Pam
@baltree.bsky.social
My main mission: biodiversity preserver
Also like fractal imaging
Not a believer in trans ideology
Also like fractal imaging
Not a believer in trans ideology
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Pam
@baltree.bsky.social
· Nov 12
If anyone is interested in biodiversity education, I have created several projects which are available for free. Over 100 pages, over 1100 images and videos, games, quizzes, discussion starters, reading lists and glossaries. dedide.info
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1/ The #EPA is not as independent as they would like you to think. The board is made up of people too closely aligned with the resource industries or beholden to the industry for funding (especially true of academia).
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
State's EPA recommends Valhalla gas project for approval
Traditional owners and environmental groups are calling on the premier and environment minister to reject a controversial proposal to explore gas wells in the Kimberley.
www.abc.net.au
January 20, 2026 at 8:52 AM
1/ The #EPA is not as independent as they would like you to think. The board is made up of people too closely aligned with the resource industries or beholden to the industry for funding (especially true of academia).
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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Beyond their role in carbon sequestration, these trees support biodiversity by providing habitat and food for countless species. Their towering canopies and expansive root systems create unique ecosystems that are home to a variety of plants and animals.
January 18, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Beyond their role in carbon sequestration, these trees support biodiversity by providing habitat and food for countless species. Their towering canopies and expansive root systems create unique ecosystems that are home to a variety of plants and animals.
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Mirroring the fossil fuels vs renewables fight in the US is that of cattle ranching versus rewilding/biodiversity-restoration, including with native bison, with alas the powerful ranching industry within the battle described in the post below.
See also: www.thewildlifenews.com/2026/01/08/w...
See also: www.thewildlifenews.com/2026/01/08/w...
January 18, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Mirroring the fossil fuels vs renewables fight in the US is that of cattle ranching versus rewilding/biodiversity-restoration, including with native bison, with alas the powerful ranching industry within the battle described in the post below.
See also: www.thewildlifenews.com/2026/01/08/w...
See also: www.thewildlifenews.com/2026/01/08/w...
ANTARCTICA
"As an iconic global ''commons,'' the rapidity of Antarctic change will provoke further political action. Antarctic research is more vital than ever to a sustainable future for this One Earth."
-Sustained Antarctic Research: A 21st Century Imperative
By Daniela Liggett et al
"As an iconic global ''commons,'' the rapidity of Antarctic change will provoke further political action. Antarctic research is more vital than ever to a sustainable future for this One Earth."
-Sustained Antarctic Research: A 21st Century Imperative
By Daniela Liggett et al
January 18, 2026 at 1:06 PM
ANTARCTICA
"As an iconic global ''commons,'' the rapidity of Antarctic change will provoke further political action. Antarctic research is more vital than ever to a sustainable future for this One Earth."
-Sustained Antarctic Research: A 21st Century Imperative
By Daniela Liggett et al
"As an iconic global ''commons,'' the rapidity of Antarctic change will provoke further political action. Antarctic research is more vital than ever to a sustainable future for this One Earth."
-Sustained Antarctic Research: A 21st Century Imperative
By Daniela Liggett et al
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UN treaty creates ocean protections
The UN high-seas treaty entered into force, creating the first legal framework to protect biodiversity in international waters and enable marine conservation zones after two decades of negotiations.
With replies by 🎓Ángel Borja, 🎓Matthew Bunn +22 more scholars.
The UN high-seas treaty entered into force, creating the first legal framework to protect biodiversity in international waters and enable marine conservation zones after two decades of negotiations.
With replies by 🎓Ángel Borja, 🎓Matthew Bunn +22 more scholars.
UN treaty creates ocean protections
Replies by 🎓Ángel Borja, 🎓Matthew Bunn, 🎓UN Environment, 🎓Paul Dorfman +20 more scholars
www.lightnews.app
January 18, 2026 at 3:29 AM
UN treaty creates ocean protections
The UN high-seas treaty entered into force, creating the first legal framework to protect biodiversity in international waters and enable marine conservation zones after two decades of negotiations.
With replies by 🎓Ángel Borja, 🎓Matthew Bunn +22 more scholars.
The UN high-seas treaty entered into force, creating the first legal framework to protect biodiversity in international waters and enable marine conservation zones after two decades of negotiations.
With replies by 🎓Ángel Borja, 🎓Matthew Bunn +22 more scholars.
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Continuing to burn 40bt of fossil fuels every year is destroying everything you love. Everybody needs to understand this. Every climate or biodiversity related post needs to say this. Not “greenhouse emissions”, fossil fuels. And every tonne burned is more damage. There is no budget.
January 18, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Continuing to burn 40bt of fossil fuels every year is destroying everything you love. Everybody needs to understand this. Every climate or biodiversity related post needs to say this. Not “greenhouse emissions”, fossil fuels. And every tonne burned is more damage. There is no budget.
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The head of a national network that tracks the spread of wildlife diseases says a persistent funding shortfall is undermining Canada’s ability to detect and respond to emerging threats to biodiversity, agriculture and human health.
Biodiversity monitoring sapped
Sustained funding shortfall undermines Canada’s ability to track diseases threatening wildlife species, agriculture and human health
www.winnipegfreepress.com
January 17, 2026 at 8:01 AM
The head of a national network that tracks the spread of wildlife diseases says a persistent funding shortfall is undermining Canada’s ability to detect and respond to emerging threats to biodiversity, agriculture and human health.
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“Central banks are asking how nature loss makes other risks worse. A degraded ecosystem can turn a heatwave into a food crisis, or a storm into a fiscal emergency. From this perspective, biodiversity loss isn’t an ethical issue – it’s a risk amplifier.”
theconversation.com/the-economic...
theconversation.com/the-economic...
The economics of climate risk ignores the value of natural habitats
Where risk rises, returns have to rise too. Where ecosystems are protected, financing becomes cheaper.
theconversation.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:25 AM
“Central banks are asking how nature loss makes other risks worse. A degraded ecosystem can turn a heatwave into a food crisis, or a storm into a fiscal emergency. From this perspective, biodiversity loss isn’t an ethical issue – it’s a risk amplifier.”
theconversation.com/the-economic...
theconversation.com/the-economic...
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#Biodiversity and the #ClimateEmergency - how little we have understood about the world we are fast trashing
phys.org/news/2026-01...
phys.org/news/2026-01...
Tree bark microbes also clean the air by removing greenhouse and toxic gases
Australian researchers have discovered a hidden climate superpower of trees. Their bark harbors trillions of microbes that help scrub the air of greenhouse and toxic gases.
phys.org
January 9, 2026 at 7:56 PM
#Biodiversity and the #ClimateEmergency - how little we have understood about the world we are fast trashing
phys.org/news/2026-01...
phys.org/news/2026-01...
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Learn more about links between archaeology, biodiversity, and rewilding in Antiquity, as Anna Collar explores how archaeologists can learn from contemporary rewilding projects and Indigenous worldviews, to study the past and shape the future.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
The biodiversity crisis, the wild and the archaeological imagination
Global biodiversity is decreasing at an alarming rate, and Britain is now one of the most nature-depleted countries on the planet. This matters to archaeologists as it places limitations on our personal experience of ‘nature’ and damages the collective archaeological imagination, diluting our capacity to envisage the richness and diversity of the past worlds we seek to understand.
doi.org
January 9, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Learn more about links between archaeology, biodiversity, and rewilding in Antiquity, as Anna Collar explores how archaeologists can learn from contemporary rewilding projects and Indigenous worldviews, to study the past and shape the future.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
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Trump quits 66 global bodies
President Trump announced the US withdrawal from 66 international organizations, including the UNFCCC and IPCC, prompting scientists and diplomats to warn it would hinder global climate and biodiversity action.
With replies by 🎓Stelios Katsanevakis +44 more scholars.
President Trump announced the US withdrawal from 66 international organizations, including the UNFCCC and IPCC, prompting scientists and diplomats to warn it would hinder global climate and biodiversity action.
With replies by 🎓Stelios Katsanevakis +44 more scholars.
Trump quits 66 global bodies
Replies by 🎓Stelios Katsanevakis, 🎓Patrick Dunleavy, 🎓Michael McFaul, 🎓Anders Aslund, 🎓Juan Cole +40 more scholars
www.lightnews.app
January 9, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Trump quits 66 global bodies
President Trump announced the US withdrawal from 66 international organizations, including the UNFCCC and IPCC, prompting scientists and diplomats to warn it would hinder global climate and biodiversity action.
With replies by 🎓Stelios Katsanevakis +44 more scholars.
President Trump announced the US withdrawal from 66 international organizations, including the UNFCCC and IPCC, prompting scientists and diplomats to warn it would hinder global climate and biodiversity action.
With replies by 🎓Stelios Katsanevakis +44 more scholars.
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Trump quits 66 global bodies
President Trump announced the US withdrawal from 66 international organizations, including the UNFCCC and IPCC, prompting scientists and diplomats to warn it would hinder global climate and biodiversity action.
With replies by 🎓Stelios Katsanevakis +33 more scholars.
President Trump announced the US withdrawal from 66 international organizations, including the UNFCCC and IPCC, prompting scientists and diplomats to warn it would hinder global climate and biodiversity action.
With replies by 🎓Stelios Katsanevakis +33 more scholars.
Trump quits 66 global bodies
Replies by 🎓Stelios Katsanevakis, 🎓Patrick Dunleavy, 🎓Michael McFaul, 🎓Anders Aslund, 🎓Juan Cole +29 more scholars
www.lightnews.app
January 10, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Trump quits 66 global bodies
President Trump announced the US withdrawal from 66 international organizations, including the UNFCCC and IPCC, prompting scientists and diplomats to warn it would hinder global climate and biodiversity action.
With replies by 🎓Stelios Katsanevakis +33 more scholars.
President Trump announced the US withdrawal from 66 international organizations, including the UNFCCC and IPCC, prompting scientists and diplomats to warn it would hinder global climate and biodiversity action.
With replies by 🎓Stelios Katsanevakis +33 more scholars.
Reposted by Pam
Trump quits 66 global bodies
President Trump announced the US withdrawal from 66 international organizations, including the UNFCCC and IPCC, prompting scientists and diplomats to warn it would hinder global climate and biodiversity action.
With replies by 🎓Stelios Katsanevakis +34 more scholars.
President Trump announced the US withdrawal from 66 international organizations, including the UNFCCC and IPCC, prompting scientists and diplomats to warn it would hinder global climate and biodiversity action.
With replies by 🎓Stelios Katsanevakis +34 more scholars.
Trump quits 66 global bodies
Replies by 🎓Stelios Katsanevakis, 🎓Patrick Dunleavy, 🎓Michael McFaul, 🎓Anders Aslund, 🎓Juan Cole +30 more scholars
www.lightnews.app
January 10, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Trump quits 66 global bodies
President Trump announced the US withdrawal from 66 international organizations, including the UNFCCC and IPCC, prompting scientists and diplomats to warn it would hinder global climate and biodiversity action.
With replies by 🎓Stelios Katsanevakis +34 more scholars.
President Trump announced the US withdrawal from 66 international organizations, including the UNFCCC and IPCC, prompting scientists and diplomats to warn it would hinder global climate and biodiversity action.
With replies by 🎓Stelios Katsanevakis +34 more scholars.
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Ghana has repealed LI 2462, a law that allowed mining in forest reserves, including globally important biodiversity areas.
Passed by Parliament in December, the move is a major win for forest protection — though experts warn deeper forestry reforms are still needed.
Passed by Parliament in December, the move is a major win for forest protection — though experts warn deeper forestry reforms are still needed.
Ghana repeals legislation that opened forest reserves to mining
After facing sustained pushback from environmental groups, Ghana revoked a 2022 law that had empowered the president to allow mining in the country’s forest reserves. In December, the Minister for…
news.mongabay.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Ghana has repealed LI 2462, a law that allowed mining in forest reserves, including globally important biodiversity areas.
Passed by Parliament in December, the move is a major win for forest protection — though experts warn deeper forestry reforms are still needed.
Passed by Parliament in December, the move is a major win for forest protection — though experts warn deeper forestry reforms are still needed.
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In Brazil’s Jequitinhonha Valley, beekeepers say climate change, deforestation, & possibly lithium mining, are driving bee decline. As mining expands to fuel renewable energy, researchers warn impacts on pollinators remain poorly studied, with biodiversity safeguards still lagging in climate policy.
Beekeepers in Brazil worry lithium mining puts their bees in jeopardy
ARAÇUAÍ & BELÉM, Brazil — When Aécio Luiz was younger, finding wild beehives was routine in his rural Afro-Brazilian community of Córrego Narciso. A farmer turned beekeeper, he recalls their buzzing…
news.mongabay.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:30 AM
In Brazil’s Jequitinhonha Valley, beekeepers say climate change, deforestation, & possibly lithium mining, are driving bee decline. As mining expands to fuel renewable energy, researchers warn impacts on pollinators remain poorly studied, with biodiversity safeguards still lagging in climate policy.
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How do ecological corridors influence species survival and biodiversity? Can they truly connect fragmented habitats effectively? What’s your guess?
January 10, 2026 at 4:16 AM
How do ecological corridors influence species survival and biodiversity? Can they truly connect fragmented habitats effectively? What’s your guess?
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[FOUNDER'S BRIEF - @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social]
California is a global biodiversity hotspot, yet much of its life remains undocumented.
A statewide effort is now building a verifiable record of species to track ecological change — showing why simply counting life still matters.
California is a global biodiversity hotspot, yet much of its life remains undocumented.
A statewide effort is now building a verifiable record of species to track ecological change — showing why simply counting life still matters.
An inventory of life in California
Why Mongabay is reporting on California’s biodiversity Mongabay’s coverage of biodiversity has long been associated with tropical forests and far-flung frontiers. Yet California—wealthy, populous,…
news.mongabay.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:15 PM
[FOUNDER'S BRIEF - @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social]
California is a global biodiversity hotspot, yet much of its life remains undocumented.
A statewide effort is now building a verifiable record of species to track ecological change — showing why simply counting life still matters.
California is a global biodiversity hotspot, yet much of its life remains undocumented.
A statewide effort is now building a verifiable record of species to track ecological change — showing why simply counting life still matters.
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Oh, so turns out the NYT can editorialize correctly, and it's only domestic politics that is bound by a view from nowhere neutrality www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/c...
January 8, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Oh, so turns out the NYT can editorialize correctly, and it's only domestic politics that is bound by a view from nowhere neutrality www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/c...
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“It’s a finger in the eye to the billions of people, including Americans, suffering intensifying wildfires, storms and droughts, threats to the food supply and to biodiversity, and other dangerous and costly effects of a warming planet.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Live Updates: Trump Pulls Out of Global Climate Agreement
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:20 AM
“It’s a finger in the eye to the billions of people, including Americans, suffering intensifying wildfires, storms and droughts, threats to the food supply and to biodiversity, and other dangerous and costly effects of a warming planet.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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My heart is so heavy.
So much intentional damage happening to our country because of Trump and this administration.
This is messed up on so may levels.
It would have been easier had they posted the orgs, conventions and treaties they didn’t withdraw from.
🧵…
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
So much intentional damage happening to our country because of Trump and this administration.
This is messed up on so may levels.
It would have been easier had they posted the orgs, conventions and treaties they didn’t withdraw from.
🧵…
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
January 8, 2026 at 3:14 AM
My heart is so heavy.
So much intentional damage happening to our country because of Trump and this administration.
This is messed up on so may levels.
It would have been easier had they posted the orgs, conventions and treaties they didn’t withdraw from.
🧵…
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
So much intentional damage happening to our country because of Trump and this administration.
This is messed up on so may levels.
It would have been easier had they posted the orgs, conventions and treaties they didn’t withdraw from.
🧵…
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Scientists in the USA predict biodiversity among plants, fungi, arachnids, fish, and amphibians is richer than previously believed, with new species being described at more than 16,000 a year worldwide, faster than ever before. #betterworld
New Species Being Discovered Faster Than Ever – At a Rate of Over 16,000 a Year
New species are being discovered at a faster rate than ever—more than 16,000 every year—and the trend shows no sign of slowing.
www.goodnewsnetwork.org
January 8, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Scientists in the USA predict biodiversity among plants, fungi, arachnids, fish, and amphibians is richer than previously believed, with new species being described at more than 16,000 a year worldwide, faster than ever before. #betterworld
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Every year a Chinese-dominated flotilla big enough to be seen from space pillages the rich #marine life on Mile 201, a largely ungoverned part of the South Atlantic off #Argentina www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Mad fishing’: the super-size fleet of squid catchers plundering the high seas
Every year a Chinese-dominated flotilla big enough to be seen from space pillages the rich marine life on Mile 201, a largely ungoverned part of the South Atlantic off Argentina
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:40 AM
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This is the LIE the Forest Service is propagating to justify logging OUR National Forest to satisfy the increased logging requirements put forward by THEIR rich Nazi president.
www.fs.usda.gov/r06/mbs/news...
At bottom is link to where the public may comment until January 12.
www.fs.usda.gov/r06/mbs/news...
At bottom is link to where the public may comment until January 12.
Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest : Press Release - Forest Service Releases Draft Environmental Assessment for the Forestwide Thinning Project
Everett, Wash. — The Mt.
www.fs.usda.gov
January 8, 2026 at 3:53 AM
This is the LIE the Forest Service is propagating to justify logging OUR National Forest to satisfy the increased logging requirements put forward by THEIR rich Nazi president.
www.fs.usda.gov/r06/mbs/news...
At bottom is link to where the public may comment until January 12.
www.fs.usda.gov/r06/mbs/news...
At bottom is link to where the public may comment until January 12.
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I missed on the first read that it also includes the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service (IPBES). Catastrophe.
January 8, 2026 at 4:21 AM
I missed on the first read that it also includes the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service (IPBES). Catastrophe.