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"In March 2023 the #Forest #Conservation Amendment bill was plaed before the LokSabha. Ms Prakriti Srivastava,IFS (PCCF #Kerala) & I jointly wrote a submission to the Joint Parliamentary Committee, link provided at the end of the (long) thread. 1/n
highlighting the imp pts:
Fundamental changes in the proposed bill:
a)Limits the scope & ambit of the original FCA (1980), removing crucial safeguards from a vast majority of India's #biodiverse rich #forests, thereby opens the floodgates for diversion for other uses
2/n
b) Undoes many provisions of the existing #ForestConservationAct; c) dilutes the 202/1996 #SupremeCourt ‘Godavarman’ #judgement, overturns its #conservation gains
(d) facilitates privatisation of forests to create plantations
e) shifts focus from conservation of forests to 3/n
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Happy #CloudedLeopardDay! #Sunda #cloudedleopards in #Sumatra #Borneo are declining from #palmoil and #timber #deforestation & illegal #poaching The Red List says there are 3,700-5,580 individuals alive (2020). Help them #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife palmoildetectives.com/2021/03/08/the…
#Cloudedleopards are #wildcats that live in #rainforests from the #Himalayas to SE Asia and southern #China. Considered a 'medium-sized cat', they weigh about 23 kilos. #CloudedLeopardDay #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife palmoildetectives.com/2021/01/19/asi…
Clouded #leopards get their name for their remarkable "clouds" on their coats. Their large paws make them agile climbers and hunters. Their main threat is #palmoil #deforestation. #CloudedLeopardDay2022 Help them and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife palmoildetectives.com/2021/02/09/bra…
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Human Activities Obliterated Two-Third of #Earth’s Tropical Rainforests Between 2002-2019: Report

weather.com/en-IN/india/en…

(📸: IANS)
Human activities have contributed to the massive destruction of nearly two-thirds of the world’s original #TropicalRainforests in the last two decades, a new study has found.

#Environment
The analysis has revealed logging and land conversion for various agricultural practices as the two primary factors behind the wipeout of these forests, which serve as the largest reservoirs of carbon and effectively mitigate #GlobalWarming.

#TropicalRainforests #Environment
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ட்விட்டர் நண்பர்களுக்கு வணக்கம்.

2017 ஆம் ஆண்டு முதல் 2019 ஆம் ஆண்டுக்குள் தமிழகம் 67 சதுர கிமீ அடர் காடுகளை இழந்துள்ளது.
(Indian State of forest report'19)

இங்கே நீங்கள் காணும் இரண்டு படங்களுக்குமான இடைவேளை சரியாக 10 மாதம், 13 நாட்கள்.
டிவிட்டர் எப்போதுமே எங்கள் சேவை, நிறுவனம் குறித்து பலருக்கு தெரியப்படுத்த மிகவும் ஆதரவான தளமாக இருந்தது, இருக்கிறது.

எங்கள் நிறுவனம் குறித்து, என்னை தெரியாத பலர் அன்புடன் நண்பர்களுடன் பகிர்ந்தனர். (உதாரணமாக @VijayRamdoss_ மூலமாக தான் Dr @albyjohnV IAS அவர்களை எனக்கு தெரியும்.)
இதுதே நான் முதன்முதலில் பகிர்ந்த டிவிட்(bit.ly/3ksmxE8). இதற்கு கிடைத்த வரவேற்பு, மீடியா உதவி, அதனால் கிடைத்த Projects என இன்றைக்கு நாங்கள் இருக்கும் நிலைக்கு இங்கே முகம் தெரியாத பலர் காரணம்.
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@EmmanuelMacron The image on the left shows a fire from 1989, and the image on the right has been online since at least 2012. A number of other outdated and unrelated photographs have also been circulated as if they depicted the 2019 #AmazonFires.
snopes.com/fact-check/ama…
@EmmanuelMacron Plankton that are plants, known as #phytoplankton, grow and get their own energy through photosynthesis and are responsible for producing an estimated 80% of the world’s oxygen. They need #CO2 to thrive.
eos.org/research-spotl…
@EmmanuelMacron Many use fire to maintain farmland or to clear land.
Typically, activity peaks in early Sept & mostly stops by Nov.
#NASA satellite data indicates total fire activity across the #AmazonBasin this year has been close to the average of the past 15 years.
earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145464/…
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