Chief Program Officer @TenureFacility, ex FFF at @FAO, @ClimateLandUse, @FordFoundation, @CIFOR. Forest, land, indigenous, climate, extractives. English/Español

Joined May 2014
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Let's walk through what actually happened here, in order. DOGE cut the USAID program specifically designed to prevent screwworm from crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. DOGE cut USDA's animal disease control and prevention funding. That funding had supported more than 180 outbreak investigations in 22 countries and capacity-building in more than 160 laboratories. The screwworm monitoring and response program that watched the border for exactly this parasite - cut. Then screwworm showed up in Texas cattle. Texas Governor Greg Abbott declared a disaster for Zavala and Uvalde counties this week. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins went on CNBC this morning and blamed the Biden administration, 17 months out of office. Her specific words: "obviously not much had been done to push back." The program that was supposed to push back existed. DOGE eliminated it in March 2025. Rollins has been Agriculture Secretary since February 13, 2025. The cuts happened on her watch. Beef prices are already high. Ranchers in south Texas are now dealing with a flesh-eating parasite that was eradicated in this country in the 1960s - eradicated, specifically, using the sterile fly program her department defunded. The flies existed. The program existed. The budget existed. Until it didn't.
Trump's agriculture secretary laid the blame for the outbreak on the Biden administration, despite it being more than 17 months since Biden's term ended. thedailybeast.com/brooke-rol…
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NPR. CBS. Washington Post. The climate desk is vanishing. Here's the data. NPR's climate desk: gone. CBS gutted its team after reporting a hurricane was intensified by climate change. WaPo laid off 14 climate journalists - 75% of the desk. Broadcast climate coverage collapsed 63% in 3 years per Media Matters. Records fall every week. People die in heat waves. Someone has to cover this. #ClimateJournalism #NPR #WashingtonPost #CBS #ClimateChange
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Illegal gold mining now makes more money than the illegal drug trade in both Colombia and Peru, the world’s largest cocaine producers. foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/17…
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THIS IS AMAZING! THANK YOU, AMERICA! 🇺🇸

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No Kings is international! Hope to see U.S. citizens and allies abroad out protesting!
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x.com/OfTheBraveUSA/status/2… Ezra Levin: "Just text 59798, 'No Kings'. You will get your closest protest to you."

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TWEEPS: We don’t do kings in America. 🇺🇸 We don’t do dictators. Tomorrow, March 28, show up at a No Kings march and remind Trump who this country belongs to: the people. I need 1,000 fast RTs and replies using #WeSayNoKings Please and thank you! 🙏💪

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Iran is now releasing cartoons that Trump can understand. 😂🤣👇

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Every single Republican voted no to fund TSA. Source: @Out5p0ken

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Cierre del primer día del diálogo entre COICA y Tenure Facility ✊🏽 Nuestra UNIDAD se fortalece cuando tejemos acciones en conjunto. Por los 9 países amazónicos, por el bioma amazónico, por toda la cuenca y sus más de 500 pueblos indígenas que tienen su voz en COICA 🙌🏽
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ANUNCIO AL PAÍS QUE MI FÓRMULA VICEPRESIDENCIAL ES LA LIDERESA INDÍGENA AÍDA QUILCUÉ
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The fact that this Admin is so deeply out of touch with the American people has never been more clear. Instead of addressing the needs of working people—housing, healthcare, food—Trump is plunging us into another war in the Middle East. If families can’t afford to pay their mortgage and rent, if people can’t afford to get a higher education, if seniors can’t afford groceries—there is something seriously wrong in this country. Congress must reconvene immediately to vote on our war powers resolution—now!
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The DHS agents who callously abandoned Nurul Amin Shah Alam must be investigated for criminally negligent homicide, at minimum. Every single person responsible for this tragic and preventable death will be held accountable.
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RT @petrogustavo: He convocado la unidad de los pueblos indígenas del corazón del mundo. Indígenas unidos por la tierra y la vida. Los es…
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El jaguar y el oso de anteojos están resguardados gracias a la creación de Mandiyurenda, un área protegida en el Chaco boliviano al cuidado de 14 comunidades indígenas guaraníes. Allí, la conservación del agua es una de las principales tareas. es.mongabay.com/2025/12/mand…
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Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change — all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
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US Marine: On June 21st, my father was violently attacked and detained while working a job he has held for more than 30 years. He was chased, pepper sprayed, beaten, and thrown in the back of an unmarked car
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BREAKING: Both the White House & RNCC have lashed out at the creators of this ad. It must have struck a nerve. Maybe they don't like being outed as fascists. You know what to do: SPREAD THIS EVERYWHERE!
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