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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 […]

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

"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. […]

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

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 ».

Australia spends $18b more on harming nature than protecting it: Study https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/02/australia-spends-18b-more-on-harming-nature-than-protecting-it-study/

Australia spends $18b more on harming nature than protecting it: Study
The Australian government spends more money on activities that harm biodiversity than those that protect biodiversity, a new study suggests. Australia is a biodiversity hotspot, home to more than two-thirds of the world’s marsupials and a high rate of endemic species, but the country has suffered significant species extinctions since European arrival. Under Target 18 […]

"Small ray of hope for Sri Lanka’s sawfish, now feared ‘functionally extinct’"
#SriLanka #Fish #Animals

Small ray of hope for Sri Lanka’s sawfish, now feared ‘functionally extinct’
COLOMBO — The sawfish, a large ray, is easily recognized by its long, flattened snout edged with sharp, tooth-like projections that form a distinctive “saw,” technically known as a rostrum. Despite being one of the ocean’s most extraordinary creatures, very little research has been carried out on sawfish in Sri Lanka. This gap in knowledge […]

You'd better start paying attention to the manosphere. You're living in it
https://phys.org/news/2026-04-youd-paying-attention-manosphere-youre.html

Investigators eye organized crime links in 3-ton pangolin scale haul at Jakarta port https://news.mongabay.com/2026/04/investigators-eye-organized-crime-links-in-3-ton-pangolin-scale-haul-at-jakarta-port/

Investigators eye organized crime links in 3-ton pangolin scale haul at Jakarta port
JAKARTA, Indonesia – Customs and excise investigators in Jakarta continue to trace the origin of more than 3 metric tons of pangolin scales found in late February inside a shipping container at Indonesia’s largest port. “This is still under investigation,” Suhartoyo, a lead customs investigator at Tanjung Priok Port told Mongabay Indonesia, adding that evidence […]