“In the 1920s, members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma were the wealthiest people per capita in the country, because oil had been discovered under their land. Then, one by one, they began to die under mysterious circumstances. Killers of the Flower Moon tells the story of one of American history’s most sinister conspiracies and terrible racial injustices. Like the Tulsa Race Massacre, which occurred only thirty miles away during the same period, this critical chapter has long been erased from our nation’s history books. A century after these crimes, we have tried to shine a light on the true story. Killers was filmed in Oklahoma in the very places where these events took place, and several Osages whose relatives perished appeared in the film. It is an American crime story that is less about who did it than who didn’t do it. It is about widespread complicity. And ultimately, it is about a reckoning with our past that is long overdue.” — David Grann
#KillersOfTheFlowerMoon will exclusively be in theatres from @paramountpics and @appletv this October. It’s a project I am very proud to be part of and I cannot wait to share it with you all.
I was honored to spend time with Sônia Guajajara, Brazil’s Minister of Indigenous Peoples, Célia Xakriabá, Member of Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies, and Lily Gladstone, Actor in Killers of the Flower Moon at the event in Cannes, France to support the Indigenous people leading the conservation of the Amazon rainforest. My organization @rewild and our partners stand with Brazil’s +900,000 Indigenous people from 300 Indigenous groups.
Photo: @leo.otero
I was honored to spend time with Sônia Guajajara, Brazil’s Minister of Indigenous Peoples, Célia Xakriabá, Member of Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies, and Lily Gladstone, Actor in Killers of the Flower Moon at the event in Cannes, France to support the Indigenous people leading the conservation of the Amazon rainforest. My organization @rewild and our partners stand with Brazil’s +900,000 Indigenous people from 300 Indigenous groups.
Photo: @leo.otero
I was honored to spend time with Sônia Guajajara, Brazil’s Minister of Indigenous Peoples, Célia Xakriabá, Member of Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies, and Lily Gladstone, Actor in Killers of the Flower Moon at the event in Cannes, France to support the Indigenous people leading the conservation of the Amazon rainforest. My organization @rewild and our partners stand with Brazil’s +900,000 Indigenous people from 300 Indigenous groups.
Photo: @leo.otero
I was honored to spend time with Sônia Guajajara, Brazil’s Minister of Indigenous Peoples, Célia Xakriabá, Member of Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies, and Lily Gladstone, Actor in Killers of the Flower Moon at the event in Cannes, France to support the Indigenous people leading the conservation of the Amazon rainforest. My organization @rewild and our partners stand with Brazil’s +900,000 Indigenous people from 300 Indigenous groups.
Photo: @leo.otero
Watch the official trailer for #KillersOfTheFlowerMoon – exclusively in theaters this October. @appletv, @paramountpics
In a victory for Indigenous rights, Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva recently announced the demarcation of six Indigenous lands: TI Arara do Rio Amônia, TI Kariri-Xocó, TI Rio dos Índios, TI Tremembé da Barra do Mundaú, TI Avá-Canoeiro and TI Uneiuxi. This progress comes after the previous administration not only stalled on demarcations, but violated the rights of the country’s Indigenous peoples.
Lula also:
signed a decree to establish a committee focused on the protection, recovery, conservation and sustainable use of natural resources in Indigenous territories;
rebooted the National Council for Indigenous Policy, which allows for equal participation of Indigenous peoples in presenting and monitoring the enforcement of public policies aimed at Indigenous peoples;
guaranteed more than USD$2.4 million for economic development and recovery of the Yanomami Indigenous communities in the Amazon.
Congratulations to everyone involved in these critical accomplishments.
Photo by @mre_gaviao
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Em uma vitória para os direitos indígenas, o presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva anunciou a demarcação de seis terras indígenas: TI Arara do Rio Amônia, TI Kariri-Xocó, TI Rio dos Índios, TI Tremembé da Barra do Mundaú, TI Avá-Canoeiro e TI Uneiuxi. Esse progresso ocorre depois que o governo anterior não apenas paralisou as demarcações, mas violou os direitos dos povos indígenas do país.
Lula também:
assinou um decreto para estabelecer um comitê voltado para a proteção, recuperação, conservação e uso sustentável dos recursos naturais em territórios indígenas;
reiniciou o Conselho Nacional de Política Indigenista, que permite a participação igualitária dos povos indígenas na apresentação e no monitoramento da aplicação de políticas públicas voltadas para os povos indígenas;
garantiu mais de US$ 2,4 milhões para o desenvolvimento econômico e a recuperação das comunidades indígenas Yanomami na Amazônia.
Parabéns a todos os envolvidos nessas conquistas fundamentais.
Foto de @mre_gaviao
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Preliminary data released Friday by Brazil’s INPE found that deforestation in the Amazon dropped by 68% in April 2023 compared to April 2022. The drop comes after 2 months of higher deforestation in February and March, but year over year, deforestation is still down 40% overall.
Many are giving some of the credit to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, as he began reinstating policies to protect the Amazon and Indigenous rights after taking office. Previous President Jair Bolsonaro weakened them, and deforestation reached its highest level in 15 years under his administration.
Deforestation typically picks up in the summer months, and Reuters reported that experts are holding off on announcing downward trends for this year until more data are available.
#brazil #amazon #deforestation #climatenews
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Amazing Encounter With Rare White Orca Off California Coast
A group of whale watchers received the sight of a lifetime when they spotted a rare, all-white orca off the coast of California.
‘It’s already rare to see orcas in this area, yet alone a white one,’ said Mark Girardeau, a drone and wildlife photographer, via Newsflare.
The orca, which has been nicknamed Frosty, was born with leucism, which affects its levels of pigmentation. Only a handful of orcas on Earth are known to have this condition. Researchers have been tracking Frosty’s pod, known as CA216, for a while now. The pod has been known to travel in the Pacific waters between California and Mexico.
#orca #california #pacificocean #animalnews
As governments and the private sector aim to voluntarily reduce their carbon footprint, many are looking to purchase carbon credits generated through the protection or restoration of the wild. A new fund, called the Kawari Fund, aims to help the carbon market scale by ensuring that the rapid development of carbon initiatives to meet this demand does not threaten the rights and sovereignty of the Indigenous peoples and local communities.
The fund, which is administered by @Rewild and was constructed with the support of diverse Indigenous and local community representatives, provides a trusted source of financial support in the carbon space for IP and LCs to strengthen their role and negotiating position in the voluntary carbon market on jurisdictional (national or subnational) initiatives, while also ensuring that they benefit equitably from any carbon trading schemes that they choose to engage with.
The fund will also provide support to NGOs and governments working to ensure integrity in forest carbon markets.
The Kawari Fund’s core initial donors include the Packard Foundation (@packardfdn) via the Climate & Land Use Alliance (CLUA) and the Hewlett Foundation (@hewlettfoundation)
Photo by @andrewsnyder87, Re:wild
The Protecting Our Planet Challenge, which includes my organization @Rewild, this week announced plans in partnership with the Brazilian government to invest $200 million in the Amazon over the next four years to support the expansion and management of protected areas and Indigenous territories. We are honored to help support Brazil’s ambitious and critical goals of achieving zero deforestation in the Amazon and accelerating the country’s transition to a sustainable and green economy.
We call on additional philanthropists to join the new commitment to protect and restore Amazonia in Brazil and beyond.
Amazonia is also critically important to Indigenous peoples from up to 400 Indigenous groups that speak hundreds of languages, represent irreplaceable cultural diversity and depend on natural ecosystems and resources for their livelihoods and cultures.
Photo: João Paulo Krajewski
@lulaoficial
@guajajarasonia
@marinasilvaoficial
Greece recently became the 1st European country to recognize Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) in its laws & policies. KBAs are the most important places in the world for the persistence of biodiversity and play a critical role in the planet’s overall health. Congratulations are in order for the Greek government in leading the way by highlighting #KeyBiodiversityAreas as a key tool for expanding a network of protected areas and preserving biodiversity on Earth.
📷: LIFE projects
Haiti’s fight against climate change has been bolstered with ecological restoration.
Despite facing significant challenges due to the current unrest throughout the country, @haiti_national_trust is thrilled to announce that funding has been secured for the Klima I project for Grand Bois National Park. This project is a continuation of Haiti National Trust’s efforts to conserve the park’s biodiversity. Financed by Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund, @rewild and @rainforesttrust, this project aims to also provide sustainable livelihoods for communities around the park and to implement local environmental education programs in schools and community centers.
This three-year $2.1 million project is led by Haiti National Trust as part of their work protecting this Key Biodiversity Area. Grand Bois National Park is home to dozens of threatened species of plants, birds, reptiles, and mammals, and is one of the most important sites for amphibians in the world.
#RewildTheCaribbean
📷: @wildexplorerayiti
Our ocean is being pushed to breaking point by destructive fishing, climate change, pollution, and habitat loss. This #WorldOceanDay, #GlobalFishingWatch, a nonprofit organization, is using cutting-edge technology to create and publicly share knowledge about human activity at sea, giving us an accurate picture of everything that’s happening across our global ocean, so we can take action to save it.
Click the link in bio to learn more.
At my organization @Rewild, we never give up on species. This includes the Vaquita (the world’s smallest porpoise), which has avoided extinction thanks to 24/7 protection from @SeaShepherdSSCS and the Mexican Navy, and the critical role of local communities in working toward Vaquita-safe seafood due to Cetacean Action Treasury @pescaabc @pronaturanoroeste efforts. The Vaquita is starting its recovery but to get beyond ten individual #Vaquita, the government of Mexico and its partners must double down on proven solutions for both Vaquita and the people.
Learn more at the link in bio.
There is nowhere in the world like the Amazon Rainforest, which sustains the health of all life on Earth. Yet the Amazon & Indigenous peoples who protect it are under threat by a catastrophic bill that already passed Brazil’s lower house of Congress.
You can help: Support Brazil’s Indigenous peoples by asking Senate President @rodrigopacheco to reject the Marco Temporal bill (PL2903), which was backed by the animal agriculture industry and would strip away the rights of Indigenous peoples and open their home to an unprecedented wave of industrial cattle production, mining and logging. [Link in bio] Well over 90% of deforestation in the Amazon is the result of clearing for cattle and cattle feed industry.
If the bill passes, it will push the Amazon beyond the brink and accelerate biodiversity loss and climate change. The result will be catastrophic for the planet.
Let’s stand up for the Amazon and our planet and say no to #PL2903.
#MarcoTemporal #SaveTheAmazon #MarcoTemporalNao
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Não há lugar no mundo como a Floresta Amazônica, que sustenta a saúde de toda a vida na Terra. No entanto, a Amazônia e os povos indígenas que a protegem estão ameaçados por um projeto de lei catastrófico que já foi aprovado na Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil.
Você pode ajudar: Apoie os povos indígenas do Brasil pedindo ao presidente do Senado, @rodrigopacheco, que rejeite o projeto de lei Marco Temporal (PL2903), que foi apoiado pelo setor de pecuária e que retiraria os direitos dos povos indígenas e abriria suas terras para uma onda sem precedentes de produção industrial de gado, mineração e exploração madeireira. [Mais de 90% do desmatamento na Amazônia é resultado de desmatamento para gado e ração.
Se o projeto de lei for aprovado, ele levará a Amazônia ao limite e acelerará a perda de biodiversidade e as mudanças climáticas. O resultado será catastrófico para o planeta.
Vamos defender a Amazônia e o nosso planeta e dizer não à #PL2903.
#MarcoTemporal #SaveTheAmazon #MarcoTemporalNao
Texas has seen a growing problem with its water infrastructure. Aging pipes and failing treatment plants have caused a number of issues in the state, from its drinking water infrastructure barely receiving a passing grade in a 2021 report from the American Society of Civil Engineers to a growing number of boil-water notices statewide. Rural areas in particular see exacerbated problems, with some pipes over 100 years old. These communities –where populations are smaller– have less money to spend on repairs or upgrading water infrastructure. Texas has the largest rural population in the country.
Climate change has also played a role in the failure of the state’s aging water infrastructure, with extreme weather events causing old pipes to break more often. And these weather events have become more and more frequent in recent years–Texas faced its worst drought in more than a decade just last year. Texas has also recently seen extreme winter weather and an uptick in tornadoes, all of which have caused questions about whether Texas’ infrastructure is equipped to handle extreme weather. Experts warn that failure to address this issue could lead to catastrophic consequences for the state’s economy, environment, and public health.
Learn more at the link in bio.
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The drying of lakes and reservoirs around the world is increasingly stressing water supplies for drinking and agriculture, endangering habitats for plants and fish, reducing the capacity to generate hydropower, and threatening marine recreation and tourism.
Water loss in large lakes around the world was more widespread during the past three decades than previously thought, according to a study of nearly 2,000 such lakes.
A warming climate and human water consumption drove at least half of the decline in natural lakes, the study found. Reservoirs, or artificial lakes, also showed substantial drops.
2023 is the year for breakthrough #ClimateAction and action for the #GlobalGoals, our blueprint for the well-being and dignity for everyone on a healthy planet.
With global efforts far off-track to limit global warming and protect people from climate impacts, we need accelerated action by governments, businesses and finance leaders to cut greenhouse gas emissions and deliver justice for those on the frontlines of the climate crisis.
Join the @UnitedNations and #ActNow for a better future for all.
Link in bio.
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Like other electric vehicles, electric tractors are about fighting climate change by cutting our carbon footprint. Monarch estimates each of its EV tractors accounts for 14 passenger vehicles taken off the roads, in terms of emissions.
Electric tractors will save on fuel and maintenance costs, they are lighter than most tractors, and the self-driving capability cuts down on labor costs as well.
Advocates say EV tractors should lead to less herbicide use, increased productivity and improved worker safety.
Read more by tapping the link in our bio.
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Like other electric vehicles, electric tractors are about fighting climate change by cutting our carbon footprint. Monarch estimates each of its EV tractors accounts for 14 passenger vehicles taken off the roads, in terms of emissions.
Electric tractors will save on fuel and maintenance costs, they are lighter than most tractors, and the self-driving capability cuts down on labor costs as well.
Advocates say EV tractors should lead to less herbicide use, increased productivity and improved worker safety.
Read more by tapping the link in our bio.
Please join me in supporting Brazilian Indigenous leader @celia.xakriaba who is asking fellow Brazilian Congress members to oppose the anti-Indigenous bill PL490. The key vote is tomorrow; please consider signing her petition at the #LinkInBio.
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Junte-se a mim no apoio à liderança indígena @celiaxakriaba, que está pedindo aos colegas membros do Congresso brasileiro que se oponham ao projeto de lei anti-indígena PL490. #PL490NÃO
A votação do projeto é amanhã. Por favor, assine a petição.
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☀️ This year, Earth had the hottest June on record by far, according to early climate data.
On top of a record-setting June, July 3 and 4 were the hottest days on record globally since at least 1979 — and it’s possible that these records will be exceeded later in the month.
While daily global records aren’t the best way to measure human-induced climate change, larger trends still show increased average global temperatures. These high temperatures are another warning sign that climate change may be picking up, with record warm ocean temperatures in June and extreme heat events worldwide.
🔗 Click the link in our bio to read more.
This #WorldEnvironmentDay is a call to #BeatPlasticPollution.
Every year, more than 400 million tons of plastic is produced worldwide – one third of which is used just once.
Every day, the equivalent of 2,000 garbage trucks full of plastic is dumped into our oceans, rivers, and lakes.
The consequences are catastrophic.
But we have solutions.
We must work as one to break our addiction to plastics, champion zero waste, and build a truly circular economy.
Together, let’s shape a cleaner, healthier, and more sustainable future for all.
![Leonardo DiCaprio Instagram - There is nowhere in the world like the Amazon Rainforest, which sustains the health of all life on Earth. Yet the Amazon & Indigenous peoples who protect it are under threat by a catastrophic bill that already passed Brazil’s lower house of Congress. You can help: Support Brazil’s Indigenous peoples by asking Senate President @rodrigopacheco to reject the Marco Temporal bill (PL2903), which was backed by the animal agriculture industry and would strip away the rights of Indigenous peoples and open their home to an unprecedented wave of industrial cattle production, mining and logging. [Link in bio] Well over 90% of deforestation in the Amazon is the result of clearing for cattle and cattle feed industry. If the bill passes, it will push the Amazon beyond the brink and accelerate biodiversity loss and climate change. The result will be catastrophic for the planet. Let’s stand up for the Amazon and our planet and say no to #PL2903. #MarcoTemporal #SaveTheAmazon #MarcoTemporalNao ——— Não há lugar no mundo como a Floresta Amazônica, que sustenta a saúde de toda a vida na Terra. No entanto, a Amazônia e os povos indígenas que a protegem estão ameaçados por um projeto de lei catastrófico que já foi aprovado na Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil. Você pode ajudar: Apoie os povos indígenas do Brasil pedindo ao presidente do Senado, @rodrigopacheco, que rejeite o projeto de lei Marco Temporal (PL2903), que foi apoiado pelo setor de pecuária e que retiraria os direitos dos povos indígenas e abriria suas terras para uma onda sem precedentes de produção industrial de gado, mineração e exploração madeireira. [Mais de 90% do desmatamento na Amazônia é resultado de desmatamento para gado e ração. Se o projeto de lei for aprovado, ele levará a Amazônia ao limite e acelerará a perda de biodiversidade e as mudanças climáticas. O resultado será catastrófico para o planeta. Vamos defender a Amazônia e o nosso planeta e dizer não à #PL2903. #MarcoTemporal #SaveTheAmazon #MarcoTemporalNao](https://www.gethucinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/LeonardoDiCaprio-101-150x150.jpg)
