Sesame Croquen Recipe — Turkish Food and International Cuisine

Materials 1 cup of powdered sugar 1/2 cup roasted sesame seeds 1 teaspoon of butter Preparation Of Put the sugar in a pan and close the stove on medium heat. 60 more words

Sesame Croquen Recipe — Turkish Food and International Cuisine

How close is the Amazon tipping point? Forest loss in the east changes the equation

  • Scientists warn that the Amazon is approaching a tipping point beyond which it would begin to transition from a lush tropical forest into a dry, degraded savanna. This point may be reached when 25% of the forest is lost.
  • In a newly released report, the Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project (MAAP) estimates that 13.2% of the original Amazon forest biome has been lost due to deforestation and other causes.
  • However, when the map is divided into thirds, it shows that 31% of the eastern Amazon has been lost. Moisture cycles through the forest from east to west, creating up to half of all rainfall across the Amazon. The 31% figure is critical, the report says, “because the tipping point will likely be triggered in the east.”
  • Experts say the upcoming elections in Brazil could have dramatic consequences for the Amazon, and to avert the tipping point we must lower emissions, undertake ambitious reforestation projects, and build an economy based on the standing forest. Granting and honoring Indigenous land tenure and protected areas are also key strategies.

Scientists warn that the Amazon is hurtling toward a tipping point, beyond which it would begin to transition from lush tropical forest into a dry, degraded savanna, unable to support the immense diversity of life that call the world’s largest rainforest home.

Source: How close is the Amazon tipping point? Forest loss in the east changes the equation

(Me: I wonder if the Amazon and other forests like it will ‘act’ to defend itself from destruction by supporting diseases that will help to rebalance the system..?)

Lebanese research preserves heat-adapted seeds to feed a warming world

  • In Lebanon, the International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA) is preserving crops’ genetic diversity and helping breed climate-resilient varieties of seeds.
  • Varieties selected for their adaptation to local conditions, resilience to drought and heat can thrive without the use of expensive hybrid seeds and agrochemicals promoted by agribusinesses — boosting farmers’ finances and food security — and can improve production on sustainable farms based on the principles of agroecology.
  • “Big companies like Monsanto are after profit, they are trying to find ways to make the farmers dependent on buying seeds from them. For us it’s not about profit, it’s about improving livelihoods and promoting agricultural practices that don’t harm the environment,” an ICARDA researcher tells Mongabay. 

Source: Lebanese research preserves heat-adapted seeds to feed a warming world

Is UNESCO Greenwashing the luxury brand LVMH? – “Biosphere reserves: Mobilizing against deforestation in the Amazon. UNESCO has partnered with LVMH, the luxury goods group, to fight against the direct and indirect drivers of deforestation in the Amazonian region.” ???

Barbara Crane Navarro

Luxury Jeweler Tiffany is owned by LVMH

According to UNESCO: “UNESCO has partnered with LVMH, the luxury goods group, to fight against the direct and indirect drivers of deforestation in the Amazonian region.

Based on participatory approaches that combine scientific, local and indigenous knowledge, the programme will be monitored by teams in eight biosphere reserves – in Bolivia (Pilón-Lajas, and Beni); Brazil (Central Amazon); Ecuador (Yasuní, Sumaco, and Podocarpus-El Condor); and Peru (Manu, and Oxapampa-Ashaninka-Yanesha).

The aim of the initiative is to promote the rehabilitation of degraded lands, while ensuring sustainable employment for local populations. In the Beni biosphere reserve, for example, the programme plans to build a greenhouse, and provide families in four communities with high-quality seeds of native timber species (mahogany) and local forest species (banana, coffee, cocoa, and citrus). These will be used to create plots under agroforestry systems, in fallow land traditionally used for agriculture.”

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Rouge Cardinal Clematis🤩☘️🍀

Rouge Cardinal Clematis has dark fuchsia to red petals with white anthers. It will grow to a height of 6′ to 10′ tall and 2′ to 3′ wide. Rouge Cardinal Clematis likes to be planted in the sun or partial shade. The color of the flowers will last longer if planted in partial shade.

Rouge Cardinal Clematis will bloom in mid summer. This clematis is a medium grower that will fill a trellis fairly quickly. The blossoms will attract hummingbirds and butterflies.

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