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Brazil to redeploy troops to Amazon to fight deforestation? Brazil’s Bolsonaro signed a decree Monday to dispatch soldiers to the Amazon in a bid to curb surging deforestation, just two months after withdrawing troops from the region and days after his Environment Minister resigned…

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Decreto renova atuação das Forças Armadas na Amazônia — Ecoamazônia

Barbara Crane Navarro

Militares voltarão a atuar na repressão de delitos ambientais O presidente Jair Bolsonaro editou nesta segunda-feira (28) o decreto de Garantia da Lei e da Ordem (GLO) que autoriza novamente o emprego das Forças Armadas na repressão a delitos ambientais na Amazônia. 24 morewords

Decreto renova atuação das Forças Armadas na Amazônia — Ecoamazônia

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« They want to find GOLD – Their avidity was what made most of our elders die long ago! *White men who have money, want more. They want to destroy more. That’s their tradition – they’ve got no limit! »

Barbara Crane Navarro

Yanomami shabono – communal house, Alto Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela
photo – Barbara Crane Navarro

« In the past, we were not forced to talk about the forest with anger because we did not know all these white people land and tree eaters. Our thoughts were calm. We only listened to our own words and the xapiri spirit’s songs. This is what we want to be able to do again.

If your minds were not so closed, you would chase the earth eaters out of our forest! … You do not know how to do anything with the forest. You only know how to cut down and burn its trees, to dig holes in its floor and soil its watercourses. Yet it does not belong to you and none of you created it!

All these words have accumulated in me since I have known the white people. … Maybe they will…

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Wondering Wednesdays, Baby Acres, Chapter 1, part III: The 3 Universals

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

This post continues the rough draft of  Chapter 1 of my non-fiction WiP, Baby Acres.  This is all of outline section, chapter 1, section III.

This section is about 1000 words long, as I wanted each chapter section to be.

And once again, by way of disclaimer, the overall goal is now to explain why we need both equ. + justice, & why in 4 phases.  This chapter will transition to a chapter (2-5) for each phase, showing what Phases I-IV could look like as part of a possible roadmap for a fully inclusive society for all of us.  This vision is laid out in the hope that All HumanKind  will eventually have each person’s basic needs  met, without taking anything from anyone, and without violence, intimidation, nor coercion of any kind. 

Chapter One, section III:

(section II parts C and D was last week…)

III.

 

III. A.

 

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Good People Doing Good Things — Dr. Ala Stanford

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Today I have only one ‘good people’ for you, but she is … WOW!  She is doing far more than her share to keep the Black community in Philly healthy and not for a fee!


Earlier this week, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney announced that 70% of the city’s adults had received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine — reaching President Biden’s goal for the nation ahead of schedule.

Yet that doesn’t tell the whole story. Only one-quarter of those vaccinations have gone to Black residents even though they make up more than 40% of the city’s population.

Throughout the pandemic, people of color have been devastated by Covid-19 in the US — dying at a much greater rate than white Americans. Now, as deaths have fallen with increased vaccinations, those dying are younger and more disproportionately Black.

Enter Dr. Ala Stanford …

Since April 2020, Dr. Ala Stanford…

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Caribbean Tree Planting Week: A Cultural Celebration of Trees

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Next week (July 5 to 11, 2021) is the first Caribbean Tree Planting Week. So what, you may ask? This is certainly not a symbolic week, but the result of over a year of activities and networking (Zoom was working overtime!) among citizens of all ages and backgrounds (including a major youth contingent) – in no less than 22 countries across the Caribbean.

Please join the amazing tree planters and their friends and supporters, next week. Take a look at the program below – more events may be added. You can register for all events (free) at thisZoom linkand also watch on Facebook Live.

An 18-year-old youth ambassador in Haiti (screen shot from the launch of the CariPhil Alliance Tree Planting Ambassadors on Zoom, which visited every corner of the Caribbean!)

The Caribbean Tree Planting Project (CTPP) has resulted in the planting of 1.4 million trees across the…

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British Columbia reports 230+ deaths during heat wave – San Gabriel Valley Tribune

“Since the onset of the heat wave late last week, the BC Coroners Service has experienced a significant increase in deaths reported where it is suspected that extreme heat has been contributory,” Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe said in a statement.

The coroner’s service normally receives about 130 death reports over a four-day period. From Friday through Monday, at least 233 deaths were reported, the chief coroner said, adding “this number will increase as data continues to be updated.”

Coroners are now gathering information to determine the cause and manner of deaths and whether heat played a role, the statement said.

Source: British Columbia reports 230+ deaths during heat wave – San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Pandemic response requires early and robust verification – The Lancet

This report proposes the creation of an international treaty on pandemics, to be negotiated under the auspices of WHO, and a Global Health Threats Council to serve as an independent authority at the head of state and government level, endorsed by the UN General Assembly.

These instruments alone are inadequate. Effective compliance requires robust and independent mechanisms for reviewing progress and doing investigations that are empowered at the highest political level and armed with both incentives and consequences. On the basis of a review of institutional mechanisms and a mandate to enforce compliance with international agreements,

we propose several aspects to complement the proposal.

First, the Universal Health and Preparedness Review, currently planned as voluntary, should be obligatory. Using independent experts, similar to what is done for human rights treaties, would mitigate political pressure inherent to state-led processes and promote independence and transparency. Independent experts should be used to identify issues with compliance and to help countries by providing necessary support in preparedness.
Second, state parties to the treaty should not be able to block on-site investigations. Such investigations are crucial for identifying the origin of disease outbreaks and assessing preparedness and response. The model by the Committee on Prevention of Torture could lend itself to treaty monitoring and outbreak investigations on short notice or unannounced. Investigations should be stipulated as part of the treaty with a clear protocol, definitions, and assigned authority for the process to justify invoking an extraordinary power. Visits without state-specific consent should be done by an independent expert group reporting to the UN to help mitigate political pressure on any individual UN agency.
Third, any new mechanism should include incentives such as technical support and political stimulus. WHO can play a key role in this area by providing countries with technical assistance, normative guidelines, and tools to strengthen preparedness and response capacities.
Finally, the treaty needs to be based on several core principles: compliance to encourage state adherence to the agreement; accountability to trigger a high political response in cases of concern; independence to reduce financial and political dependencies; transparency and data sharing to ensure prompt access to information; speed to activate an investigation; assessment of capabilities including political factors and leadership; and incentives to motivate states to comply.

Source: Pandemic response requires early and robust verification – The Lancet