Intrepid Travel’s Post

Our mature and old-growth forests are a natural treasure worth protecting but many of them are threatened by logging. Road-building, industrial logging, and mining threaten our remaining mature and old-growth trees and forests, increasing the risk of climate change and destroying essential habitat for countless species and degrading the land. But, from Vermont’s Green Mountain National Forest to the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia to the Kootenai National Forest in Montana, more than 50 million acres of mature and old-growth forests are on federal lands in the United States and are unprotected from logging. Read more: https://lnkd.in/ei4pCMaJ

Deep-sea mining: a risky solution to our resource needs? The impacts are profound: delicate ecosystems at risk, species facing extinction, and habitats destroyed. Sediment plumes and toxic leaks threaten marine life. It's time to weigh the long-term consequences and prioritize ocean protection. We must act NOW to protect our planet's lifelines  #DeepSeaMining #EnvironmentalImpact #ProtectOurOceans #Gazelless #ESG #Environment

Tomorrow is #DeepDay! 🌊 #DidYouKnow that the deep sea makes up 90% of the marine environment and plays an important role in mitigating climate change as a natural carbon sink? And that's not all: It is also home to an incredible array of unique, biodiverse life. Scientists estimate that as many as 10 million species could live in the deep sea – and there is still so much to discover! The deep sea is a unique and critical ecosystem and a global common heritage of humankind. We cannot let a few destroy it. Learn more about EJF’s work against #DeepSeaMining and why we need to #DefendTheDeep: https://lnkd.in/diwpkh-y

What if we are the aliens 👽? How would aliens behave should they come to 🌎? They would extract what they needed, without giving a damn about humans' needs, habitats and well-being. Well, guess how we behave toward the rest of Life on Earth. Like 👽. What gives humans this egotistical right of destroying other species habitats and whole ecosystems just to serve their fat-grown energy needs? https://lnkd.in/dhkj4BQn

"A new, highly-destructive industry is on the cusp of further harming the oceans: deep sea mining. We need to stop this madness before it starts. Join us and sign the petition: https://lnkd.in/gpHbUuN3... Deep sea mining is a threat to marine biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and the ocean’s role as a carbon store. It hasn't started yet, but scientists are already warning that deep sea mining risks unavoidable and irreversible harm. Therefore, there is no place for deep sea mining in a sustainable future. We can’t save the planet by destroying the oceans, one of our best allies against climate change. It makes absolutely no sense and we need you to amplify that message and counter the industry’s lies. The more we are, the greater our chance to win. Watch and share the video Deep sea creatures and their homes are very slow-growing and fragile, and much less likely to recover from disturbance. Do we really want to destroy this adorable ghost octopus’s home? I don’t think so." *Humankind cannnot survive without healthy oceans and healthy soil! Protect the deep sea and sign the petition Stop Deep Sea Mining Global Project Lead Greenpeace International https://lnkd.in/e9H774Sh

Unregulated sand mining wreaks havoc on the environment, jeopardizing ecosystems and perpetuating long-term harm. Its detrimental effects are extensive and hinder climate and biodiversity resilience . #environmentawareness #Wetlands #WED2024 #IDB2024

#Bolivia🇧🇴 has 60 million hectares of Amazon rainforest, and although it is the country with the second highest amount of forest loss after #Brazil🇧🇷, it tends to go unnoticed internationally. This investigation is the fifth installment of the series "#Mapping #Environmental #Crimes in the #Amazon #Basin," in partnership with the Igarapé Institute. In this study, we address how #deforestation, #gold #mining, and #wildlife #trafficking are generating unprecedented impacts in the Bolivian #Amazon🌴🌳 . https://bit.ly/3wgFHrg

Deep sea mining is a threat to marine biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and the ocean’s role as a carbon store. It hasn't started yet, but scientists are already warning that deep sea mining risks unavoidable and irreversible harm. Therefore, there is no place for deep sea mining in a sustainable future. We can’t save the planet by destroying the oceans, one of our best allies against climate change. It makes absolutely no sense and we need you to amplify that message and counter the industry’s lies. The more we are, the greater our chance to win. Deep sea creatures and their homes are very slow-growing and fragile, and much less likely to recover from disturbance. Do we really want to destroy this adorable ghost octopus’s home? I don’t think so. Please watch and share the Greenpeace video: https://lnkd.in/eZa48Nui

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Juan Benito Mancias (Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas) draws his identity from the landscape at the Rio Grande’s end not because he owns it, but because it owns his people, literally. His ancestors lie buried in it, going back millennia. Today, Juan faces a formidable foe at the last frontier for oil and gas on the Gulf Coast of Texas. Every other major inlet from the Mississippi River east through Port Arthur, Houston, Freeport, Lavaca Bay and Corpus Christi is already ringed with refineries, chemical plants, and terminals.  But at the farthest tip of Texas, the Rio Grande meets the Gulf between wildlife refuges, a state park, and a majestic wilderness that still shelters endangered and little-known wildlife. A new $18 billion mega-project, named Rio Grande LNG, is a 750-acre facility will eventually pipe in up to 27 million tons per year of gas from fracked wells in the Permian Basin, supercool it to -260 degrees Fahrenheit, and load it onto tanker ships for sale overseas as liquified natural gas (LNG). On an adjacent tract, another project called Texas LNG intends to build atop a site called Garcia Pasture—an ancient village ground where people lived seasonally for almost 800 years. It’s part of an explosion of lookalike projects that quickly made the United States the world’s top exporter of liquified gas and drove soaring gas production at home. Read more to learn why Juan and the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas continue to resist, and why we support their work via Inside Climate News: https://lnkd.in/ehmmpJhm