#Regram #RG @rainforestalliance: Coal is a dying industry. Sustainable forestry is an industry based on life. It is possible to create jobs AND fight climate change and we’re proud to support sustainable forestry projects that are doing just that in the heart US coal country.? . We are working with landowners in the Appalachian mountains on how to plan for the forest's future in terms of generations, rather than years. Responsible forest managers balance the needs of the environment, wildlife, and communities—supporting decent livelihoods while conserving our forests.? . #RainforestAlliance #ForestsResist #ClimateChange #NoCleanCoal #CleanPowerPlan #Appalachia #SustainableForestry

#Regram #RG @unccd: Healthy source #watersheds are vital for nearly all #cities around the world. #Water funds are a proven, successful mechanism for downstream water users to fund upstream #land conservation, restoration and improved land management practice in #agriculture; in return, they help to secure improved water quality, and in some cases increased supplies. Drew Kelly/The Nature Conservancy @nature_org

#Regram #RG @na******eopristineseas: Last week, New Caledonia created multiple marine protected areas safeguarding 28,000 square kilometers of pristine coral reefs in the Coral Sea!

#Regram #RG @unfccc: In New York City, heating and electricity in buildings makes up over 70% of the city's greenhouse gas emissions. . The city has just stepped up its #climateambition with a plan that will reduce the energy consumption in the city’s largest buildings by 20% by 2030, as well as to set a framework for increasing the cuts by 40% to 60% by 2050. . The standards are a historic move that can shape building policies around the world! . #stepup2018 #climatechange

#Regram #RG @greenmatters: Renewable energy played a key role in this achievement, since the biggest emissions reductions were in the electricity sector. Solar power alone grew 33%, while natural gas, an energy source derived from fossil fuels, dropped by over 15%.? ? The California Air Resources Board reported a 13% reduction in carbon pollution since the state’s 2004 peak, even as the economy grew by 26%. The state currently boasts a “carbon intensity” — meaning the amount of carbon pollution emitted per $1 million of gross state product — that’s half the national average!? ? The 2030 target will require California to cut its emissions an additional 40 percent below 1990 levels, a goal that the state is calling “the most ambitious carbon goal in North America.”? ? #learngreen #livegreen #california #climateaction #cleanenergy #solarpower #solar #renewable #actonclimate #greenmatters

#Regram #RG @pacificstand: For our indigenous land rights photo issue, @magnumphotos photographer Stuart Franklin went to Borneo where the Malaysian government has routinely put private-sector interests and infrastructure projects ahead of the livelihoods of indigenous people. In this photo one Penan boy cuts another’s hair on the veranda of their longhouse, Long Jaik. Long Jaik is in the midst of a legal land dispute with a company that sells timber and palm oil. Longhouses act as social and political units, and often the longhouse communities are the groups that bring land-rights cases to court, or plan blockades. Experience the essay on our custom built microsite following the link in bio. Project created in partnership with @pulitzercenter Photo: Stuart Franklin

#Regram #RG @oceana: Experts predict that 99% of seabird species will have ingested plastic by 2050, the result of which can be death. It's time to #BreakFreeFromPlastic, before it's too late. . . : Kristian Bell : Unkas Photo #ocean #oceans #takeaction #birds #seabirds #plastic #plastics

#Regram #RG @everydayclimatechange: Photo by Ashley Crowther @ashleycrowtherorg for @everydayclimatechange: The half frozen lake at the village of Gokyo, Nepal at 4750m above sea level. The Himalayan region is the fastest warming region, excluding the arctic, on the globe due to climate change. This warming is leading to increased extreme and unfamiliar weather patterns such as little to no snowfall over the 2017/2018 winter period. And also slower paced phenomena such as glacier retreat. This region and others in the Himalayas are the source of many of Asia's great rivers that provide water for roughly 1.4 billion people. Without snow recharging glaciers and with glaciers retreating the water security for the entire Asian continent is at risk. -- -- #everydayclimatechange #climatechange #globalwarming #climatechangeisreal #himalayas #environment #southasia #nepal #photojournalism #documentaryphotography #reportagespotlight

#Regram #RG @africanparksnetwork: Watch: Lions, Africa’s iconic predator, have returned to the plains of Liwonde National Park in Malawi for the first time in 20 years! A total of nine lions have just been reintroduced to Liwonde (from South Africa and from Majete Wildlife Reserve also in Malawi), through a series of translocations to return the species to the park. Five additional lions were also translocated to Majete Wildlife Reserve from South Africa to increase the genetic diversity of the reserve’s pride. Lion populations have declined by over 90% over the last 100 years as a result of habitat loss and fragmentation, lack of prey, human-wildlife conflict and poaching for the illegal wildlife trade. Now, fewer than 20,000 lions remain across Africa, and have gone extinct in 26 African countries. But through initiatives such as these, Malawi is providing sanctuary for wild lions and is bringing them home. This extraordinary initiative was made possible with support from the Dutch Government, the @lionrecovery, the @leonardodicapriofdn and @leonardodicaprio. The return of these lions is part of a larger predator restoration initiative for Liwonde, where cheetahs were also reintroduced last year. Since 2015, African Parks along with the DNPW have drastically reduced illegal activity; almost 31,000 wire snares have been removed, wildlife conflict has been reduced and now tourism is on the rise, positively impacting local people. Projects like these show that with determination, political will and community and donor support – we can create a better future where nature’s return benefits both people and wildlife. Click the link in our profile to read the full story. @warren_smart #AfricanParks #Lions #BigCats #Predators#LionRecovery #Malawi #Liwonde#Wildlife #NationalPark

Indigenous leaders from across the Amazon Basin met in Bogotá this week, and released a declaration calling for the consolidation of the biggest environmental and cultural corridor in the world to unite protected areas with indigenous territories, recover degraded areas and promote the sustainable use of the forest. Photo Credit: @cesardavidmar / @avaaz_org.

#Regram #RG @nature_org: Dan Kusnierz, the Water Resources Program Manager for the Penobscot Nation, collects water samples on the Penobscot River near Indian Island, Maine. —Photo by Bridget Besa.. The Nature Conservancy in partnership with an unprecedented array of partners, including the Penobscot Indian Nation, have come together to accomplish the goal of restoring the Penobscot River. This project is part of TNC’s Shared Conservation Agenda: Protecting Land & Water. #science #river #conservation #restoration #sunrise

#Regram #RG @leonardodicapriofdn: Today is #WorldOrangutanDay! LDF has been actively working with @wwf, @frankfurt.zoological.society, and @theorangutanproject to permanently protect 30 Hills, home of #orangutans and the last and largest remaining block of lush, lowland tropical rainforest that earned Sumatra its name – the “Emerald of the Equator." Follow the link in bio to read more. #InternationalOrangutanDay