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#extinction

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Why We Went Extinct

"... it is estimated that the Netherlands lost 75% of its flying insects in the past 25 years. 'That's quite shocking since not only birds and other animals need these insects. Also we really need them for our crops', warns van der Geest".

A call for Dutch citizens to use their gardens to increase #biodiversity since the government is planning to do the opposite.

(Dutch)
eenvandaag.avrotros.nl/item/bi

Biodiversiteit minder belangrijk voor kabinet, maar als burger kun je ook iets doen: 'Verruil die hortensia voor een inheemse plant'
EenVandaag · Biodiversiteit minder belangrijk voor kabinet, maar als burger kun je ook iets doen: 'Verruil die hortensia voor een inheemse plant'Het ministerie van Landbouw publiceerde onlangs het Actieplan Biodiversiteit. Eerdere doelen worden in dat plan afgezwakt, ondanks dat het slecht gaat met de biodiversiteit in Nederland. Maar ondertussen kunnen burgers wel zelf aan de slag.
#nl#breadcrumb#biodiversitycrisis
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Morpheus Being

#australia #Environment #Extinction #NativeFlora #NativeFauna #PES

It's time for the introduction of Payment for Environmenatal Services to landowners for preserving and maintaining and regenerating native forests to provide oxygen, water, shelter and preservation of native flora and fauna.

Much research backs the benefits.

www2.cifor.org/project-website

Center for International Forestry ResearchPayment for Environmental Services - Center for International Forestry ResearchThe concept of payment for ecosystem services (PES) has garnered substantial international interest as a cost-effective means to improve environmental<a href="https://www2.cifor.org/project-websites/payment-environmental-services/" title="Read more"
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John :au: :hb:

#SouthernRightWhale #population growth has stalled, scientists say, with a possible 'onset of a decline'.

Australia's southern right whale population growth has #stalled, raising questions about the recovery of a species that was nearly driven to #extinction by historical #whaling, according to a new study.

abc.net.au/news/2025-05-01/ima

ABC News · Something is happening with the southern right whale population, scientists sayBy Ellen Coulter
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Ami

I was sitting in VR in a 360° video.

The recording was made from a 360° camera in the middle of a pride of lions.

It was surreal to be sitting there, seeing something from a rare, if not impossible point of view.

Then I had the thought, "They will be extinct soon".

How many more experiences will be relegated to video or #VR only?

#conservation#environment#extinction
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Ian Badcoe

#Poetry #Book #PoetryBook #Chapbook #Pamphlet #PoetryPamphlet #QPoetryComrades #Ecology #Conservation #Cosmology #CosmologicalEcology #SciFi #DrakeEquation #FermiParadox #SETI #UKPoetry #Extinction #DoWeHaveAFuture?

I wrote a book.

It is called "For the hypothetical aliens" and it is about our place in the universe, how we relate to nature, and what that means for us, individually.

It takes a stance somewhat centred on the dissonance between a SciFi way of looking at things vs. "realism".

It's about 40 pages of actual poetry plus the contents page, acknowledgements etc and (warning) it does contain one five page poem purporting to be about a mathematical equation...

The usual price is £5 but I am discounting them to £4 at the moment. Shipping in the UK is £1.80.

If you live elsewhere in the world we'll have to strategize because there have been problems sending pamphlets/magazines from the UK since Brexit 😢.

If you want to order one, or invite me to read from it at your poetry evening, please PM me.

Contents page of a poetry pamphlet reading: Dedication 8 Slightly more serious dedication 8 By way of a preface… 11 A note on broken hearts 12 All about the Drake equation 14 A note on the Kardashev scale 19 This is us, speaking 21 On the search for extraterrestrial intelligence 22 Calling occupants of interplanetary craft 24 The city on the edge of whatever 25 It isn’t what they say, or even how they say it, but more about there being any they to speak at all 27 What is her mission here on earth... 28 The universe speaks to you 29 Personal space probe 33 She knows whereof she speaks… 34 We are nothing if we do not learn from this 37 On waking… 38 On man’s inhumanity to man… 40 Everything I know about humanity… 42 Let’s be clear, the book has ended 47 The shapes of things to come 48 Addendum 51 Acknowledgements 52 About the author 53
Cover of a poetry pamphlet, the title is "For the hypothetical aliens". It is orange and worn, like an old document folder, and it has some sort of security stamp declaring the contents top have been reclassified "Non sensitive"
View of the whole, opened cover of a poetry pamphlet called "For the hypothetical aliens" and with a logo proclaiming it is from "Literal Fraud Press". It carries the image of fake wear and tear, with particularly deep scratches on the back...
An inside page from a poetry pamphlet showing the start of a poem: _The universe speaks to you_ I - Water... ...flows, but has no thought of flowing. Every droplet of rain free to follow its weird find its level bead the underside of a leaf, the whole nonetheless adding up to moorland brook, burbling here and now and in a single direction. Far downstream, current toys with grit does not imagine things better if this pebble were elsewhere but nags at it wobbles it urges it to move and a mere thousand years later a mighty estuary deltas one side of the continent. The stream meanwhile is cutting a new channel through the limestone ridge. Each molecule is part of something larger and doesn't know or things it knows do not make sense. Water's unfeeling mechanism floods a city or builds an ecosystem and even if the outcome of civilisation is nothing humans comprehend it will be that rich.
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Shantell Powell

ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-0380 Ford is trying to repeal the endangered species act. The bill is called the "Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act," which is awful on multiple levels. The commenting period on the Environmental Registry ends May 17. Please write something to stop this. He's determined to do his part for extinction events while paving over the Green Belt. #GreenBelt #DougFord #Environment #Ontario #EndangeredSpecies #ecology #extinction

An image featuring a news alert about the Ford government gutting protections under the Endangered Species Act. It includes a portrait of Doug Ford, a barn owl in flight, a frog, and a forested landscape with water.
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Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋

**Threshold fertility for the avoidance of extinction under critical conditions**

“_The results indicate that the fertility rate should exceed 2.7 to avoid extinction. The extinction threshold is reduced by a female-biased sex ratio. We argue that the present results explain the observed phenomena of female-biased births under severe conditions as an effective way to avoid extinction._”

Cuaresma DCN, Ito H, Arima H, Yoshimura J, Morita S, et al. (2025) Threshold fertility for the avoidance of extinction under critical conditions. PLOS ONE 20(4): e0322174. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti.

#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #DOI #Fertility #Extinction #Population #Anthropology #Academia #Academics @anthropology

journals.plos.orgThreshold fertility for the avoidance of extinction under critical conditionsThe developed countries now face a low fertility crisis. The replacement level fertility (RLF) is conventionally considered to be 2.1 children per woman, in which demographic stochasticity arising from random variations in individual offspring numbers is ignored. However, the importance of demographic stochasticity casts doubts on the adequacy of the replacement level fertility of 2.1, especially in a small population. Here, we investigate the extinction threshold for the fertility rate of a sexually reproducing population caused by demographic stochasticity. The results indicate that the fertility rate should exceed 2.7 to avoid extinction. The extinction threshold is reduced by a female-biased sex ratio. We argue that the present results explain the observed phenomena of female-biased births under severe conditions as an effective way to avoid extinction. Furthermore, since fertility rates are below this threshold in developed countries, family lineages of almost all individuals are destined to go extinct eventually.
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Palm Oil Detectives

#News: While 1000's of extant wild #animals face #extinction, millions are being spent reviving dire wolves in labs. End the major causes of animal extinction now: hunting, illegal wildlife trade, climate change and deforestation.
#Boycott4Wildlife theguardian.com/commentisfree/

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DoomsdaysCW

#Trump administration fast-tracks #oil and #mining projects, angering #environmentalists

By Mary Cunningham
Updated on: April 25, 2025

"The Trump administration said it will accelerate permit approvals for #mining, #drilling and #FossilFuel production and transportation on public land, fast-tracking a review process that would normally take years.

"In announcing the emergency procedures Wednesday, the Department of the Interior, which oversees the management of federal lands and natural resources, said the permitting process will now take up to '28 days at most' — a drastic departure from the current one- to two-year timeline.

"The government agency said the move is in response to President Trump's January 20 declaration of a national energy emergency. In an executive order on the first day of his second term, the White House said it would 'eliminate harmful, coercive 'climate' policies that increase the costs of food and fuel.' [#ClimateChange, caused by harmful oil, gas and coal, will take care of that! #FAFO!]

"The speedy permitting policy opens the door for the U.S. to expand oil and gas projects and for Mr. Trump to make good on his promise to "#DrillBabyDrill" — a common refrain on his campaign trail. The new guidelines will apply to a wide range of energy projects, including crude #oil, #NaturalGas and #coal.

"The U.S. leads the world in oil and gas production, with an output of 20 million barrels of oil a day and accounting for roughly a quarter of global gas production, according to the International Energy Agency.

"The DOI said it would use #emergency authorities under the National Environmental Policy Act, #EndangeredSpeciesAct and the National #HistoricPreservationAct to expedite the permitting process.

" 'The United States cannot afford to wait,' Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum said in a statement on Wednesday. 'President Trump has made it clear that our energy security is national security, and these emergency procedures reflect our unwavering commitment to protecting both.'

Environmental advocates rebuked the announcement, saying that in addition to adverse environmental impacts on public land and water sources, the expedited procedures will strip away community members' ability to weigh in on projects happening in their own backyards. Experts say the move is expected to draw legal challenges."

Read more:
cbsnews.com/news/trump-drillin

#LeaveItInTheGround #Oiligarchy #NoDrilling #NoPipelines #BigOilAndGas
#ExtractiveIndustries #USPol #WaterIsLife #SacredSites #WildlifeRefuge #Extinction #CulturalGenocide #Ecocide #MadKingTrump

www.cbsnews.comTrump administration fast-tracks oil and mining projects, angering environmentalistsShortening permitting procedures for mining and oil drilling could adversely affect the environment, communities and endangered species, experts say.
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