NEWS
Sick Chimps Seek out Medicinal Plants to Heal Themselves
by Basten Gokkon on Mongabay 14 May 2024 A new study concludes that chimpanzees displaying a range of ailments seek out plants with known medicinal properties to treat those ailments. The finding is important because it’s a rare instance where a species is shown to...
Forest Bird Trade Flies Quietly Under Social Media Radar
by Riza Salman on Mongabay 11 June 2024 During the COVID-19 pandemic, a young documentary filmmaker began quietly joining a growing number of Facebook community groups run by traders of rare Indonesian birds. Over the following two years, a reporting team from several...
A Tiny Desert Fish Hits a 25 Year Population High
by Liz Kimbrough on Mongabay 30 May 2024 The critically endangered Devils Hole pupfish population has reached a 25-year high of 191 fish, offering hope for the species that lives in the smallest known habitat of any vertebrate. Above water and SCUBA surveys conducted...
ACTION
Geoengineering Foes Say “No” To Poisoning Cap Cod
By Julia Conley Jun 26, 2024, for Common Dreams. "The geoengineering approach puts Earth's systems at risk in a faulty and false bid toward solving the climate crisis. It is what we call a false solution," said one campaigner. Biodiversity advocates on Wednesday...
Building Leadership Capacity: The Ladder of Engagement
Editor's note: When we engage in any form of activism, building leadership capacity helps people become more confident and proactive. It means the leader of the group doesn't have to be responsible for every task and can delegate other important tasks to members. In...
Watershed Moment for Fossil Fuels at Supreme Court
Editor's note: While renewable energies won't save the climate and need to be fought against, it's as neccessary to keep on fighting against fossil fuels. Because the oil and gas industries will continue with their business as usual - even if they promote an energy...
ANALYSIS
Burning Wood Is not ‘Renewable Energy’
by Mike DiGirolamo, Rachel Donald on Mongabay 11 June 2024 Burning wood to generate electricity — “biomass energy” — is increasingly being pursued as a renewable replacement for burning coal in nations like the U.K., Japan, and South Korea — even though its...
The Next Pandemic Is Already Here for Earth’s Wildlife
Editor's note: A pandemic in our backyards - The squirrel walked a bit wobbly, it wasn't as agile and funny as these small creatures often move. It had its eyes rather closed which gave it a tired look. I was concerned and called a squirrel rescue station, luckily...
Indigenous Economics Does Not Financialize Nature
Editor's note: Most Indigenous economics or land-based communities appreciate nature in its complex lifegiving and intelligent values it provides - for free - to all forms of creatures on earth. Yet we live in a century where shareholders and voracious businessmen and...
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