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Tropical forests can recover surprisingly quickly on deforested lands – and letting them regrow naturally is an effective and low-cost way to slow climate change

Tropical forests can recover surprisingly quickly on deforested lands – and letting them regrow naturally is an effective and low-cost way to slow climate change

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Amazon rainforest plots illegally sold on Facebook

news Amazon rainforest plots illegally sold on Facebook Parts of Brazil s Amazon rainforest are being illegally being sold on Facebook, the BBC has discovered. The protected areas include national forests and land reserved for indigenous peoples. Some of the plots listed via Facebook s classified ads service are as large as 1,000 football pitches. Facebook said it was ready to work with local authorities , but indicated it would not take independent action of its own to halt the trade. Our commerce policies require buyers and sellers to comply with laws and regulations, the Californian tech firm added. The leader of one of the indigenous communities affected has urged the tech firm to do more.

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The way we eat could lead to habitat loss for 17,000 species by 2050

The way we eat could lead to habitat loss for 17,000 species by 2050 Vox.com 2/18/2021 © Lintao Zhang/Getty Images A macaque mother with her baby in Guiyang, China. But according to two recent studies one published in Nature, the other by the think tank Chatham House global meat production threatens even more than climate and the animals we eat; it could also wipe out thousands of species in the next few decades. Two main factors are driving this problem. As developing countries get richer, they tend to eat more meat. And meat production, especially beef and lamb, requires a lot of land more land than any other protein and the increasing global demand for meat means the industry is constantly looking for more farmland.

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