Biodiversityloss
@BiodiversitySoS
The earth is now experiencing the 6th major mass extinction of species. This time caused by us - humanity. Maybe, just maybe, we can reduce the damage.
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11-11-2016 23:14:39
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David Wallace-Wells Yep, we are roughly talking about reducing emissions as fast as we increased them over much of the past century.
Not impossible, but far from easy, and the longer we wait to start emissions reductions the steeper it gets:
We must #StopOctopusFarming before it's established. These incredibly intelligent & social beings belong in the wild. This development isn't just cruel, it could threaten wildlife, public health & the environment.
brusselstimes.com/1001566/octopu…
The people have spoken. They say #VoteWorm ! Voting for the UK Invertebrate of the Year competition opens at midnight. Choose from 11 nominees before Monday. Arrgh, it's a much harder choice than a general election. @buglife theguardian.com/environment/se… theguardian.com/environment/20…
Nonsense on SSSIs from Derek Thomas MP ... 'Someone other than Natural England should be checking the scientific evidence to ensure that it is robust' then 'Defra have experts that can scrutinise the work'
Those experts ARE Natural England !
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…