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🪵 Nepal’s community forests sit on unsold timber
#nepal

Nepal’s community forests sit on unsold timber
KATHMANDU — The Khorthali Community Forest User Group in Dolakha, central Nepal, produced 1,189 cubic meters (42,000 cubic feet) of timber in 2025 — roughly 18 standard 40-foot shipping containers in volume. However, the group could not sell all of it. About 340 m3 (12,000 ft3) of wood still lies on the roadside. “Community members […]

Municipales 2026 : au RN, cinquante ans d’impasses, d’échecs et des victoires importantes
https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2026/02/26/municipales-au-rn-cinquante-ans-d-impasses-d-e…

Municipales 2026 : au RN, cinquante ans d’impasses, d’échecs et des victoires importantes
Les ambitions contrariées du RN (1/5). Jean-Marie Le Pen n’avait qu’une élection en tête, la présidentielle. Avec lui, le FN s’est contenté d’un rôle marginal aux autres scrutins. Jusqu’à la rupture : Marine Le Pen prend les rênes et fait de l’implantation locale une étape-clé de sa stratégie de « dédiabolisation ».

Conservationist wins top award to protect lions and people in Zimbabwe
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/04/conservationist-wins-top-award-to-protect-lions-and-people-in-zimbabwe/

Oh.
No.
There goes a decent career… everything Rowling touches goes rotten.
You’re wrong John, “job security” over transphobia is a brutal look.
#terf #mansplaining #harrypotter

"Elephants adjust what they eat in altered habitats, signaling growing pressure"
#Elephants #Environment #Food

Elephants adjust what they eat in altered habitats, signaling growing pressure
Asian elephants are adapting to rapidly changing landscapes by diversifying their diets — a sign of resilience, but also a warning about the pressures reshaping their habitats, according to a recent study from Malaysia. Researchers collected feces from wild Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) across two distinct landscapes in Peninsular Malaysia: one with primary and secondary […]

GO trains using ‘obsolete’ crash-recording devices
Someone at Metrolinx is leaking A LOT to Trillium in the last few months. They are clearly concerned about security practices.
https://www.thetrillium.ca/news/municipali

Tropical forest loss falls in 2025, but world still off track on deforestation goals
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/04/tropical-forest-loss-falls-in-2025-but-world-still-off-track-on-deforestation-goals/

"Study finds bottom trawling nets 3,000 marine fish species, including threatened ones"
#Fish #Boats #Environment

Study finds bottom trawling nets 3,000 marine fish species, including threatened ones
How many marine fish species do bottom trawls catch? Researchers now have a list, and it’s long, running to some 3,000 species, according to a recent study. Bottom trawling is a commercially popular, and controversial, fishing method in which boats drag weighted nets along the seafloor. Usually they target commercially valuable marine life at the […]

"Sweden’s secondhand clothing swaps offer a trendy way to cut environmental waste"
#Sweden #Clothes #Textiles

Sweden's secondhand clothing swaps offer a trendy way to cut environmental waste
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Alva Palosaari Sundman scoured the racks of secondhand clothes in Stockholm for hours in search of the right pair of preowned jeans. The 24-year-old art student was among hundreds of people attending an annual clothing swap on Sunday at a community center in Sweden’s capital. They exchanged their own clothes to “shop” for others. […]

"Chile’s plan to protect another 10% of its ocean is stalled by the new government"
#Chile #Oceans #Environment

Chile’s plan to protect another 10% of its ocean is stalled by the new government
The expansion of two vast Pacific marine parks near Chile has been suspended for six weeks, leaving protections for around 337,000 square kilometers (130,000 square miles) of ocean in limbo. Former President Gabriel Boric signed a decree creating marine parks Juan Fernández II and Nazca-Desventuradas II on March 10, his last day in office. Together […]