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Patrick Waeber @powaeber.bsky.social · 23h

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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/ MOSA / @mosaisms.bsky.social · 1d

John Oliver is an exceptional human being, and also a comedian.

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Patrick Waeber @powaeber.bsky.social · 1d

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.

Roisin 🌿 @roisin6.bsky.social · 2d

No one talking about this!
No coincidence.
Trumpworld are slowly becoming pure evil.

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Patrick Waeber @powaeber.bsky.social · 1d

It’s people I trust, not institutions. ⚙️🖤💙💚
Systems can write rules, but only people can keep promises.

#TrustPeople #NotSystems #HeartOverGears

Patrick Waeber @powaeber.bsky.social · 6d

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...

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Patrick Waeber @powaeber.bsky.social · 6d

Jane Goodall. Just wow. What a life. ❤️🖤

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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.

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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 6d

"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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Patrick Waeber @powaeber.bsky.social · 6d

Hypocrite

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 6d

“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 · 6d

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 · 6d

She showed us that every life matters, and she never stopped listening to the wild. That voice is now ours to carry. ❤️🖤

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...

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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.

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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...

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