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Its the third year of the Canadian Climate Wildfire Catastrophe, or twentieth.
Below. This is Calgary.
That is cancerous, lung wrecking, CO2 filled, choking smoke.
Russian forests are burning too.
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You can’t say it often enough:
Peatlands store roughly twice as much #carbon as all the world’s #forests – despite covering only one-tenth of the land area.
This makes them the most efficient natural #carbon sinks per square meter on Earth.
Protecting them is essential in the fight against #climatechange.
#drones #forests #trees #reforestation
"The Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO) and the University of Southern Denmark, as part of the SPADE Horizon Europe project, have developed Skyplanter, an ingenious, non-invasive drone-mounted planting system that firmly deposits seedlings into the ground in ten seconds or less."
https://laughingsquid.com/skyplanter-drone-mounted-seedling-planter/
Laughing Squid · Skyplanter – An Ingenious Non-Invasive Drone Mounted Seedling Planting SystemNIBIO and the University of Southern Denmark developed Skyplanter, an ingenious, non-invasive drone-mounted seedling planting system.
Treekeepers The Race for a Forested Future by Lauren E. Oakes, 2024
“A frank, probing, but ultimately hopeful book” (Elizabeth Kolbert) that shows how the path from climate change to a habitable future winds through the world’s forests.
#Forests cool the planet, like natural #aircon. What happens when you cut them down? #Deforestation heats areas up to 4.5℃! Keep forests standing for #people and animals! #Boycottpalmoil 
️ #BoycottGold 
#Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social https://palmoildetectives.com/2022/08/14/without-tropical-forests-global-temperatures-would-be-1c-warmer/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
Blessed thistle; Eeyore eats this stuff and so do I. It is fairly labour intensive and you do need "trim scissors" to cut off the prickles but it's safe, easy to identify, and it tends to be plentiful because it is, after all, an invasive plant.
Remarkable Silk Cotton Tree in Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago
A tree so massive it claims half the road, standing at the intersection of history and folklore.#forests #slavery #tradition #trees #section-Atlas
Remarkable Silk Cotton Tree
Atlas Obscura · Remarkable Silk Cotton TreeA tree so massive it claims half the road, standing at the intersection of history and folklore.
Old growth logging is still happening in Tasmania—despite claims to the contrary. The industry spin doesn't match the devastating reality on the ground.
#oldgrowth #tasmania #forests #deforestation #greed
https://tasgreensmps.org/media-releases/old-growth-logging-continues-apace-despite-industry-spin/
Tasmanian Greens MPs · Tasmanian Greens MPs | Old Growth Logging Continues Apace Despite Industry SpinIn an act of blatant ecocide, yet another enormous "single rider" rolled through the Derwent Valley this morning. Old growth logging must end as soon as possible.
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@palmoildetectives see as well the fight of the #BrunoManser Fonds:
"In consideration of the fact that the founder and long-standing chair, Bruno Manser, spent many years living with the #Penan in the Malaysian federal state of #Sarawak on #Borneo, we are primarily committed to working for this people and for the protection of the Sarawak #forests."
https://www.brunomanser.ch/en/
And their fight through #cartography:
https://seenthis.net/messages/748077
(10 Apr) Bringing ‘Good Fire’ Back to the Land
Righting a historic wrong, California now allows Indigenous cultural burns. Their healing effects ripple through tribes, forests and waterways.
https://s.faithcollapsing.com/63rc4
Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/jthb6
#california #climate-+-environment #conservation #ecosystems #fires #forests #indigenous #tradition #wildfires
Kikori River Basin in Kikori, Papua New Guinea
Pristine natural wonders and unique cultural diversity, way off the beaten path.#forests #naturalwonders #section-Atlas
Kikori River Basin
Atlas Obscura · Kikori River BasinPristine natural wonders and unique cultural diversity, way off the beaten path.
#Forests cool the planet, like natural #aircon. What happens when you cut them down? #Deforestation heats areas up to 4.5℃! Keep forests standing for #people and animals! #Boycottpalmoil ️ #BoycottGold #Boycott4Wildlife
Palm Oil Detectives · Without Tropical Forests, The World Would Be 1°c Warmer
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Emperor Naruhito attended the 75th National Tree-Planting Festival at Chichibu Muse Park in Saitama Prefecture on Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/25/japan/emperor-tree-planting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #saitama #emperornaruhito #imperialfamily #forests #trees
The Japan Times · Emperor attends tree-planting festival and calls for nurturing healthy forests
The stump ranchers: How #Merville lost its #trees. The #logging and #colonial settlement history of the #Comox Valley helps us understand why the coastal #DouglasFir #ecosystem is now #endangered.
https://thediscourse.ca/comox-valley/the-stump-ranchers-how-merville-lost-its-trees
The Discourse. · The stump ranchers: How Merville lost its treesThe logging and settlement history of the Comox Valley helps us understand why the coastal Douglas fir ecosystem is now endangered.
A new dataset and analysis released by World Resources Institute finds global tropical forest loss jumped to a record high in 2024, with 6.7 million hectares worldwide.
In total, the area of forest lost in 2024 is nearly the size of Panama.
For the first time, fire, not agriculture, was the primary driver of primary tropical forest loss, with Latin America badly hit.
By Ruth Kamnitzer
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/05/tropical-forest-loss-hit-new-heights-in-2024-fire-a-major-driver-in-latin-america/
Mongabay Environmental News · Tropical forest loss hit new heights in 2024; fire a major driver in Latin AmericaTropical forest loss skyrocketed in 2024, with vast swaths of primary forest consumed by fire, according to new satellite data from the University of Maryland’s Global Land Analysis and Discovery (GLAD) laboratory, made available on World Resources Institute’s (WRI) Global Forest Watch (GFW) platform. The data indicate a record 6.7 million hectares (16.6 million acres) […]
This past weekend I met up with @morgancarmont to go explore the forests of #VancouverIsland. To say we had an epic weekend would be an understatement.
Amongst our many adventures, we found a new #oldgrowthforest to explore and I had to take a photo in front of one - the size of them is just incomprehensible otherwise. For reference, I am over 187cm tall. This single Big Leaf Maple is easily 5m+ diameter at its base.
AI eyes on the forest: Testing an AI-fire prediction system – DW – 05/21/2025
https://www.dw.com/en/ai-eyes-on-the-forest-testing-an-ai-fire-prediction-system/video-72620601
> #Tunisia has battled severe drought and climate-related losses for years. Hoping for a #breakthrough, a local #tech team is testing if an #AI-fire prediction system can protect #forests and communities from #wildfires.
dw.comAI eyes on the forest: Testing an AI-fire prediction system – DW – 05/21/2025Tunisia has battled severe drought and climate-related losses for years. Hoping for a breakthrough, a local tech team is testing if an AI-fire prediction system can protect forests and communities from wildfires.
#Fires cause record loss of tropical forests in climate threat
The world's tropical #forests, which provide a crucial buffer against #ClimateChange, disappeared faster than ever recorded last year, new satellite analysis suggests.
Researchers estimate that 67,000 sq km (26,000 sq mi) of these pristine, old-growth forests were lost in 2024 – an area nearly as large as the Republic of Ireland, or 18 football pitches a minute.
BBC NewsFires cause record loss of tropical forests in climate threatTropical forests provide a buffer against climate change, but disappeared faster than ever recorded last year.
Europe's forest #plants thrive best in light-rich, semi-open #woodlands kept open by large herbivores https://phys.org/news/2025-05-europe-forest-rich-semi-woodlands.html paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41477-025-01981-3
"Before Homo sapiens arrived, Europe's #forests were not dense and dark but shaped by open and light-rich woodland landscapes. A new study shows that most native forest plants are adapted to semi-open, light-filled woodlands—formed over millions of years by the influence of large, free-ranging herbivores such as bison, elk, and wild horses"
Tracking Global #Forest #Biomass #EU #Space Agency released most detailed #dataset yet on how much #carbon is stored in world’s #forests tracking changes 2007-2022. Built by combining data from multiple Earth-observing #satellites dataset estimates carbon held in woody parts of #trees mainly trunks & branches—across different forest types. While most accurate in areas with up to 400 tonnes of biomass per hectare, it corrects earlier underestimates in high-density forests https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Space_for_our_climate/ESA_unveils_longest-ever_dataset_on_forest_biomass
www.esa.intESA unveils longest-ever dataset on forest biomassAs the new Biomass satellite settles into life in orbit following its launch on 29 April, ESA has released its most extensive satellite-based maps of above-ground forest carbon to date. Spanning nearly two decades, the dataset offers the clearest global picture yet of how forest carbon stocks have changed over time.Developed through ESA’s Climate Change Initiative, this new long-term record integrates data from multiple satellite missions – and will soon be further enhanced by data from the Biomass mission itself.