Could deforestation trigger the next pandemic?

Yes.

Forests aren’t just the lungs of the world – they’re also its immune system.
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We're told pensions are 'unsustainable', the Post Office is 'unsustainable' and now that the NHS is 'unsustainable'. They were all entirely sustainable before the private sector starting looting the public sector.

To declare that animals, or even plants for that matter, are devoid of feelings and possess only instincts is to reduce them to mere automatons, executing the programming of their biology devoid of any emotional depth. This perspective conveniently strips them of their essence.…

Orangutan Land Trust🦧 Ferrero EU Affairs Kateřina Konečná Competition & Markets Authority European Parliamentary Research Service EU Environment European Commission FAO Climate Change & Biodiversity Heidi Hautala Business & Human Rights Young European Greens What nonsense, I've been to Malaysia and Indonesia as well. I've seen the palm forests where they are devoid of life, no sound of birds, no sight of insects. The forests in Malaysia are long gone, the best solution is to end the palm industry and replant the rainforest.

George McGavin I like to propose 'Avery's Rule' - no dog on a lead ever ran off and got lost. Every time I see a plea to find a lost dog, and I see many, I ask myself what was it doing off the lead?

ExposeLies2 Chester Zoo Learning Michelle Desilets🦧 Orangutan Land Trust🦧 Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil Sustainable Palm Oil Choice Biruté Mary Galdikas George McGavin @[email protected] - over there too “Here we show that dietary palmitic acid (PA), but not oleic acid or linoleic acid, promotes metastasis in oral carcinomas and melanoma in mice.” nature.com/articles/s4158…

This government has done more harm than good - now is not the time to weaken protection for nature. Are they engaging in a scorched earth policy?

Hey Matt Vickers MP Low behaviour, even for a Tory MP?

Not matter how often they are told, no matter how many times it is explained to them - some dog owners will never think about anything but their 'right' to do as they damn well please.

The minotaur beetle – a down-to-earth devourer of dung theguardian.com/environment/20…

If you treat your dog or cat or rabbit with a 'spot-on' flea treatment, please read this... & please retweet to spread the word. theconversation.com/pet-flea-and-t…

Oh Lordy, the lazy journos and hacks are gearing up for what will be a spectacular double brood cicada emergence. Come on The Independent you can do better!

Very interesting short thread on pesticide formulations – worth a read!
Thanks Lucy de la Pasture

George McGavin George Monbiot

Ankothrips niezabitowskii (female). Made another image, more dorsally. If you have a closer look, you may recognise the ocellar hump present in Ankothrips.

Yes GOV.UK can you just get this one thing done before you all leave? It would be a nice positive legacy.

Just 57 corporations are tearing our climate apart.

And they couldn't care less.

They have to be stopped, by any means possible.

theguardian.com/environment/20…

Top 10 countries with highest rates of primary forest loss in 2022 and 2023:

straitstimes.com/world/in-2023-… #deforestation

I don’t understand why London struggles so hopelessly with new street furniture. This hot mess is in Bloomsbury outside UCL. Dire.

One of the reasons I rarely frequent public houses!

'Trophy hunting is not solution to Africa’s wildlife conservation challenges.Proper governance, characterised by accountability, rigorous,evidence-based policies &actions,driven by a genuine appreciation of the intrinsic, not just economic, value of Africa’s majestic fauna, is.'