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From @mongabay: The Brazilian Amazon is now a net CO2 source, study: The Brazilian Amazon has been transformed from a carbon dioxide sink to a source for new emissions over the past two decades, a new study shows. While the Amazon as a whole, which straddles nine countries, has absorbed about 1.7 billion metric tons of CO2 equivalent more than it has emitted in the past 20 years, the Brazilian portion alone has emitted a net 3.6 billion metric tons during that period. This study by the Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project (MAAP) is unique because it was able to go deeper in analyzing changes in forest emissions from different parts of the rainforest compared to previous research, says author Matt Finer. Satellite monitoring data show that formally protected areas and lands controlled by Indigenous peoples hold the best hope for preserving the Amazon and its function as a bulwark against climate change. Read about the study at Mongabay.com. #nature #climatechange #climatecrisis #amazon #amazonforest #forests #iucncongress #conservation #environment #brazil #brasil🇧🇷

From @mongabay: There’s still room - and time - to save hoolock gibbons, but only just: their habitat has declined in the past few decades, but enough suitable patches exist today to guarantee the long-term survival of the genus if properly conserved. A type of small ape endemic to South and Southeast Asia, hoolock gibbons spend most of their lives up in trees, rarely touching the forest floor. This makes large stretches of uninterrupted forest crucial to their survival — yet such suitable patches are getting scarcer. Read about them and the new study that lines out how this cool species can be conserved at mongabay.com. Photo credit: Female hoolock gibbon by Programme HURO via Wikimedia Commons. #wildlife #conservation #animals #gibbon #ecology #environment #rainforest #environmentalconservation

Our planet is approaching a series of vital climate tipping points. Scientists have measured the Earth’s vital signs - and it’s in trouble. #climatechange #environment #tippingpoint #earth #nature

Climate crisis: what one month of extreme weather looks like. In the last month, devastating, extreme weather has hit across the world. From flash floods in Belgium to deadly temperatures in the US, from wildfires in Siberia to landslides in India, it has been an unprecedented period of chaotic weather. Climate scientists have long predicted that human-caused climate disruption would lead to more flooding, heatwaves, droughts, storms and other forms of extreme weather, but even they have been shocked by the scale of these scenes #climatecrisis #extremeweather #flooding #heatwaves #droughts #storms #rain #Belgium #flashfloods #US #Siberia #wildfire #wildfires #India #landslides #climatechange #environment #nature #sustainability #globalwarming #climate #ecofriendly #climateaction #earth #climatechangeisreal #sustainable #plasticfree #green #fridaysforfuture #climateemergency

From the @worldeconomicforum: 10% of the world’s biodiversity is in the Amazon - Indigenous people have protected it, so we must too. Learn more about ways we can protect the Amazon by tapping the link in the @worldeconomicforum’s bio. #amazon #rainforest #environment #nature #conservation

From @oceana: The U.S. Senate passed the Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act (S. 1106) — a bill that would ban the buying and selling of shark fins in the United States — as part of a broader legislative package known as the United States Innovation and Competition Act (S. 1260). This brings us one step closer to removing the U.S. from the shark fin trade. Global oceanic shark and ray populations have declined by more than 70% over the last 50 years, with overfishing as the primary cause, according to a study published in Nature earlier this year. The demand for shark fins incentivizes overfishing and shark finning. We now turn our attention to the U.S. House of Representatives. Tell your Representative to pass a #FinBanNow using the link in @oceana’s bio! Were so close for sharks and our oceans. #sharks #oceans #WorldOceansDay #conservation #environment

This is how natural climate solutions are saving orangutans in Indonesia. A natural way to protect wildlife. 📕 Read more by tapping the link in the @worldeconomicforum bio #nature #wildlife #environment #conservation #animals

From @Mongabay: Only 4% of the jaguar’s critical habitat is effectively protected across the Americas, and in Brazil’s Cerrado biome it’s just 2%. A survey in Emas National Park in the Cerrado biome concludes that the protected area isn’t large enough to sustain a viable jaguar population, and that jaguars moving in and out could be exposed to substantial extinction risk in the future. The study suggests that improving net immigration may be more important than increasing population sizes in small isolated populations, including by creating dispersal corridors. To ensure the corridors’ effectiveness, conservation efforts should focus on resolving the conflict between the jaguars and human communities. Read about it on www.mongabay.com #jaguar #jaguars #bigcats #animals #wildlife #wildlifeconservation #biodiversity #conservation #cerrado #brazil #brasil #mammals #endangeredspecies #protectedareas #environment

From the @WorldEconomicForum: 1.2 trillion tonnes of ice is melting every year. 📕 Read more by tapping the link in their bio. #ice #environment #nature #sustainability #DavosAgenda

5 terrifying ways humanity is damaging the planet. Over half of the worlds GDP is highly or moderately dependent on nature. 📕 Read more by tapping the link in the @worldeconomicforum’s bio #nature #environment #sustainability #conservation #wildlife

The world’s biggest iceberg is heading towards South Georgia. On course for disaster. 📕 Read more by tapping the link in the @worldeconomicforum’s bio #penguin #animals #wildlife #nature #environment

Time is running out to stop global warming before it’s too late. 📕 Read more by tapping the link in the @worldeconomicforum’s bio. #climatechange #COVID19 #globalwarming #environment #RaceToZero