#rainforest species

[jadeseadragon]

Jun Sato (Japanese, b. 1970)

#jun sato #japanese artist #rainforest #jungle #wildlife #big cats #rhinoceros #tapir #pangolin #endangered species

[wachinyeya]

#good news #nature #science #environmentalism #environment #animals #conservation #farming #diversity #birds #endangered species #endangered habitats #diversified farming #land management #costa rica #save the rainforest

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

Ecuadorians voted against drilling for oil in a protected area of the Amazon, an important decision that will require the state oil company to end its operations in a region that’s home to two uncontacted tribes and is a hotspot of biodiversity.

Yasuni National Park is inhabited by the Tagaeri and Taromenani, who live in self-isolation. In 1989, it was designated a world biosphere reserve by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, also known as UNESCO. Encompassing a surface area of over 1 million hectares (2.5 million acres), it boasts 610 species of birds, 139 species of amphibians, and 121 species of reptiles. At least three species are endemic.

With over 90% of the ballots counted by early Monday, around 6 in 10 Ecuadorians rejected the oil exploration in Block 43, situated within Yasuni.

The outcome represents a significant blow to Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso, who advocated for oil drilling, asserting that its revenues are crucial to the country’s economy. State oil company Petroecuador will be required to dismantle its operations in the coming months.

The referendum took place alongside the presidential election, which will be decided in a runoff between leftist candidate Luisa González and right-wing contender Daniel Noboa. The country is experiencing political turmoil following the assassination of one of the candidates, Fernando Villavicencio.

#world news #world politics #south america #ecuador #amazon rainforest #oil drilling #Yasuni National Park #Tagaeri #Taromenani #United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization #UNESCO #endangered species #endangered animals #Block 43 #President Guillermo Lasso #Petroecuador #Luisa González #Daniel Noboa #Fernando Villavicencio #2023

[reasonsforhope]

“More than 6,000 hatchlings of three species of endangered turtles have been released into lakes and lagoons in Peru's Amazon basin to help them repopulate, officials said Saturday.        

To achieve that, wildlife officials collect turtle eggs and transfer them from natural beaches of the Amazon basin, to artificial beaches where they are artificially incubated for 60 days until they hatch.

Gustavo Montoya, head of the Cordillera Azul del Sernanp National Park, told AFP that over 6,100 baby turtles of the taricaya, charapa and teparo species have been released into the waters of the Amazon basin.

"With the release of these species at risk, it will be possible to repopulate the lagoons and rivers of the Amazon," said Montoya.” -via France24, via Future Crunch

#peru #amazon #amazon rainforest #turtles #endangered species #conservation #good news #hope #baby animals

[socialjusticeinamerica]

#new species #Amazon rainforest #science #environment #giant anaconda #reptilicus republicanus

[autistickaitovocaloid]

Sydney Photo Dump part 1

#art talks about stuff #ooooooookay first post done #there were some photos of things i wanted to take but couldn't #like i wanted to go to the rainforest aviary + nocturnal area but i got too tired #and i have no capybare photos because we got there when the feeding encounter was happening #and i wasn't going to take a photo of random people for obvious reasons #so sorry about that #there was this adorable little forest dragon that was just a wild animal these but it was too quick for me to get a photo #anyway brief disclaimer species id is going off of my memory + the taronga zoo wiki page so hopefully it's accurate #dsi pics #sydney photo album #id in alt text

[beeapocalypse]

torn between making ve-corpsis an isolated island (potential fun to be had with island syndrome and the way that would effect the wildlife in terms of less biodiversity+island gigantism/dwarfism) or making it a massive rainforest (humidity would better suit the drakes and theres a lot to be done with the Massive amounts of biodiversity+the idea of drakes having to compete w that). coughs

#the great failing of dronic society is pride. the moment they run into vennettes+humans they start claiming superiority due to their-- #--seeming relation to thule and expend a TON of energy + resources in order to project a facade of complete power despite-- #--the absolute shitfest of their internal politics (entirely new species created by thule themself appearing the day they first make-- #--nonviolent contact w the other sophants and the two time culling of their upper courts due to failed ascension attempts primarily)-- #--and that kind of falls in line with the idea that ve-corpsis is not a very dangerous place for them a la the isolated island. them-- #--having no Real predators throughout the course of their evolution (both biological + societal) and thus freaking the hell out the instant #--True competition comes into the picture. but on the other hand the super biodiverse rainforest gives them a different-- #--angle of them having faced + still facing adversity on the home front that exaggerates their response to perceived outside-- #--threats. would also open up potential for more drake subspecies filling in different ecological niches as opposed to the 3 main ones-- #--ive got thought out for the isolated island #they are both pretty heavy handed metaphors i think its just which one i want to go for LOL the first is more in line with other-- #--alamanni stuff going on like the frontierists and ayala but the second gives them a more 'sympathetic' angle (cannot think-- #--of the exact word for that. you arent meant to sympathize w them but it humanizes them ? maybe that)

[dracolizardlars]

WAIT while I'm thinking about childhood stuff I did, that news of the confirmed Pampas Fox-domestic dog hybrid means that Reynard, the wolf-fox hybrid OC I used to secretly LARP when I was 12-13 years old, is slightly less horrendously inaccurate than I thought! 🤣🤣🤣 (Seriously I cringe a little to think about it because even at that age I should've known enough about canid taxonomy to know that red foxes and grey wolves are WAAAY too different to interbreed. This wasn't a fursona, this was a completely non-anthro, non-fantasy, individual animal character. He was one of several I would roleplay as in my mind while bored and lonely at school, but he was probably the most favorite and iconic returning character, possibly tied with the standard grey wolf Luna.)

#draco speaks #was thinking about reynard because well. he's male. and he's a roleplay persona I had all of my own accord before I knew being trans existe #his hybrid-species angst has a spiritual descendant in my vampire-human hybrid OCs btw #the only other long lasting roleplay animal character I remember was an albatross whos gender I don't recall #there was briefly a woodmouse and also a racoon I think maybe? and also a member of an original species I have #a dragon-ish type thing but small and adapted for dense rainforests #oh yeah I got a bunch of original dragon-adjacent species from when I was 10-12

[bumblebeeappletree]

We’ve decided to cut down 100s of trees to save a very special habitat... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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⏱️TIMESTAMPS⏱️

00:00 Intro

1:10 Our Project Area

2:40 The Skipinnish Oak

4:15 Why we are cutting down a forest

6:02 A Temperate Rainforest

8:06 Mapping the site

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Scotland possesses some of the richest examples in Europe of a rare biome - temperate rainforest. Despite this, there are only thought to be around 30,000 hectares of woodland that have rainforest biodiversity left within the rainforest zone, an area that stretches along the west coast and is characterised by its wet climate. The zone currently holds approximately 93,000 hectares of semi-natural woodland that could potentially harbour this diversity. Ancient or old growth woodlands are the best places to start protecting, expanding and managing this declining habitat.

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#mossy earth #solarpunk #scotland #rewilding #reforestation #deforestation #native trees #invasive trees #native plants #invasive plants #Skipinnish Oak #Temperate Rainforest #invasive species #native species #Youtube

[nickysfacts]

The Okapi: the mysterious African Unicorn!

🇨🇩💜🦒

#history #okapi #animals #wildlife #congo #african history #wambutti #atti #rainforest #african wildlife #congo history #democratic republic of the congo #zoo tycoon 2 #animal kingdom #beautiful animals #1880s #1900s #endangered species #animal history #animal lover #african animals #jungle #congo river #nickys facts

[fafos]

LE RANE DEL BORNEO - THE BORNEO'S FROGS Alcune fasi di una illustrazione dove saltellano e si dondolano alcune delle rane tipiche dell'isola del Borneo.

La foresta pluviale del #Borneo ospita una gran varietà di specie diverse fra loro per taglia, aspetto, attitutidini, spesso sorprendenti e stravaganti.

Alcune si muovono nel terreno e fra la giungla, altre preferiscono l'acqua. In questa composizione ce ne sono di entrambi i tipi. Il video completo delle fasi di disegno lo trovate sul mio account instagram Eng

Going backward step by step in this illustration about some frogs who lives in the #Borneo rainforest.

The big island of Borneo is the habitat of numerous, surprising and extravagant specie of frogs. Different for size, aspect, attitudes. Someone lives on the ground, someone else prefer water.

Can You recognize someone you knows? Look at the complete video of the drawing process on my instagram account.

#rane #borneo #forestapluviale #sudestasiatico #illustrazione #pastelli #acrilici #tecnicamista #asia #disegnando #naturaselvaggia #animali #verde #giungla #esotico #frogs #specie #habitat #rainforest #illustration #illustrationart #artwork #mixedmedia #pastels #acrylics #southeastasia #wildnature #animals #green #exotic

[aquatic-batt]

happy fluffy friend Friday to the spotted cuscus! :3

#this is the stupidest and cutest goddamned thing I’ve laid eyes on #found out about it while looking for a different species (still can’t find what it is but I’m determined) #and HAD to make them the friend of the week #cuscus #spotted cuscus #forest #rainforest #animals #fluffy friend friday

[nanamimizz]

me because conservations efforts around the world are being found to be successful 🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶

#lamb.talks #deforestation in the amazon rainforest is down 33% angolan giraffes have been returned to their ancestral home for the first time in 30years #an endanger okapi calf was born 6 six weeks ago!! and she takes her first steps outside of her enclosure today !! #okapis are one of the least known and understood species in the world and they are making a comeback from their endangered label!!!

[m0thisonfire]

Was just reminded something about RID15. A couple of the only things I like about it is the majority of Decepticons and a select few Autobots being animal-based, and the multiple implications and references to different environment biomes and possible fauna/plantlife that could be on Cybertron

#rid15 #robots in disguise 2015 #ramblications #like #how cool would it be having a giant glowing metal rainforest on CYBERTRON #filled with unique cybertronians and species? #the supposed oil ocean #filled with giant deep dwelling Cybertronians and ‘sea’ monsters? #forests #deserts #were there special animal/Cybertronian designs that could survive the sea of Rust? #could there theoretically be BIOPUNK implementations to certain Cybertronian regions? #there are few things I like about Rid15 #but this is one of them #even if it wasn’t widely expanded upon

[andyrosekin]

Ok kin update time

Found this image on the wings of fire amino. NOT MINE!! Here’s a link to the page where the image was featured: http://aminoapps.com/p/u7ehr8

Anyway.

So i was looking at pictures of dragons cause thats just what I do from time to time and i saw this.

It’s a dragon like the type of dragon I thought I was kin of, with feathered wings, but it also has a fish-like tail and tHAT IS SOMETHING I ALSO KIN!!

In real life I do ‘mermaiding’ aka swimming with a monofin because it feels really nice and natural to me to swim through the water like a fish.

This beautiful dragon species has literally every feature of a dragon that I could possibly want. I now have to draw my own dragon-fish-bird so I can understand this better

#rainforest fish dragon?? #idk what exactly to call the species. i dont wanna have it be related to WOF and i don’t want to steal someones wof fantribe #dragonkin #kin #mythical therian

[no-passaran]

Genocide experts warn that India is about to genocide the Shompen people

Who are the Shompen?

The Shompen are an indigenous culture that lives in the Great Nicobar Island, which is nowadays owned by India. The Shompen and their ancestors are believed to have been living in this island for around 10,000 years. Like other tribes in the nearby islands, the Shompen are isolated from the rest of the world, as they chose to be left alone, with the exception of a few members who occasionally take part in exchanges with foreigners and go on quarantine before returning to their tribe. There are between 100 and 400 Shompen people, who are hunter-gatherers and nomadic agricultors and rely on their island's rainforest for survival.

Why is there risk of genocide?

India has announced a huge construction mega-project that will completely change the Great Nicobar Island to turn it into "the Hong Kong of India".

Nowadays, the island has 8,500 inhabitants, and over 95% of its surface is made up of national parks, protected forests and tribal reserve areas. Much of the island is covered by the Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve, described by UNESCO as covering “unique and threatened tropical evergreen forest ecosystems. It is home to very rich ecosystems, including 650 species of angiosperms, ferns, gymnosperms, and bryophytes, among others. In terms of fauna, there are over 1800 species, some of which are endemic to this area. It has one of the best-preserved tropical rain forests in the world.”

The Indian project aims to destroy this natural environment to create an international shipping terminal with the capacity to handle 14.2 million TEUs (unit of cargo capacity), an international airport that will handle a peak hour traffic of 4,000 passengers and that will be used as a joint civilian-military airport under the control of the Indian Navy, a gas and solar power plant, a military base, an industrial park, and townships aimed at bringing in tourism, including commercial, industrial and residential zones as well as other tourism-related activities.

This project means the destruction of the island's pristine rainforests, as it involves cutting down over 852,000 trees and endangers the local fauna such as leatherback turtles, saltwater crocodiles, Nicobar crab-eating macaque and migratory birds. The erosion resulting from deforestation will be huge in this highly-seismic area. Experts also warn about the effects that this project will have on local flora and fauna as a result of pollution from the terminal project, coastal surface runoff, ballasts from ships, physical collisions with ships, coastal construction, oil spills, etc.

The indigenous people are not only affected because their environment and food source will be destroyed. On top of this, the demographic change will be a catastrophe for them. After the creation of this project, the Great Nicobar Island -which now has 8,500 inhabitants- will receive a population of 650,000 settlers. Remember that the Shompen and Nicobarese people who live on this island are isolated, which means they do not have an immune system that can resist outsider illnesses. Academics believe they could die of disease if they come in contact with outsiders (think of the arrival of Europeans to the Americas after Christopher Columbus and the way that common European illnesses were lethal for indigenous Americans with no immunization against them).

And on top of all of this, the project might destroy the environment and the indigenous people just to turn out to be useless and sooner or later be abandoned. The naturalist Uday Mondal explains that “after all the destruction, the financial viability of the project remains questionable as all the construction material will have to be shipped to this remote island and it will have to compete with already well-established ports.” However, this project is important to India because they want to use the island as a military and commercial post to stop China's expansion in the region, since the Nicobar islands are located on one of the world's busiest sea routes.

Last year, 70 former government officials and ambassadors wrote to the Indian president saying the project would “virtually destroy the unique ecology of this island and the habitat of vulnerable tribal groups”. India's response has been to say that the indigenous tribes will be relocated "if needed", but that doesn't solve the problem. As a spokesperson for human rights group Survival International said: “The Shompen are nomadic and have clearly defined territories. Four of their semi-permanent settlements are set to be directly devastated by the project, along with their southern hunting and foraging territories. The Shompen will undoubtedly try to move away from the area destroyed, but there will be little space for them to go. To avoid a genocide, this deadly mega-project must be scrapped.”

On 7 February 2024, 39 scholars from 13 countries published an open letter to the Indian president warning that “If the project goes ahead, even in a limited form, we believe it will be a death sentence for the Shompen, tantamount to the international crime of genocide.”

How to help

The NGO Survival International has launched this campaign:

From this site, you just need to add your name and email and you will send an email to India's Tribal Affairs Minister and to the companies currently vying to build the first stage of the project.

Share it with your friends and acquittances and on social media.

Sources:

India’s plan for untouched Nicobar isles will be ‘death sentence’ for isolated tribe, 7 Feb 2024. The Guardian.

‘It will destroy them’: Indian mega-development could cause ‘genocide’ and ‘ecocide’, says charity, 8 Feb 2024. Geographical.

Genocide experts call on India's government to scrap the Great Nicobar mega-project, Feb 2024. Survival International.

The container terminal that could sink the Great Nicobar Island, 20 July 2022. Mongabay.

[Maps] Environmental path cleared for Great Nicobar mega project, 10 Oct 2022. Mongabay.

#shompen #genocide #stop genocide #india #indigenous #indigenous peoples #indigenous rights #human rights #anthropology #stateless nations #end occupation #andaman and nicobar islands #nicobar islands #great nicobar #💬 #asia #geopolitics #ecocide #sustainability