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Patrick Waeber
@powaeber.bsky.social
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Scientist, conservationist, and activist exploring the intersections of nature, society, and sustainability. Passionate about diversity, complexity, and the beauty of change. Big fan of forests and their untold stories. 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇲🇬🏳️‍🌈 .. more

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Patrick Waeber @powaeber.bsky.social · 14h
Frogs invade the cities.

#Frogs
#Portland
#Chicago

Leap, frogs, leap ... reclaim the streets! 🐸💚
Protest frogs vs. MAGA media influencers: the information war over ICE in Portland and Chicago | CNN Business
As the Trump administration floods social media with “propaganda” videos, and MAGA personalities flock to Portland and Chicago in search of a “rebellion,” local residents are responding with… chicken ...
www.cnn.com
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Patrick Waeber @powaeber.bsky.social · 16h
"I'm in shock...shocked with joy"
--Maria Corina Machado

#NobelPeacePrize
#RealHumbleness
#Venezuela
#Not4Trump
Nobel Peace Prize 2025: Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins
Nominations closed in January but US President Donald Trump had led a public campaign to win the award.
www.bbc.com
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Patrick Waeber @powaeber.bsky.social · 1d
Fabricating a trail...
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Patrick Waeber @powaeber.bsky.social · 1d
"To fear escalation is to invite it."
www.iiss.org/online-analy...

#StandWithUkraine #StopRussianAggression #DefendDemocracy #NoMoreRedLines
The Russia–Ukraine war has entered a new phase
Recent policy choices by America, Europe and China, and domestic economic strains, are reshaping Russia’s calculus. Since time may no longer be on its side, it is challenging Western resolve in more risky and aggressive ways. This is certain to escalate unless Europe responds.
www.iiss.org

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Patrick Waeber @powaeber.bsky.social · 3d
Two years since the horror of October 7. Over a thousand Israelis killed. More than two hundred taken. Since then, sixty-five thousand Palestinians have died in bombardment. One date will fill history books. The other may fade between the pages.
#AsymmetricHistory #WhoseLivesCount #SelectiveGrief
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Patrick Waeber @powaeber.bsky.social · 3d
It all reads straight from the authoritarian playbook: first silence dissent, then distort the truth, then fragment reality until confusion replaces trust, and fear replaces thought.
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Roisin 🌿 @roisin6.bsky.social · 4d
No one talking about this!
No coincidence.
Trumpworld are slowly becoming pure evil.
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Patrick Waeber @powaeber.bsky.social · 4d
It’s people I trust, not institutions. ⚙️🖤💙💚
Systems can write rules, but only people can keep promises.

#TrustPeople #NotSystems #HeartOverGears

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/ MOSA / @mosaisms.bsky.social · 4d
John Oliver is an exceptional human being, and also a comedian.
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Roisin 🌿 @roisin6.bsky.social · 4d
No one talking about this!
No coincidence.
Trumpworld are slowly becoming pure evil.
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Patrick Waeber @powaeber.bsky.social · 8d
Lemurs as bushmeat. Nothing new. But now it’s sold as an urban delicacy. New markets piling onto already sky-high extinction risks.

#WildlifeTrade
#UrbanDemand
#HabitatLoss
#Madagascar
Urban appetite for lemur meat piles pressure on iconic primates
ANTANANARIVO — Ninety-five percent of lemur species are threatened by habitat loss, hunting and climate change. The direct threat is often understood to result from the actions of poor rural communiti...
news.mongabay.com
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Patrick Waeber @powaeber.bsky.social · 8d
Jane Goodall. Just wow. What a life. ❤️🖤

edition.cnn.com/2025/10/01/s...
Jane Goodall’s life in pictures | CNN
Conservationist Jane Goodall, whose work revolutionized the study of primates and helped broaden the world’s understanding of animal behavior and emotions, has died at the age of 91.
edition.cnn.com
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Patrick Waeber @powaeber.bsky.social · 9d
Hypocrite

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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 9d
"The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves"

Rest easy Jane 🫶🏽
an illustration of a woman holding a chimpanzee with the words " least i can do is speak out "
ALT: an illustration of a woman holding a chimpanzee with the words " least i can do is speak out "
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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 9d
“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall

💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf
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Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 9d
Sadly, Jane Goodall has died. But her legacy - in conservation and chimp studies - will live on. 🧪
Jane Goodall, famed primatologist who discovered chimpanzee tool use, dies at 91
Dame Jane Goodall, the world's preeminent chimpanzee expert, died of natural causes.
www.livescience.com
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Patrick Waeber @powaeber.bsky.social · 9d
She showed us that every life matters, and she never stopped listening to the wild. That voice is now ours to carry. ❤️🖤

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Patrick Waeber @powaeber.bsky.social · Aug 24
Ukraine’s Independence Day.
It means choosing their path, even under fire.
Freedom is real, not negotiable.
Not russia. Not dictators.
💛💙 🇺🇦
#Ukraine
#Freedom
#RealIndependence
#NoLandSwap
#PeaceHasNoPrice
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Patrick Waeber @powaeber.bsky.social · Jul 28
Kākāpō. Fat. Flightless. Flirty at night. And making a comeback. From 51 to 250. Funny birds win. Conservation works. But risks still loom. 🌿🦜

#KakapoComeback #ConservationWin #StillVulnerable
#RatsCats #ConservationNeverStops
World Nature Conservation Day: How a large, flightless parrot rebounded from the verge of extinction
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. In the mid-1990s, the kākāpō seemed destined for extinction. Only 51...
news.mongabay.com
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Patrick Waeber @powaeber.bsky.social · Jul 18
#Fires are now the cheap weapon of land grabbers. Fast. Harder to trace. Burn, grab, legalize, profit.
Amazon lost nearly 1000 km² in May. Deforestation up 27% in 2025 vs 2024. Half of it on recently burned land.

#BurnToClaim
#BurnGrabProfit
#FireAsAWeapon
#CheapDeforestation
#RealAmazon
Amazon deforestation spikes as Brazil blames criminal fires
A new and alarming pattern of destruction is emerging in the rainforest, challenging Brazilian authorities ahead of COP30.
news.mongabay.com
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Patrick Waeber @powaeber.bsky.social · Jul 18
The EU eyes “nature credits” to fund biodiversity. But politicians dodge subsidy reforms. Instead of stopping money that fuels destruction, they build markets to trade offsets. Stop paying for destruction. Start paying for protection. Credits are green lipstick on a brown system. #FixSubsidiesFirst
EU looks to 'nature credits' to fill green funding gap
The European Union will develop rules for "nature credits" that pay farmers and foresters to take care of ecosystems, in an attempt to make this work more economically beneficial, the European Commission said on Monday.
www.reuters.com
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Patrick Waeber @powaeber.bsky.social · Jul 18
The Global Environment Facility GEF launches wildlife bonds in all 54 African countries. Rhinos. Lemurs. Chimps. Anti‑poaching funded by investors, not governments. But who profits? Who decides? Smart or risky?
#ProfitOverNature #WhoControlsConservation #LocalVoicesAtRisk #ConservationCommodified
World's oldest climate fund targets wildlife bonds for every country in Africa
The world's oldest multilateral climate fund, the Global Environment Facility, is planning a new wave of wildlife conservation bonds in a bid to help African countries save endangered species and ecosystems.
www.reuters.com
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Patrick Waeber @powaeber.bsky.social · Jul 18
Madagascar’s #grasslands are no wastelands. Ancient. Complex. Alive. Not just old forests gone. They feed people. Hold biodiversity. Study them with locals. Respect their story. Manage with care. Resilience for nature and people. #TransdisciplinaryEcology #RethinkGrasslands #PeopleAndPrairies
"Conceptual diagram of key grassy biome terminology" (Fig.2) https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecm.70011
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Patrick Waeber @powaeber.bsky.social · Jul 2
Courts are catching up to carbon schemes. Offsets are sold as salvation, delivered as smoke. Greenwashing dressed in credits. Trust? Hard. Reputation? Worse. Time to clean up the scheemy system.
#CarbonOffsets #ClimateAccountability
#CutEmissionsFirst #HighIntegrityOffsets #RegulateCarbonMarkets
Rise in legal challenges over carbon credit schemes
Scrutiny of how companies plan to meet climate commitments is growing, with many successful legal challenges
www.theguardian.com
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Patrick Waeber @powaeber.bsky.social · Jul 2
Tigers. Now tuskers too. Chandrapur is no longer just big cat land. Wildlife moves. Borders blur. Conflicts rise. We need brains, not fences.
#EcologicalShift #HumanWildlifeConflicts #LandSharingSparing
Tuskers in tiger country: Sightings of wild elephants in tiger-dominated Chandrapur signal an ecological shift
In late May, two wild elephants entered the buffer zone of Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district, known for its dense tiger populati
www.downtoearth.org.in
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Patrick Waeber @powaeber.bsky.social · Jun 29
“Climate is our biggest war. Climate is here for the next 100 years. We need to focus and … not allow those [other] wars to take our attention away from the bigger fight that we need to have.” -- Ana Toni, CEO CoP30

And yet. Big patriarchy disagrees.
#WarIsProfit #ClimateIsCost #FossilGenerals
‘Climate is our biggest war’, warns CEO of Cop30 ahead of UN summit in Brazil
Negotiators doubt countries’ financial and environmental commitment as military and trade wars divert attention
www.theguardian.com
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Patrick Waeber @powaeber.bsky.social · Jun 28
"As a rule, the more we learn, the closer we think the tipping points are – and meanwhile we’ve been warming the planet up. It’s like running faster into a sea that is rising to drown us." --Timothy Lenton, UoE

#SelfPropellingCollapse
#CascadeOfCatastrophe
#CountdownToClimateChaos
‘Positive cascades could help accelerate change’: social tipping points expert on fixing climate crisis
The world has been too optimistic about the risk to humanity and planet – but devastation can still be avoided, says Timothy Lenton
www.theguardian.com
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Patrick Waeber @powaeber.bsky.social · Jun 28
“The roadless rule is one of our country’s most important conservation achievements, and we’ll fight like hell to keep these protections in place.”
#RoadlessMeansResilient #ForestsForFuture
#RollbackRisk #CutTheLoggingNotTheForests
#PoliticsOverProtection #TrumpedConservation
Trump Administration to End Protections for 58 Million Acres of National Forests
www.nytimes.com
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Patrick Waeber @powaeber.bsky.social · Jun 28
Grizzlies are back. Over 1,000 now roam Yellowstone! A success? Maybe. But states want delisting. Is it recovery or political trap? Lose federal protection, and the old threats return. 🐻 #GrizzlyBear #EndangeredSpeciesAct #RecoveryOrRollback #PoliticsVsProtection
Cancel the grizzly bear
The Endangered Species Act has a major problem. This unlikely move could help save it.
www.vox.com
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Patrick Waeber @powaeber.bsky.social · Jun 24
Nearly half of all tropical primary forest loss in 2024 was fire. Not farming. Not logging. Fire. That’s more than double the usual. Forests are burning, and we're still debating targets. #RainforestDay #ClimateCrisis #Drought #PoliticalUnwillingness #EconomicGreed #Restoration #FireGovernance
On World Rainforest Day, the world confronts an unprecedented wave of tropical forest loss
If tropical rainforests are the lungs of the Earth, then 2024 was a year of respiratory failure. Fires, fueled by climate extremes and human recklessness, tore through vast stretches of forest at an u...
news.mongabay.com
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