Latest posts tagged with #KeepForestsStanding on Bluesky
The companies at this conference are huge drivers of forest destruction and community conflicts, but of all brands we ranked in our #KeepForestsStanding Scorecard, Mondelēz International was the WORST. We’re demanding that they adopt a Human Rights Defender policy now! #CAGNY #DoTheRightThingDirk
Research from Southwest Germany shows that forests' ability to absorb methane has been strengthening. This makes it increasingly more important to protect forests, as methane gas (LNG) infrastructure booms!
#KeepForestsStanding #NoLNG
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Industrial agriculture, logging, and mining are threats to forests, but the ROADS these industries pave cause even more damage.
Each road fragments the ecosystem, interfering with the ways it collects water, filters pollution & aids animal migration. #KeepForestsStanding
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We're goin' back to back on Project Deforestation in @valheimgame.bsky.social ! We had so much fun with you Wednesday that I (Fawkes) figured "fuck it - moar tree chopping."
Come enjoy the cozy caveman vibes tonight at 7pm CST
#valheim #cryoseismicboomin #keepforestsstanding
We are so back! Tonight's Valheim stream continues Project Deforestation - the quest to chop down every tree on the seed.
What's the craziest @valheimgame.bsky.social challenge you've done? Tell us in the comments.
#valheimchallenge #isthisyourblock #cryoseismicboomin #keepforestsstanding
Oreo-maker Mondelēz is getting coal in their stocking this year! We visited the Oreo Cafe in New Jersey's American Dream Mall to deliver a Christmas message: be nice, not naughty, and adopt a policy to defend Human Rights Defenders!
#HappyHolidays #MerryChristmas #KeepForestsStanding
HAPPENING NOW: Santa’s elves delivered a #Christmas message to Oreo-maker, Mondelēz, at their #OreoCafe in New Jersey.
Mondelēz can help stop the destruction of Indigenous lives. Adopt a Human Rights Defender policy now!
#KeepForestsStanding
The annual #KeepForestsStanding report is out and the takeaway is simple:
Brands are still not meeting their own deforestation & human rights promises. Lots of shiny policies, not a lot of follow-through.
Of the 10 brands analyzed, NONE got higher than a "C" grade.
More 👉 https://bit.ly/3KoVTxR
You might have deforestation-causing products in your home.👇
Our annual #KeepForestsStanding report analyzes 10 major consumer goods brands – including Oreo-maker, Mondelēz. The results reveal inadequate progress on both human rights and deforestation.
More on #Substack: https://bit.ly/4aA9Sv8
The critically endangered Tapanuli orangutan was previously thought to live only in Sumatra, Indonesia’s Batang Toru forest. But recently, researchers have found that it also inhabits a peat swamp in the Lumut Maju village forest! #KeepForestsStanding
https://bit.ly/4qw0BKl
127 countries pledged to stop forest loss by 2030, but they're NOT on track. Primary forest loss INCREASED last year, with 20 million acres cleared.
Financiers also dropped the ball – industrial agriculture receiving over $400 billion in annual subsidies.
#KeepForestsStanding
https://bit.ly/3WDEJie
Wayne national forest was designated as federally-protected land in the 1930s. Now, Trump's push to open up federal lands for logging threatens Wayne national forest, home to key waterways and the endangered eastern hellbender salamander. #KeepForestsStanding
https://bit.ly/4h0j9xL
Oreo-maker @MDLZ is fueling human rights abuses and rainforest destruction in pursuit of cheap palm oil. It's long past time for them defend human rights and #KeepForestsStanding act.ran.org/save_singkil...
Oreo-maker @MDLZ is fueling human rights abuses and rainforest destruction in pursuit of cheap palm oil. It's long past time for them defend human rights and #KeepForestsStanding act.ran.org/save_singkil...
NEW REPORT: @worldresources.bsky.social reveals that global tropical primary forests lost a record-breaking 6.7 MILLION hectares (16.6 million acres) in 2024 – up 80% from 2023.
For the sake of our planet, our health, and our livelihoods, we must #KeepForestsStanding!
gfr.wri.org/latest-analy...
🔍 REDD+ = Prevents deforestation → avoids emissions
🌱 Restoration = Replants trees → removes CO₂ from air
Different logic. Different impact. Not interchangeable.
#ProtectPrimaryForests #SaveOldForests #KeepForestsStanding #CarbonIsNotEcology #NotAllRestorationIsEqual
Forests in the Rawa Singkil Wildlife Reserve are being cleared for palm oil plantations. During the last 8 years, 2,609 hectares (6447 acres) of forest in the reserve have been cleared, with oil palm growing on 645 hectares of cleared area. Shame!
#KeepForestsStanding
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The Forestry Ministry of Indonesia has reported that gross deforestation in the country last year totaled 216,200 hectares, with the most deforestation happening in East Kalimantan. #KeepForestsStanding
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Last week, we showed up with this billboard at the Consumer Analyst Group of New York (CAGNY) in Orlando, FL. The corporations represented at this conference are some of the biggest drivers of forest loss & community conflicts around the world - including Oreo-maker Mondelēz!
#KeepForestsStanding
Oreo-maker @MDLZ is fueling human rights abuses and rainforest destruction in pursuit of cheap palm oil. It's long past time for them defend human rights and #KeepForestsStanding act.ran.org/save_singkil...
5️⃣ #ActNow 🌍 Protect forests for what they are, not just what they’re worth. Shift incentives. Stop the loopholes. Make standing forests the best choice. #KeepForestsStanding
Oreo-maker @MDLZ is fueling human rights abuses and rainforest destruction in pursuit of cheap palm oil. It's long past time for them defend human rights and #KeepForestsStanding act.ran.org/save_singkil...
We've linked major grocery store brands to #PalmOil producers operating illegally in our planet's most critical rainforests! These companies threaten our climate, wildlife, & local communities. We must #KeepForestsStanding!
See which brands are complicit: www.ran.org/kfs
Today's featured movement story from 2024: West Coast activists are working to stop greenwashed Wall Street scams from destroying the forests that are our best defense against the #ClimateCrisis.
wagingnonviolence.org/2024/10/west...
#ClimateChange #ClimateAction #forests #KeepForestsStanding
DYK that agricultural expansion accounts for up to 90% of global deforestation? Meanwhile, land & human rights defenders continue to face violence.
Our #KeepForestsStanding Scorecard ranks major brands on their forest & human rights protection policies 🌳 www.ran.org/the-understo...
Today's featured story from the past year: why forest #biomass isn't "green," and how communities are fighting the biomass boom.
therevelator.org/biomass-emis...
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #ClimateAction #ClimateMovement #KeepForestsStanding #forests #Drax #Enviva
Today's highlighted movement story from 2024: how climate groups, conservationists, and Indigenous leaders are fighting to save Washington's legacy forests:
columbiainsight.org/washington-h...
#KeepForestsStanding #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #ClimateMovement #pnwforests #legacyforests #forests
Today's highlighted 2024 movement story: How elder climate activists used monkeywrench tactics to buy time for a threatened forest: wagingnonviolence.org/2024/04/trou...
#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateMovement #Forests #KeepForestsStanding #ClimateEmergency
Some good news for your Tuesday: deforestation in the Brazilian #Amazon decreased from July 2023-2024. Over these 12 months, deforestation fell by 30% from about 3,180 acres to 2,428 acres. 🌳 #KeepForestsStanding
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
We're in the midst of a 6th mass extinction, & Bank of America, Chase & Citibank are bankrolling it by pouring over $16 BILLION into deforestation. @BankofAmerica, @Chase & @Citi: you MUST put people and planet over profit. #KeepForestsStanding NOW!...
