Our planet’s biodiversity is an intricate web of life that sustains us all.

While financial mechanisms can support its protection, they must be designed with a deep understanding of—and respect for—ecological principles.

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Our planet’s biodiversity is an intricate web of life that sustains us all.

While financial mechanisms can support its protection, they must be designed with a deep understanding of—and respect for—ecological principles.

Read🔗: https://bit.ly/4jmaQfe

@forestsmatter.bsky.social  #TreesPeoplePlanet

Latest science on the 1.5°C limit of the Paris Agreement This briefing provides a comprehensive overview of what the science is saying now about the 1.5°C warming limit – what it means, what is at stake, and what actions are needed to limit the risks of ove...

All you ever wanted to know about the Paris Agreement but never dared ti ask ...

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Political cowardice hindering Europe’s climate efforts, says EU’s green chief Teresa Ribera says effects of crisis are becoming increasingly obvious but not translating into proper action

"Political cowardice is hindering European efforts to face up to the effects of the climate crisis, even as the continent is pummelled by a record-breaking heatwave, the EU’s green transition chief has warned."

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

#forestsasinfrastructure #naturalcapital #greenfinance… | Robert Nasi Our Forests: The $150 Trillion Global Infrastructure🌲🌍💰 Last week I was listening to a very interesting talk about infrastructures during the ECOSPERITY week. All about investing trillions into “gre...

Why forests are a critical green infrastructure.

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The science is clear: trees and forests are central to solving today’s most urgent global challenges. | CIFOR-ICRAF The science is clear: trees and forests are central to solving today’s most urgent global challenges. Robert Nasi, CIFOR-ICRAF Director of Science, reflects on what we achieved in 2024, a year marked...

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The science is clear: trees and forests are central to solving today’s most urgent global challenges. | CIFOR-ICRAF The science is clear: trees and forests are central to solving today’s most urgent global challenges. Robert Nasi, CIFOR-ICRAF Director of Science, reflects on what we achieved in 2024, a year marked...

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How the West is helping Russia to fund its war on Ukraine Data shows that Russian fossil fuel revenues are three times higher than aid allocated to Ukraine.

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What is wrong with us... we buy fuel from Russia for a value twice bigger than the aid sent to Ukraine.

Net-Zero: A Broken Promise or Just Sold Out? What I See Happening and What… | Robert Nasi Why we still need Net Zero, despite all the issues and what we at CIFOR-ICRAF can do about it.

Why do we still need Net Zero...

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#forestsasinfrastructure #naturalcapital #greenfinance… | Robert Nasi Our Forests: The $150 Trillion Global Infrastructure🌲🌍💰 Last week I was listening to a very interesting talk about infrastructures during the ECOSPERITY week. All about investing trillions into “gre...

Why forests are a critical green infrastructure.

www.linkedin.com/posts/robert...

‘A cemetery of trees’: vast green expanses turned to dust as loggers plunder South America’s Gran Chaco Jaguars, giant armadillos and ocelots among species threatened by shrinking habitat in one of the richest areas of biodiversity in the world

The second largest patch of forest in South America is disappearing under our eyes while logging and agriculture plunder South America’s Gran Chaco

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Gold rush moves closer to Amazon’s second-tallest tree Illegal gold miners are now operating very close to the second-tallest tree in the Amazon Rainforest, Mongabay’s Fernanda Wenzel reported in April. Six giant trees, including a red angelim (Dinizia…

Illegal gold miners are now operating very close to the 2nd tallest tree in the Amazon Rainforest.

Six giant trees are found inside the Iratapuru River Sustainable Development Reserve in Brazil’s Amapá state.

Despite the area’s protected status, gold miners are illegally operating just 1km away.

New study compares growing corn for energy to solar production. It’s no contest. In fact, it would require about 31 hectares of corn ethanol to produce the same amount of energy generated by one hectare of land covered in solar panels.

Converting 3% of corn cultivated land to solar could yield the same amount of energy as all corn ethanol farming does annually in the USA....

www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/04/new-...

Strolling along the Lez (downtown Montpellier, FR) for Easter...

Australia’s biggest industrial polluter receives millions in carbon credits despite rising emissions Safeguard mechanism revamp leads to overall emissions fall but 70% of coal and gas facilities covered by scheme increased direct pollution

"Australia’s biggest industrial climate polluter received the equivalent of millions of dollars in carbon credits from the federal government last year, despite increasing its emissions"

We are near a precipice and make large strides forward...

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Net-Zero: A Broken Promise or Just Sold Out? What I See Happening and What can we, at CIFOR-ICRAF, do about it? A few years back, there was a huge buzz. Everywhere you looked, big corporations, powerful banks, and major financial players were stepping up to the microphone, pledging allegiance to "net-zero" by 2...

Net-Zero: A Broken Promise or Just Sold Out? What I See Happening and What we, at @cifor-icraf.bsky.social, can do about it?
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Millions of Americans believe they’re safe from wildfires in their cities. New research shows they’re not Many of the suburbs and cities hit hardest in recent years were caught off-guard, and key stakeholders are racing to understand the dynamics that drive these fires

Think you are safe from wildfires? Well, think twice...

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Space probe to map carbon content of world’s remotest tropical forests Revolutionary scanner to be fired into Earth orbit this month to measure effects of deforestation

A new satellite named "Biomass" equiped with a revolutionary scanner will be fired into Earth orbit this month to measure effects of deforestation.

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure

Heat and water destroy capital. Flooded homes lose value. Overheated cities become uninhabitable. Entire asset classes are degrading in real time.”

Big insurance company waking up to realities?

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Global warming of more than 3°C this century may wipe 40% off the world’s economy, new analysis reveals To date, projections of how climate change will affect global GDP have been massively underestimated.

The damage #climatechange will inflict on the world’s economy is likely to have been massively underestimated

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Fossil fuels drive climate, health and biodiversity crises, scientists warn In a review published in the journal Oxford Open Climate Change, top scientists issued an urgent warning that fossil fuels and the fossil fuel industry are driving interlinked crises that threaten peo...

Addiction to fossil fuels will be our end

"Perversely, our governments continue to give out hundreds of billions of dollars in subsidies to this damaging industry. It is past time that stops."

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Could a new kind of carbon budget ensure top emitters pay their dues? Some researchers propose that countries should start to rack up a carbon debt once they exceed their carbon budget, obliging them to do more to draw down carbon dioxide, but the idea is unlikely to fo...

Could a new kind of carbon budget ensure top emitters pay their dues?

... very likely not unfortunately. We, they know who bears the most carbon debt.

www.newscientist.com/article/2474...

Am I invited😀

This is a nice study but another one. I feel like we are mostly the witnesses of the problem, with greater and greater details and accuracy but we hardly do anything to solve the issues...?

Peru’s rare peatland swamps at risk as illegal gold mining expands Hidden within the Amazon Rainforest are rare, carbon-rich ecosystems known as peatlands, a type of swamp forest that’s key to combatting climate change through its capacity to absorb and store carbon....

"Gold mining in Madre de Dios, Peru, is destroying rare peatland swamps that serve as critical carbon sinks"

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Mud, water and wood: The system that kept a 1604-year-old city afloat Most modern structures are built to last 50 years or so, but ingenious ancient engineering has kept this watery city afloat for more than 1,600 years – using only wood.

If you were still wondering why Forests matter.... Venice has been built on wood supports.These are still here 4 centuries later.

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The Tropical Forest Forever Facility: Brazil's Area-Based Forest… | Robert Nasi Brazil's proposed Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) presents an intriguing new approach that deserves careful analysis. Something we can't do in such a…

A quick take on the proposed by Brazil Tropical Forest Forever Facility...
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Massive, long-lived trees discovered in the Tanzanian rainforest are a new species A team of botanists with members from Muse–Museo delle Scienze, Udzungwa Corridor LTD, Via Grazia Deledda and the National Museum of Kenya has discovered a new species of tree growing in the mountainous rain forests of Tanzania.

A new tree species, Tessmannia princeps, has been identified in Tanzania's Udzungwa Mountains. These massive, long-lived trees can reach ages of up to 3,000 years and are protected by national park status. doi.org/g89c6t

🌳 Forests are as diverse as the people who protect them. From lush rainforests to coastal woodlands, each one plays a vital role in our planet’s future.

📸 Create your own forest postcard and share your favorite ecosystem using #GLFForests: events.globallandscapesforum.org/forests-2025...

Forests sustain us.

They feed people, nurture ecosystems, and support livelihoods. Yet, forests remain undervalued and under threat.

#ForestsMatter. It’s time to change how we value them—because when forests thrive, people and nature thrive too.

Happy International Day of Forests.