“Amazon near tipping point of shifting from rainforest to savannah, study suggests”
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/07/americas/amazon-tipping-point-climate-scn/
The Amazon rainforest may be nearing a critical tipping point that could see the biologically rich and diverse ecosystem transformed into a grassy savannah.
“With fewer animals to spread seeds, plants could have trouble adapting to climate change”
Picture a mature, broad-branched tree like an oak, maple or fig. How does it reproduce so that its offspring don’t grow up in its shadow, fighting for light?
“UN, other agencies aim to standardise measurement of environmental impacts”
Major multilateral organisations will launch a new initiative next week aimed at developing a system of standards for companies, investors and financial institutions to measure their impact on global sustainability.
“Can a new way to measure tropical rainforest vulnerability help save them?”
If pushed too far, vast stretches of tropical rainforest could see widespread tree deaths, or could transition to a new state, becoming drier, savanna-like woodlands. That would devastate some of the most wildlife-rich regions on earth and potentially worsen climate change because intact rainforests slurp large volumes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. While such a shift, in general, would likely happen gradually, scientists worry that some forests, particularly the Amazon, could transform rapidly into something new.
“MIT Predicted in 1972 That Society Will Collapse This Century. New Research Shows We’re on Schedule.”
A remarkable new study by a director at one of the largest accounting firms in the world has found that a famous, decades-old warning from MIT about the risk of industrial civilization collapsing appears to be accurate based on new empirical data.
“JPMorgan Says This $720 Billion Area Is Only Getting Started”
Emerging markets are catching up with developed ones in the growing arena of environmental, social and governance investing, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.
The active and systematic asset management universe for ESG has grown about 10% from the end of last year to $720 billion as of the first quarter, JPMorgan estimated in a report Thursday led by global research chair Joyce Chang. The firm said it’s now favoring emerging-market stocks tied to the sector versus developed-country counterparts because the two sides should converge.Yo
“Value of eco crimes soars by 26% with devastating impacts on natural world”
The value of the black market industry behind crimes such as ivory smuggling, illegal logging and toxic waste dumping has jumped by 26% since 2014 to between $91bn (£62bn) and $258bn, according to an assessment by the UN and Interpol.
Modern Slavery Is Destroying The Environment To Meet Demand For Shrimps And Pet Food
A concerted effort to end slavery around the world is a big investment, but one that can have a huge global impact. Enforcement of the anti-slavery laws that are on the books in every country would immediately diminish CO2 emissions and species loss. In developing countries ending slavery can stimulate the economy, ward off the threat of rising sea levels or destructive deforestation, and preserve endangered species. Freed slaves can also be paid to replant the forests they were forced to cut. This would not only help to rehabilitate the land, but it would also help to give work and a wage to some of the people who need this most in the world.
“More than 1,000 species have been moved due to human impact”
Animals and plants are increasingly being ‘translocated’ from their native areas to survive effects of climate change, poaching and habitat loss, says top conservationist.
More than 1,000 species have had to be relocated because of climate change, poaching and humans taking their habitat, according to a top conservationist.
‘We are on the verge of a litter crisis’ – British ‘grotspots’ cleaned for the Queen
Volunteers will tackle the country’s worst litter sites in March in what is being billed as the largest ever clean-up of the British environment ahead of the Queen’s 90th birthday in June.
My Trip To The Amazon 
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