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This year at GreenBiz, Kerry Cesareo from World Wildlife Fund, moderated the panel with partners from the Mobile Basin Heirs’ Property Support Initiative—Jennie Stephens from the Center for Heirs' Property Preservation, Vangela M. Wade from Mississippi Center For Justice, and Sophie Beckham from International Paper, discussed how companies can replicate a corporate-community partnership model that honors history and helps underserved communities retain their generational land while promoting productive, sustainably managed forests. Also announced was the initiative’s expansion beyond Mississippi and into Alabama, where Legal Services Alabama will join as a partner. Heirs’ property—a leading cause of involuntary land loss for Black families—impacts communities and the fate of American forests. Only by preventing the exploitation of families and their land can we prevent forest fragmentation and loss in this country and mitigate the worst effects of climate change. Learn more about the initiative: https://lnkd.in/gWxqe45K.

DWD Longhorns raises heritage Texas Longhorn cattle on Audubon-certified bird friendly land, recognizing that birds are an indicator species relevant to their own activities. This is an important conversation on weather, water, regenerative ranching, and expert land management. Why prioritize diverse ecological activity and the health of non-human neighbors? Learn more about the positive and interconnected aspects of wellbeing here: https://lnkd.in/ehdZtpzU

I haven’t met a single person who would willingly harm or kill a red-tailed hawk, a fox, owl or any other raptor however, when it comes to toxic pest control and the use of so called “bait boxes”, this is exactly what is happening. These animals balance Massachusetts’ ecosystems, but shocking numbers of these iconic creatures are sickened and killed after eating poisoned rodents, a process referred to as secondary poisning. The problem is an over-reliance on rat poisons such as second generation anti-coagulant rodenticides (SGARs) as a primary means of pest control. SGARs are too often used as a first line of defense, are ineffective without other measures, and present significant risks to wildlife and pets. The result is hundreds of raptors, foxes, and coyotes and numerous pets treated for critical SGAR poisoning, or killed in MA each year. We are harming the predators who actually would otherwise hunt and eat hundreds of rodents if we stop poisning them. A better solution is proper control of trash containers, improved sanitation, implementation of exclusion protocols, as well as decreased or elimination of rodenticides across Massachusetts through community organizing, landowner education, and direct advocacy. I urge my network to get involved, share this post and implement rodent proof solutions in planning, design and operations of our built environment. Get involved and sign up as a Climate and Nature Champion with Mass Audubon: https://lnkd.in/dhZBKPpi

One of our local affiliates, Keep Newnan Beautiful, co-hosted a youth camp for the second year in a row to celebrate Pollinator Week! Here you can see Craig Exner of Clay Creek Farms with his educational hive, sharing the importance of honey bees. He also brought them honey sticks to take home. These kiddos also studied the different types of bees and made 'pollinator puddlers' for their backyards. Now their winged friends will be able to safely get a drink during this heat wave! Isn't that a BEE-autiful thing? Now here's an activity for you: what's one thing you can do to help a pollinator this week? (Hint, hint...scroll back a few posts and check out the ideas on our blog.)

Canadian Agricultural Safety Association has named this week Kids FarmSafe Week, a great reminder to talk safety with your kids on the farm. Start them thinking about safety at a young age and keep them safe from hazards. Remember: they are watching you work, and will learn habits from you. Be sure to show them the good ones🩷 #weeklysafetytopic #safetyfirst

🌍 Nature risks are too big to ignore. Following the launch of the Spring engagement process – an investor stewardship nature initiative supported by over 200 investors managing US $15 trillion – the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, supported by Spring and the World Wildlife Fund, are publishing a briefing pack on the rising investor and corporate focus on nature. Nature action has become a fiduciary responsibility: leading investors are taking action today across land and oceans. In response, a collaborative and increasingly aligned set of investor initiatives are shaping to accelerate action.

🌍 Nature risks are too big to ignore. Following the launch of the Spring engagement process – an investor stewardship nature initiative supported by over 200 investors managing US $15 trillion – the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, supported by Spring and the World Wildlife Fund, are publishing a briefing pack on the rising investor and corporate focus on nature. Nature action has become a fiduciary responsibility: leading investors are taking action today across land and oceans. In response, a collaborative and increasingly aligned set of investor initiatives are shaping to accelerate action.

Nature risks are rising, but so to is the opportunity to act now, as nature initiatives grow and increasingly align to accelerate action across land and oceans 🌍🌱🌊 Check out the new Road to COP30 briefing pack below, on the growing nature risks and opportunities for action, supported by Principles for Responsible Investment’s Spring, World Wildlife Fund, FAIRR Initiative, Nature Action 100 and IPDD, funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.

Our Partners, Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful and The Biggest Little Bee City, are organizing a Saturday Morning Cleanup to support Reno’s pollinator habitats at Valley Wood Park on August 3rd from 8 to 11 am.  Why should we support pollinators? They act as the glue that holds an ecosystem together. Without them, that system would suffer, shrinking the biodiversity around us. They provide pollination services for over 85% of the world’s flowering plants.  Two-thirds of the world’s crop species depend on pollinators, and the United States alone grows over 100 crops that need or benefit from pollinators. The economic value of these native pollinators is estimated at $3 billion per year in the U.S. (Xerces Society). Learn more and volunteer at https://lnkd.in/gPJd24pT

For the aim to secure the supply of goods and services in Sweden through private-public cooperation, the MSB (Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency) (The Authority for Community Protection and Preparedness) has talked to us about Trioworld’s innovative work regarding #circularity when it comes to bale wrap. Looking at it from the perspective how to strengthen Sweden's supply preparedness in case of crisis, Anders Larsson, Product Manager for Agricultural Stretch Film, outlines how #Trioworld can help secure resources and production of bale wrap by a working circular flow. “Bale wrap is a notably critical product, as you have to secure animal feed to make sure that people have food and we have now investigated together with the authorities, how we could produce baling film in the event of crisis”, says Anders. #innovation #balewrap #supplypreparedness