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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

blindsided

A poem in Vietnamese by Nguyễn Lãm ThắngTranslator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm Photography: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm Saigon, Vietnam blindsided …

blindsided

Le GENOCIDE des YANOMAMI et la MORT de la NATURE pour les marchandises d’or et de diamants et L’ART de l’éco-blanchiment par les MARCHANDS d’OR dans leurs propres mots… mise à jour Septembre 2023 !

‘Alarming’ scale of marine sand dredging laid bare by new data platform | Oceans | The Guardian

One million lorries of sand a day are being extracted from the world’s oceans, posing a “significant” threat to marine life and coastal communities facing rising sea levels and storms, according to the first-ever global data platform to monitor the industry.

The new data platform, developed by the UN Environment Programme (Unep), tracks and monitors dredging of sand in the marine environment by using the AIS (automatic identification systems) data from ships. Using data from 2012-19, Marine Sand Watch estimates the dredging industry is digging up 6bn tonnes of marine sand a year, a scale described as “alarming”. The rate of extraction is growing globally, Unep said, and is approaching the natural rate of replenishment of 10bn to 16bn tonnes of sand flowing into the sea from rivers and needed to maintain coastal structure and ecosystems…

Source: ‘Alarming’ scale of marine sand dredging laid bare by new data platform | Oceans | The Guardian

Facebook Is Getting Rid of the News Tab In the UK, France and Germany – Slashdot

Meta said Tuesday that it is plans to “deprecate” the Facebook News tab in early December for users in those European countries as “part of an ongoing effort to better align our investments to our products and services people value the most.” The company added that it plans to spend more time and money on short-form video, as best exemplified by its TikTok-like Reels product… (Me: seems that this would open up a market for a digital audio and video news social product in EU) Source: Facebook Is Getting Rid of the News Tab In the UK, France and Germany – Slashdot