservationists, and more.
The Path of the Panther will also stream on @disneyplus in the spring.
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Happy 2023 from the ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX NEW SPECIES our scientists described in 2022! Allow us to introduce a few:
🦎44 LIZARDS, 28 of which were additions to the genus Bavayia (a group of small forest geckos from the mountains of New Caledonia), more than doubling the number of known species within the genus from 13 to 41.
🫘14 SEA SLUGS including Goniobranchus fabulus, whose name translates to “small bean” & at 1.5 centimeters in length is actually the largest species in this year’s set of nudibranchs.
🌺14 FLOWERING PLANTS, including several new species from the ragged peaks of Brazil’s Campo Rupestre & California’s very own Minnesota Mountain onion, an allium found only on two neighboring peaks.
🐠7 FISHES, from a dazzling yellowtail damselfish & deep sea grenadier to the swoon-worthy rose-veiled fairy wrasse (Cirrhilabrus finifenmaa), a fish so beautiful it was named for the Maldives’ national flower.
🦂2 SCORPIONS, both native to California and described by two high-school students in partnership with an Academy curator. PS: This one has babies — awww.
🪩PLUS 30 ants, 13 sea stars, 4 beetles, 4 sharks, 3 moths, 3 worms, 2 spiders, 2 lichens, 1 toad, 1 clam, 1 aphid, and 1 sea biscuit! (Phew.) Read the full release at the link in bio, & HAPPY 2023, humans! XO, us & this party-clam, aka Cymatioa cooki 🐜⭐️🪲🦈🦋🪱🕷️🐸🥠
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Happy 2023 from the ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX NEW SPECIES our scientists described in 2022! Allow us to introduce a few:
🦎44 LIZARDS, 28 of which were additions to the genus Bavayia (a group of small forest geckos from the mountains of New Caledonia), more than doubling the number of known species within the genus from 13 to 41.
🫘14 SEA SLUGS including Goniobranchus fabulus, whose name translates to “small bean” & at 1.5 centimeters in length is actually the largest species in this year’s set of nudibranchs.
🌺14 FLOWERING PLANTS, including several new species from the ragged peaks of Brazil’s Campo Rupestre & California’s very own Minnesota Mountain onion, an allium found only on two neighboring peaks.
🐠7 FISHES, from a dazzling yellowtail damselfish & deep sea grenadier to the swoon-worthy rose-veiled fairy wrasse (Cirrhilabrus finifenmaa), a fish so beautiful it was named for the Maldives’ national flower.
🦂2 SCORPIONS, both native to California and described by two high-school students in partnership with an Academy curator. PS: This one has babies — awww.
🪩PLUS 30 ants, 13 sea stars, 4 beetles, 4 sharks, 3 moths, 3 worms, 2 spiders, 2 lichens, 1 toad, 1 clam, 1 aphid, and 1 sea biscuit! (Phew.) Read the full release at the link in bio, & HAPPY 2023, humans! XO, us & this party-clam, aka Cymatioa cooki 🐜⭐️🪲🦈🦋🪱🕷️🐸🥠
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Happy 2023 from the ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX NEW SPECIES our scientists described in 2022! Allow us to introduce a few:
🦎44 LIZARDS, 28 of which were additions to the genus Bavayia (a group of small forest geckos from the mountains of New Caledonia), more than doubling the number of known species within the genus from 13 to 41.
🫘14 SEA SLUGS including Goniobranchus fabulus, whose name translates to “small bean” & at 1.5 centimeters in length is actually the largest species in this year’s set of nudibranchs.
🌺14 FLOWERING PLANTS, including several new species from the ragged peaks of Brazil’s Campo Rupestre & California’s very own Minnesota Mountain onion, an allium found only on two neighboring peaks.
🐠7 FISHES, from a dazzling yellowtail damselfish & deep sea grenadier to the swoon-worthy rose-veiled fairy wrasse (Cirrhilabrus finifenmaa), a fish so beautiful it was named for the Maldives’ national flower.
🦂2 SCORPIONS, both native to California and described by two high-school students in partnership with an Academy curator. PS: This one has babies — awww.
🪩PLUS 30 ants, 13 sea stars, 4 beetles, 4 sharks, 3 moths, 3 worms, 2 spiders, 2 lichens, 1 toad, 1 clam, 1 aphid, and 1 sea biscuit! (Phew.) Read the full release at the link in bio, & HAPPY 2023, humans! XO, us & this party-clam, aka Cymatioa cooki 🐜⭐️🪲🦈🦋🪱🕷️🐸🥠
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Happy 2023 from the ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX NEW SPECIES our scientists described in 2022! Allow us to introduce a few:
🦎44 LIZARDS, 28 of which were additions to the genus Bavayia (a group of small forest geckos from the mountains of New Caledonia), more than doubling the number of known species within the genus from 13 to 41.
🫘14 SEA SLUGS including Goniobranchus fabulus, whose name translates to “small bean” & at 1.5 centimeters in length is actually the largest species in this year’s set of nudibranchs.
🌺14 FLOWERING PLANTS, including several new species from the ragged peaks of Brazil’s Campo Rupestre & California’s very own Minnesota Mountain onion, an allium found only on two neighboring peaks.
🐠7 FISHES, from a dazzling yellowtail damselfish & deep sea grenadier to the swoon-worthy rose-veiled fairy wrasse (Cirrhilabrus finifenmaa), a fish so beautiful it was named for the Maldives’ national flower.
🦂2 SCORPIONS, both native to California and described by two high-school students in partnership with an Academy curator. PS: This one has babies — awww.
🪩PLUS 30 ants, 13 sea stars, 4 beetles, 4 sharks, 3 moths, 3 worms, 2 spiders, 2 lichens, 1 toad, 1 clam, 1 aphid, and 1 sea biscuit! (Phew.) Read the full release at the link in bio, & HAPPY 2023, humans! XO, us & this party-clam, aka Cymatioa cooki 🐜⭐️🪲🦈🦋🪱🕷️🐸🥠
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Happy 2023 from the ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX NEW SPECIES our scientists described in 2022! Allow us to introduce a few:
🦎44 LIZARDS, 28 of which were additions to the genus Bavayia (a group of small forest geckos from the mountains of New Caledonia), more than doubling the number of known species within the genus from 13 to 41.
🫘14 SEA SLUGS including Goniobranchus fabulus, whose name translates to “small bean” & at 1.5 centimeters in length is actually the largest species in this year’s set of nudibranchs.
🌺14 FLOWERING PLANTS, including several new species from the ragged peaks of Brazil’s Campo Rupestre & California’s very own Minnesota Mountain onion, an allium found only on two neighboring peaks.
🐠7 FISHES, from a dazzling yellowtail damselfish & deep sea grenadier to the swoon-worthy rose-veiled fairy wrasse (Cirrhilabrus finifenmaa), a fish so beautiful it was named for the Maldives’ national flower.
🦂2 SCORPIONS, both native to California and described by two high-school students in partnership with an Academy curator. PS: This one has babies — awww.
🪩PLUS 30 ants, 13 sea stars, 4 beetles, 4 sharks, 3 moths, 3 worms, 2 spiders, 2 lichens, 1 toad, 1 clam, 1 aphid, and 1 sea biscuit! (Phew.) Read the full release at the link in bio, & HAPPY 2023, humans! XO, us & this party-clam, aka Cymatioa cooki 🐜⭐️🪲🦈🦋🪱🕷️🐸🥠
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Happy 2023 from the ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX NEW SPECIES our scientists described in 2022! Allow us to introduce a few:
🦎44 LIZARDS, 28 of which were additions to the genus Bavayia (a group of small forest geckos from the mountains of New Caledonia), more than doubling the number of known species within the genus from 13 to 41.
🫘14 SEA SLUGS including Goniobranchus fabulus, whose name translates to “small bean” & at 1.5 centimeters in length is actually the largest species in this year’s set of nudibranchs.
🌺14 FLOWERING PLANTS, including several new species from the ragged peaks of Brazil’s Campo Rupestre & California’s very own Minnesota Mountain onion, an allium found only on two neighboring peaks.
🐠7 FISHES, from a dazzling yellowtail damselfish & deep sea grenadier to the swoon-worthy rose-veiled fairy wrasse (Cirrhilabrus finifenmaa), a fish so beautiful it was named for the Maldives’ national flower.
🦂2 SCORPIONS, both native to California and described by two high-school students in partnership with an Academy curator. PS: This one has babies — awww.
🪩PLUS 30 ants, 13 sea stars, 4 beetles, 4 sharks, 3 moths, 3 worms, 2 spiders, 2 lichens, 1 toad, 1 clam, 1 aphid, and 1 sea biscuit! (Phew.) Read the full release at the link in bio, & HAPPY 2023, humans! XO, us & this party-clam, aka Cymatioa cooki 🐜⭐️🪲🦈🦋🪱🕷️🐸🥠
Repost from @calacademy
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Happy 2023 from the ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX NEW SPECIES our scientists described in 2022! Allow us to introduce a few:
🦎44 LIZARDS, 28 of which were additions to the genus Bavayia (a group of small forest geckos from the mountains of New Caledonia), more than doubling the number of known species within the genus from 13 to 41.
🫘14 SEA SLUGS including Goniobranchus fabulus, whose name translates to “small bean” & at 1.5 centimeters in length is actually the largest species in this year’s set of nudibranchs.
🌺14 FLOWERING PLANTS, including several new species from the ragged peaks of Brazil’s Campo Rupestre & California’s very own Minnesota Mountain onion, an allium found only on two neighboring peaks.
🐠7 FISHES, from a dazzling yellowtail damselfish & deep sea grenadier to the swoon-worthy rose-veiled fairy wrasse (Cirrhilabrus finifenmaa), a fish so beautiful it was named for the Maldives’ national flower.
🦂2 SCORPIONS, both native to California and described by two high-school students in partnership with an Academy curator. PS: This one has babies — awww.
🪩PLUS 30 ants, 13 sea stars, 4 beetles, 4 sharks, 3 moths, 3 worms, 2 spiders, 2 lichens, 1 toad, 1 clam, 1 aphid, and 1 sea biscuit! (Phew.) Read the full release at the link in bio, & HAPPY 2023, humans! XO, us & this party-clam, aka Cymatioa cooki 🐜⭐️🪲🦈🦋🪱🕷️🐸🥠
This past Friday, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed a regulation on industrial soot, which is one of the United States’ most deadly air pollutants. This proposed regulation would strengthen the federal limits, reducing the pollutant from 12 micrograms per cubic meter of air to between nine and ten.
The last time the regulation was altered was a decade ago and this EPA proposal is the latest in the Biden administration’s efforts to address climate change and environmental justice. The EPA made mention of ways the proposed regulation would help the overall well-being of American citizens, including health-related reasons, as well as the potential for a decrease in environmental disasters such as wildfires.
Learn more from @guardian by clicking the link in bio.
📷: David Hawxhurst/@guardian
The Congo Basin is one of the most important wildlands on the planet, hosting about one-fifth of all Earth’s species. The Congo Basin is also the planet’s largest remaining carbon sink; an ecosystem that excels at absorbing carbon from the atmosphere. Carbon sinks are essential in helping to prevent some of the worst impacts of climate change.
However, the Congo Basin has seen an uptick in deforestation since 2020, which is especially concerning, not only because of its important role in sequestering carbon and harboring biodiversity but because the Congo Basin has never experienced this level of human activity.
@treehuggerdotcom has more on the threat to the Congo Basin, which you can read by clicking the link in bio.
📷: Guenter Guni
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Political will is a renewable resource, says the former US Vice President.
Watch the full session from #wef23 by tapping on the link in our bio.
@algore
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As 2022 turned to 2023, an exceptionally strong wintertime heat dome pounced on much of Europe, producing unprecedented warmth for January. As temperatures soared 18 to 36 degrees Fahrenheit (10 to 20 Celsius) above normal from France to western Russia, thousands of records were broken between Saturday and Monday — many by large margins.
The extreme warm spell followed a record-warm year in many parts of Europe and provided yet another example of how human-caused climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of such extraordinary weather events.
On New Year’s Day, at least seven countries saw their warmest January weather on record as temperatures surged to springtime levels: Latvia hit 52 degrees (11.1 Celsius); Denmark 54.7 degrees (12.6 Celsius); Lithuania 58.3 degrees (14.6 Celsius); Belarus 61.5 degrees (16.4 Celsius); the Netherlands 62.4 degrees (16.9 Celsius); Poland 66.2 degrees (19.0 Celsius); and the Czech Republic 67.3 degrees (19.6 Celsius).
Those who track worldwide weather records described the warm spell as historic and could hardly believe its scope and magnitude.
Yesterday morning, @unitednations Secretary-General @antonioguterres gave an address calling for more #ClimateAction for our oceans amongst a number of other actions we as a society must take in order to combat this climate emergency. Visit the link in bio for more info.
![Leonardo DiCaprio Instagram - For nearly 30 years, communities in Ecuador’s Intag Valley have defended their livelihoods, their rights to clean water and clean air, and the rights of nature against threats posed by open-pit copper mining in the valley. Their most recent setback comes from the Imbabura Provincial Court, which started to hear the case last year and was set to send the three judges out to Intag to speak with local community members and explore the beauty of Intag’s forests and wildlife. Instead, the court has re-started the entire case after replacing one of the judges, putting the burden on the local communities to pay additional legal fees and travel three hours to the courthouse to repeat the first hearing. The cloud forests of Intag Valley are home to dozens of Critically Endangered species, some of which are not found anywhere else in the world, including the Long-nose Harlequin Toad and Intag’s Resistance Rocket Frog. You can help: Add your name to an open letter [link in bio] calling for the judges to visit Intag as planned and to protect the rights of the communities of Intag Valley and the constitutional rights of nature. #SalvemosIntag Photo by Lucas Bustamante / @luksth](https://www.gethucinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/LeonardoDiCaprio-216-150x150.jpg)
![Leonardo DiCaprio Instagram - For nearly 30 years, communities in Ecuador’s Intag Valley have defended their livelihoods, their rights to clean water and clean air, and the rights of nature against threats posed by open-pit copper mining in the valley. Their most recent setback comes from the Imbabura Provincial Court, which started to hear the case last year and was set to send the three judges out to Intag to speak with local community members and explore the beauty of Intag’s forests and wildlife. Instead, the court has re-started the entire case after replacing one of the judges, putting the burden on the local communities to pay additional legal fees and travel three hours to the courthouse to repeat the first hearing. The cloud forests of Intag Valley are home to dozens of Critically Endangered species, some of which are not found anywhere else in the world, including the Long-nose Harlequin Toad and Intag’s Resistance Rocket Frog. You can help: Add your name to an open letter [link in bio] calling for the judges to visit Intag as planned and to protect the rights of the communities of Intag Valley and the constitutional rights of nature. #SalvemosIntag Photo by Lucas Bustamante / @luksth](https://www.gethucinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/LeonardoDiCaprio-215-150x150.jpg)
![Leonardo DiCaprio Instagram - For nearly 30 years, communities in Ecuador’s Intag Valley have defended their livelihoods, their rights to clean water and clean air, and the rights of nature against threats posed by open-pit copper mining in the valley. Their most recent setback comes from the Imbabura Provincial Court, which started to hear the case last year and was set to send the three judges out to Intag to speak with local community members and explore the beauty of Intag’s forests and wildlife. Instead, the court has re-started the entire case after replacing one of the judges, putting the burden on the local communities to pay additional legal fees and travel three hours to the courthouse to repeat the first hearing. The cloud forests of Intag Valley are home to dozens of Critically Endangered species, some of which are not found anywhere else in the world, including the Long-nose Harlequin Toad and Intag’s Resistance Rocket Frog. You can help: Add your name to an open letter [link in bio] calling for the judges to visit Intag as planned and to protect the rights of the communities of Intag Valley and the constitutional rights of nature. #SalvemosIntag Photo by Lucas Bustamante / @luksth](https://www.gethucinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/LeonardoDiCaprio-214-150x150.jpg)
![Leonardo DiCaprio Instagram - For nearly 30 years, communities in Ecuador’s Intag Valley have defended their livelihoods, their rights to clean water and clean air, and the rights of nature against threats posed by open-pit copper mining in the valley. Their most recent setback comes from the Imbabura Provincial Court, which started to hear the case last year and was set to send the three judges out to Intag to speak with local community members and explore the beauty of Intag’s forests and wildlife. Instead, the court has re-started the entire case after replacing one of the judges, putting the burden on the local communities to pay additional legal fees and travel three hours to the courthouse to repeat the first hearing. The cloud forests of Intag Valley are home to dozens of Critically Endangered species, some of which are not found anywhere else in the world, including the Long-nose Harlequin Toad and Intag’s Resistance Rocket Frog. You can help: Add your name to an open letter [link in bio] calling for the judges to visit Intag as planned and to protect the rights of the communities of Intag Valley and the constitutional rights of nature. #SalvemosIntag Photo by Lucas Bustamante / @luksth](https://www.gethucinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/LeonardoDiCaprio-213-150x150.jpg)
![Leonardo DiCaprio Instagram - For nearly 30 years, communities in Ecuador’s Intag Valley have defended their livelihoods, their rights to clean water and clean air, and the rights of nature against threats posed by open-pit copper mining in the valley. Their most recent setback comes from the Imbabura Provincial Court, which started to hear the case last year and was set to send the three judges out to Intag to speak with local community members and explore the beauty of Intag’s forests and wildlife. Instead, the court has re-started the entire case after replacing one of the judges, putting the burden on the local communities to pay additional legal fees and travel three hours to the courthouse to repeat the first hearing. The cloud forests of Intag Valley are home to dozens of Critically Endangered species, some of which are not found anywhere else in the world, including the Long-nose Harlequin Toad and Intag’s Resistance Rocket Frog. You can help: Add your name to an open letter [link in bio] calling for the judges to visit Intag as planned and to protect the rights of the communities of Intag Valley and the constitutional rights of nature. #SalvemosIntag Photo by Lucas Bustamante / @luksth](https://www.gethucinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/LeonardoDiCaprio-178-150x150.jpg)
