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Coimbra Sirica

@Coimbra_

Science writer; comms for non-profits worldwide--in global health, agriculture, land rights, forestry. Opinions mine. Using science to troll everyone :)

 Small village, big world
Joined February 2009
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There’s a Global Plan to Conserve Nature. Indigenous People Could Lead the Way. (Published 2021)

There’s a Global Plan to Conserve Nature. Indigenous People Could Lead the Way. (Published 2021)

Dozens of countries are backing an effort that would protect 30 percent of Earth’s land and water. Native people, often among the most effective stewards of nature, have been disregarded, or worse,...

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The X that replaced the Twitter bird makes me so uncomfortable. It’s been said, but it feels like a limbless symbol of an era scarred forever by humanity’s unimaginable inhumanity. And yet I crave connection and community. We all do, and that gives me hope. So here I am.
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UN Expert Urges #SouthAfrica To End “Environmental Racism” theheritagetimes.com/un-expe…
UN Expert Urges South Africa To End “Environmental Racism”

UN Expert Urges South Africa To End “Environmental Racism”

By Enyichukwu Enemanna A United Nations expert has called on authorities in South Africa to increase efforts targeted at tackling

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President Lula to @BBCWorld : « I’ve participated in several meetings and many times they talk, talk, talk, approve a document and nothing happens. This meeting is the first great opportunity for people to show the world what we want to do." bbc.com/news/world-latin-ame…
Carbon credits - land grab or the Amazon’s future?

Carbon credits - land grab or the Amazon’s future?

Brazil's President Lula urges the nations who share the Amazon to resume cooperation.

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Meanwhile, back in Brasilia, stark evidence that celebrating Indigenous peoples‘s rights can’t stop elites from seeking to end the reign of the only humans able to sustainably use wild species. Treaties to protect nature must enshrine rights as  »sine qua non  ». DEMARCAÇÃO JÁ
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« Campaigners voiced a mix of relief that Lula had brought an end to Bolsonaro’s era of Amazon chaos, and anxiety that Brazil’s conservative-dominated congress might prevent the president from enacting his ambitious environmental agenda… » theguardian.com/world/2023/a…

Leaders of Amazon nations gather in Brazil for summit on rainforest’s future

Conclave represents handbrake turn in Brazilian government policy since Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took power

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Since Lula took office, deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has dropped 42.5%. And yet: “We know we have so many enemies in congress who don’t like us,” said Alessandra Korap, a leader of the Munduruku people, told @guardian correspondent Tom Phillips
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Replying to @BenvanRaaij
@BenvanRaaij DM if you are interested in speaking to Indigenous leaders from Suriname at this pre-Amazonian Summit in Belem, they have opinions regarding conditions that must be met if the Summit is to succeed in saving the Amazon they are defending right now with little support.
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I just found this photo of an airport ad from a few years ago. If we held investors to such ridiculous “promises”, they might stop trying to extract wealth from our #deepsea commons while making the rest of us pay the real price. Really @HSBC ?
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I have been helping a relative who’s in the clutches of domestic abuse and opioid addiction. For those of us eying retirement, ther is work to be done 1/3
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A Texas law firm is set up to collect untold millions in court fees from my relative and others who can’t clear their names because they owe fees and can’t pay their fees because they can’t get jobs and can’t get jobs because they can’t clear their names… 2/3
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@WorldResourcesis and allies first proved Indigenous peoples & local communities can outperform others in conserving ecosystems. @IPCC_CH, @IPBES have added to the chorus. What‘s yr plan for IPLC rights & role in designing solutions? wri.org/strategic-plan/achie…
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Achieving Systemic Change wri.org/strategic-plan/achie… via @WorldResources
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Coimbra Sirica @WorldResources is one of first organizations to prove Indigenous peoples & local communities can outperform others in conserving ecosystems.@IPCC_CH & @IPBES have added to the chorus. What‘s yr plan for IPLC rights & role in designing solutions?
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@Twitter not understanding message suggesting my account is locked.
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Indigenous leader calls on Norway to respond to demands for carbon justice @elizabarclay @isvettverde development-today.com/archiv…

Indigenous leader calls on Norway to respond to demands for carbon justice | Development Today

Costa Rican indigenous leader Levi Sucre Romero calls for action from Norway, financier of the ART forest carbon standard, on indigenous demands for justice...

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Makueni Begins Digitizing Indigenous Kamba Knowledge on Climate Change allafrica.com/stories/202307… via @allafrica
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On common ground, tribal peoples (women) know, when you fight for your child, you protect mine. Who cares what clothes you wear to battle or what words you use to describe our common foe. Onward theguardian.com/books/2023/j…
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Don't touch Atewa forest - Experts warn government against mining in reserve - MyJoyOnline.com myjoyonline.com/dont-touch-a…
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Will Brazil’s Supreme Court deal a blow to Amazon protection efforts? | Science | AAAS science.org/content/article/…
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New Indonesian fund promotes Indigenous role in climate change fight news.yahoo.com/indonesian-fu…
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Replying to @CNN
@CNN @cnni @CNNEE @elpais_deportes @elpais_america @el_pais @isvettverde @Lola_Hierro CNN anchor reacted to abuse of @vinijr , a Black Brazilian soccer player during game in Spain. @lubarretotv says she’s tired of educating & explaining, but thank God she‘s there.
Luciana Barreto (@lubarretotv) profile pictureLuciana Barreto@lubarretotv22 May 2023
Hoje foi um dia muito difícil. Queria dizer que foi um caso isolado, um dia atípico, mas não foi. Hoje meu copo transbordou! Estou cansada de analisar, explicar, sugerir leitura, clamar por justiça. Meu coração me traiu e transbordou pela minha fala e pelos meus olhos. 👇🏾
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Disturbing disconnect: last year, @WWF joined the world’s most respected conservation NGOs & UN agencies in calling for Indigenous peoples & their rights to be central to efforts to save what remains of biodiversity, and yet, on #BiodiversityDay… cbd.int/article/idb2023-22-a…
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Global environment NGOs released this amazing report, seeming to surrender to more than a decade of evidence by the @IPBES and others and the tireless advocacy of #Indigenous leaders and their allies. And yet no mention of IPLCs on #BiodiversityDay2023 wwflac.awsassets.panda.org/d…
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Second chance for Lula as controversial Amazon dam goes up for renewal news.mongabay.com/2023/05/se… via @MongabayOrg
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“Nature is no longer giving us the gifts it once gave us,” Sara Rodrigues, a fisherwoman from a riverine community who has lived her whole life on the river, told Mongabay while visiting impacted sites in September 2022.”
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