How can localized efforts to restore ecosystems in the world's most climate-vulnerable regions scale globally to address the broader climate crisis? We're excited to co-host an insightful #ClimateWeekNYC panel discussion and networking session with partners from around the globe this Friday, September 27th, in New York. We'll explore the critical role of nature-based solutions and ecological restoration in enhancing climate resilience and restoring livable climates. Experts from Africa and Latin America will present innovative projects that harness natural ecosystems to combat climate change, restore degraded landscapes, increase water security, and support local communities. https://lnkd.in/dGsYGNdw 🗓️ Friday, September 27, 4-8 p.m. ET 📍 Nigeria House, NYC 🤝 EcoRestoration Alliance, Sustainable Green Environment Initiative, Esri Panamá, and others!
Biodiversity for a Livable Climate
Environmental Services
Cambridge, Massachusetts 1,624 followers
We spread awareness for ecological restoration and its ability to mitigate climate change.
About us
Our mission at Biodiversity for a Livable Climate is to spread awareness for the powerful potential of ecosystem restoration. We believe nature has the solutions to biodiversity loss and the climate crisis, but these solutions require active participation from all of us. Join us today and let's restore the planet.
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https://linktr.ee/bio4climate
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- Environmental Services
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- 2-10 employees
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- Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2013
- Specialties
- Ecological Restoration, Biodiversity, Climate, Systems Thinking, Community Resilience, Climate Solutions, Regenerative Agriculture, Soil Health, Wildlife Conservation, Holistic Management, One Health, and Intersectionality
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The movement to codify the mass destruction of an ecosystem as an international crime is gaining traction. But what are the promises and limits of international law in meting out justice on behalf of the environment? Join us for a conversation with Stop Ecocide International co-founder and executive director Jojo Mehta and environmental journalist Judith D. Schwartz. 🗓 Monday, October 7, 12pm ET | 5pm BST 🎟 Free with registration at link in event description.
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Humanity may be facing the most challenging time in its history. The oceans are warming rapidly, causing larger storms and destabilizing ecological and geological systems from pole to pole. What does the future hold for the planet's seas, the people that share their coastlines, and the ecosystems that depend on them? Biodiversity 11, our newest course led by staff biologist Jim Laurie, attempts to make sense of it all. Spots are filling up and classes start next week, learn more and register today! #TheQuickening #Education #ClimateChange
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Bio4Climate is excited to co-host the 2024 Midwest Beaver Summit alongside many outstanding environmental nonprofits, land trusts, restoration practitioners, and other organizations dedicated to conservation, implementing coexistence strategies, and cultivating awareness of the importance of beavers as keystone species in our ecosystems. Join us on Wednesday, August 28 from 11 am – 3 pm Central Time for this VIRTUAL and FREE event presented by the Illinois Beaver Alliance, LC Nature Parkand the Superior Bio-Conservancy. Register for your ticket today and see the full agenda of speakers below: https://lnkd.in/e-7pUFR8 For more information, visit our website: https://lnkd.in/eVUTzeNS
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Biodiversity for a Livable Climate is ready to significantly upgrade our use of video across social media channels. We are looking for someone with traditional written communication and outreach skills with added expertise in creating short form video and leveraging it in an effective engagement strategy. If you are passionate about restoring nature and building community on social media- apply today - by emailing us your application materials.
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How does planting density work? Quite well in the ancient practice of planting hedgerows.
Nature based solutions | Miyawaki method | Linkedin Top Green Voice Linkedin Top Environmental Consulting Voice
Hedgerows are a good analogy for explaining one of the most asked questions about the Miyawaki method of reforestation - planting density. Proper hedgerows are an ecological wonder and relics of a former age when they would have crissed-crossed the land, particularly in the UK and Europe. Over 50% of UK hedgerows have disappeared since world war two. Before then they covered up to 2.5% of the total land area. Large scale industrial agriculture felt the need for larger streamlined field systems and the soil, ecology and biodiversity has been in decline ever since. Hedgerows offer protection against soil erosion, evaporation in the warmer months and wind damage while lessening the effects of flooding and also help build soil fertility. They also act as super highways for pollinators - often where they are most needed. When planting a new hedgerow, saplings are normally planted at a ratio of four to five per sqm. The Miyawaki method recommends a density of three or four saplings per sqm. No one bats an eyelid at the planting density of hedgerows and growth is normally vibrant and healthy with each species contributing a subtle difference in strata and successional lifecycle. If left to grow unmanaged hedgerows will grow tall and wild ( such as the one in the photo) with climax species such as oak often appearing later when conditions are suitable and slowly starting to dominate. The initial planting density just starts the complexity and conditions needed for vibrant establishment of the macro organism where everything has it's role. 🌳 Photo credit : Annie Spratt. #biodiversity #complexity #miyawakimethod #hedgerows #diversity #ecosystemrestoration #ecosystem #afforestation #reforestation #restoration #naturebasedsolutions #nature
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It is not just shade! Some people think that forests and trees cool just through shade. As you can see with these temperature readings- vegetation is naturally cooler due to a mixture of evapo-transpiration and latent heat. You can see more urban forest projects at our website.
🇬🇧Cooling Brutalist Architecture. The magic of SUGi Pocket Forests! Check out this Urban Heat profile taken at our Southbank Forest in London, on 25 June 2024 at 3:30 pm. In certain places we measured up to 25 degrees celsius differences! With temperatures around the world rising to new levels (especially in cities), trees and urban forests offer a natural solution to the challenges we face in our cities. Having SUGi Pocket Forests integrated into our cities supports the health and wellbeing of communities. These forests do more than simply increase a location’s aesthetic; they protect us from the impact of the climate crisis by preventing flooding and mitigating the ‘Urban Heat Island effect’, and must be understood as a powerful tool. Support Nature-based Solutions that build biodiversity, climate resilience and wellbeing in cities. 🌿 Forest Partner: Southbank Centre Hayward Gallery Moët & Chandon Forest Maker: James Godfrey-Faussett
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Biodiversity for a Livable Climate reposted this
The title says it all! Restoring Nature is Our Only Climate Solution. "Result: even if we weren’t loading the atmosphere with excess carbon dioxide, we’d still be warming the planet. Combine a diminished water cycle with land heating from urban sprawl, a couple of hundred billion square meters of pavement, and degraded soil; then add those ingredients to the main dish of overabundant emissions, and you have a recipe for hell on Earth." Heinberg explains the problems with tech solutions and why we have no other viable options without restoring natural carbon and water cycles.
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With fire season in full swing- learn how beavers create fire refugia. Brock Dolman and Kate Lindquist explore- Pest or Partners? Beavers as Climate Heroes. Make sure to attend it on June 20.
Ten percent of North America was once covered in wetlands, most of which were created and maintained by beavers! About 200 million beavers. What would it take to shift our relationship with beavers from considering them pests to partnering with them to restore the vast swaths of aquatic habitat that once kept the continent wet, cool and full of biodiversity? Maybe even stop the spread of forest fires?
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Ten percent of North America was once covered in wetlands, most of which were created and maintained by beavers! About 200 million beavers. What would it take to shift our relationship with beavers from considering them pests to partnering with them to restore the vast swaths of aquatic habitat that once kept the continent wet, cool and full of biodiversity? Maybe even stop the spread of forest fires?
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