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Organized crime is a top driver of global deforestation – along with beef, soy, palm oil and wood products

Palm Oil Detectives

Jennifer Devine, Texas State University


Every year the world loses an estimated 25 million acres (10 million hectares) of forest, an area larger than the state of Indiana. Nearly all of it is in the tropics. Tropical forests store enormous quantities of carbon and are home to at least two-thirds of the world’s living species, so deforestation has disastrous consequences for climate change and conservation. Trees absorb carbon dioxide as they grow, slowing its buildup in the atmosphere – but when they are burned or logged, they release their stored carbon, fueling further warming. Tropical forest loss generates nearly 50% more greenhouse gases than does the global transportation sector.


At the 2021 U.N. conference on climate change in Glasgow, more than 100 world leaders pledged on Nov. 1 to halt deforestation by 2030. In the Declaration on Forests and Land Use, countries outlined their strategy…

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Violência Contra a Mulher

Vivaldi title translation: Violence against Women

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” O homem ainda mata porque se sente o macho que não pode ser inferiorizado diante da sociedade. Ele mata porque entende que a mulher é seu objeto. Portanto, se essa mulher não for dele, não será de mais ninguém. “

Marii Freire Pereira

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Imagem & criação: Marii Freire Pereira/Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

Santarém, Pá 5 de fevereiro de 2022

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Mistakes and Judgement

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Life is one big story, human lives are parts of the big story. All humans love stories, all humans are storytellers; talking about oneself, other people, places, events, etc, is what humans do. Your life is a story, you write it every day by living it, and people are reading it daily through observation, gossip, etc.

To live, you have to wrong(mistake)
To live better, you have to right your wrongs
To live best, you have to learn from people’s wrongs.

It’s natural and okay to talk and learn from people and their mistakes, but it’s wrong to judge people’s mistakes, it’s not even right to judge your own mistakes. You can judge Adolf Hitler because his story ended, you gain nothing from judging an inconclusive story.

Mistake makes a man stronger and better, situations changes with time❤️
If you judge/condemn someone’s past, what about the present, if you judge/condemn…

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PER FAVORE, BOICOTTATE L’ORO PER GLI YANOMAMI! – Per favore, fai doni che non distruggano la natura e la vita dei popoli indigeni! – ASCOLTA IL MESSAGGIO DELLO SCIAMANO YANOMAMI – L’APPELLO DELLA FORESTA PLUVIALE! — Barbara Crane Navarro

“Yanomami osservando un sito minerario d’oro nel loro territorio” – Foto degli Yanomami, Alto Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela e fotomontaggio: Barbara Crane Navarro « Ehi, guardaci! Ti vediamo Cerchiamo di mostrartelo Non ti sei mai preso la briga di imparare la nostra lingua Guardavi sempre in basso Ti avvertiamo dall’inizio La terra è viva Questa terra non […]

PER FAVORE, BOICOTTATE L’ORO PER GLI YANOMAMI! – Per favore, fai doni che non distruggano la natura e la vita dei popoli indigeni! – ASCOLTA IL MESSAGGIO DELLO SCIAMANO YANOMAMI – L’APPELLO DELLA FORESTA PLUVIALE! — Barbara Crane Navarro

OURO: Rede aciona no Supremo Tribunal Federal contra autorização de garimpo em área na Amazônia — OBIND — Barbara Crane Navarro

A Rede Sustentabilidade ingressou, no Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF), com ação em que busca a suspensão de atos do poder público que permitem a realização de atividades de mineração em área preservada da Amazônia e autorizam a aprovação tácita de atividades de garimpo no país. 251 more words STF: Rede aciona STF contra autorização de garimpo […]

OURO: Rede aciona no Supremo Tribunal Federal contra autorização de garimpo em área na Amazônia — OBIND — Barbara Crane Navarro

CÂMARA: Comissão debate presença dos povos indígenas na formação da cultura brasileira — OBIND — Barbara Crane Navarro

A Comissão de Legislação Participativa da Câmara dos Deputados realiza audiência pública nesta terça-feira (14) sobre o papel dos povos indígenas na formação da cultura brasileira. 301 more words CÂMARA: Comissão debate presença dos povos indígenas na formação da cultura brasileira — OBIND

CÂMARA: Comissão debate presença dos povos indígenas na formação da cultura brasileira — OBIND — Barbara Crane Navarro

Saturday Surprise — Avian Humour

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I must admit that I nearly forgot that today is Saturday.  There’s a reason for this … no, I’m not losing all my marbles, only a few of them.  See, daughter Chris was off from work yesterday (Friday), which made it feel like Saturday all day, for she’s never home on Friday.  At any rate, I remembered in time and thought since a few of my posts this week were pretty dark, we really do need some humour to lead into the weekend.  This is a post from a couple of years ago — July 2020 — when I had also forgotten it was Saturday and for the same reason, that Chris had been off work, only that time it was for the July 4th holiday and this time it was for the ice & snow storm we had on Thursday!  Anyway, enjoy the birdies and have a terrific weekend!

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Parashat Terumah, and Home, Sweet Tabernacle?

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This week’s Torah portion is Parashat Terumah / פָּרָשַׁתתְּרוּמָה

This is the 19th annual cycle parashah, and the 7th in the book of Sh’mot/Exodus:

Torah Portion:Exodus 25:1-27:19

This week, everyone will hear about the “Mishkan” aka the Tabernacle. But literally, miShoKhan (from the root of the word Shochen, or dwells), means “The Thing in which To Dwell” otherwise known as a house. Ok, or just a home, or a shelter.

A place to live.

So, if the Creator of the Universe needs a place to live, how much more, the rest of us, who need to eat, sleep, and breathe fresh air?

Parashat Mishpatim was last week…

Action Prompts:

Share your thoughts on how to build buy-in to keep (sorry, get & keep) all of us housed safely, please. Writing, by the way, is my personal contribution to Project Do Better.

What would…

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