Brazil lost 1.8M hectares in 2024; Indonesia 200K. Global rate: 10M hectares/year. Ecocide fuels 12-15% of GHG emissions. Now: Rising temps. Future: Unlivable zones. Time to reforest & enforce laws! Who's with me? #StopEcocide

Horses Are NOT Our Slaves! 😡 Tourists, it is very easy to stop this abuse ~ #DontBuyATicket! If you do YOU are COMPLICIT to their ABUSE!!

IS IT TIME TO REFORM THE UNITED NATIONS? War is escalating. The climate crisis is accelerating. Inequality is widening. Yet the world’s most powerful global institution is still operating on a 1945 playbook. As conflicts drag on and climate impacts deepen, the United Nations is facing a reckoning over relevance, representation, and its ability to act. Is the UN still fit for today’s crises, or is reform no longer optional but existential? Read more in our latest article. powershiftafrica.org/in-the-…

This is fantastic. We need these in every port.

What is an oil quarantine? According to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, an oil quarantine means cutting off a country’s ability to sell oil so that its economy “cannot move forward” until conditions aligned with US national interests are met. In other words, oil becomes a tool of economic pressure, used to force political outcomes. Let’s be clear about where we stand. We oppose oil expansion, everywhere. Fossil fuels are driving the climate crisis, locking countries into volatile economies and deepening environmental and social harm. But we also oppose the weaponisation of oil through economic coercion. An oil quarantine is not climate action and it is not a just transition. It does not dismantle fossil fuel dependence or create pathways to clean energy. Instead, it punishes ordinary people, destabilises economies, and reinforces the same extractive power dynamics that created the climate crisis in the first place.

One of the trees that is no longer with us this year.  📍Sumatra, Indonesia

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Dolphins are vanishing. For some species, fewer than 100 remain in key rivers. Take, for example, Irrawaddy dolphins, known for their rounded heads, “smiles,” and rare cooperation with human fishers. They are sliding toward extinction. In Myanmar's Ayeyarwady River, these dolphins actively assist cast-net fishermen by driving fish schools toward the nets and signaling readiness with distinctive tail splashes—a learned tradition transmitted across generations from mother to calf. Beyond this remarkable symbiosis, Irrawaddy dolphins enrich local cultures through folklore, bolster ecotourism economies, and foster profound emotional connections in riverside communities. However, the species is classified as Endangered by the IUCN, with key freshwater subpopulations in the Mekong, Mahakam, and Ayeyarwady rivers each comprising fewer than 100 individuals—critically endangered remnants vulnerable to entanglement in gill nets, toxic pollutants, electrofishing, dams, and vessel strikes amid intensive human use of their habitats. Efforts to avert their fate—shared with the extinct baiji of China's Yangtze and the perilously rare vaquita of Mexico—are intensifying. In Indonesia's Mahakam River, conservation teams deploy acoustic deterrents on nets to alert dolphins, conduct community education, and patrol to confiscate illegal gear. In Cambodia, advocates completed a 120-km swim down the Mekong to promote awareness and funding, advocating for enforced no-net zones and sustainable livelihoods for fishers. A brighter outlook emerges from Bangladesh's Sundarbans mangroves, home to around 6,000 dolphins, where sustained community-driven safeguards provide optimism. Preserving Irrawaddy dolphins transcends mere species protection; it safeguards irreplaceable cultural legacies and the deep bonds between people and these cherished animals, whom some locals revere above all else. [Augliere, B. (2025, May 15). *The world’s “sweetest” dolphin is facing extinction—but it’s not too late.* National Geographic]

🚨 Excellent News 🚨 Victory for Monkeys! The Netherlands to end cruel experiments!

Shell is shaping how children learn about climate change and leaving out the part about fossil fuels. A new review has revealed that Queensland Museum’s Future Makers program, funded by $10 million from Shell’s Queensland Gas Company, teaches students about global warming without mentioning that burning fossil fuels is the cause. The result? • Lessons that explain rising CO₂ but not where it comes from • Worksheets on ocean acidification that never mention fossil fuel combustion • Activities steering kids toward “solutions” like carbon capture, instead of reducing fossil fuels If we wouldn’t let Big Tobacco teach lung health, why are we letting fossil fuel companies teach climate science? Source: theguardian.com/australia-ne…

What good are climate agreements if the people they’re meant to protect continue to suffer? Our latest article breaks down the growing frustration with a COP process that delivers big promises on paper but leaves frontline communities with rising emissions, rising debts, and rising climate disasters. Thirty years in, one thing is clear: commitments mean nothing without action, financing, and justice. Read the full piece below. powershiftafrica.org/in-the-…

🇷🇴 Huge news from Romania! MP Andrei Baci has shared his proposals to ban the euthanasia of healthy dogs and formally recognise animals as living beings with rights and protections under national law. A public petition recently gained more than 215,000 signatures, showing a shift in attitudes towards animals and their welfare. Under the proposal, euthanasia would be replaced with more humane strategies such as sterilisation and microchipping. 🐾 In 2013, Romania’s Constitutional Court approved the controversial Stray Dogs Euthanasia Law, which allows authorities to capture stray dogs and send them to public shelters. These shelters are often overcrowded and under-resourced. If the dogs are not adopted within 14 days, many are euthanised – frequently under conditions that fall short of basic humane standards. 🤞 This is promising news for animals in Romania, and we’ll be watching closely for further developments. romania-insider.com/bills-ro… #EasternEuroAnimals