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The Farmer Inclusion Program, N4J's primary initiative in the U.S., is currently underway in North Carolina and Virginia. The focus of their work is to assist Black, Indigenous, and other farmers of color in accessing financial and technical resources for climate resilience, climate mitigation, and regenerative agriculture. N4J has to date assisted 125 farmers in transforming more than 5000 hectares of land and providing over $500 000 in funding! Conservation practices are important for farmers to implement as they promote sustainable land use, protect natural resources and enhance the resilience of agricultural systems. See our website for more about the Farmer Inclusion Program. https://lnkd.in/giFyYBmB #SustainableFarming #ConservationAgriculture #SoilHealth #ClimateSmartFarming #RegenerativeAgriculture #ProtectourPlanet #FarmersfortheFuture #BIPOCFarmers

The launch of the Working Lands Climate Corps is such an important play for the US - in this moment it's pivotal that we begin thinking about how we train future generations of Climate and Conservation leaders and practitioners. Very excited to think about how we can support and accelerate this work with our Climate and Regenerative Agriculture strategies. Through programs like this, the US has an opportunity to support important food system transitions that drive better outcomes globally (the US contributes to 13.5% of global emissions) but specifically for the health and stability of our rural communities and the resilience of our local environments. #climateaction #regenerativeagriculture #ruraldevelopment #climatechange #conservation https://lnkd.in/dEXjCvNz

World Environment Day, observed annually on 5 June, is a global day for environmental action, engaging governments, businesses, and citizens to focus their efforts on a pressing issue. This year’s theme focuses on land restoration, desertification and drought resilience, under the campaign #GenerationRestoration Take a closer look at some of our achievements to build and maintain soil health through our Positive Agriculture programme, and to more broadly, help protect the environment. #PepsiCoPositive #WorldEnvironmentDay

Mark 25th September in your calendar to learn about the impact of climate change on agricultural productivity! 🗓 #agricultre #climatechange #resilience

I'm happy for this study, because it gives solid evidence that for the global problems we're facing, market-based solutions just don't work. Many very smart people will say that markets ultimately take care of problems, that things get balanced out by market forces and that any attempts to obstruct free markets result in the slowing down of progress. While there is a sound logic behind that, this hinges on some assumptions and simplifications that just don't apply in the real world. Here are three of them (this is purely my thinking, please feel free to provide some different perspectives or counter-examples): 1. Equilibrium. While it's true that markets do tend towards some equilibrium, this equilibrium might not be one that is good for us. For example, an overexploited resource pool will result in an equilibrium where resources are depleted, only large companies have the economical means of harvesting those little resources left and the equilibrium price is so high that only the rich portion of people can afford them. 2. Independence of players. The assumption of free markets is that the interests of various players balance each other out in a way that the whole economy (and society) benefits. This is true if all the players are small and relatively independent. Unfortunately, capitalist economy is far from that. In a capitalist economy, as soon as some players have more capital, they can exert higher influence on the markets and gain more capital, so the markets become far from "free". "Free" in this case means they are not influenced by regulation, but by large corporations. The inevitable result of this is inequality and resource destruction. This can't be fixed by markets themselves. 3. Isolation from environment. I think this is the greatest blunder of economics - the whole field of economics was developed completely isolated from any real environment and from the actual nature of people. In economics, we're all a bunch of robots following equations to maximise our pleasure and processes going on in our environment play no role at all. So, when you put markets that are founded on this assumption into a real world, it's no wonder they cause social inequality, destruction of environment and a bunch of rich and depressed people. What do you think about this? #sustainability #economics #freemarket #business #conservation #climatechange

Let's talk about Pollinators! (from our Environmental Staff) Monarchs in Decline A survey of monarch butterflies overwintering in central Mexico is conducted annually. The health of the monarch population is judged based on the estimated acres of forest occupied during the winter. There has been a steady decline in the total area occupied by overwintering monarchs since mid-1990 with periodic, unsustained rebounds. Climate change, pesticide use, and habitat loss in Mexico and the United States threatens the monarch population. At our garden(s), we are seeing firsthand how planting for pollinators is helping our local monarch population. Since 2018, we have increased the number of monarch caterpillars we are seeing by having two types of milkweed available. Our butterfly sightings have increase from one in 2019 to six in 2021

Here is the story titled whispers of the forest, where I looked at how environment degradation directly affect chimpanzees and its habitants https://lnkd.in/dc23Qyke #WhispersoftheforestChimpanzeestale #Storiesofchange #wildlifeconservation #UgandawildlifeAuthority

🐄 👨🌾 Cows contribute to climate change, emitting up to 14.5% of ALL greenhouse gases worldwide. But what if these cattle could effectively be turned into carbon capture tools, working to repair the earth while grazing on the land? It's a relatively new process called adaptive multi-paddock (AMP) ranching, and early research shows it works. 🖊 My reporting this week for New Rules Media includes insights from US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Interagency Fire Center, National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Prediction Center, Rodale Institute, McKinsey & Company, FAO, University of California, Davis, Peter Byck, Arizona State University, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS), MarketsandMarkets™, and Missty Slater from the IOWA TRIBE OF KANSAS AND NEBRASKA. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eWMSihjC 👉 Like, comment and subscribe for more. #climatechange #resilience #future

🛶🛶 Autumn is a great season for getting out on the water. It's also the season when water for the environment flows are planned for some of West Gippsland's rivers and wetlands. 🐟🐟 This keeps waterways in their best condition and helps fish and wildlife to move and breed.. 🛶🛶 Keep up to date with all the latest environmental water flows on our website and also sign up to receive the latest updates on environmental flows. https://bit.ly/3D4Yupg 🐟 Water for the environment keeps our rivers flowing and healthy… It is water that is set aside in major reservoirs and carefully released down the river to support the health of West Gippsland’s waterways. It can also be diverted from the river into the lower Latrobe wetlands. Victoria’s rivers and wetlands provide water for towns, industry and food production. This means we remove a large part of the water that would normally flow into these ecosystems. Because of this, the health of our rivers and wetlands is under threat. This means they may not be able to support the animals and plants that depend on them. To limit this impact, Victoria has ‘water for the environment’ in water storages. This water is stored and released to support the animals and plants that live in rivers and wetlands. Water releases are planned each year, based on climate forecasts, past flows and current science. #CMAsGetItDone Victorian Environmental Water Holder Stephanie Suter Adrian Clements

It's #EarthDay! This day is about more than recycling and composting (although you should DEFINITELY do that). Our climate is facing unprecedented issues, but I've also had the pleasure of being exposed to the amazing scholarship and fieldwork that is making a difference. 🔥 Controlled burns as a wildfire mitigation technique is fascinating 💧 Groundbreaking groundwater research has the potential to impact drought-prone areas like California 🌰 The American Chestnut's comeback is closer than ever, with more research in the works for Dutch elm disease Our environment is everyone's responsibility, but take a moment to not only help improve our world, but connect with the incredible individuals who are leading the fight through education, research, and application. _____ 💧 https://lnkd.in/eSq_PBWY 🌰 https://lnkd.in/ePjquBNF #sustainability #environmentalresearch