Journal MCD

The journal @MadagConservDev team wishes you all a Happy and Peaceful 2024! #Madagascar #Conservation

When do girls fall behind in maths? Gigantic study pinpoints the moment nature.com/articles/d4158…

A reminder that it is our modern industrial civilization’s accelerating demand for materials that drives fossil fuel consumption, ecocide & the West’s imperialist assaults on the Global South. In 6 recent years we've consumed nearly as much as we did in the entire 20th century.

🌍 Madagascar’s plan for a domestic rosewood trade sparks concern. Could it undermine conservation efforts and the CITES framework? 🌳 Learn how this proposal could set a dangerous precedent for rare species. journalmcd.com/index.php/mcd/… #Madagascar #CITES @wwf_mada @WRIafrica

See our 2024 State of the Climate Report "We're already in the midst of abrupt climate upheaval, which jeopardizes the life on Earth like nothing humans have ever seen. More broadly, we are in ecological overshoot. See paper here doi.org/10.1093/biosci… technologynetworks.com/tn/news/2024-s…

Today we published our 2024 State of the Climate Report where we scientists declare that the fabric of life on Earth is imperiled. theguardian.com/environment/20… You can read full report here: doi.org/10.1093/biosci…

Carbon offsetting explained. #ClimateCrisis

Every European summer I like to reshare this chart to remind everyone about the importance of urban trees.

‘Rainbow’, ‘like a cricket’: every bird in South Africa now has an isiZulu name nature.com/articles/d4158…

Unequal and Unsupportive: Exposure to Poor People Weakens Support for Redistribution among the Rich | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/4aBXXKE

Obstructionists say taking urgent climate action would be too expensive - because they assume that taking no action costs nothing In reality, inaction so far will cost ONE FIFTH of global income by 2050 Ending fossil fuels is the cheapest and least disruptive option we have

The climate and ecological crises are inextricably interwoven And we can't successfully mitigate or adapt to climate change without nature So any 'climate solution' that destroys nature shouldn't be considered a climate solution at all

That means planting trees on natural grasslands, using farmland to grow biofuels, burning forests for electricity, flooding forests for hydroelectricity, and destroying habitats for solar farms ARE. NOT. CLIMATE. SOLUTIONS

Judgment Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland - Violations of the Convention for failing to implement sufficient measures to combat climate change hudoc.echr.coe.int/app/conversion… #ECHR #CEDH #ECHRpress

Yet more evidence that getting out on the streets is effective at raising public concern about climate change, and that there is no 'backlash' from civil disobedience Activism works

Tropical-forest destruction has slowed — but is still too high nature.com/articles/d4158…

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🎉🎉 Congratulations to our team in Madagascar for being recognized in @WorldResources' Top Outcomes for 2023! Their work in Madagascar is helping reduce deforestation and conserve the country's precious forests. 🌲 Learn more about their achievements ➡️ bit.ly/49ezMRS

How ants thwarted lions on the African savanna | Science | AAAS science.org/content/articl…

Escarpment evolution drives the diversification of the Madagascar flora | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…