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35% of the world’s wetlands have been lost since 1970 🌎 Wetlands play a critical role in climate and water management. They store carbon, reduce flooding, filter water, and support 40% of all species. Despite this, they are still being drained and degraded for agriculture, infrastructure, and urban expansion. Peatlands, a type of wetland, store twice as much carbon as forests but continue to be lost at a rate of 500,000 hectares per year, releasing significant emissions. Coastal wetlands, which absorb carbon up to 55 times faster than tropical forests, are under threat from rising sea levels and habitat destruction. Some countries are making progress. China is developing sponge cities that integrate wetlands into urban landscapes to improve flood management. The UK is restoring the Great North Bog, an important area for carbon and water storage. Argentina has permanently protected the Mitre Peninsula, home to vast peatlands and kelp forests. However, funding remains a major challenge. UNEP estimates that annual investments in nature-based solutions must more than double to $384 billion by 2025 to meet climate and biodiversity targets. As of now, financing still falls short of this goal. Wetlands also provide economic and social benefits. They support agriculture, improve water quality, and reduce disaster risks. Continued degradation threatens food security, water availability, and community resilience. Governments and businesses must prioritize wetland conservation. Restoring wetlands is one of the most effective and practical solutions to address climate, biodiversity, and water challenges. #sustainability #sustainable #business #esg #climatechange #wetlands

This is how trees can call the police if they’re in danger of being chopped down! Tree are cut down illegally all the time. In fact, up to 90% of rainforest logging is illegal. So the Rainforest Connection (RFCx) created a system to help protect forests, by putting phones in the tops of trees with solars panels and a powerful microphone, that can listen constantly for any sound of illegal logging or other things that could threaten the forest. The very moment a chainsaw is used in the forest, the sound is picked up by the phones, and an alert is sent to local partners who can intervene immediately and halt the logging. The entire process happens in a matter of minutes! The devices cost very little too and have no negative ecological impact on the forest, and can detect chainsaw noises up to 1km in the distance. The devices have been used to help protect a variety of precious wildlife, such as Gibbons in Indonesia, and have helped local people fight deforestation. Would you like to see this solution being used around the world? Let me know your thoughts in the comments and share this video to help spread the word!

We didn’t just cut down trees, we erased entire forests. In fact, more than 50% of the world’s tropical forests have been destroyed since the 1960s. Look at this video shared by Globaïa. The left side shows the forests that once covered our planet. The right side? What’s left? In just a few generations, we’ve wiped out ecosystems that took millions of years to form. And we’re still losing them…FAST. ❌ Deforestation is responsible for up to 20% of global carbon emissions. ❌ We lose an area the size of a football field in 2 seconds. ❌ We’re literally clearing out our planet’s lungs. And here’s the worst part, this isn’t old news. It’s happening right now. But here’s what gives me hope: We can change this trajectory. Businesses, governments, and individuals have the power to turn things around. 1. Reforestation projects are proving we can bring forests back. 2. Sustainable business models are cutting deforestation out of supply chains. 3. Renewable energy is rising so we can reduce biomass to energy. The question isn’t can we fix this? The question is, will we? The future is still being written. Let’s make sure it includes trees. ♻️ Share this with your network today. 👉 Follow me for more content like this. Video source: Globaïa --- FYI: I am running a FREE introduction workshop soon about how you can use sustainability to get a more profitable, more fulfilling business that makes the world a better place. Sign up by using the link in the comments. 👇

Bomen in beroemde kunstwerken volgen exacte wiskundige patronen, wijst nieuw onderzoek uit. Hoewel de wiskunde hiervoor pas in de jaren 80 werd ontdekt, zijn deze zogeheten fractals terug te zien in kunst uit het Midden-Oosten, Zuid-Azië, Japan en Europa door de eeuwen heen. Sterker: alleen als deze fractal-patronen zijn gebruikt, voelt een kunstwerk echt als een boom. Zelfs als het kunstwerk verder niet op een echte boom lijkt, zoals het eerste werk hieronder op een Indiase moskee, voelt het wél als een boom door het gebruik van deze fractals. Volgens de onderzoekers zijn deze patronen cruciaal voor mensen om iets te herkennen als natuurlijk. “Like the branches, twigs and leaves of a tree, fractals repeat the same patterns across different scales. Snowflakes, lightning bolts and human blood vessels are also fractal structures, which all show a degree of self-similarity: As you zoom into the details of a fractal, you can see a replica of the whole.”.. “Natural scaling in branch diameter cues viewers to perceive trees. We examine increasingly abstract paintings by Piet Mondrian (1872–1944) as a natural experiment. Mondrian’s Gray Tree (1911) clearly depicts a tree, but uses only black arcs on a gray background without branching, leaves, color, or other obvious visual cues. The painting distills a tree into only its most essential visual elements, yet we show that among these essential elements is realistic scaling of branch thickness. As if to test the point, Mondrian’s subsequent painting, Blooming Apple Tree (1912) removes even scaling in branch diameter, and the effect of a tree disappears. Without the natural variation in branch diameter, Blooming Apple Tree reads equally as dancers, fish, flowers, or simply a nonrepresentational abstract form. By successively removing elements until nothing left can be taken away, Mondrian’s tree paintings show that scaling in branch diameter is essential to trees.” Zie het tweede en derde plaatje voor het verschil… Links de boom mét fractals, rechts zonder. Bron: https://lnkd.in/ediSbgFA

Tree huggers aren't that crazy after all 😅 I once interviewed a forestry expert who claims that the frequency trees emit (you can measure this) have healing powers This besides the scientifically proven evidence out there In an age where antidepressants and anti stress medication is sold like candy, we really should direct people to forest bathing. The Japanese have been prescribing this Shinrin yoku for a while now, with very good results. Let's make this the norm #regenerative #landscapedesign #landscapearchitecture #agroecology #regenerativefarming #agroforestry #farming #tuin #permaculture #voedselbos #nature #climate #health #gutmicrobiome #guthealth #foodforest

Could YOU guess what the biggest cause of deforestation is??? This genuinely surprised me too... It's Meat. 🥩 Sorry I keep banging the same drum here...but this sh*t affects us all! Global demand for beef is destroying our vital rainforests. 🌲 Most of this happens in South America, where rainforest has to make place for beef production. The second biggest cause of deforestation is soy and palm oil. Frank Holleman explains: 'It’s important to take a closer look at these two before you start feeling guilty about tofu and Nutella (which contains a lot of palm oil). 𝗦𝗼𝘆: 77% of all soy is used as animal feed, most of it for pigs and chickens. So actually, a large part of this ‘orange deforestation field’ is also related to meat. 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗺 𝗼𝗶𝗹: This is a complicated one. First of all, it’s important to note that in Europe, most palm oil ends up as biofuel and not in food. Secondly, even if you would 𝘵𝘳𝘺 to avoid palm oil products, it would be a part-time research job. Over 200 household items contain palm oil but only 10% mention the word palm. So don’t focus on avoiding palm oil, but focus on eating less processed food in general, because that’s where palm oil is used.' Want to help protect our beautiful rainforests? 🙋♂️ Eat less beef and more: Tofu Beans Lentils Tempeh Chickpeas Nuts and seeds I hope you found this useful? 😁🙏 Full links to articles in comments below! #sustainability #deforestation #plantprotein