From ecology at iephb.nw.ru Mon Sep 1 20:05:25 2025 From: ecology at iephb.nw.ru (ecology) Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2025 21:05:25 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] The U.S. is blocking our last chance to stop plastic pollution Message-ID: We have to limit plastic production before it's too late. We're Running Out of Time To Limit Global Plastic Production Sign Now Experts say that this is the world's "last best chance" to fight both climate catastrophe and a crisis of microplastic pollution. Thankfully, world leaders are meeting at the United Nations in Geneva to come to an agreement. But, the Trump Administration is pushing for an emphasis on waste disposal rather than limiting the production of new plastics. Sign the petition to demand the U.S. protect our planet from irreversible environmental damage! This is despite the fact that some plastics can take hundreds of years to decompose. 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Climate Change and Energy News: Weekly Digest by CAN EECCA -------------------------------------------------- Someone forwarded this digest to you? You can subscribe using this link -------------------------------------------------- Dear subscribers, What connects earthquake risks in Central Asia, the return of sturgeon to the Dnipro River, and human rights in green energy? All of these are fresh stories about how the climate is changing ? and how we search for solutions. In this issue: from seismic risks in Central Asia to new technologies improving air quality in Bishkek, and climate-resilient rice in Kazakhstan. We also highlight global trends: human rights in the energy transition, tropical heat, and vanishing lakes. At the end of this newsletter ? new opportunities for activists. Best regards, CAN EECCA Communications Manager Aizirek Almazbekova -------------------------------------------------- News from the EECCA Region Tajikistan?s Energy Paradox: Electricity Access Achieved, But Clean Energy Still Lacking By 2022, Tajikistan had reached nearly universal access to electricity. Yet behind this milestone lie challenges: winter power outages in rural areas, less than 40% of the population having access to clean cooking fuels, and heavy reliance on hydropower, which is vulnerable to climate change. Meanwhile, solar and wind potential remain untapped, making investments in decentralized energy and efficiency critically important for the future. Central Asia on the Brink of a Major Earthquake: Is the Region Prepared? Recent tremors in Almaty sparked panic and renewed concerns about earthquake readiness. Many buildings are outdated, while public trust in new construction remains low. Authorities are ramping up drills, evacuation plans, and even reserving land for mass burials. But experts warn that without systemic infrastructure modernization and sustainable financing, the region may not be prepared for the next seismic event. Caucasus Glacier Retreats Rapidly Under Climate Change Azerbaijani scientists have recorded accelerated retreat of the Tufandag glacier in the Greater Caucasus. Their expedition observed shrinking ice coverage, widening cracks, and a retreating glacier tongue ? changes already raising water levels in the Makhmudchay River. Dnipro Rivers Reborn, Sturgeon Return After 70 Years Two years after the destruction of the Kakhovka Hydropower Plant, researchers have documented more than 300 plant species (compared to only 11 in 2022) and massive gatherings of birds. Most strikingly, sturgeon have returned: for the first time in 70 years, fish from the Black Sea have reached Zaporizhzhia, their historic spawning grounds. Kyrgyzstan and South Korea Launch Project to Tackle Air Pollution in Bishkek KOICA and the Kyrgyz government are implementing a joint project through 2028 to reduce air pollution. Eco-friendly heating systems will be installed in schools and kindergartens, alongside a comprehensive air quality management plan ? steps that could significantly improve Bishkek?s chronic smog problem. Kazakhstan Develops Water-Efficient Rice to Combat Climate ChangeIn Kyzylorda Region, trials are underway for a new rice variety, Syr Sulu, which requires far less water and ripens faster than traditional types. Researchers are also testing innovative soil additives that help retain moisture, potentially cutting irrigation needs nearly in half ? a promising adaptation for farmers facing water scarcity and climate stress. -------------------------------------------------- World Climate and Energy News Human Rights Approach to the Energy Transition Elisa Morgera, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Climate Change, presented a new report summarizing how renewable energy development ? and its reliance on critical minerals ? impacts human rights. The report emphasizes that states must protect people?s rights during the green transition, while companies and other actors are responsible for ensuring the process does not exacerbate existing risks and abuses. Fact-checking 18 Myths About Heat Pumps Heat pumps are a key technology for phasing out fossil fuels in heating, widely adopted in Europe and the US. But myths abound: that they don?t work in old or poorly insulated houses, fail in cold weather, are too noisy, or too costly. Carbon Brief debunks 18 of the most common misconceptions, showing that heat pumps are efficient, cost-effective, and proven reliable ? from Norway to the US. Electric Vehicles: Debunking 21 Persistent Myths According to Carbon Brief, electric vehicles already cut lifecycle emissions by two-thirds and offset their manufacturing carbon footprint within 18,000?21,000 km of driving. The analysis addresses 21 myths ? from ?batteries die quickly? to ?charging is more expensive than fueling.? Landlocked Countries in Focus at World Water Week At Stockholm?s World Water Week, safe water access was highlighted as central to climate adaptation. Special attention was given to landlocked countries such as Bhutan and Rwanda, which shared experiences on expanding water access and explored innovative financing for water and sanitation projects. World?s Lakes in Decline: Why It?s Happening and What Can Be Done Climate change, excessive water withdrawal, and pollution are driving a catastrophic decline in lakes worldwide. Bolivia?s Lake Poop? has dried up, the Aral Sea has nearly disappeared, and Africa?s Lake Victoria is turning toxic from algal blooms. According to the UN, lakes in 364 basins are shrinking or vanishing, threatening nearly 100 million people. Scientists warn: since lakes provide 90% of the planet?s freshwater, protecting them is a matter of survival. -------------------------------------------------- Opportunities Georgia: Supporting Green Businesses Near Kolkheti National Park The Local Economic Development Project (LEDP), supported by Helvetas and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), is accepting applications from entrepreneurs and startups in the municipalities of Poti, Zugdidi, Khobi, Senaki, Abasha, and Lanchkhuti. Eligible projects include ecotourism, gastronomy tourism, crafts, and cultural initiatives. Deadline: September 19, 2025. Young Green Academy: Social Justice and Climate The Federation of Young European Greens invites applications for the online Young Green Academy (September?December 2025), focusing on the intersections of social justice and climate. Participants will develop projects on affordable housing, food security, ecosystem protection, and inclusivity ? all through the lens of sustainable development and climate action. Deadline: September 7, 2025. Free Online Courses from ?cole Polytechnique ?cole Polytechnique is offering free online courses on hydropower, wind and solar energy, photovoltaics, wind resources for renewables, and more. Participants may also obtain a certificate upon completion. 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Over the past few days, the European Commission?s consultation website has been flooded with submissions, the overwhelming majority coming from less suportive industry voices. This makes it all the more urgent that we mobilise citizens and civil society to counter balance this pressure and save our important nature laws. We strongly encourage you to send out a targeted email to your supporters, invite your colleagues and friendly networks to participate in our action, and promote it via social media. We have ten days left to let the voice of citizens be heard. Thank you for embedding the widget on your own website. If for some reasons you can?t do that, the handsoffnature.eu website is now live! Please note that the messages submitted via our tool are NOT automatically visible on the Commission?s website. We will upload them in batches from next week on, giving less time to our opponents to counter mobilise. Communications assets a.. Social media pack for the launch of the tool (including a video and static visuals, both with templates to translate) b.. Suggested text for websites c.. Direct mailing to supporters: We strongly suggest you send out a direct email to your supporters at the start of September as this has proven to drive most engagement in previous campaigns. Tool a.. If you haven?t yet, Register here to receive your own tool (code to embed on your website) & prepareyour campaign page. You can find more information in our concept note. b.. In case you have any technical issue, please contact: support at fixthestatusquo.org c.. UTM tracking: If you have the tool on your website, you can track where your submissions come from ? please go toyour campaign page on Proca --> Promote your page. d.. 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At nearly 3000 square kilometres, the Marine Protected Area we can help create would be bigger than Luxembourg. And it?s critical to defending this incredible stretch of ocean from illegal fishing, unsustainable tourism, and pollution. Our partners are working with the Madagascar government to create the reserve and fund and implement a strong enforcement plan. They have 90% of what they need to make it happen, but are asking for *our* help to get it done! At least 24 threatened species, from sharks to dolphins to turtles (like the endangered Hawksbill above), call this area home. And we can protect it forever. Can you chip in to create this mega Marine Protected Area in Madagascar ? and fight for nature worldwide? I'll donate $3 I'll donate $4 I'll donate $5 I'll donate $9 I'll donate another amount Nosy Be isn?t just critical for its biodiversity, but essential to food security for Madagascar, where more than 90% of the population lives below the poverty line. This project is badly needed to ensure long-term protection of the coral reef ecosystems that are vital to both local communities? and marine life. That includes HUNDREDS of endangered Whale Sharks ? the world?s largest fish ? which congregate in the area, but have become frequent victims of boat collisions. Not to mention endangered Blue Whales, critically endangered Hawksbill Turtles, endangered Humpback Dolphins, and over 300 square kilometers of what scientists call ?pristine? coral reef! We can help preserve it that way for future generations. If enough of us chip in we can help our partner Rainforest Trust fully fund the project and get the Marine Protected Area in place ? and keep up our work to find more opportunities like this around the globe! Can you chip in? I'll donate $3 I'll donate $4 I'll donate $5 I'll donate $9 I'll donate another amount Your donation will help power Ek? and our campaigns worldwide fighting for people and the planet. 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URL: From ecology at iephb.nw.ru Thu Sep 4 16:23:31 2025 From: ecology at iephb.nw.ru (ecology) Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2025 17:23:31 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] 2-week old baby cows Message-ID: The suffering of new born calves must stop! Thousands of baby cows are being shipped across the sea by shipping giant Brittany Ferries. The live export of weeks-old calves violates EU animal welfare rules and must stop now. Tell Brittany Ferries: Stop live exports! Put animal welfare first! Sign the petition Crying, cold and hungry, over 110,000 unweaned calves ? some barely two weeks old ? have been torn from their mothers this year alone. A single company, Brittany Ferries, is responsible. These poor baby cows are forced onto brutal 18-hour ferry journeys across the sea. They either die miserably or arrive barely clinging to life. Thirty years ago, the French shipping giant made the right choice to stop live animal transport. But now it's shamefully reversing course ? resuming this cruel business simply to chase quick profits. But there?s hope. Brittany Ferries put animal welfare over profits thirty years ago because the public pressure was impossible to ignore. Today, with our global community taking action, we can build an international movement of millions to force Brittany Ferries to choose compassion again. Tell Brittany Ferries: Stop live exports. Put animal welfare first! These babies need their mother?s milk and warmth to grow healthy and strong. Instead, calves are ripped from their mothers, crammed onto ships, and then left to starve and freeze for hours on end. Sea transport is the most dangerous and stressful form of travel for live animals. Brittany Ferries knows that. That?s why it stopped this practice decades ago. These journeys could be violating EU law, because accordingly, baby calves need to be fed every 9 hours ? and this isn?t really doable in a cramped ferry boat across the sea. Even worse, investigations reveal that many of the animals face horrific conditions such as forced fattening or slaughter once they arrive at their destination. This is just business based on pointless, profit-driven pain ? and it will continue, unless we put a stop to it. We must act now ? without our support, tens of thousands more calves will be loaded onto ships in the coming weeks and months. But if enough of us demand Brittany Ferries to stop ? it will listen ? just like it did 30 years ago. Let?s do it: Tell Brittany Ferries: Stop live transports across the sea! Put animal welfare first! Sign the petition Thanks for all that you do, Ildem and the team at Ek? More information: Why did Brittany Ferries U-turn on live animal transports? EU Observer 14 June 2025 Joanna Lumley joins stars in calling on ferry firm to reverse plan to resume live animal exports The Independent 24 March 2025 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ek? is a community of people from around the world committed to curbing the growing power of corporations. We want to buy from, work for and invest in companies that respect the environment, treat their workers well and respect democracy. And we?re not afraid to stand up to them when they don?t. Please help keep Ek? strong by chipping in $3 or become an Ek? core member with a regular monthly donation. Set up a monthly donation Chip in $3 instead From: End Live Exports, Ek? Date: ??, 27 ???. 2025??. ? 13:15 Subject: 2-week old baby cows -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Indigenous Kenyah and Penan communities depend on the Ulu Belaga forest for their livelihoods. It?s a source of traditional medicines, rattan, wood and palm hearts. The pristine river that runs through it provides fish to eat. Let?s demand that Sin Heng Chan stops the deforestation for palm oil by making this a massive global issue that?s too big for them to ignore. Sign the petition: Sin Heng Chan stop the deforestation of the Ulu Belaga forest. Sin Heng Chan?s Urun palm oil plantation is sustainably certified which is meant to ensure that there has been no new deforestation since December 2019. But satellite data and footage from drones (that Ek? members chipped in for) shows that almost 700 football fields worth of forest were destroyed between September 2023 and December 2024 and it isn't slowing down. One local described the sound of trees being cut down as the ?sound of death?. Villagers have been fighting back against the deforestation of their native forest ? signing an open letter to the government and corporation calling on them to remove their land from the plantation license. And the mounting pressure resulted in a Malaysian Senator calling for a stop to the plantation?s deforestation activities. Now, let?s really turn up the heat and back in what local communities and the Senator are calling for. Add your name to the petition and help protect the Ulu Belaga forest. Together we?ve taken on big corporations destroying forests and won. We supported Forest Defenders who were hit with a defamation lawsuit by Samling for exposing illegal logging. After global pressure from thousands of people, Samling dropped its lawsuit and stopped its illegal logging in Sarawak. Let?s do it again and stop Sin Heng Chan from chopping down the Ulu Belaga forest. Sign the petition Thanks for all that you do, Nish and the team at Ek? More information: Long Urun residents call for S?wak govs intervention to halt deforestation in Upper Belaga River Dayak Daily 28 December 2025 The Promise of ?No Deforestation?: Sarawak?s Forests Tell a Different Story The Borneo Project 07 January 2025 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ek? is a community of people from around the world committed to curbing the growing power of corporations. We want to buy from, work for and invest in companies that respect the environment, treat their workers well and respect democracy. And we?re not afraid to stand up to them when they don?t. Please help keep Ek? strong by chipping in $3 Chip in $3 From: Stop Deforestation, Ek? Date: ??, 5 ????. 2025 ?., 14:35 Subject: Palm oil arrests -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ecology at iephb.nw.ru Fri Sep 5 22:18:51 2025 From: ecology at iephb.nw.ru (ecology) Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2025 23:18:51 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] =?utf-8?q?Please_SIGN=3A_Hands_off_the_EU=E2=80=99s_?= =?utf-8?q?environmental_laws!?= Message-ID: Don?t ?simplify? the EU?s environmental protections! +++ A victory for Sumatra?s Leuser Ecosystem +++ ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Email not displaying correctly? Display newsletter in browser Working together for the rainforest Petition Please SIGN: Hands off the EU?s environmental laws! Dear friends of the rainforests, Brussels is weighing an autumn ?Omnibus package? that could weaken essential conservation laws ? presented as simplification, delivered as deregulation. Let?s keep air, water, forest, and wildlife protections intact by speaking up now. Despite cleaner air and water, only 15 percent of EU habitats are in good condition. Pollinator and bird populations are still in free fall ? a warning sign no lawmaker should ignore. Weakening safeguards now would accelerate the slide. The European Commission?s feedback period is open on the Have Your Say portal, with decisions expected this fall. A surge of messages can shift the narrative and push back against intense lobbying by agribusiness and right-wing groups. Say NO to weakening EU nature laws ? sign and share the petition today, then submit feedback to the consultation before the September 10 deadline. Every voice matters. TAKE ACTION Thanks for being involved, John Hayduska Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald e.?V.) 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It could damage your organs, harm your nervous system, and even cause cancer. And while countries around the world have banned this substance for its toxicity, the U.S. is dragging its heels ? and risking lives. You see, herbicide producers have come under fire for using the highly toxic ingredient, glyphosate, in their products. As a 'solution', they're replacing glyphosate with something that could be even more dangerous: diquat. Not only can diquat kill gut bacteria and permanently damage organs, it is thought to be a neurotoxin, cancer-causing, and linked to Parkinson's disease! So why isn't the EPA, the government agency charged with regulating substances like this one, doing anything about it? Phasing out one deadly ingredient, only for it to be replaced with an even more dangerous one, is not just ridiculous, it's bad policy. The EPA must immediately regulate diquat, like so many other countries already have, before thousands of Americans suffer the consequences. Sign now to tell the EPA: no more cancerous weedkiller ingredients! Ban diquat now! Thank you, Sophie Care2 Petitions Team P.S. Diquat is banned in many countries for its harmful affects on people, but the United States is refusing to ban it! Sign the petition. Sign Now ? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Care2.com, Inc. 3141 Stevens Creek Blvd. #40394 San Jose, CA 95117 https://www.care2.com From: Sophie H., Care2 Action Alerts Date: ??, 5 ????. 2025??. ? 19:11 Subject: Weedkiller linked to organ failure and cancer remains legal and popular in the U.S. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ecology at iephb.nw.ru Sat Sep 6 21:28:54 2025 From: ecology at iephb.nw.ru (ecology) Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2025 22:28:54 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] Moving Past Apathy Message-ID: The biggest hurdle to taking action may be human, but we can overcome it. News of the world environment NEWSLETTER | SEPTEMBER 5, 2025 Moving Past Apathy Apathy. The word has been bouncing around in my head for several weeks now, ever since I read Amelia DiGiano?s photo essay ?Portraits of a Planet in Crisis,? which you will find in our new Autumn print issue. In it, she documents her experience of traversing the United States, stopping in some of the most climate-impacted communities to photograph residents and speak with them about their eco-anxiety. To her surprise, she found quite a bit of ?eco-apathy? instead. The word ?apathy? popped up again in Joshua T. Anderson?s touching essay in the issue about the threads that bind human health to soil heath, and the desperate need for caretaking in both of these realms (?Rooted in Care?). ?Apathy is the most dangerous thing we grow here,? he writes from North Dakota?s Red River farm country, the top sugarbeet-producing region in the nation. Both reflections struck a chord. Apathy can surface in so many areas, both personal and societal. I see it in the same places these authors do, including in our underwhelming response to the escalating climate crisis, our acceptance of profit-driven healthcare, our ambivalence towards corporate-dominated food systems. I see it also in the lack of any accountability for international oil companies as they hastily withdraw from the Niger Delta (?Deserting the Delta,? also in our new issue), and in the global inaction over the humanitarian crisis in Sudan and the genocide in Gaza. Apathy is human. It can be a defense mechanism to feelings that overwhelm, to the inability to meaningfully process the many crises that are constantly unfolding around the globe. It can stem from misinformation ? from say, propaganda downplaying the severity of the global climate crisis or playing into fear of the ?Other.? It can be fed by our feelings of powerlessness within a system manipulated by the super-rich, and amplified by our own personal struggles, which can leave little room for advocacy over systemic injustices. This, I think, is what makes apathy perhaps the biggest hurdle we face to taking action. But, as recent articles in both our online edition and Autumn issue also make clear, there are many ways to keep it at bay. Anderson is leaning into patience, and even rage, as he cares for his dad and the land. The community members and activists who appear in our magazine ? including those fighting for justice in the Niger Delta, pushing for sound forest policy in Washington State, and standing up against a destructive mining project in Arizona ? lean into everything from anger to science to compassion in their determination to keep up the good fight. Apathy may be a human experience, but it is not a given. With so much at stake, we must seek inspiration where we can, including in the work of so many others who have refused to look away, and find our path past it. Zoe Loftus-Farren Managing Editor, Earth Island Journal PS: This is a version of my Letter from the Editor published in our Autumn 2025 print issue. Check out a quick breakdown on the issue below. Photo by Christina Watkins AUTUMN 2025 ISSUE The latest print edition of Earth Island Journal will be arriving in mailboxes and hitting newsstands any day now. In this issue, you will find: ?An investigative report from Washington State about a quasi-academic group that would have you believe logging is a carbon-negative activity and wood tables and toys are better carbon sinks than standing trees. ? An on-the-ground report from Vietnam, where, as the country?s bear bile farming industry nears a much-fought-for end, animal rights advocates are working to rehabilitate freed animals. ? A photo documentary project exploring eco-anxiety ? or a lack thereof ? among those living in some of the United States? most climate-impacted regions. ? A feature from the Niger Delta, where Big Oil is rapidly selling off its assets without cleaning up 70 years? worth of severe environmental damage it has wreaked on the region. ? A moving personal essay that explores the links between soil health and rural healthcare, and how the challenges of in-home caregiving might help us rethink the future of farming in the US Great Plains. Plus: ?A conversation with Greenpeace Senior Legal Advisor Deepa Padmanabha about how the group is fighting a suit by oil company Energy Transfer accusing Greenpeace of coordinating the Standing Rock protests ? the most significant Indigenous uprising in half a century ? and what is at stake when it comes to free speech. ? 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Over the years, the conference has brought together more than 2,000 participants and over 100 organizations, providing a unique platform for dialogue between policymakers, academics, technical experts, NGOs, and civil society representatives. 5th Silk Road of Knowledge Conference Science meets Policy: ?Climate Mitigation and Adaptation in an Era of Social-Ecological Uncertainties? September 20, 2025 Kazakh-German University (DKU), Almaty + online (hybrid format) Objectives of the 2025 Conference: ? Share the latest scientific findings and innovations in water management, land use, agriculture, climate security, and energy transformation, with clear links to Phase II of the Green Central Asia (GCA II) initiative; ? Discuss science-based recommendations in support of political and economic strategies for climate change mitigation and adaptation in Central Asia; ? Present integrated approaches to resilience-building in the context of growing socio-ecological uncertainties; ? Foster youth and women?s engagement in science and strengthen their role in policy-making; ? Produce concise policy briefs from each thematic session to enhance science?policy interaction in the region. Thematic Sessions: 1. Glacier Monitoring and Modeling in Central Asia in times of climate change 2. Gender and Climate Change in Central Asia 3. Innovative Approaches in Hydrological Forecasting 4. Climate Impacts Online Tool for Central Asia 5. Empowering Drought Resilience in Central Asia: Hands-on Session on the Droughtmap-ASB Tool 6. Urban Climate Resilience: Sustainable Planning for Cities Partners: ? GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences (Germany) ? Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK, Germany) ? Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (Germany) ? GIZ ? Deutsche Gesellschaft f?r Internationale Zusammenarbeit Seats for offline participation are limited. More information & registration: https://lnkd.in/gBq4BzGK For inquiries: conference.nri at dku.kz Registration deadline: September 18, 2025 From: AVZUR Alliance of Universities in Kyrgyzstan Date: ??, 4 ????. 2025??. ? 12:41 Subject: The 5th Silk Road of Knowledge Conference_20 September 2025 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ecology at iephb.nw.ru Sat Sep 6 21:40:17 2025 From: ecology at iephb.nw.ru (ecology) Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2025 22:40:17 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] This state will let hunters slaughter up to 558 wolves Message-ID: Wolves have roamed these lands for generations. We must protect them from massacre. Montana Approves Plan to Let Hunters Kill a Record Number of Wolves Sign Now Montana's government has given hunters the go-ahead to slaughter as many as 558 wolves this season ? the largest number in recent history. Even worse, it's given permission to individual hunters to trap or kill as many as 30 wolves per person. This even impacts wolves living near the famous Yellowstone National Park! Wolves in the U.S. Northern Rockies region were protected under the Endangered Species Act until 2011. But now, with those protections gone, Montana officials apparently are giving hunters exactly what they want. These animals are considered a "keystone species," meaning they're essential for the ecosystems and food chains around them. Without wolves maintaining a stable population, whole biosystems can be thrown out of whack. This trickles down to even impact the literal grasses and other foliage! Even worse, Montana's own agency for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks (FWP) released data showing that this new hunting and trapping policy could reduce the wolves' populations to below the level that is considered "sustainable" ? in less than a year. Slaughtering wolves just to appease greedy, self-centered hunters is grotesque and cruel. We must speak out for these wild animals! They have a right to live! Sign the petition to demand that Montana immediately reverse its new wolf-hunting policy and instead instate full protections for these majestic creatures! Thank you, Celeste Care2 Petitions Team P.S. Wolves have roamed these lands for generations. We must protect them from massacre. Sign the petition. Sign Now ? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Care2.com, Inc. 3141 Stevens Creek Blvd. #40394 San Jose, CA 95117 https://www.care2.com From: Celeste S., Care2 Action Alerts Date: ??, 3 ????. 2025??. ? 11:20 Subject: This state will let hunters slaughter up to 558 wolves -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ecology at iephb.nw.ru Sun Sep 7 15:24:12 2025 From: ecology at iephb.nw.ru (ecology) Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2025 16:24:12 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] Turtle smuggling is destroying fragile populations Message-ID: Every turtle taken pushes these species closer to collapse. Every Turtle Counts: End the Smuggling Trade Destroying U.S. Species Sign Now Hundreds of turtles across the U.S. are being ripped from the wild and stuffed into socks, diapers, or boxes labeled "toys" ? all to fuel a cruel international trade. Recently, a smuggler in Brooklyn pleaded guilty after attempting to ship 850 turtles worth $1.4 million to Hong Kong. Many of these animals were Eastern box turtles and three-toed box turtles, native species already in decline. Sign the petition now to demand that U.S. authorities crack down on turtle smuggling before more fragile populations collapse. The cruelty is staggering: turtles bound and taped, smeared with substances to confuse detection dogs, and shipped overseas where they are sold as exotic pets or status symbols. But the real tragedy is ecological. Box turtles can live for a century but reproduce slowly, meaning that taking even a few can devastate an entire population. And yet, thousands are stolen from U.S. habitats every year. Sign now to demand the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service stop this cruel trade and save our turtles! Thank you, Jess Care2 Petitions Team P.S. Help stop this brutal trade before it's too late. Sign the petition! Sign Now ? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Care2.com, Inc. 3141 Stevens Creek Blvd. #40394 San Jose, CA 95117 https://www.care2.com From: Jess M., Care2 Action Alerts Date: ??, 7 ????. 2025??. ? 11:20 Subject: Turtle smuggling is destroying fragile populations -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ecology at iephb.nw.ru Mon Sep 8 02:37:05 2025 From: ecology at iephb.nw.ru (ecology) Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 03:37:05 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] Octopus torture for profit Message-ID: We can stop it before it starts. Octopus farms would bring a wave of cruelty, turning some of the smartest animals on Earth into factory-farmed products. Our outcry drove California to ban them. Now New Jersey could go further?igniting a nationwide push to stop octopus farms for good. We need as many voices as possible to make lawmakers listen: Ban Octopus Factory Farming Seafood companies are racing to build octopus factory farms in the U.S., trapping intelligent, sensitive animals into tiny tanks, only to slaughter them for profit. But we have a real shot to stop this nightmare before it begins: a groundbreaking bill in New Jersey that would ban octopus farming entirely. It has bipartisan support, and only needs three more lawmakers to move forward. If we flood them with public pressure, we can shut the door on octopus factory farming before it opens?and spark a global turning point. Sign and share now to pass this historic octopus farm ban Octopuses are some of the most extraordinary creatures on Earth, capable of feeling pain, solving puzzles, even recognising people. Keeping them in tanks is torture, plain and simple. And it?s also an environmental disaster in the making. Octopus farms guzzle wild fish from the ocean and could end up emitting over 4 kilotons of CO? per year just from its energy use and operations. That?s why what happens in New Jersey matters. If this ban passes, it could set off a ripple effect in states like New York and North Carolina?and even shape the outcome in Spain, where similar legislation is already on the table. What?s even more groundbreaking about this specific bill is that it would also outlaw the sale, possession, and transport of farmed octopus. That?s a direct economic blow to an industry desperate to expand. And here?s the thing: we know this strategy works, because we have done it before. When California debated a similar ban last year, our global outcry helped push it over the finish line. Now, we need that same pressure in New Jersey, before the seafood lobby kills the bill in committee. A vote could happen any day, so we need to act fast. Add your name now to stop cruel octopus factory farming?before it spreads Ban Octopus Factory Farming Thanks for all that you do, Deborah and the team at Ek? More information: Exposing the Environmental Risks of Octopus Farming Euro Group for Animals Lawmakers mull measure to ban octopus farming in New Jersey: New Jersey Monitor, 23 May, 2025 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ek? is a community of people from around the world committed to curbing the growing power of corporations. We want to buy from, work for and invest in companies that respect the environment, treat their workers well and respect democracy. And we?re not afraid to stand up to them when they don?t. Please help keep Ek? strong by chipping in $3 or become an Ek? core member with a regular monthly donation. Set up a monthly donation Chip in $3 instead From: Ban Octopus Farms Date: ??, 3 ????. 2025??. ? 13:44 Subject: Octopus torture for profit -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ecology at iephb.nw.ru Mon Sep 8 14:38:35 2025 From: ecology at iephb.nw.ru (ecology) Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 15:38:35 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] Don't let ICE hack phones. Sign the petition against its new spyware contract Message-ID: Congress must act, before this leads to worse civil rights abuses and privacy violations. U.S. Government Paid $2 Million Contract for Spyware to Hack Civilians' Phones, Including Encrypted Apps Sign Now The Trump administration is giving Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) access to spyware that is considered one of the most powerful hacking tools and cyber-weapons on the planet. Graphite, a malware tool by Israeli-based company Paragon Solutions, allows governments to monitor and take control of civilians' phones ? with the ability to read messages, photos, documents, and location data, and covertly turn on microphones and cameras. The worst part is: ICE doesn't even need physical access to your phone in order to do this. This tool can actually allow ICE to invade and hack your phone no matter where you (or your device) are. Paragon was previously in the news after the Italian government was caught using it to target journalists, humanitarian organizers, and political dissidents. Not only has there already been precedent for governments maliciously turning this spyware against its own people ? but additionally, since this tool was created outside of the U.S., there's no guarantee it won't sell the data it accesses to hostile governments elsewhere. This could create a huge security risk, not only for individuals within the U.S., but even for the U.S. as a whole. This is a dangerous escalation of ICE's authority and its ability to track, surveil, and target people in the U.S. ICE has already become well-known for ignoring due process, snatching people off the streets while wearing masks and hiding their identification, and human rights infringements. This is not an agency that can be trusted with this level of power and such an insidious weapon. Congress must do its duty and set limits on the executive branch, now. Sign the petition to demand that Congress immediately pass legislation to block the use of this cyber-weapon against civilians! Thank you, Celeste Care2 Petitions Team P.S. Congress absolutely must act now, before this leads to even worse civil rights abuses. Sign the petition. Sign Now ? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Care2.com, Inc. 3141 Stevens Creek Blvd. #40394 San Jose, CA 95117 https://www.care2.com From: Celeste S., Care2 Action Alerts Date: ??, 7 ????. 2025??. ? 20:05 Subject: Don't let ICE hack phones. Sign the petition against its new spyware contract. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ecology at iephb.nw.ru Mon Sep 8 22:51:59 2025 From: ecology at iephb.nw.ru (ecology) Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 23:51:59 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] UWEC Work Group Issue # 30 Message-ID: Ecocide is taking place against the backdrop of Russia?s ongoing occupation of Ukraine. ine. Ecocide is taking place against the backdrop of Russia?s ongoing occupation of Ukraine. Dear friends! Russia?s invasion has already threatened several animal species in Ukraine with extinction. Up to 70% of the global population of Normann?s mouse has potentially been killed. After the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam?s destruction, there was much talk about the disappearance of the sea zander, and the dolphin population in the Black Sea has been significantly affected. While the war continues, it is difficult to draw definitive conclusions, but it is highly likely that biodiversity in eastern and southern Ukraine has suffered enormous damage. Oleksiy Vasyliuk investigates: a.. Fighting for life: How Russia?s war in Ukraine threatens to wipe out rare species Ecocide is taking place against the backdrop of Russia?s ongoing occupation of Ukraine. Russia is pursuing strategies to ?legitimize? its power, including awarding captured territories ?protected area? status. That formal status does not, however, result in actual conservation efforts in these areas. Read more about how the occupation is being ?legalized? in the Donetsk region through the creation of protected areas: a.. Occupation disguised as conservation: Russia?s ?new? nature reserve in the Donbas The Russian government?s lack of interest in environmental protection is further confirmed by its withdrawal from the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, as we recently reported. This move has also called into question the fate of wetlands in the occupied territories. Read our analysis to learn how Ukraine continues to methodically protect these areas and how the Ramsar Convention mechanism contributes to this: a.. Ramsar wetlands under fire in Ukraine In July, Rome hosted the 2025 Ukraine Recovery Conference, the third such conference. However, while the first conference, held in Lugano, Switzerland, was characterized by a high level of ambition, the latest one resembled a formal working meeting. Moreover, the ?green? agenda is increasingly being replaced by economic and political interests, and energy and resources have become leading issues. Without a return to active discussion of sustainability principles at such conferences, Ukraine?s future will be black, not green. Alexander Vorbrugg and Ievgeniia Kopytsia wrote this report on the conference in Rome: a.. Building back better? Fifty shades of green at the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2025 Unfortunately, Ukraine's domestic political challenges are not helping nature conservation. The country has already faced the institutional crisis of unsuccessful reforms, although there have been some successes, such as the decentralization of power. However, the government continues to undertake controversial moves and make controversial decisions. Most recently, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources was abolished in July of this year. Its functions were folded into the new Ministry of Economy, Environment, and Agriculture. Read Inha Pavliy?s article to learn why Ukrainian environmental organizations and experts consider this to be a poor and potentially dangerous decision. a.. Merging ministries: Will changes in the structure of Ukraine?s government roll back the environmental agenda? In order for the team at UWEC to continue our high quality work, we increasingly need your support. Please support UWEC Work Group with a monthly or one-time donation. Support UWEC Work Group You can read more about the environmental consequences of Russia?s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on our website, Twitter (X), Facebook, Telegram and Bluesky. We wish you strength, peace and good news! Alexej Ovchinnikov, editor in chief, UWEC Work Group UWEC ? Charnali, 2 ? Charnali 6400 ? Georgia From: UWEC Work Group Date: ??, 8 ????. 2025??. ? 18:24 Subject: UWEC Work Group Issue # 30 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The United Nations Development Programme must dedicate more energy and resources to addressing the poaching crisis at a global level! Sign the petition and help us ensure every rhino is protected ? for the rest of this year and future years to come! Thank you, Sophie Care2 Petitions Team P.S. Rhinos are still being poached at a devastating level for such a vulnerable species. Sign to demand international protections. Sign Now -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Care2.com, Inc. 3141 Stevens Creek Blvd. #40394 San Jose, CA 95117 https://www.care2.com From: Sophie H., Care2 Action Alerts Date: ??, 9 ????. 2025??. ? 18:05 Subject: Critically endangered rhinos are being butchered by poachers daily -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Climate Change and Energy News: Weekly Digest by CAN EECCA -------------------------------------------------- Someone forwarded this digest to you? You can subscribe using this link -------------------------------------------------- Dear subscribers, Water ecosystems across Central Asia are under threat: the Amu Darya is drying up, Pamir glaciers are melting, and the Caspian Sea is rapidly losing water. These changes put food security and the livelihoods of coastal communities at risk. The region faces major challenges: Kazakhstan?s carbon-intensive economy, Uzbekistan?s water shortages, and minimal progress on emissions reduction in Belarus. At the same time, there are positive steps: Moldova is expanding solar energy, Armenia is joining a global coalition for disaster-resilient infrastructure, and the Silk Road Knowledge conference in Almaty will focus on climate solutions. Globally, oil and gas companies continue to ignore methane emissions, while Fridays For Future is planning a global climate strike, #JustTransitionNow, at COP30, calling for a fair transition away from fossil fuels and investments in renewable energy. At the end of this newsletter ? new opportunities for activists. Best regards, CAN EECCA Communications Manager Aizirek Almazbekova -------------------------------------------------- News from the EECCA Region At a Climate Crossroads: Post-Soviet States Seek a Green Path but Lose Nature The region?s countries declare ambitious climate goals but face economic and structural barriers in practice. Kazakhstan?s economy remains carbon-intensive, while Uzbekistan suffers from water shortages and poor coordination of green initiatives. In Kyrgyzstan, melting glaciers threaten food security, and in Belarus, emissions cuts are mostly formal, with little real progress. Without integrating ecology into the economy and ensuring active civil society participation, these ambitions risk remaining only on paper. Amu Darya Drying Up: Threats to Central Asia?s Ecosystems An expedition in Uzbekistan revealed that due to climate change and reduced flow, the inter-river reservoir and delta lakes remain underfilled, threatening biodiversity and local communities. Experts stress the need for cross-border cooperation and highlight measures to protect ecosystems, such as Ramsar designation for lakes and the creation of the Geopark Aral, aiming for UNESCO inclusion. Pamir Glaciers Losing Mass Since 2018, northwestern Pamir has experienced sharply reduced precipitation and snow cover, accelerating glacier melt, reducing river flows, and threatening water supplies for millions. Researchers warn the process is irreversible without global climate action. Moldova Expands Solar Energy Moldova plans to launch several large solar projects by 2025, including a 15 MW plant in ?tefan Vod?. These initiatives will reduce dependence on fossil fuels, increase energy security, and bring the country closer to EU renewable energy targets. Armenia Joins Global Coalition for Disaster-Resilient Infrastructure Armenia is set to ratify the Coalition for Disaster-Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI), an international partnership aimed at strengthening infrastructure resilience to climate change and natural hazards. The Indian initiative includes technical support, research, and joint training to develop sector expertise. Azerbaijan Sounds Alarm Over Caspian Sea Levels The Caspian Sea is dropping rapidly, threatening coastal ecosystems and biodiversity. Over the past five years, water levels fell nearly 1 meter, and by 2.5 meters over 30 years, shrinking sturgeon habitats and destroying wetlands. Experts Gather in Almaty to Discuss Regional Climate Challenges On September 20, 2025, the 5th Silk Road Knowledge conference in Almaty will bring together researchers and practitioners from Central Asia and Europe to discuss climate mitigation and adaptation strategies, from water management and agriculture to energy transformation and youth engagement. Illustration: Ecostan (ecostan.rocks) -------------------------------------------------- World Climate and Energy News Global Climate Strike: #JustTransitionNow at COP30, Brazil On November 14, during the COP30 climate summit in Bel?m, Fridays For Future will hold a global strike under #JustTransitionNow, demanding a fair transition from fossil fuels and investments in renewable energy, protecting the most vulnerable communities. Oil & Gas Companies Still Ignore Methane Emissions For eight years, the International Energy Agency has shown that the oil and gas sector could cheaply cut methane emissions, one of the most potent greenhouse gases. Yet emissions continue to rise, and voluntary measures and promises are insufficient to meet the 1.5?C target. Trump-Era Tariffs Limit Global South?s Climate and Economic Options US pressure forces Global South countries, including Indonesia, to ease control over critical resource exports like nickel, limiting their ability to develop industry and pursue a green transition. Short-term tariff relief comes at the expense of long-term economic and environmental strategies. -------------------------------------------------- Opportunities AFC Fellowship: International Program for Climate Leaders An online fellowship bringing together 40 young leaders from around the world to co-create climate solutions. 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URL: From ecology at iephb.nw.ru Tue Sep 9 22:30:51 2025 From: ecology at iephb.nw.ru (ecology) Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2025 23:30:51 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] =?utf-8?q?Bayer=E2=80=99s_next_big_battle?= Message-ID: The EU is about to hand Bayer what it?s always wanted: the power to reshape our food system in secret. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? The EU is on the verge of handing Bayer and other GMO (genetically modified organisms) giants their biggest win in decades: erasing the very rules that require GMOs to be labelled and tracked. If they succeed, Bayer and other corporate giants get what they?ve always wanted: the power to reshape our food system in secret, while stripping us of our right to choose. Genetically modified foods could quietly flood our supermarket shelves, fields, and plates ? with no labels and no way for us to choose what we eat or feed our families. This is corporate capture, plain and simple. And it?s happening behind closed doors in Brussels. But here?s the good news: over 53,000 people have already signed our petition to defend GMO labelling. Now, if enough of us chip in, we could supercharge this campaign with polling, ads, and more to break through the political backrooms and force decision-makers to listen to us ? not Bayer. Our team is rapidly pulling together plans to fight on Bayer?s turf, with bold, visible, people-powered pressure that politicians can?t ignore. Can you chip in to power the resistance against corporate giants like Bayer? I'll donate $3 I'll donate $4 I'll donate $5 I'll donate $9 I'll donate another amount Right now, when we go to the supermarket, we can quickly look at labels to make informed choices about what you feed ourselves and our families. Now imagine that overnight, the labels indicating which products contain GMOs disappear. Suddenly, GMO products ? engineered and sold by giants like Bayer ? could flood our shelves, and we?ll have no way of knowing what?s in our food. That nightmare could soon be reality ? and a huge step backward for food safety and transparency. And once these protections are gone, they?ll be nearly impossible to win back. But together, we can still stop this. Insiders say that the EU Parliament wants to protect our right to know what?s in our food. But our governments are buckling to Bayer?s pressure, which is why we?re gearing up to launch tactics like: a.. Escalate this fight online by taking out ads targeting key MEPs, EU Commissioners, and party leaders on social media ? mobilizing citizens to flood their feeds with comments, tags, and messages until they can?t look away; b.. Commission headline-making evidence that the public wants transparency, including an EU-wide poll proving overwhelming support for GMO labelling; c.. Unleash a series of bold visuals, poster actions, and street projections in Brussels, Strasbourg, and Copenhagen ? right outside EU offices and government ministries ? to keep up the pressure in the streets as well as online. This is a fight for our basic right to know what we eat, grow, and feed our children. Bayer and its allies want to make that choice for us. But if thousands of us come together now, we can make sure our voices are louder than their lobbyists. 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In this case, expect a strong counter-reactionby the powers that be. It may be tough. Brace for it!U.--Please note that the account "ugo.bardi at unifi.it" is going to be disabledand replaced by ugo.bardi at gmail.com*******************************************Prof. Ugo Bardi - The Club of Romesenecaeffect.substack.comhttps://www.amazon.com/Exterminations-Ugo-Bardi/dp/B0DK18GP68/"Increases are of Sluggish Growth, but the way to Ruin is Rapid"Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BCE - 65 BCE)--You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups"Living Earth" group.--?? ???????? ??? ?????????, ????????? ????????? ?? ?????? "????????????????????? ?? ?????? ???????? ??????????? ???? ? ?? ????????".??: Svet Zabelin Date: ??, 10 ????. 2025??. ? 12:14Subject: Fwd: Living Earth CO2 Threatens our Health -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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These numbers could possibly grow, as it's impossible to say for certain how many people might have been buried under the debris and destruction. This series of earthquakes was particularly deadly, and the UN has classified the resulting tragedy as one of the worst humanitarian crises on the globe today. The series of quakes demolished at least 6,700 homes, while the risk of landslides threatens countless more. As a result, tens of thousands of residents have been displaced or left homeless. The UN World Food Programme in the country has shared that it does not have enough supplies to sufficiently help survivors through this disaster, with food for only several weeks. The United Nations is pleading with member states to unite and coordinate to deliver $140 million in aid for the victims of these earthquakes. 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URL: From ecology at iephb.nw.ru Thu Sep 11 20:14:22 2025 From: ecology at iephb.nw.ru (ecology) Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2025 21:14:22 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] Save the last bonobos Message-ID: Help us protect *1 million* acres of Congo rainforest! ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? A sweeping oil auction is now underway in the Congo, threatening to rip apart one of the most unspoiled, carbon-rich rainforests on the planet and the only home of wild bonobos. To save the last bonobos, local partners are racing to create a million-acre community-managed nature reserve -- and we can help! Lilungu is an incredibly important stretch of forest, and one of the rare places where bonobos can be observed daily for conservation research. It?s strategically positioned, linking with other protected areas to form a critical corridor for bonobos and countless other species. But this is the most aggressive push yet for oil in the Congo, and time is running out. If we rush a donation, we can help make Lilungu Nature Reserve a reality before it?s too late. Can you chip in to help us save the world?s last bonobos? I'll donate $3 I'll donate $4 I'll donate $5 I'll donate $9 I'll donate another amount Nestled on the banks of the Tshuapa River, Lilungu is a lifeline for bonobos and other species teetering on the brink. It lies between the Kokolopori Bonobo Reserve to the north and the Sankuru Nature Reserve to the south and links a critical wildlife corridor in a vital area of bonobo habitat in the Congo. Here bonobos coexist in harmony with the Bakela people, who for generations have honoured and safeguarded these gentle apes. As a community, they care deeply about protecting bonobos and are the most dedicated defenders of this forest that is their shared home. The Bonobo Conservation Initiative (BCI), Congolese partners and Bakela community are working hand-in-hand to create Lilungu Nature Reserve: a million-acre conservation and research haven that will expand the network of community-managed nature reserves in bonobo habitat and give bonobos, the local community and this living forest a chance to thrive in harmony once again. But their work is at critical risk. The DRC is now auctioning an area larger than California for oil drilling. With the threat of oil companies swooping in at any moment, they urgently need our help. Vladimir, the Congo is the only place on Earth where wild bonobos exist. If enough of us chip in, we can get them the funds they need without delay -- and continue the work of defending nature and wildlife from exploitation. Let?s help expand this beautiful vision and protect a million acres of bonobo habitat right away -- and continue to help save forests and endangered wildlife everywhere. Can you chip in to help us save the last bonobos? I'll donate $3 I'll donate $4 I'll donate $5 I'll donate $9 I'll donate another amount Your donation will help power Ek? and our campaigns worldwide fighting for people and the planet. Thanks for all that you do, Yasmin and the Ek? team -------------------------------------------------------------------- More information: Forests to Frontlines: Oil Expansion Threats in the DRC Earth Insight, 29 July 2025 Gorilla habitats and pristine forest at risk as DRC opens half of country to oil and gas drilling bids The Guardian, 29 July 2025 World?s largest carbon sink at risk: 52 new oil blocks auctioned in DR Congo, threatening 124 million hectares DownToEarth, 30 July 2025 Oil exploration in the Congo basin rainforest could be a disaster for nature and the climate The Guardian, 08 August 2025 Ek? is a worldwide movement of people like you, working together to hold corporations accountable for their actions and forge a new, sustainable path for our global economy. From: Stop Deforestation Date: ??, 11 ????. 2025??. ? 09:14 Subject: Save the last bonobos -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Trees naturally lock up carbon in their bodies, and even when they eventually topple, they can continue to sequester carbon for centuries as they slowly decay and eventually turn into soil. In the State of Washington, however, the law claims something entirely different. In January 2020, major players in Washington?s powerful wood-products sector choreographed legislation that, with little more than the flourish of the legislative pen, wished away the timber industry?s significant carbon dioxide emissions. The legislation ? House Bill 2528 and a companion bill, Senate Bill 6355 ? was, in many ways, an empty law. It did nothing to change the daily operations of the industry nor did it establish or modify any state forestry programs or impose any new standards on the state?s loggers or lumber mills. Its primary function was to realign state climate policies with the industry?s financial interests by establishing the forestry sector as a supposed climate savior. Relying on a mix of creative accounting and academic sleight-of-hand, the legislation asserted that the forestry sector ?currently operates as a significant net sequesterer of carbon.? The legislation sailed through the Washington legislature with little debate and overwhelming bipartisan support. How, exactly, did it happen? Journalists Paul Koberstein and Jessica Applegate investigate a pro-industry, quasi-academic nonprofit funding dubious science that portrays logging as a carbon-negative activity. READ MORE Photo by Chad Baxter Let?s grow the movement! Share this email with an environmentally conscious friend or colleague (or copy this easy sign-up link). SUGGESTED BROWSING Pigeon Heist For a century, pigeon racers were mostly Flemish farmers who spent more on the sport than they made from it. Then Chinese business tycoons discovered the sport and began spending millions on the birds. Then came the kidnappings. 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Protect This Rich Ocean World of Biodiversity and Unblemished Coral Reefs from Destruction by the Trump Administration Sign Now The Pacific Islands Heritage marine national monument near Hawai'i is a stunning ecological habitat and world heritage site. Home to endangered species, rare birds, and a multitude of shark species, it also boasts one of the most sizable deep ocean coral reefs on the planet. Hammerheads, grey reef, ocean whitetip, silky sharks and more all glide through these rich, teeming waters, helping to provide balance to the environment. The region isn't only crucial for birds, sharks, marine mammals, and the reefs ? they're also vitally important to Native Hawai'ians and Indigenous Pacific Islanders. The area's significance led former president George W. Bush to establish the marine monument in 2009, which president Barack Obama expanded upon in 2014. These federal government protections banned commercial fishing in the area, ensuring that marine life could thrive. Then, earlier this year, Trump's National Marine Fisheries Service tried to illegally undermine these federal regulations, violating protocols. Luckily, a court in Hawai'i has pushed back and re-established the importance of both the rule of law and ecological safeguards. But Trump's administration will undoubtedly continue to attack marine protections and push for more commercial fishing. These moves would devastate our oceans and disrupt fragile ecosystems. We have to urge U.S. coastal states to take preventative measures now! Sign the petition to demand that coastal U.S. states strengthen their protections for marine wildlife and ocean health! Thank you, Celeste Care2 Petitions Team P.S. Individual states must ban together to fight back and create their own protections for marine environments. Sign the petition. Sign Now ? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Care2.com, Inc. 3141 Stevens Creek Blvd. #40394 San Jose, CA 95117 https://www.care2.com From: Celeste S., Care2 Action Alerts Date: ??, 13 ????. 2025??. ? 20:50 Subject: A rare ocean habitat could lose protections, putting fish, sharks, birds, and reefs at risk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ecology at iephb.nw.ru Sun Sep 14 14:23:18 2025 From: ecology at iephb.nw.ru (ecology) Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2025 15:23:18 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] ICE is forcing people to abandon their pets Message-ID: Tearing families apart in every sense. ICE Is Detaining Innocent People and Their Pets Are Suffering the Consequences Sign Now Vladimir, It is no secret that immigration raids are harrowing. Under the Trump Administration, the Department of Homeland Security and ICE have ramped up their efforts to deport as many people as possible, including people who have not committed any crime. In fact, according to one analysis of ICE detentions, 65% of people kidnapped by ICE had no convictions. One unexpected and often overlooked victim of immigration raids? The pets who are left behind with no owners to care for them. Sign the petition to tell Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and ICE: stop illegally detaining innocent people! Keep families and pets together! In Southern California especially, shelters have noticed an increase in animals that end up in their care following an ICE raid which deports or threatens family members. Los Angeles County alone has taken in dozens of pets since mid-June. By illegally detaining innocent people, ICE is not only separating human family members, but tragically leaving the animal members of families alone, too. 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URL: From ecology at iephb.nw.ru Sun Sep 14 15:29:32 2025 From: ecology at iephb.nw.ru (ecology) Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2025 16:29:32 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] =?utf-8?b?RndkOiBGVzog0JIg0YfQtdC8INC/0YDQvtCy0LA=?= =?utf-8?b?0LvRiyDQutC70LjQvNCw0YLQuNGH0LXRgdC60L7QuSDQvNC+0LTQtdC7?= =?utf-8?q?=D0=B8=3F-_Nate_Hagens_with_Anastasia_Makarieva?= Message-ID: Since Anastassia Makarieva's wonderful interview with Nate Hagens is 2 hrs., I wanted to paraphrase/condense the opening quote in the video that pinpoints a fundamental error in science. "We are calibrating the [climate] models using the most disturbed ecosystems. (It's like viewing a very ill, hospitalized patient's capacity as "average" for humans.) This is not how natural forests function. So our vision of forests is totally distorted, and we don't study the most important forests that actually stabilize the climate." Best to all, Susan H. =============== ??????? ?????? ?? ??? ????: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tYQF0X2PwYtcuakGlQCuvWVxf5uZeMk2/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=117757554318930373028&rtpof=true&sd=true =================== ????? ?????? https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/WhctKLbmlDTmChmvJLNNZhSprZMfrBHxNStjhcFTHMdfGHGSqJbDzqSqPJMDfztHXPjRxLl?compose=FrjKMmxRrGZlxxrrlkMBQPLcBGcCXtnfHKkjRfTwRCtbZCkSdlmvctGVWBSLtlHftChfNGFBcGWMKMzVKLqpLVNvXfcqsbSXlprPdbwMXFggFScb&projector=1 Best regards, Bulat K. YESSEKIN ---------- Forwarded message --------- ??: Date: ??, 11 ????. 2025??. ? 23:34 Subject: FW: [Water & Climate] Anastassia Makarieva on Nate Hagens' podcast To: Ugo Bardi , Svet Zabelin , Bulat Yessekin Hi, All: This is an excellent interview (of course, with these two people!) and I wanted to get the summary and transcript out to my friends at Bio4Climate and the EcoRestoration Alliance right away. In order to make this quickly available to you in Italian, Russian and Slovak, I used the Microsoft document translator as a quick means to give you access. My apologies if Bill Gates is a horrible linguist, and we can work together to find a better software or online tool in the future, if you like, just let me know. Also, as a reminder, I?m quite willing to move YouTube videos that you find important and can treat them the same way?it takes less than 10 minutes for me to do this work and I?d be honored to be of help to you all. On a local/bioregional level, my life work is to translate things like the biotic pump (and Slow the Flow, a la Alpha Lo, Michal Kravcik, et.al.) and Nature Cools without using terms like ?biodiversity,? ?green? and the rest, as the politicization of these in the US right now is horrifying and more than counterproductive?it is the continuation of devastation that we cannot afford. As a result, ?soil sponge? and Slow the Flow relate to our smallest-minded elected representatives because it means spending less on ?stormwater management.? Using Nature Cools gives this same target audience the chance to ?reduce costs of air conditioning? and ?provide places of comfort? (thinking Miyawaki miniforests here). There is a severe backlash to anything which smacks of socialism or communism, like ?providing relief to poor people of color? and that?s a whole ?nother discussion. Please let me know if you need improvements or changes on the process represented here, and thank you all for being such strong beacons for everyone else. Mark Haubner From: mhaubner2 at gmail.com Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2025 14:15 To: 'Susan Haig' ; 'Hart Hagan' Cc: 'BLC Leadership Team Boston' ; 'EcoRestoration Alliance' ; 'Water & Climate' Subject: RE: [Water & Climate] Anastassia Makarieva on Nate Hagens' podcast With the mention of the length of the interview, I have created a transcript (TurboScribe) and a summary of that (ChatGPT). I hope this allows people to get the gist of this amazing discussion and prompts people to read the transcript and perhaps watch the video?there is nothing like hearing Anastassia explain things in her own voice. (There are some errors in the transcript, like ascribing Tom Hanks to one of the speakers, but I will get to the clean up during our next blizzard.) Mark Haubner From: waterclimate2025 at googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Susan Haig Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2025 09:27 To: Hart Hagan Cc: BLC Leadership Team Boston ; EcoRestoration Alliance ; Water & Climate Subject: [Water & Climate] Anastassia Makarieva on Nate Hagens' podcast Thank you Hart, and hello everyone, Since Anastassia Makarieva's wonderful interview with Nate Hagens is 2 hrs., I wanted to paraphrase/condense the opening quote in the video that pinpoints a fundamental error in science. "We are calibrating the [climate] models using the most disturbed ecosystems. (It's like viewing a very ill, hospitalized patient's capacity as "average" for humans.) This is not how natural forests function. So our vision of forests is totally distorted, and we don't study the most important forests that actually stabilize the climate." Best to all, Susan H. On Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 9:41?AM Hart Hagan wrote: Friends, I was happy to see this this morning! Their Vital Role in Climate Dynamics, Rain, and The Biotic Pump with Anastassia Makarieva | TGS 193 Congratulations, Anastassia! Hart -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Water & Climate" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to waterclimate2025+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/waterclimate2025/CAJKDyLA0x6Rtf-Nsfe7a_j049StLYBxV4nCJTr6QmZnz_rDpLA%40mail.gmail.com. -- Susan E. Haig Founder, CivicStory.org SRHub.org NJ Sustainability Reporting Hub Conductor, South Orange Symphony Orchestra South Orange, NJ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Water & Climate" group. From: Bulat Yessekin Date: ??, 13 ????. 2025??. ? 15:22 Subject: Fwd: FW: ? ??? ??????? ????????????? ???????- Nate Hagens with Anastasia Makarieva To: cawatercouncil , , ENWL , seu-international -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Anastassia Makarieva-Their Vital Role in Climate Dynamics, Rain, and The Biotic Pump-Hagens 193.docx Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document Size: 72991 bytes Desc: not available URL: From ecology at iephb.nw.ru Mon Sep 15 19:59:32 2025 From: ecology at iephb.nw.ru (ecology) Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 20:59:32 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] Bison once shaped North America. It's time to bring them back. Message-ID: Restoring bison means restoring ecosystems. Bring Back the Buffalo: Restore America's Lost Giant Sign Now Tens of millions of bison once roamed North America, shaping landscapes and nourishing ecosystems from the Great Plains to the Atlantic. Today, they're nearly gone, with only small, isolated herds surviving. A new study from Yellowstone National Park proves what Indigenous peoples have always known: when bison are allowed to migrate and graze freely, the entire ecosystem flourishes. Sign the petition to demand funding for bison repopulation efforts and restore the balance they bring to our lands. Indigenous leaders have long called for bison restoration, emphasizing that buffalo are central to both culture and ecology. Researchers found that as bison move across the landscape, they enrich soil, increase plant diversity, and even boost nutrients for other herbivores by up to 150%. This is living proof that restoring bison isn't just about the past, it's about securing a thriving future for our environment. 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Climate Change and Energy News: Weekly Digest by CAN EECCA -------------------------------------------------- Someone forwarded this digest to you? You can subscribe using this link -------------------------------------------------- Dear subscribers, The Small Aral Sea has reached record water levels, while in Tajikistan glacial retreat is already causing severe water shortages for rural communities and children. Russia continues to expand its oil and gas projects, betting on carbon absorption rather than cutting emissions, while Moldova is launching a major project to restore the Dniester?s rivers and forests. Globally, momentum is building for a fossil fuel phase-out: new research shows that the world?s largest companies are responsible for a quarter of heatwaves since 2000, while fresh science questions the effectiveness of underground CO? storage. At the same time, calls for a just transition are growing ? from the global #DrawTheLine week of action to preparations for COP30 in Brazil. At the end of this newsletter ? new opportunities for activists. Best regards, CAN EECCA Communications Manager Aizirek Almazbekova -------------------------------------------------- News from the EECCA Region Kazakhstan Records Highest Water Levels in the Northern Aral Sea Since 2023, about 5 billion cubic meters of water have flowed into the sea, reducing salinity, restoring 22 fish species, and creating new opportunities for sustainable water use and community livelihoods. Russia Presents its First Annual National Climate Report The report highlights that since the late 19th century, Russia?s average temperature has risen by 2.2 ?C, precipitation has increased by 6.5%, and permafrost thaw depth by more than 15%, with the most dramatic changes in the Arctic. Updated national inventory data show that net emissions in 2022 were 31% of 1990 levels. Glacier Melt in Tajikistan Drives Water Shortages, Hitting Children Hardest Glaciers generate up to 60% of Tajikistan?s river flow, but their retreat is already causing severe water shortages. Children and families in rural and mountain regions ? where centralized water supply reaches only 22% of the population ? are most at risk. Rising temperatures are also worsening drinking water quality, raising health risks, while extreme weather damages aging infrastructure. Moldova Secures Nearly $8M to Restore Dniester?s Rivers and Forests Moldova will receive a $7.9 million grant from the World Bank to restore forests, improve water ecosystems, and reduce pollution in the Dniester Basin. The project aims to strengthen climate resilience, improve water quality, create jobs, and enhance community well-being. Russia Bets on Oil and Gas While Promoting ?Carbon Absorption? Projects Although Russia officially acknowledges climate change as a man-made crisis and predicts serious economic losses, its policies remain focused on expanding oil and gas extraction. This approach risks deepening climate threats, especially in the Arctic, while delaying real emission cuts. Webinars on Biodiversity and COP17 Preparation From September 17 to October 8, Armenia will host a webinar series on biodiversity and COP17 preparations. Topics include biodiversity conservation policies, civil society engagement, women?s role in biodiversity, and lessons from COP16 in Colombia. All sessions will be in Armenian, except the final one in English. Online Discussion: Environmental Challenges in Armenia and Ukraine On September 19, the Young European Ambassadors initiative in Armenia and Ukraine will host an online discussion on shared environmental challenges ? from air pollution to waste management ? and cross-country solutions. -------------------------------------------------- World Climate and Energy News Global Week of Action #DrawTheLine Calls for Fossil Fuel Fhase-out From September 15?21, marches, actions, and campaigns under the slogan #DrawTheLine are taking place worldwide. Activists demand a rapid phase-out of fossil fuels, a just transition to renewable energy, human rights protection, and ecosystem restoration, while standing against inequality, corporate greed, and authoritarianism. Fossil Fuel Companies Linked to 25% of Heatwaves Since 2000 A new study finds that around a quarter of heatwaves between 2000?2023 would not have occurred without global warming ? and most were intensified by emissions from major oil, gas, coal, and cement producers. Analysis of 213 extreme heat events worldwide underscores the direct link between industrial emissions and worsening climate disasters. Climate Crisis Hits Women and Children Hardest Research from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine shows direct links between climate change and health risks: extreme heat raises the likelihood of preterm birth by up to 26%, air pollution leads to millions of birth complications, and in the Global South, climate-driven malnutrition is becoming a leading cause of child mortality. Underground CO? Storage 10 Times Less Effective Than Expected New research in Nature finds that safe geological capacity for carbon storage is ten times smaller than previously estimated. This means carbon capture and storage (CCS) could only reduce warming by 0.7 ?C instead of the earlier projected 5?6 ?C. Scientists stress that while CCS may play a role in hard-to-abate sectors like cement or aviation, it cannot replace rapid, deep emission cuts. Webinar on Just Transition to Sustainable Energy Ahead of COP30 and the People?s Summit (C?pula dos Povos) in Bel?m this November, an international webinar on ?Popular and Inclusive Just Transition? will take place on September 18. Participants will discuss pathways toward a fair and sustainable low-carbon economy, share experiences, and build common strategies. The event is part of the Global Week of Action. -------------------------------------------------- Opportunities Global Connect Fellowship, Singapore A two-month fellowship for early-career researchers from all disciplines ? from AI and sustainable finance to public health and urban studies ? hosted at Nanyang Technological University. 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This bill has nothing to do with making America safer. It's about silencing dissent and expanding government power to punish people for their beliefs. If it passes, it could be used against journalists, student activists, or anyone who speaks out against government policy. Sign now to tell Congress: reject this attempt to criminalize protest, block this assault on civil liberties, and protect the constitutional right to free speech. Thank you, Jess Care2 Petitions Team P.S. Tell Congress to reject this dangerous bill. Sign the petition! Sign Now ? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Care2.com, Inc. 3141 Stevens Creek Blvd. #40394 San Jose, CA 95117 https://www.care2.com From: Jess M., Care2 Action Alerts Date: ??, 16 ????. 2025??. ? 11:19 Subject: The US government wants the power to take away passports -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The Smithsonian was founded nearly 200 years ago to spread knowledge and preserve truth for the public good. It welcomes millions of visitors each year, free of charge. It is not the president's place to dictate what history is shown there. That job belongs to historians and experts ? not politicians trying to rewrite the past to serve their own egos and agendas. After the order was announced, the president went onto Truth Social to highlight one of his complaints: that the Smithsonian was putting too much of an emphasis on "how bad Slavery was?" Slavery was and always will be one of the darkest parts of American history, and the task of institutions like the Smithsonian is to ensure we never forget nor stop honoring its victims?lest we go backward. Tell the Smithsonian's Board of Regents to stand firm. Sign the petition demanding they reject Trump's demands and protect the integrity of America's history! Thank you, Sophie Care2 Petitions Team P.S. Authoritarians always start by rewriting history. We cannot let Trump censor the Smithsonian ? sign now to defend truth. Sign Now ? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Care2.com, Inc. 3141 Stevens Creek Blvd. #40394 San Jose, CA 95117 https://www.care2.com From: Sophie H., Care2 Action Alerts Date: ??, 17 ????. 2025??. ? 19:04 Subject: Trump wants to rewrite history at the Smithsonian -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ecology at iephb.nw.ru Fri Sep 19 22:53:47 2025 From: ecology at iephb.nw.ru (ecology) Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 23:53:47 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] Living Earth Humans: so smart, and so dumb Message-ID: ??????, ??? ??????, ?????????? ??????? - ??????? ? ????????? ??????????????. ??2 ??? ?????? "??????????? ????????" ????. ??? ? ?????? ?????? ??? ????? ? ???, ??? ??2 - ??????????? ???????? - ??.????????. ???????????????, ???????????. ????-??????????, ??? ?? ??????, ? ??????? ?????????? ????????? ????????, ??????????, ??? ??2 - ???? ??? ????????, ? ??? ?????? ???? ? ????????? ?????-?????. ? ?? ????-?????, ????? ????? ? ?????????? ??????? ????? ????? ?????? ??? ?? ??????????, ???? ? ???????? ?? ??? ? ???????. ???????, ???? ??: Ugo Bardi Date: ??, 19 ????. 2025??. ? 12:18 Subject: Living Earth Humans: so smart, and so dumb To: Living earth Dear colleagues, we all know that humans consider themselves as the smartest species on planet Earth -- it is true, although it is also true that we are making a very bad use of this great intelligence in order to kill each other and members of other species as well. Pretty dumb, I'd say. But how is it that we are so intelligent? It is a question that has puzzled me for a long time and, by now, I think I have a possible answer. You can find it here: https://www.qeios.com/read/IKNUZU My point is that large brains are possible only in conditions in which they can be efficiently oxygenated; that is for low concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere. It is a condition that Earth's ecosystem experienced only during the past few million years. And that is why we are here, basically. Unfortunately, no matter how smart we think we are, we are dumb enough to be working at raising the CO2 concentration at levels at which the brain cannot be properly oxygenated. We may be "un-evolving" ourselves, back to times when there were no sentient being on Earth. The recently observed phenomenon of "global dumbing" may be a first indication of what's happening. Obviously, that makes even more urgent to stop emitting CO2 -- it is a problem additional to global warming, but perhaps even more worrisome. So, if you have some time, please take a look at my paper. For the time being, it is in the form of a preprint, and I am waiting from comments and criticism from others before I submit it to a scientific journal as a full-fledged paper. Your comments, suggestions, and criticism are most welcome UB -- ******************************* Ugo Bardi Gaia Knows Best livingearth.substack.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Living Earth" group. ?? ???????? ??? ?????????, ????????? ????????? ?? ?????? "???????????? ????????? ?? ?????? ???????? ??????????? ???? ? ?? ????????". ??: Svet Zabelin Date: ??, 19 ????. 2025??. ? 13:07 Subject: Fwd: Living Earth Humans: so smart, and so dumb -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The cruelty is staggering: turtles bound and taped, smeared with substances to confuse detection dogs, and shipped overseas where they are sold as exotic pets or status symbols. But the real tragedy is ecological. Box turtles can live for a century but reproduce slowly, meaning that taking even a few can devastate an entire population. And yet, thousands are stolen from U.S. habitats every year. Sign now to demand the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service stop this cruel trade and save our turtles! Thank you, Jess Care2 Petitions Team P.S. Help stop this brutal trade before it's too late. Sign the petition! Sign Now -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Care2.com, Inc. 3141 Stevens Creek Blvd. #40394 San Jose, CA 95117 https://www.care2.com From: Jess M., Care2 Action Alerts Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2025 11:32 AM Subject: Turtle smuggling is destroying fragile populations -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ecology at iephb.nw.ru Sat Sep 20 20:32:31 2025 From: ecology at iephb.nw.ru (ecology) Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2025 21:32:31 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] Backyard Lessons in Love Message-ID: What companion animals can teach about acceptance and opening our hearts. Is this email difficult to read? View in your web browser. News of the world environment NEWSLETTER | SEPTEMBER 19, 2025 Backyard Lessons in Love As those of you who have been reading this newsletter for a while may know, I keep backyard hens. Mostly rescues from factory farms or adopted from people who can?t keep them any longer for one reason or another. Since they tend to be elderly and I live in an urban-wildland interface, death (by predator or illness) is a frequent visitor to the backyard. That was certainly the case in late 2023, when my flock dwindled to one ? a black-feathered hen called Dahlia. Skinny and belligerent, Dahlia never got along with other hens (which is why she was handed to us). So when various maladies carried away her coop-mates, we decided she could have the place to herself until it was her time as well. Dahlia seemed to like that quite fine ? until spring came along. Then she got broody. She sat in the nesting box for three or four days, barely eating, hoping her unfertilized eggs would hatch. (You need a rooster to make baby chicks, and we don?t keep one because of city noise ordinances.) She got over it eventually, but when spring 2025 rolled around, she was back at it, starving herself and pining for babies. We are softies, I guess. So we sourced some fertilized eggs from Whole Foods (yup, they sell those) and from a friend who lives on a farm and placed them under her. Two weeks on, in mid-June, a yellow fluffball peeked out! My daughter named the chick Sunny. The rest of the eggs didn?t hatch, so a few days later, we bought three week-old chicks of assorted breeds from a farm store and stuck them under Dahlia at night. She spread her wings over the little ones and accepted them all. Watching the once-crabby hen cooing softly at her adopted babies as they scampered around the backyard was such a joy. Then, one August evening, after a careless mistake, death came stalking again through the open coop door. Three chicks survived, but the raccoons got the littlest one. And Dahlia. All we found of her were piles of black feathers in the coop, by the fence, all around the yard. She had died defending her babies. I?ve been grieving in waves since, but also marveling at a Mama Dahlia, whose love, once ignited, was so expansive, so fierce. She didn?t give a damn about where those chicks came from or what breed they were. Amid all the violence and hate-filled discourse that?s swirling around us at the moment, I?m holding onto the idea that we too have the capacity to love those who might not be quite like us. * We have a new associate editor! Serena Renner, who joined the Journal this month, has more than 15 years of international journalism experience and comes to us from the erstwhile Hakai Magazine. We are excited to have her on board and look forward to exploring new avenues of growth for the Journal together. Maureen Nandini Mitra Editor-in-Chief, Earth Island Journal Photo by Maureen PS: Let?s grow the movement! 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These nets aren't just useless at protecting humans. They're actively dangerous to sharks and other species. In a single year, over 250 marine creatures were caught in the nets, and only 36% were released alive. Over 90% of animals caught in these brutal nets weren't even sharks at all. Because these nets catch and kill so indiscriminately, we can't even protect endangered species from their grasp. Even though the evidence is overwhelming, coastal cities have been slow to implement common-sense policy. Since the nets were introduced, many communities have felt a false sense of security from their presence. Finally, New South Wales piloted a program that proves what so many of us have known for years: removing shark nets is essential for protecting countless innocent animals! It also helps local authorities focus on solutions that actually help protect people from shark attacks in ways that aren't lethal to sharks or any other marine life. Clearly, shark nets have got to go. 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URL: From ecology at iephb.nw.ru Sun Sep 21 20:48:27 2025 From: ecology at iephb.nw.ru (ecology) Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2025 21:48:27 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] Living Earth Humans: so smart, and so dumb Message-ID: ??????, ???? ??????! ??? ?????????? - ? ????????? ????? ?? ?????? ??????????????? ???????????. ?? ?????, ??? ????? ????????? ??? ???????????? ???????? ?????? ?? ???????. ??, ??? ?????????? ? ????????? - ????? ?? "???????", ??? ?? ? ????, ??? ??????????????? ?????? ????????? ? ??? ?????. ??, ? ???? ?????????? ????? ?????? ?? ?????????? ?????????????. ???? ?? ??????????? ???????? - ? ????????? ?????? ?????? ??? ?????. ???? ??????????? ??????? ?????????? ?? ??????????? ???? ??????? ???????, ????????? ?? ??????. ????????? ???? ????????? ?????? ? CO2: ???? ?? ??????? ??????? - ??????, ???????? ?? ?????? 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CO2 ??? ????????????? ????? ?? ????? ????????? ?????? ========== From: Ugo Bardi Date: ??, 21 ????. 2025??. ? 10:39 Subject: Re: Living Earth Humans: so smart, and so dumb To explain my point, most innovative science, today, is made by retired scientists. Think of our latest paper on CO2: three of the four authors are retired scientists (including you!). Scientists employed in university or research centers cannot do much in terms of innovative research: if they are group leaders, nearly 100% of their time is taken by grant seeking and management. And you don't get grant money for innovative research, unless you can prove it won't bother anyone, and will not really innovate anything. I can't think of a government grant agency that would fund our work on CO2. Then, if you are the rank and file in the academy, post-docs or non-tenured scientists, you are running the rat race to survive, and you can't risk losing everything by embarking in a research line that doesn't pay, or brings results that the powers that be dislike. That leaves innovative science mainly in the hands of retirees. But they have several problems: one is that their "window of opportunity" is limited for obvious reasons. Maybe 10 years, maybe a little more if they are lucky. Then, they have no money, no postdocs, no support. They quickly discover than research is expensive: you need specialized apps that you cannot afford as a private person. And when you retire, you also lose access to the scientific literature. The exquisite cruelty of this is that you can't even download the papers you authored, since you gave the copyright for free to the publisher. And now you are charged you serious money to read what you wrote. The worst problem, then, is that retired scientists are considered crackpots in search of the "theory of everything." Sometimes, it is true. Think of old geologists endeavoring to explain why climate change doesn't exist or is not caused by human activity. But it is not always so. Sometimes a retired scientist can find the time to put together and expand the knowledge he/she has accumulated over a life of work. And the results can be excellent. Look at the work by Richard Buxton cited in my latest paper. He is a retired scientist, too! And he published a fascinating study on the mechanisms of brain oxygenation which, I think, nobody would finance simply because it is not aimed at developing a drug or a therapy that can be sold. So, we would need to encourage these silverback scientists to do something good, not pooh-pooh them. But that's how the world is. So, I propose to band together and create something like a "silverback science patrol." The work on CO2 as a pollutant could be a starting point U On 9/20/2025 10:22 PM, Ugo Bardi wrote: Coauthors! U On 9/20/2025 9:42 PM, John McIntyre wrote: What help do you need? J On Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 15:30 Ugo Bardi wrote: Thank you, John! But I need help. I can't possibly push it into the scientific memesphere all alone u. On 9/20/2025 4:04 PM, John McIntyre wrote: Ugo This is an important paper and should be published as soon as possible. I haven't stopped thinking about it since you sent it, and read it again carefully this morning. best wishes john On Fri, 19 Sept 2025 at 14:13, John McIntyre wrote: Ugo What an interesting paper (gratitude for the pleasure of reading it). I think you are probably right. best wishes john On Fri, 19 Sept 2025 at 10:18, Ugo Bardi wrote: Dear colleagues, we all know that humans consider themselves as the smartest species on planet Earth -- it is true, although it is also true that we are making a very bad use of this great intelligence in order to kill each other and members of other species as well. Pretty dumb, I'd say. But how is it that we are so intelligent? It is a question that has puzzled me for a long time and, by now, I think I have a possible answer. You can find it here: https://www.qeios.com/read/IKNUZU My point is that large brains are possible only in conditions in which they can be efficiently oxygenated; that is for low concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere. It is a condition that Earth's ecosystem experienced only during the past few million years. And that is why we are here, basically. Unfortunately, no matter how smart we think we are, we are dumb enough to be working at raising the CO2 concentration at levels at which the brain cannot be properly oxygenated. We may be "un-evolving" ourselves, back to times when there were no sentient being on Earth. The recently observed phenomenon of "global dumbing" may be a first indication of what's happening. Obviously, that makes even more urgent to stop emitting CO2 -- it is a problem additional to global warming, but perhaps even more worrisome. So, if you have some time, please take a look at my paper. For the time being, it is in the form of a preprint, and I am waiting from comments and criticism from others before I submit it to a scientific journal as a full-fledged paper. 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The overall objective of this project is to develop a rich, contextualised understanding of where Central Asian states stand in terms of their vision and strategies for innovation, through a reflective sense-making and solution-oriented exercise. Next steps: a.. Submission of first drafts: 31 October 2025 (earlier submissions are welcome). b.. Double-blind peer review: We will aim to secure two external reviewers per chapter. c.. Exchange and discussion: Given the number of contributors, a fully representative online conference does not seem feasible. Instead, we may organise smaller group exchanges among those of you working on closely related topics. Guidance on substance: a.. A clear problem statement, research question, and an intended contribution to the discourse (in other words: Why write this chapter?) should be included in the introduction. b.. The chosen methodology or analytical approach should be suitable for answering that question. c.. There is no need to provide a detailed account of the general theory of national innovation systems (NISs) ? the introductory chapter will outline it as an overarching framework. You may, of course, refer to and engage with NIS theory in your analysis, but including a separate section on its general premises would lead to unnecessary repetition across chapters. d.. The purpose of this volume is not to restate the mainstream version of an NIS epitomised in the Global Innovation Index, which underlies current innovation policy in many countries. Rather, the value of this publication lies in identifying and analysing what is distinctive about innovation processes in the countries of interest, or the region as a whole. e.. Some abstracts refer to the ?current emergence? of an NIS in their countries as if it were a wholly new phenomenon. f.. 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Climate Change and Energy News: Weekly Digest by CAN EECCA -------------------------------------------------- Someone forwarded this digest to you? You can subscribe using this link -------------------------------------------------- Dear subscribers, Afghanistan is building the 285-km Kosh-Tepa Canal, which could divert up to one-third of the Amu Darya?s flow ? worsening already severe water shortages for neighboring countries. In Tajikistan, farmers are losing crops as glaciers melt, while Kazakhstan struggles between green ambitions and the grip of the coal lobby. Uzbekistan is shutting down polluting enterprises, and Russia has withdrawn from the Ramsar Convention, shifting control over wetlands protection to domestic laws. Globally, climate negotiations face tighter transparency rules, Indigenous peoples and environmental defenders continue to face rights violations, and Ukraine prepares a just transition program for its coal-mining regions. At the end of this newsletter ? new opportunities for activists. Best regards, CAN EECCA Communications Manager Aizirek Almazbekova -------------------------------------------------- News from the EECCA Region Afghanistan?s Kosh-Tepa Canal risks deepening Central Asia?s water crisis By 2028, Afghanistan?s 285 km Kosh-Tepa Canal could divert up to one-third of the Amu Darya?s flow. This threatens to intensify water shortages in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan, where communities already face drinking water deficits and public protests. The project is being developed without regional agreements and with outdated technology, raising both environmental and geopolitical risks. Indigenous rights violations put survival at risk in Russia At a UN hearing, NGOs reported systemic violations of Indigenous rights across the Russian North, Siberia, and the Far East: restricted land access, destruction of traditional territories, discriminatory registries, and harassment of rights defenders. Free, prior, and informed consent procedures are routinely ignored, while climate change and environmental degradation further threaten Indigenous peoples? survival and way of life. When glaciers melt, fields go dry: Tajik farmers struggle for harvests Glacier retreat in Tajikistan is leaving farmers without sufficient irrigation water. Harvests are suffering from heatwaves, droughts, and dust storms, jeopardizing food security in rural areas. To adapt, farmers are experimenting with new practices, from replanting cycles to biogas use. Russia withdraws from the Ramsar Convention on wetlands Russia has officially left the Ramsar Convention, citing its ?anti-Russian stance? after a resolution on the war in Ukraine. Protection of nearly 10 million hectares of internationally important wetlands will now fall under national legislation and bilateral agreements. Kazakhstan caught between green future and coal past Kazakhstan has pledged carbon neutrality by 2060, yet its coal and oil lobby, together with weak regulation, slows down renewable energy development. Despite vast solar and wind potential, the country continues to invest in new coal plants?casting doubt on its green transition promises. Uzbekistan shuts down 57 polluting enterprises Over eight months of inspections, the Ministry of Ecology suspended operations of dozens of greenhouses and industrial facilities using banned fuels such as tire burning. Owners were ordered to install modern filters and cleaning systems to comply with environmental standards. Ukraine prepares just transition for coal regions amid war Despite ongoing war, mine destruction, and wage arrears in the millions, Ukraine is developing a just transition program for its coal-mining regions. Plans focus on new employment, renewable energy, and community development. Experts caution that without transparent rules, the transition risks being reduced to infrastructure projects. Registration opens for Baku Climate Action Week 2025 From September 29 to October 3, Baku will host its second Climate Action Week, bringing together leaders, experts, investors, youth, and communities worldwide. The program features an international conference and citywide events on climate policy, energy, science, education, and culture. -------------------------------------------------- World Climate and Energy News Environmental defenders face enforced disappearances A UN working group reports a rise in enforced disappearances of land and environmental defenders. Indigenous peoples and rural communities are especially vulnerable, with businesses often implicated?sometimes with tacit state approval. Mercenaries and private companies violating Indigenous rights in resource extraction The UN warns that mercenaries and private military companies are increasingly involved in resource extraction, violating the rights of local and Indigenous communities. Such actions strip peoples of control over their lands and resources, and in conflict zones they threaten survival and healthy environments. UNFCCC to require fossil fuel disclosure at COP30 Starting at COP30 in Brazil (November 2025), all non-state participants must publicly disclose their funding sources and any ties to the fossil fuel industry, as well as affirm support for the Paris Agreement and Kyoto Protocol. This information?and any failures to disclose?will be published in the official participants list. High Seas Treaty to enter into force in January 2026 With 60 ratifications secured, the High Seas Treaty will take effect on January 17, 2026. The agreement enables the creation of marine protected areas, regulates the use of ocean genetic resources, and is a crucial tool for conserving biodiversity and protecting 30% of the ocean by 2030. Webinar: Public Finance for a Just Transition On September 25, the webinar Public Finance for a Just Transition will explore how public resources can be reclaimed to protect people and restructure economies in the climate crisis. Special attention will be given to Global South countries balancing debt repayment with social needs. -------------------------------------------------- Opportunities Grants for new energy communities in Ukraine and Moldova (up to ?45,000) Applications are open until September 30, 2025, for the first European Energy Communities Facility call. New energy communities can receive up to ?45,000 to develop a business plan, supporting local sustainable energy initiatives. Mountain Future Award 2025: Recognizing glacier and mountain protection projects FAO?s Mountain Future Award honors innovative projects tackling glacier melt, protecting water resources, and supporting resilient mountain communities. Application deadline: October 31, 2025. NASA launches free remote sensing course NASA?s ARSET program is offering a free online beginner?s course on remote sensing?an entry point for using NASA data in environmental monitoring and natural resource management. Participants will learn fundamentals and earn a certificate. Registration is open until December 31, 2025. -------------------------------------------------- Would you like to reach out to us? 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Second session: 6 October2025, 9:00-12:00 CEST >Representatives from the nine Major Groups from across our region as well as selected non-accredited organisations following UNEA are encouraged to join and to engage in this process. All participants will get the opportunity to feed into a Joint Regional Statement including specific asks around UNEA draft resolutions. > >During the first session we will have the opportunity to learn more about the UNEA 7 roadmap and the opportunities to engage. We?ll take a look to the current version of the Ministerial Declaration and to all draft resolutions (given governments have a deadline to submit resolutions and decision by Monday 29 September 2025, 10 weeks in advance of UNEA-7). > >During the second session representatives from the Children and Youth Major Group will present the outcomes of the European Youth Days. In parallel groups, we?ll work on our key message per resolution / thematic resolution cluster. > >If you belong to the Children and Youth Major Group don?t hesitate to join the European Youth Days as well. > >?European Regional Youth Days ? On the Road to UNEA-7? > >Online | 3?4 October 2025 > >Organised by the Children and Youth Major Group to UNEP (CYMG), the Youth Days aim to build young people?s capacity, strengthen pan-European networks, and ensure active participation in the European Regional Consultative Meeting (RCM). > >The programme will: > ? Host interactiveworkshops and capacity-building sessions on UNEP and UNEA processes ? Present the European Regional Youth Manifesto ? Prepare participants for the 2nd RCM session on Monday, 6 October >Schedule & Registration: > ? Fri, 3 Oct | 14:00 ? 16:00 CEST?Register ? 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Each step forward brings us closer to the International Conference in November 2026, a pivotal moment where collective ambition and collaboration will be critical to charting the path forward. Building on the energy of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) in Uruguay, we?re focused on expanding outreach and deepening collaboration in the lead-up to the conference. Working with our partners we will be active in virtual and in-person events around the world?from exploring chemical safety in Qatar to supporting safer solutions in the textiles sector during Milan Fashion Week. All this will lay important groundwork for the discussions and decisions ahead. This newsletter highlights updates, resources, and opportunities to engage as we collectively move toward the International Conference. We invite you to help spread the word?because the more voices we bring on this journey, the stronger our shared impact will be when we meet on the global stage next year. ?Kay Williams Global Framework on Chemicals Secretariat Chemicals and Health Branch, Industry and Economy Division United Nations Environment Programme Representatives from the International Pollutants Elimination Network take a photo break at the OEWG. Laying the Groundwork for Global Action: >From OEWG to the 2026 International Conference Following a summer of reflection and regrouping after the success of the June OEWG, we are moving forward with renewed energy along with our partners. The week in Punta del Este, Uruguay, was more than a milestone?it was a powerful moment of connection for stakeholders committed to safe and sustainable chemicals management. For the first time since the Framework?s adoption in 2023, people from across sectors and regions came together in person to collaborate and chart the next phase of work. The OEWG served as a springboard for action across multiple priorities. Sector-specific sessions during Multi-Stakeholder Day moved forward planning for Implementation Programmes (IPs) in textiles, electronics, healthcare, and buildings and construction?with the goal of submitting proposals at the 2026 International Conference. Learn more under the IOMC update below. The meeting also advanced key work on the Gender Action Plan and the Global Alliance on Highly Hazardous Pesticides. Just as important, a dynamic lineup of side events spurred exchange on cross-cutting themes like capacity building, health and worker safety, financing, disclosure and reporting, and international cooperation. The OEWG reminded us of what?s possible when diverse voices unite behind a shared goal. The momentum sparked in Punta del Este continues to grow?laying the foundation for an impactful International Conference in 2026. For a recap of the event, read the meeting report or review ENB?s coverage of the event. Expect updates soon! Get Ready: Our New Round of Fund Support is Opening Soon! Big news?The Global Framework on Chemicals Fund will soon launch its second call for project proposals! If you're working to strengthen chemicals and waste management in a developing country, this is a major opportunity you won?t want to miss. Grants between $300,000 and $800,000 will be available for projects up to three years long. Whether you're focused on improving policies, building institutional capacity, or advancing safer alternatives, the Fund is here to support your efforts. This round includes a simpler two-step application process: first, submit a short concept note. If selected, you?ll be invited to submit a full proposal?with expert feedback to guide you. The Fund was created to help countries put the Framework into action. Thanks to the generous contributions of donors, the Fund is already helping drive progress?and your country or organization could be next. Earlier this year, the Fund awarded its first four grants, supporting: a.. A regional shift to agroecology in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania b.. Safer pesticide practices in Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, and Senegal c.. Stronger national systems and data tools in Peru and Colombia d.. GHS implementation in El Salvador and Honduras The next round opens 30 September 2025 and closes on 15 December 2025. An informational webinar is coming soon - keep an eye out for details! Please share this news widely with your networks?and if you?re eligible, we strongly encourage you to apply! We have also developed a set of 9 social media cards available in 7 languages. Please download them here and share through your communication channels. Learn more: unep.org/global-framework-chemicals/gfc-fund Worker Safety in Focus How can we better protect the people on the frontlines of chemicals and waste management? That question brought together 176 participants for a powerful webinar in May, which we co-hosted with the International Labor Organization and the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership. The discussion featured speakers from labor ministries, workers? unions, and employers? organizations sharing practical ways we can support safer working conditions and reduce chemical risks on the job. Panelists emphasized the need for stronger legal protections, targeted training, and greater collaboration across sectors. The conversation highlighted how we can complement international labour standards and help drive progress in occupational health and safety, especially for vulnerable workers. Watch the full recording here Kay Williams, Head of the GFC Secretariat, with Szymon Domagalski, Policy Advisor with the Polish Chamber of Chemical Industry and organizer of the EU Industry Days panel. Spotlighting the Framework at EU Industry Days As part of EU Industry Days held 5?6 June in Rzesz?w, Poland, Kay Williams, Head of the Global Framework on Chemicals Secretariat, participated in a moderated panel discussion organized by the Polish Chamber of Chemical Industry. The session, titled ?From Declaration to Action: Advancing Global Standards and EU Competitiveness in Sustainable Chemical Management,? offered an opportunity to spotlight the Framework?s growing relevance to industry leaders, policymakers, and innovators. Kay Williams was joined by Bob Diderich, Head of Division at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Folco Ciulli, Executive Director at the European Chemical Regions Network (ECRN); and Szymon Domagalski, Policy Advisor with the Polish Chamber of Chemical Industry and session organizer and moderator. The discussion explored the role of global standards in supporting innovation, creating a level playing field, and strengthening EU competitiveness?while emphasizing the need for inclusive, practical solutions. Panelists highlighted how the Framework complements legally binding agreements, promotes harmonization across markets, and offers tools such as the upcoming Industry Implementation Programmes to help sectors align with sustainability goals. Kay emphasized that industry has a vital role to play in shaping and driving the Framework towards the International Conference, underscoring that the time to engage is now. Participants engage at the IOMC workshop, held 22 June 2025. Credit: IOMC/Jonathan Krueger IOMC Update on the Development of Implementation Programmes The Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals (IOMC) continues to work with stakeholders to develop proposals for Implementation Programmes (IPs) for further consideration at the next International Conference, as well as undertaking related activities during the inter-sessional period, in line with ICCM-5 resolution V/8. Documents submitted to the June OEWG meeting, including INF.11, presented the status of the proposals and invited feedback from OEWG participants. With regards to the programme on Strengthening National Chemicals Legislation and Institutional Capacities (?IP1?), the outcomes of an IOMC-convened multi-stakeholder workshop on 22-23 June informed the OEWG deliberations, ensuring that the perspectives of a diverse set of stakeholders will be reflected in the emerging Framework. More details are available on the workshop website. For the programme on Strengthening Economic and Industry Sector Engagement and Action (?IP2?), a ?Multi-Stakeholder Day? during the OEWG focused on cross-cutting thematic workstreams and sector-specific industry programmes. Follow-up activities will include streamlining IP2 thematic topics and reviewing draft sector-specific ToRs. To receive updates on sector programmes and cross-cutting workstreams discussed during Multi-Stakeholder Day, sign up here. Lastly, for the programme on Integrating Chemical and Waste Issues in Sustainable Development Decision-Making (?IP3?), the IOMC will consult with stakeholders to further consider work on two proposed IP3 topics (education and climate change), or any other sustainable development topic of interest. A multi-stakeholder workshop on this IP could also be considered, subject to securing the required resources. For more details related to the above, please consult the IOMC website. Explore Free Training Courses Looking to build your technical knowledge on chemicals and waste? Three free, self-paced online courses in support of the GFC are now available. Eco-Innovation: Building Materials Supplements Understand how to integrate eco-innovation into building material supply chains and support more sustainable production practices. ? Access the course Lead Paint: Reformulation is Entirely Possible Explore the health impacts of lead paint and discover practical guidance on safer alternatives and reformulation strategies. ? Access the course USEtox: The UNEP/SETAC Scientific Consensus Model Learn how to use the global consensus model for characterizing human and ecotoxicological impacts of chemical emissions and exposures. ? Access the course These training courses were prepared by UNITAR under the SAICM GEF 9771 project: Global best practices on emerging chemical policy issues of concern under Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF). This project is implemented by UNEP and executed by the Global Framework on Chemicals (GFC) Secretariat. UNITAR acknowledges the financial contribution of the GEF to the development, editing and design of the publication. Registration Open for GHS E-Learning Course Target B6 of the GFCcalls on all governments to implement the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) across all relevant sectors by 2030, taking national circumstances into account. In support of this, registration is now open for UNITAR?s next edition of the GHS E-Learning Course, which commences in September 2025. Running for over a decade, the course is delivered by expert tutors in English, French, and Spanish,and equips participants with the technical knowledge needed to apply the GHS. Learn more here BRS Conventions? contributions to the implementation of the Global Framework on Chemicals The Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions (BRS) are three global legally binding instruments that, within their respective scopes, complement each other in protecting human health and the environment from hazardous chemicals and wastes. But how do they contribute and complement to the GFC? This newly published report identifies concrete opportunities to advance the GFC?s objectives and targets by implementing obligations under the BRS conventions, thereby strengthening global chemicals and waste management through greater effectiveness, coordination, and impact. Upcoming Events We are excited to share a series of upcoming events and panels where the Global Framework will be featured. Join us to connect, exchange ideas and explore how the GFC further develops: a.. 24 ? 26 September 2025: Twelfth High-Level Officials Meeting and Fifth Ministerial Meeting of the Asia Pacific Regional Forum on Health and Environment (Jakarta, Indonesia) b.. 24 ? 26 September 2025: ASEAN Regulatory Cooperation Platform (ARCP) Collaborative Chemicals Management Capacity Building Workshop (Manila, Philippines) c.. 8 ? 9 October 2025: Asian Chemicals Forum 2025 (Maratha, Mumbai) d.. 21 ? 22 October 2025: 6th Latin American Regulatory Cooperation Forum (LARCF) Meeting on the Sound Management of Industrial Chemical Substances (Lima, Peru) e.. 27 ? 31 October 2025: ChemCon Europe 2025 (Venice, Italy) f.. 3 ? 4 November 2025: Regulatory Summit Asia 2025 (Singapore) Click here to contact the Global Framework on Chemicals Secretariat and to sign up for future updates ? 2025 Global Framework on Chemicals Secretariat https://www.unep.org/global-framework-chemicals -- Oleg Pecheniuk Sent from Mail.ru Mail -- ?? ???????? ??? ?????????, ????????? ????????? ?? ?????? 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The ?Omnibus proposal? is the first in a series of deregulation bills designed to weaken EU rules on deforestation, fossil fuels, and greenwashing. If it passes, corporations will be freer than ever to destroy forests, pump in dirty energy, and mislead us about their climate record. And once this door is opened, more rollbacks will follow. But here?s the good news: the European Parliament hasn?t voted yet. MEPs still have the power to stop this?and they will act if we show them that rolling back protections is politically toxic. Tell MEPs: Reject the Omnibus law! The people want better protections for the planet and better accountability for corporations ? public opinion polls show. And the EU's Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) does exactly that ? it makes companies responsible for preventing human rights abuses and environmental harm throughout their global supply chains by making them legally liable if they fail to implement sustainable business practices. Lobbyists argue that deregulation will free business from bureaucratic hell and extra costs. But the truth is, cutting these laws means more human rights violations, more deforestation, and more climate chaos ? while responsible businesses are left at a disadvantage. The Omnibus isn?t about creating less hassle; it?s about letting polluters off the hook. Our community has fought and won against corporate lobbyists before ? from stopping toxic trade deals to securing bans on single-use plastics, and even the CSDDD. Together, we can protect Europe?s hard-won regulations and stop this dangerous rollback in its tracks. Tell MEPs: Reject the Omnibus law. Sign the petition Thanks for all that you do, Ildem, Deborah and the Team at Ek? More information: OHCHR Raises Concerns over ?Omnibus? 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Set up a monthly donation Chip in $3 instead From: Ethical supply chains, Ek? Date: ??, 26 ????. 2025??. ? 13:43 Subject: Vote against the power grab on rights> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ecology at iephb.nw.ru Sat Sep 27 21:15:54 2025 From: ecology at iephb.nw.ru (ecology) Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2025 22:15:54 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] Uncaged Message-ID: As Vietnam?s bile bear industry grinds to an end, rescued animals find dignity in the country?s sanctuaries. Is this email difficult to read? View in your web browser. News of the world environment NEWSLETTER | SEPTEMBER 26, 2025 Uncaged IN MAY OF 2024, in the Vietnamese province of Binh Duong, an Asiatic black bear named Chinh stepped into the full light of day for perhaps the first time in 20 years. Suspected to have been captured as a cub, Chinh was one of 15 bears living in a small shed behind a house just north of Ho Chi Minh City. Each bear lived in a cage scarcely bigger than their own body, the pens placed just close enough for the bears to see and smell each other but too far to reach one another?s outstretched paws. Over the preceding five years, each of Chinh?s 14 cellmates had been rescued. He was the last one left. Jeremy Lamberton, communications manager for Bear Sanctuary Ninh Binh, where Chinh was being relocated, was among those present on the hot spring day of Chinh?s rescue. So were the local authorities and his owner. ?Chinh had to watch 14 other bears be rescued,? said Lamberton. ?He belonged to a different farmer than the other bears, so that was an excruciating wait for all. I was really grateful when we heard, finally, that they were willing to voluntarily transfer us the bear. It meant the closing of another bear farm.? While the handover day went smoothly, taking only a matter of hours, Chinh?s rescue had been a long time coming. Like thousands of Asiatic black bears, Chinh spent years subjected to the brutal conditions of bear bile farming, a practice where bears are kept in captivity in order to routinely extract their bile, which is used in traditional Asian medicine. His release was the hard-fought result of a decades-long crackdown on the industry in Vietnam. After cooling Chinh down with a shower, the rescue team loaded him gently onto a truck, where an animal manager and veterinarian joined him for the two-day drive north to his new home at the sanctuary in Ninh Binh province. One of four in Vietnam, the sanctuary was founded in 2017 to provide a home for bears, like Chinh, rescued from now-illegal bile farms. Journalist Ryley Graham reports on how Chinh and other bears rescued from Vietnam?s once-booming bear bile industry are finding dignity in a network of sanctuaries around the country. READ MORE Photo by Tontan Travel Let?s grow the movement! 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States Must Follow California's Lead and Ban Ultra-Processed Foods in School Meals to Protect Kids' Health Sign Now This month, California ? the most populated state in the U.S. and the fourth-largest economy in the world ? took an incredible step forward for children's health and nutrition. It just banned serving up ultra-processed foods (UPFs) in school meals, ensuring that kids will instead have access to healthy meals that promote their brains' development. Experts estimate that around 73% of the current supply of food in the U.S. is ultra-processed foods. These products include foods of convenience like packaged bread, soda, microwavable meals, and fast-food menu items. They are often loaded with salt, sugars, flavor enhancers, and other additives, making them addictive and crowd-pleasing. But the same additives that give them such mass appeal also have horrible effects on public health. It seems obvious that we shouldn't be feeding these kinds of low-quality foods to our kids. At such a formative time in their lives, children need nutritious foods to fuel their growing brains. Studies have repeatedly shown that proper nutrition directly leads to improved focus and concentration in school, which in turn leads to improved educational results and future career prospects. We must protect kids ? as well as safeguard their futures. Sign the petition to demand that all U.S. states pass laws based on California's, and ban the use of ultra-processed foods in school meals! Thank you, Celeste Care2 Petitions Team P.S. Now that California has become a role model for how to prioritize kids' health, the rest of the nation must follow. Sign the petition. 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Climate Change and Energy News: Weekly Digest by CAN EECCA -------------------------------------------------- Someone forwarded this digest to you? You can subscribe using this link -------------------------------------------------- Dear subscribers, CAN EECCA is hiring a part-time Social Media Manager (50%) based in Kyrgyzstan or registered as an individual entrepreneur in Kyrgyzstan. Apply by October 5 ? details inside the digest. Belarus signed a deal with Rosatom to reprocess its nuclear fuel, while Kazakh President Tokayev branded climate summits a ?massive fraud? and reaffirmed coal as a national priority. Uzbekistan and Tajikistan presented new climate initiatives at the UN Summit, Kazakhstan remains locked in fossil fuel dependence, and Belarusian activists keep pushing forward under government pressure. In Ukraine, ecologists warn that war damage to forests could take a century to heal. 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He stressed that coal must remain a key energy resource for Kazakhstan, even though the country has pledged full decarbonization by 2060. Uzbekistan Pledges 54% Renewables and Mass Reforestation by 2030 At the UN Climate Summit in New York, Uzbekistan unveiled goals for its updated NDC 3.0. The plan includes raising renewables to 54% of the energy mix within five years, doubling energy efficiency, expanding forests to 6.1 million hectares, increasing protected areas to 14.5% of the territory, and reaching carbon neutrality by 2050. Tajikistan Showcases Global Water Initiatives at UN Summit Tajikistan highlighted its international initiatives on water and climate, including the International Year of Glacier Preservation (2025), the ?Water for Sustainable Development? Decade, and preparations for future water conferences in Dushanbe. Kazakhstan?s Fossil Fuel Lobby Stalls Green Transition Despite pledges of carbon neutrality by 2060, Kazakhstan remains deeply tied to coal, oil, and gas. A new study shows that foreign governments and companies reinforce the dominance of fossil fuels, while mining regions risk severe social consequences as industries decline. Belarusian Eco-Activists Persist Despite Crackdown and Exile Since 2021, Belarus has intensified its crackdown on civil society, shutting down more than 100 NGOs. Environmental leaders face arrests, and groups like Ecodom and APB have been forced to halt major conservation projects. Many activists now continue their work abroad despite state repression. Ukraine?s Forests Could Take a Century to Recover from War Ecologists estimate that war damage to Ukrainian forests ? from pollution and fires to landscape destruction ? could take decades, in some areas over a century, to restore. The losses also weaken nature?s ability to absorb carbon, worsening the climate crisis. Baku Hosts Second Climate Action Week From political dialogues to roundtables on clean tech, finance, and adaptation, the Baku Climate Action Week highlights just transition and innovative approaches to climate governance ahead of COP30. Armenian Red Cross Links Climate and Mental Health The Armenian Red Cross is expanding psychosocial support for people affected by climate impacts. Volunteers run awareness campaigns in schools and universities on how extreme weather affects mental health, while connecting to European and Central Asian youth networks. -------------------------------------------------- World Climate and Energy News UN Summit: Clean Energy Investment Surpasses Fossil Fuels At the UN Climate Summit in New York, Secretary-General Ant?nio Guterres announced that global clean energy investments now double fossil fuel spending, despite record subsidies for coal, oil, and gas ? marking an irreversible shift in the energy transition. 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New research conducted by scientists in Brazil shows that deforestation is more responsible for drying the Amazon than climate change itself. This is not only an amazing scientific finding in and of itself, but it also gives global leaders a very clear priority for the next round of COP negotiations this year. It is time that COP30 attendees commit to prioritizing the end of Amazonian deforestation at this year's conference. Sign the petition now if you agree! Thank you, Jess Care2 Petitions Team P.S. Simple solutions can make giant impacts. Sign the petition! Sign Now -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To stop receiving this newsletter, visit: Care2.com, Inc. 3141 Stevens Creek Blvd. #40394 San Jose, CA 95117 https://www.care2.com From: Jess M., Care2 Action Alerts Date: ??, 30 ????. 2025??. ? 10:17 Subject: Saving the Amazon can fix the climate -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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During the next few years, he earned a medical degree, then worked as a cowboy trekking the California coast. The Native Americans he met fascinated and impressed him. As a way of documenting and preserving their way of life, which he regarded as perfectly adapted to the endlessly varied, stunningly beautiful landscape around him, de Angulo (often collaborating with his linguist wife, Lucy Shepard Freeland) learned and described 25 of the roughly 100 Native languages then spoken in California. ?Salvage linguistics,? anthropologist Franz Boas called it. CONTINUE READING Share Share Forward Bioregioning: How to Thrive Where We Live Tuesday, September 30 | 10:00 - 11:30 AM US PT Millions of people are searching for a way to live that can meet their needs without undermining the life-support systems of the planet. Although there are no easy solutions to planetary overshoot or quick fixes to the culture behind it, bioregioning offers a deeply positive and systemic way forward. 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"Artifacts of Collapse: Touring the Crazy Town Museum" by Asher Miller, Rob Dietz, and Jason Bradford In this episode, we travel in time to the year 2125 to visit the Crazy Town museum, which showcases today?s world of wanton consumption and profligate waste. How will humans in 2125 ? if there are any of us left ? judge the things everyone sees as normal today? The Hidden Cost of Integrity: Environmental Commitment in the Global South by El Habib Ben Amara In the vast conversations around climate change, ecological restoration, and planetary boundaries, one theme remains largely unspoken: the emotional cost of commitment. Beyond science. Beyond policy. Share Share Forward PODCASTS LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? Help build our community and invite your friends to subscribe. BECOME A MONTHLY DONOR We envision a world of resilient communities and re-localized economies that thrive within ecological bounds. Copyright ? 2025 Post Carbon Institute, All rights reserved. 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