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The X that replaced the Twitter bird makes me so uncomfortable. It’s been said, but it feels like a limbless symbol of an era scarred forever by humanity’s unimaginable inhumanity. And yet I crave connection and community. We all do, and that gives me hope. So here I am.

'The people that were killed here were left here. Their spirits, their bodies are in those trees. And so we darn sure are going to protect those people.' -- Delaine Spilsbury, an Ely Shoshone elder. Text + video by @BrittanyKPeters. Photos by Rick Bowmer apnews.com/article/native…

To those who opposed a clear reference to phase out of fossil fuels during the #COP28 Climate Conference, I want to say: Whether you like it or not, fossil fuel phase out is inevitable. Let’s hope it doesn’t come too late.

"#COP28 was marked by the largest presence of #Indigenous Peoples in the entire history of the COPs and, more than participating in full, we were heard and sat at the decision-making tables to discuss our role in actions to combat the climate crisis." ⤵️

UN Expert Urges #SouthAfrica To End “Environmental Racism” theheritagetimes.com/un-expert-urge…

As populations grow, water supplies shrink and an international water-sharing agreement comes under pressure along the Texas-Mexico border. “All the cities on this river are going to fight for the water” 1st in a series for @TexasObserver @insideclimate insideclimatenews.org/news/05092022/…

Meanwhile, back in Brasilia, stark evidence that celebrating Indigenous peoples‘s rights can’t stop elites from seeking to end the reign of the only humans able to sustainably use wild species. Treaties to protect nature must enshrine rights as  »sine qua non  ». DEMARCAÇÃO JÁ

President Lula to @BBCWorld : « I’ve participated in several meetings and many times they talk, talk, talk, approve a document and nothing happens. This meeting is the first great opportunity for people to show the world what we want to do." bbc.com/news/world-lat…

Since Lula took office, deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has dropped 42.5%. And yet: “We know we have so many enemies in congress who don’t like us,” said Alessandra Korap, a leader of the Munduruku people, told @guardian correspondent Tom Phillips

« Campaigners voiced a mix of relief that Lula had brought an end to Bolsonaro’s era of Amazon chaos, and anxiety that Brazil’s conservative-dominated congress might prevent the president from enacting his ambitious environmental agenda… » theguardian.com/world/2023/aug…

@BenvanRaaij DM if you are interested in speaking to Indigenous leaders from Suriname at this pre-Amazonian Summit in Belem, they have opinions regarding conditions that must be met if the Summit is to succeed in saving the Amazon they are defending right now with little support.

Good to see some of the findings of our 2021 joint @IPCC_CH @IPBES workshop report on biodiversity and climate change being echoed elsewhere

Although they account for an estimated 5% of the global population, #IndigenousPeoples steward at least 25% of the world’s land, which contains much of the planet’s biodiversity. Protect the rights of Indigenous Peoples.🌳 #ForPeopleForPlanet 📸@UNDPClimate

@IPBES @UNDPClimate Kindly retweet: @globalalliancet @ApibOficial @OPIAC_Amazonia @MinaSetra2 @AbdonNababan @TenureFacility @DavidKaimowitz @KevinCurrey @Erika_Berenguer @theamazonwewant @naosoumaismess @ElizKolbert @elizabarclay @marlowehood @peterprengaman @WRReport @WorldResources @claudioangelo

@Erika_Berenguer lol

You work in the Amazon? Oh wow! How is it like to work during the rainy season? Well...

@IPBES Brazilian plan to protect nature with a #bioeconomy could learn from your #SustainableUse & #ValuesAssessment papers & the work of @amazonwewantorg . To succeed, this billion-dollar economic solution based on #Indigenous knowledge must reflect their values & defend their rights

🌲🌴 Forests are home to much of the 🌏's #biodiversity, but face a number of human-induced threats, including: 🌾Agricultural expansion 🏙Expansion of urban areas 🚗Expansion of infrastructure #ForNature

I just found this photo of an airport ad from a few years ago. If we held investors to such ridiculous “promises”, they might stop trying to extract wealth from our #deepsea commons while making the rest of us pay the real price. Really @HSBC ?

17.23 °C is 3°C warmer than 14±0.5°C Earth over 12000 years, fr last Ice Age to Industrial Revolution. Now, we have 3rd Super-El Nino in 15 years. 91% of heat due to global warming is in oceans, reinforcing El Nino, causing massive heat & weather extremes reuters.com/business/envir…

Con la producción de camarones, el Lago de Maracaibo se convierte nuevamente en el centro de una de las mayores industrias del país bbc.in/46Q3Fab

Hay plan en #Agroexpo2023 con #ParquesNacionales Más de 13 emprendimientos productivos estratégicos de zonas de influencia de las áreas protegidas estarán presentes en @CorferiasBogota del 13 al 23 de julio. ¡Los esperamos! Stand 120, pabellón 6, piso 2📍parquesnacionales.gov.co/portal/es/parq…