Forests

"Feds Send $930 Million To Curb ‘Crisis’ Of US West Wildfires" [1]

"The U.S. is directing $930 million toward reducing wildfire dangers in 10 western states by clearing trees and underbrush from national forests, the Biden administration announced Thursday, as officials struggle to protect communities from destructive infernos being made worse by climate change."

Climate Change [2]

Disasters [3]

Forests [4]

Public [5]

National (U.S.) [6]

Source: AP [7], 01/20/2023

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Over 90% of Rainforest Carbon Offsets By Top Provider Worthless: Study [8]

"The forest carbon offsets approved by the world’s leading provider and used by Disney, Shell, Gucci and other big corporations are largely worthless and could make global heating worse, according to a new investigation."

Climate Change [2]

Economy & Business [9]

Forests [4]

Public [5]

International [10]

Source: Guardian [11], 01/19/2023

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"Brazilian Meat Giant Under Fire For Allegedly Misleading Investors" [12]

"JBS sold more than $3 billion worth of ‘green bonds’ in the U.S., but a watchdog group says its impact on Amazon forests belies its pledges".

Climate Change [2]

Forests [4]

Science [13]

Public [5]

International [10]

Source: Washington Post [14], 01/19/2023

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‘Death By 1,000 Clearcuts’: Canada’s Deep-Snow Caribou Are Vanishing [15]

"The B.C. government spends millions on extreme measures — like wolf culls and maternity pens — to support these mountain-loving herds found nowhere else in the world. Yet such efforts fail to offset the habitat destruction at the root of their disappearance".

Biodiversity [16]

Climate Change [2]

Forests [4]

Natural Resources [17]

Wildlife [18]

Public [5]

Canada [19]

Source: The Narwhal [20], 01/17/2023

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NASA Set To Ditch Satellite-Based Environmental Data Source [21]

Instrumentation on the International Space Station that gathers 3-D images of forest canopies and other environmental data is scheduled to soon be junked. But the move is provoking an outcry from scientists and pushback from some politicians. Reporter’s Toolbox examines what the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation does and how journalists might make use of it, while it lasts.

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Reporters Toolbox [22]

Topics on the Beat:

Biodiversity [16]

Climate Change [2]

Environmental Politics [23]

Environmental Studies [24]

Forests [4]

Journalism & Media [25]

Science [13]

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National (U.S.) [6]

International [10]

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Public [5]

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"Sacred Groves: How the Spiritual Connection Helps Protect Nature" [26]

"From Ethiopia’s highlands to Siberia to the Australian rainforest, there are thousands of sacred forests that have survived thanks to traditional religious and spiritual beliefs. Experts say these places, many now under threat, have ecological importance and must be saved."

Forests [4]

Religion, Faith and Spirituality [27]

Public [5]

International [10]

Source: YaleE360 [28], 01/06/2023

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"Has the Amazon Reached Its ‘Tipping Point’?" [29]

"One of the first times Luciana Vanni Gatti tried to collect Amazonian air she got so woozy that she couldn’t even operate the controls. An atmospheric chemist, she wanted to measure the concentration of carbon high above the rainforest."

Agriculture [30]

Biodiversity [16]

Climate Change [2]

Forests [4]

Natural Resources [17]

Public [5]

South America [31]

Source: NYTimes Magazine [32], 01/05/2023

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Lula’s First Pro-Environment Acts Protect Indigenous People And The Amazon [33]

"In the first day of his third mandate as Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, issued measures to protect the Amazon and Indigenous people, acts highly celebrated by environmentalists and activists as a reversal of an anti-environment-and-Indigenous era from predecessor Jair Bolsonaro."

Climate Change [2]

Environmental Politics [23]

Forests [4]

Laws & Regulations [34]

Public [5]

South America [31]

Source: Mongabay [35], 01/05/2023

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"Lula Becomes Brazil’s President, With Bolsonaro in Florida" [36]

"Brazil inaugurates its new president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, on Sunday. Facing investigations, former President Jair Bolsonaro has taken refuge in Orlando."

Agriculture [30]

Biodiversity [16]

Climate Change [2]

Environmental Justice [37]

Environmental Politics [23]

Forests [4]

Government [38]

Laws & Regulations [34]

Natural Resources [17]

Wildlife [18]

Public [5]

South America [31]