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DoomsdaysCW<p>HT <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://rss-parrot.net/u/bsnorrell.blogspot.com" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bsnorrell.blogspot.com</span></a></span> </p><p>On the Frontline of Land Defense in the Amazon in Brazil</p><p>"Defending Land Rights in the Amazon in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Brazil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brazil</span></a>. The land defenders say they will remain mobilized until their rights are guaranteed. “We will not leave. We left our homes, we have children, young people and the elderly here. This is to resist."</p><p>Read more:<br>bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/03/on-frontline-of-land-defense-in-amazon.html<br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousPeoples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousPeoples</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandDefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LandDefenders</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TheAmazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheAmazon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousActivists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousActivists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReaderSupportedNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReaderSupportedNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CensoredNews</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Stories from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TheAmazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheAmazon</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Kenya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kenya</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Zimbabwe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zimbabwe</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WorldWaterDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldWaterDay</span></a>: 3 stories of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/restoration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>restoration</span></a> from around the globe</p><p>Kristine Sabillo, 21 Mar 2025 </p><p>"More than 2 billion people around the world live without access to safe drinkable water, as rivers, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/groundwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>groundwater</span></a>, lakes and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/glaciers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glaciers</span></a> face continued threats of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> and overexploitation due to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/urbanization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>urbanization</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalDestruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalDestruction</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> .</p><p>"This World Water Day, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mongabay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mongabay</span></a> looks back at some of its coverage from 2024 on how local communities are trying to protect the world’s dwindling water resources."</p><p><a href="https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/world-water-day-3-stories-of-resistance-and-restoration-from-around-the-globe/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.mongabay.com/short-articl</span><span class="invisible">e/world-water-day-3-stories-of-resistance-and-restoration-from-around-the-globe/</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RiversAreLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RiversAreLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OceansAreLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OceansAreLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wetlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wetlands</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Marshes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Marshes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Rivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rivers</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1616706/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1616706/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Biden visits Amazon rainforest en route to G20 summit <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GlobalGovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalGovernance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalWarming</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/JoeBiden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JoeBiden</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TheAmazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheAmazon</span></a></p>
Improv<p>A bitter irony is uncovered by trying to post about Amazon.</p><p>It actually is possible to live without Amazon. Very occasionally a little inconvenient, particularly if you have been too lazy to think ahead, but possible and IMHO desirable.</p><p>On the other hand <a href="https://social.yesterweb.org/tags/TheAmazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheAmazon</span></a> is precious beyond belief and we can't live without it.</p>
John Refior<p>"In <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TheAmazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheAmazon</span></a>, communities next to the world’s most voluminous river are queuing for water..<br>Public authorities in <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Brazil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brazil</span></a> are scrambling to deliver food and water to thousands of isolated communities throughout a vast and roadless territory, where boats are the only means of transportation."<br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/amazon-brazil-rainforest-drought-humanitarian-aid-ea5087979c84d4480bfaa7380f48f655" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/amazon-braz</span><span class="invisible">il-rainforest-drought-humanitarian-aid-ea5087979c84d4480bfaa7380f48f655</span></a><br>—<br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/rainforest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rainforest</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/drought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drought</span></a></p>
John Refior<p>"‘Without water, there is no life’: <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Drought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Drought</span></a> in Brazil’s Amazon..<br>Communities dependent on the Amazon <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/rainforest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rainforest</span></a>’s waterways are stranded without supply of fuel, food, or filtered water..<br>extreme drought sweeping across <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TheAmazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheAmazon</span></a>. The historically low water levels have affected hundreds of thousands of people and wildlife and, with experts predicting the drought could last until early 2024..<br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalWarming</span></a>, driven by the burning of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a>, is the backdrop"<br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/brazil-amazon-drought-environment-climate-rivers-4152b5e288e1b85abc4e5d4af64db67d" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/brazil-amaz</span><span class="invisible">on-drought-environment-climate-rivers-4152b5e288e1b85abc4e5d4af64db67d</span></a></p>
PixelJones<p>In a matchup between a sloth &amp; a big cat ** on the ground **, who wins?</p><p>This rare footage says the sloth (one of my favorite creatures) can actually move fast &amp; defend itself pretty well when it needs to.</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/TheAmazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheAmazon</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Sloths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sloths</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/rare-footage-captures-the-moment-a-predator-attacked-a-sloth-and-lost" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencealert.com/rare-footage-</span><span class="invisible">captures-the-moment-a-predator-attacked-a-sloth-and-lost</span></a></p>