Mariana Maguire’s Post

News Alert! Waterfront Alliance has united with environmental advocates to express deep concern over proposed funding cuts in H.R. 7408, "America’s Wildlife Habitat Conservation Act." This misleading legislation aims to cut $700 million from NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration crucial funds designated for conservation, restoration, and protection of coastal and marine habitats. These resources are vital for enabling our coastal communities to brace against extreme storms and adapt to changing climate conditions, supporting diverse projects that nurture marine life and ecosystems. We're calling on Congress to recognize the severe implications of undercutting NOAA's funding, which underpins projects essential for resilient coastlines and marine conservation. Join us in standing against these cuts to ensure our coastal and marine habitats receive the protection and support they deserve. Our resilience against climate change hinges on this crucial funding. Read the letter here: https://bit.ly/3PhWtfP

Our article out today highlights the ongoing threat of habitat loss in NSW, with threatened species extinction risk worsening from logging activities. #WWF-Australia https://lnkd.in/gbK8aGKe

The future of marine conservation starts here in Grand Isle. A new artificial reef project is set to provide significant benefits to the marine ecosystem and strengthen the local fishing community for years to come. https://ow.ly/Ka5n50SYWuE

In order to make progress on wildlife conservation, environmental justice, and climate action we have to start by ensuring our democracy works for everyone. 🦅 Our elected leaders must prioritize protecting the freedom to vote for all to protect our planet for people, wildlife, and future generations. Learn more about why democracy matters: 📲 https://ow.ly/1lz350QMQ39 #StateOfDemocracy #SOTU #StateOfTheUnion #Democracy #VotingRights

We were at the #NatureClimateDebate tonight at Chester Zoo. Recognition by politicians of the nature and climate emergency is important, but it’s the detailed policies that will decide whether we meet our legal targets.    The UK is one of the most nature-depleted places in the world and our wildlife is in freefall. We know that this #GeneralElection is a crucial one for nature: we have less than six years to go until 2030, when we need to meet our crucial domestic and international targets to tackle nature’s decline.     We can’t address the climate crisis without solving the nature crisis, and vice versa. Nature itself holds many of the solutions and there's so much evidence that proves conservation works - from protecting ancient woodlands, to restoring our peatlands, saltmarshes and seagrass beds and beyond.      Beccy Speight responds live from the event with her reflections, and why all parties need to understand the urgency of the nature crisis. We'll keep putting this case forward, including at the Restore Nature Now march this weekend. With thanks to Wildlife and Countryside Link and partners for arranging tonight’s event. More to follow. #Nature #ClimateChange 

Nature-based solutions to climate change and environmental degradation are useful tools for tackling these complex problems. Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, $3.9 million in federal funds will be granted to restore wetlands and forests in Louisiana state wildlife areas and federal refuges. Metcalf alum Mark Schleifstein writes for NOLA.com how projects across 12 federal and state wildlife areas will aim to sequester carbon, reduce heat stress and restore natural ecosystems. Check out the story here: https://lnkd.in/eBGPFDe7

The Whooping crane is one of Texas’s most beloved birds – but also among the most endangered of our state’s species. After coordinated efforts brought them back from the brink of extinction, these majestic birds are once again threatened, this time by sea level rise. Texas’s coastal salt marshes provide critical habitat to Whoopers, but these marshes will be largely wiped out by accelerating sea level rise. BCarbon’s recent white paper on the bundling of Whooping crane conservation and carbon credits proposes a solution: constructing living shorelines, financed by carbon credit revenue, to protect and preserve the crane’s habitat. You can read the paper here: https://lnkd.in/edQveR7q

America the Beautiful set an ambitious national goal to protect, conserve or restore at least 30 percent of U.S. lands and waters by 2030. This would help safeguard our planet, protect wildlife and benefit communities. But to ensure we’re on track to meet this goal we need accurate, current data that highlights the range of locally-led, state and federal conservation and restoration efforts happening across the country. The American Conservation and Stewardship Atlas, released today by the Biden Administration, is an important step towards measuring our progress toward achieving these ambitious conservation goals. Along with the launch of https://lnkd.in/gJ_7NCtp, this tool allows you to explore the projects fueling conservation and climate action right now. It also includes a preliminary framework for tracking the progress and updates toward reaching the America the Beautiful goal. We’re excited to see how this tool informs and inspires individuals, policymakers and communities to continue protecting our lands, waters and wildlife. The White House

I wonder what are the numbers like in Mongolia. According to Wildlife Science and Conservation Center of Mongolia there are 70 Important Bird Areas (IBA) in Mongolia taking up approximately 8 mil hectares of our land (5%). However due to livestock overgrazing, wild fires, and desertification - the attributes of climate change - are posing a threat to the IBA conservation. #biodiversityconservation #climatechange #sustainableagriculture

Catchy wetland video from the UK outlining the importance of wetlands, how many have been lost and plans to restore them. Good reminder of their importance and ecological services and functions.