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Dimitri Selibas

@dselibas

Freelance environmental writer | Africa + Latin America | Focus on South Africa, Brazil and Colombia. Featured in @guardian @mongabay @bbc @sciencemagazine

 Cape Town, South Africa
dimitriselibas.contently.com/
Joined July 2013
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“They (Indigenous peoples) are not obstacles to development - they are guardians of our rivers and forests, and a fundamental part of our greatness as a nation” - Lula at his inauguration today with leader Raoni Metuktire. A new era for the environment & Indigenous rights! 🇧🇷🌱
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Global Witness
@Global_Witness2 Aug 2024
BREAKING: JBS, a company notorious for its supply chain links to deforestation, biodiversity loss, corruption, and human rights violations is being bankrolled by the global financial system via 'sustainable' funds. gwitness.org/3WwCk8J
ESG funds funnel millions into deforestation-risk company

ESG funds funnel millions into deforestation-risk company

BlackRock and Vanguard among US asset managers using ESG funds to invest in bonds issued by controversial meatpacker JBS

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Thrilled about my 1st for @ScienceMagazine about @cybertrackerorg. The story covers the software, co-developed with #Indigenous trackers, empowering anyone to collect complex biodiversity data, & the visionary behind it, Louis Liebenberg 🌍🦜📊 Read more: science.org/content/article/…
App developed with Indigenous trackers helps almost anyone monitor wildlife

App developed with Indigenous trackers helps almost anyone monitor wildlife

CyberTracker is now used by local communities and conservationists around the world

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This is massive. @UN Secretary General calls for a worldwide ban on fossil fuel advertising. theguardian.com/environment/…
‘Godfathers of climate chaos’: UN chief urges global fossil-fuel advertising ban

‘Godfathers of climate chaos’: UN chief urges global fossil-fuel advertising ban

António Guterres says world faces ‘climate crunch time’ and announces dire new scientific warnings of global heating

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🩸 Microplastics were found in blood clots in a new study, giving us even more evidence that we need a global cap on plastic production, a shift to nontoxic alternatives, and reuse systems that don't rely on plastics. #PlasticPollutes ow.ly/eoJI50RZ3RJ
Microplastics Found in Blood Clots in Heart, Brain, And Legs

Microplastics Found in Blood Clots in Heart, Brain, And Legs

A small study with big implications.

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DW Español
@dw_espanol25 May 2024
Acuerdo global en la ONU contra la biopiratería Los países en desarrollo tendrán derecho a parte de los beneficios económicos que empresas privadas obtienen gracias a avances tecnológicos basados en sus conocimientos tradicionales y recursos genéticos, como los procedentes de plantas medicinales. Más de 190 naciones acordaron en Suiza un tratado para combatir la biopiratería, tras más de veinte años de negociaciones en el marco de la ONU. Se llama "biopiratería” a la apropiación privada del desarrollo y la investigación de recursos genéticos o de sus correspondientes conocimientos tradicionales. En su mayoría se trata de plantas comestibles y medicinales tradicionales de estas comunidades, cuyos efectos y preparación fueron descubiertos y cultivados por comunidades indígenas que no reciben ningún beneficio.
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‘Recent research has shown that natural regeneration can potentially absorb 40 times more carbon than plantations.’ @bbc Future explores the potential benefits of ‘natural forest restoration’ for #ClimateChange mitigation and ecosystem restoration. ➡️bbc.com/future/article/20210…
The 'messy' alternative to tree-planting

The 'messy' alternative to tree-planting

Trees are excellent at taking carbon out of the atmosphere and trapping it in their trunks, roots and leaves. But what if planting them wasn't the solution?

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IIED@IIED10 May 2024
A new toolkit helps communities facing conflicts related to #land-based investments receive legal help when conflict arises - rather than trying to reverse rights violations *afterwards*. @RKnightNamati highlights the value of rapid response mechanisms: iied.org/rapid-response-mech…
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Very damning findings of the most comprehensive study to date that market mechanisms are not solving poverty and forest loss, and in some cases making it worse
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@the_transit_guy5 May 2024
Sterling Heights, MI, joins a list of other Detroit suburbs that will convert dying malls into town centers. Lakeside Mall will be redeveloped into 2,800 new housing units and a town center. Converting dead malls is an easy way to create town centers in the suburbs.
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Yohan
@yohaniddawela3 May 2024
Meta is using Facebook and mobile phone data to produce super-granular household wealth estimates. Here’s what you need to know about the Relative Wealth Index:
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The money solution!
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Latoya@LatoyaAbulu22 Apr 2024
In largest ever study, Indigenous and local communities report the impacts of climate change @SonamLamaHy0lm0 reports for @MongabayOrg @mongabay news.mongabay.com/2024/04/in…
In largest ever study, Indigenous and local communities report the impacts of climate change

In largest ever study, Indigenous and local communities report the impacts of climate change

Indigenous peoples and local communities are already feeling the impacts of climate change, according to firsthand accounts documented in a new study. The authors of the paper, published in the...

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📣 “We’re going to fight for as long as we can.” 🔎 A new investigation by @TBIJ, @Ojo_Publico & @MongabayLatam traces the palm oil used by @PepsiCo to deforested Indigenous lands in the Peruvian Amazon & the plantations of @ocho_sur. #NOchoSur thebureauinvestigates.com/st…
Snack giant PepsiCo sourced palm oil from razed Indigenous land

Snack giant PepsiCo sourced palm oil from razed Indigenous land

Oil linked to major violations ended up in supply chain for maker of Gatorade and Cheetos

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Thomas Piketty
@PikettyWIL18 Apr 2024
Bottom line: rich countries pretend to be in favour of fair & open markets, devlopment for all etc. but in practice the way financial markets are organized & regulated leads to an enormous income transfer from global South to global North, year after year & growing over time
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@PikettyWIL18 Apr 2024
Has the US exorbitant privilege become a rich world privilege? Rates of return & foreign assets from a global perspective 1970-2022 G Nievas & A Sodano Please read this great work: it contains key findings showing the need to rethink the governance of the global financial system
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Clothing giants H&M and Zara have been linked to large-scale illegal deforestation, land-grabbing, violence and corruption in the Brazilian Cerrado, according to an investigation by Earthsight. I dug into the details for @MongabayOrg news.mongabay.com/2024/04/re…
Report links H&M and Zara to major environmental damage in biodiverse Cerrado

Report links H&M and Zara to major environmental damage in biodiverse Cerrado

Clothing giants H&M and Zara have been linked to large-scale illegal deforestation, land-grabbing, violence and corruption in the Brazilian Cerrado, according to an investigation by Earthsight. Using...

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Brian Keane@Brian_J_Keane16 Apr 2024
Orlando Rayo ⁦@ONIC_Colombia⁩ - “Every one of us has the responsibility to take care of the Earth” ⁦@UN4Indigenous⁩ ⁦@DMejia20⁩ #UNPFII2024 ⁦@landislife⁩ ⁦@tania_eulalia⁩
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Greece becomes first European country to ban bottom trawling in marine parks theguardian.com/environment/…
Greece becomes first European country to ban bottom trawling in marine parks

Greece becomes first European country to ban bottom trawling in marine parks

The law will come into force in national parks within two years and in all of the country’s marine protected areas by 2030

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Effective climate action isn't just about pushing for change; spending time with the people we love, in the places we love, doing the things we love, fuels our capacity to love and fight for a better future for all. 🌎💚 #ClimateAction #SelfCareSunday
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