Why not? I've seen demos of drones used to plant mangroves, robots that apply micro amounts of fertilizer to cropland (to avoid runoff), AI-assisted remote sensing that can detect illegal logging.
"Cleaning oceans" is problematic, but these other examples seem like positive applications, no?
"Cleaning oceans" is problematic, but these other examples seem like positive applications, no?
October 6, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Why not? I've seen demos of drones used to plant mangroves, robots that apply micro amounts of fertilizer to cropland (to avoid runoff), AI-assisted remote sensing that can detect illegal logging.
"Cleaning oceans" is problematic, but these other examples seem like positive applications, no?
"Cleaning oceans" is problematic, but these other examples seem like positive applications, no?
Green AI, cleared forests?
A site in Google’s €13B Finland expansion is under scrutiny over alleged illegal logging. Google denies wrongdoing.
How sustainable is AI if building it sparks environmental disputes?
www.techtimes.co.uk/finland-inve...
A site in Google’s €13B Finland expansion is under scrutiny over alleged illegal logging. Google denies wrongdoing.
How sustainable is AI if building it sparks environmental disputes?
www.techtimes.co.uk/finland-inve...
Google Promised Greener AI: Now a Site in Its €13B Finland Expansion Faces Probe Over Alleged Illegal Logging
Finnish authorities are investigating whether more than 300 hectares cleared for Google’s planned Muhos data centre breached environmental and planning rules. No illegality has been established.
www.techtimes.co.uk
October 5, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Green AI, cleared forests?
A site in Google’s €13B Finland expansion is under scrutiny over alleged illegal logging. Google denies wrongdoing.
How sustainable is AI if building it sparks environmental disputes?
www.techtimes.co.uk/finland-inve...
A site in Google’s €13B Finland expansion is under scrutiny over alleged illegal logging. Google denies wrongdoing.
How sustainable is AI if building it sparks environmental disputes?
www.techtimes.co.uk/finland-inve...
Man even GiveWell. Malaria nets? My sis was in charge of a malaria prevention program and told me they were drowning in malaria nets and the hard work was things like tracking and preventing illegal logging that helped to spread the disease between areas.
October 4, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Man even GiveWell. Malaria nets? My sis was in charge of a malaria prevention program and told me they were drowning in malaria nets and the hard work was things like tracking and preventing illegal logging that helped to spread the disease between areas.
Ford and GM have both been in trouble with the same Brazilian government for the same offense: using subcontractors that used horrific labor practices.
And every single car made and sold in the US is manufactured using slave labor. Every car has parts made in prison by innocent Black people.
And every single car made and sold in the US is manufactured using slave labor. Every car has parts made in prison by innocent Black people.
Ford, GM and BMW linked to illegal logging and slave labour in Brazil
Car makers source iron from Brazil that contributes to Amazon deforestation, says Greenpeace ahead of Rio+20
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Ford and GM have both been in trouble with the same Brazilian government for the same offense: using subcontractors that used horrific labor practices.
And every single car made and sold in the US is manufactured using slave labor. Every car has parts made in prison by innocent Black people.
And every single car made and sold in the US is manufactured using slave labor. Every car has parts made in prison by innocent Black people.
In Panama's Darién forest, Indigenous communities test a new way to fund conservation
->Mongabay | More on "Indigenous conservation and biodiversity credits" at BigEarthData.ai | #conservation #indigenous #forest
->Mongabay | More on "Indigenous conservation and biodiversity credits" at BigEarthData.ai | #conservation #indigenous #forest
In Panama's Darién forest, Indigenous communities test a new way to fund conservation
With illegal logging and agricultural expansion closing in on their lands, four Indigenous Wounaan and Emberá-Wounaan villages in Panama’s Darién forest started a biodiversity monitoring project to document their forests’ conservation status, reports Mongabay contributor María Paula Rubiano A. Their biodiversity monitoring project recorded more than 200 species across 18,000 hectares (44,500 acres) of threatened forest, including three “umbrella” species: Jaguars (Panthera onca), Baird’s tapirs (Tapirus bairdii) and crested eagles (Morphnus guianensis). At least 15 of the species they documented are classified as threatened. The communities are now using the data as a baseline for joining the biodiversity credit market, which they hope can generate revenue in an area where there are few opportunities to earn money. The communities are using bioacoustic monitoring and camera-trapping with the support of the Panama-based NGO FSC Indigenous Foundation and Health In Harmony, an international nonprofit. They are employing a methodology developed by Savimbo, a biodiversity credit company co-founded by Indigenous community members, that uses 15 indicator species as a proxy for forest health. Samuel Cheucarama, who lives in an Indigenous Wounaan village, told Rubiano the efforts have already changed behavior in the communities. “People don’t go hunting anymore. They’re saying, ‘We’re going to...
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October 3, 2026 at 6:48 AM
[Founder's Briefs - Rhett Ayers Butler] In Panama’s Darién forest, Wounaan and Emberá-Wounaan communities documented over 200 species across 18,000 hectares using camera traps and bioacoustics.
The baseline data will allow them to join the biodiversity credit market and fund local conservation.
The baseline data will allow them to join the biodiversity credit market and fund local conservation.
In Panama’s Darién forest, Indigenous communities test a new way to fund conservation
With illegal logging and agricultural expansion closing in on their lands, four Indigenous Wounaan and Emberá-Wounaan villages in Panama’s Darién forest started a biodiversity monitoring project to…
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October 2, 2026 at 9:02 PM
[Founder's Briefs - Rhett Ayers Butler] In Panama’s Darién forest, Wounaan and Emberá-Wounaan communities documented over 200 species across 18,000 hectares using camera traps and bioacoustics.
The baseline data will allow them to join the biodiversity credit market and fund local conservation.
The baseline data will allow them to join the biodiversity credit market and fund local conservation.
Groguidas is a towering chimera of buffalo and turnip. He was discovered by scientists investigating a fast-moving radar blip over in an illegal Madagascan logging operation.
October 2, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Groguidas is a towering chimera of buffalo and turnip. He was discovered by scientists investigating a fast-moving radar blip over in an illegal Madagascan logging operation.
It's vital we support efforts to tackle the illegal wildlife trade funded by organised financial crime, illegal logging, deforestation, the killing and trade of endangered species.
Brazil, South America, President Lula De Silva needs the support of the international community.
@interpol.int
Brazil, South America, President Lula De Silva needs the support of the international community.
@interpol.int
Organized crime generates billions in illicit profits.
🇧🇷 My meeting with Andrei Augusto Passos Rodrigues, Director-General of the Brazilian Federal Police, was an opportunity to discuss how to further strengthen cooperation in targeting organized crime’s financial foundations.
🇧🇷 My meeting with Andrei Augusto Passos Rodrigues, Director-General of the Brazilian Federal Police, was an opportunity to discuss how to further strengthen cooperation in targeting organized crime’s financial foundations.
October 1, 2026 at 7:11 PM
It's vital we support efforts to tackle the illegal wildlife trade funded by organised financial crime, illegal logging, deforestation, the killing and trade of endangered species.
Brazil, South America, President Lula De Silva needs the support of the international community.
@interpol.int
Brazil, South America, President Lula De Silva needs the support of the international community.
@interpol.int
Denis Mahonghol's Security Brief explores the effects of unchecked illegal logging on security, governance, economy, and personal livelihoods, and identifies priority actions for the national, local, regional, and international levels.
africacenter.org/pub...
africacenter.org/pub...
October 1, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Denis Mahonghol's Security Brief explores the effects of unchecked illegal logging on security, governance, economy, and personal livelihoods, and identifies priority actions for the national, local, regional, and international levels.
africacenter.org/pub...
africacenter.org/pub...
But criminals in the Congo Basin have developed effective information systems, drawing from a well-entrenched network of informants on the ground working cooperatively and exploiting leakages in the regulatory frameworks. (Photo: Unmarked logs - often an indicator of illegal logging.)
October 1, 2026 at 5:27 PM
But criminals in the Congo Basin have developed effective information systems, drawing from a well-entrenched network of informants on the ground working cooperatively and exploiting leakages in the regulatory frameworks. (Photo: Unmarked logs - often an indicator of illegal logging.)
As a volunteer with Green Southerners, Farhat helped map bird habitats in the eastern Mediterranean flyway, documented illegal logging, and photographed the region’s flora and fauna, including the iridescent Palestine sunbird (pictured).
October 1, 2026 at 4:14 PM
As a volunteer with Green Southerners, Farhat helped map bird habitats in the eastern Mediterranean flyway, documented illegal logging, and photographed the region’s flora and fauna, including the iridescent Palestine sunbird (pictured).
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In Panama’s Darién forest, Indigenous communities test a new way to fund conservation
With illegal logging and agricultural expansion closing in on their lands, four Indigenous Wounaan and Emberá-Wounaan villages in Panama’s Darién forest started a biodiversity monitoring project to do...
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->Mongabay | More on "Indigenous conservation and biodiversity credits" at BigEarthData.ai | #conservation #indigenous #forest
->Mongabay | More on "Indigenous conservation and biodiversity credits" at BigEarthData.ai | #conservation #indigenous #forest
In Panama's Darién forest, Indigenous communities test a new way to fund conservation - Mongabay News
With illegal logging and agricultural expansion closing in on their lands, four Indigenous Wounaan and Emberá-Wounaan villages in Panama’s Darién forest started a biodiversity monitoring project to document their forests’ conservation status, reports Mongabay contributor María Paula Rubiano A. Their biodiversity monitoring project recorded more than 200 species across 18,000 hectares (44,500 acres) of threatened forest, including three “umbrella” species: Jaguars (Panthera onca), Baird’s tapirs (Tapirus bairdii) and crested eagles (Morphnus guianensis). At least 15 of the species they documented are classified as threatened. The communities are now using the data as a baseline for joining the biodiversity credit market, which they hope can generate revenue in an area where there are few opportunities to earn money. The communities are using bioacoustic monitoring and camera-trapping with the support of the Panama-based NGO FSC Indigenous Foundation and Health In Harmony, an international nonprofit. They are employing a methodology developed by Savimbo, a biodiversity credit company co-founded by Indigenous community members, that uses 15 indicator species as a proxy for forest health. Samuel Cheucarama, who lives in an Indigenous Wounaan village, told Rubiano the efforts have already changed behavior in the communities. “People don’t go hunting anymore. They’re saying, ‘We’re going to...
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September 30, 2026 at 9:51 PM
I’ll add this: www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finl...
Finland investigates suspected illegal logging at Google data centre sites
Finland’s regulator is investigating suspected unlawful logging at Google data centre sites in Muhos and Kajaani. Google denies breaking the law.
www.helsinkitimes.fi
September 30, 2026 at 11:23 AM
I’ll add this: www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finl...
documenting illegal logging, and photographing the region’s flora and fauna, including the iridescent Palestine sunbird. But shortly after Israel started bombing southern Lebanon, Farhat’s role changed."
(This is all so depressing.
We are losing good people, biologically-rich environments.)
(This is all so depressing.
We are losing good people, biologically-rich environments.)
September 29, 2026 at 11:39 PM
documenting illegal logging, and photographing the region’s flora and fauna, including the iridescent Palestine sunbird. But shortly after Israel started bombing southern Lebanon, Farhat’s role changed."
(This is all so depressing.
We are losing good people, biologically-rich environments.)
(This is all so depressing.
We are losing good people, biologically-rich environments.)
Kilifi — Prosecutors in Kilifi call for tighter measures to combat illegal logging and poaching in the Arabuko Sokoke Forest. #Kilifi #News
Kilifi prosecutors push for stronger forest protection
Local prosecutors in Kilifi have urged authorities to intensify efforts against illegal logging and poaching in the Arabuko Sokoke Forest, a key coastal ecosystem. The call comes amid growing concerns… · Photo : Koshyk · CC BY · Flickr
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September 29, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Kilifi — Kilifi prosecutors urge tighter action against illegal logging and poaching in Arabuko Sokoke Forest. #Kilifi #News
Kilifi prosecutors push for stronger forest protection
Prosecutors in Kilifi have called for stricter measures to combat illegal logging and poaching in the Arabuko Sokoke Forest, a critical coastal ecosystem. The push comes amid growing concerns over the… · Photo : mypubliclands · CC BY · Flickr
news.netasgard.com
September 29, 2026 at 6:08 AM
[Commentary] Environmental crimes like illegal logging & mining down climate action by exploiting nature for profit.
@muggah.bsky.social & Ilona Szabó de Carvalho argue that halting these crimes requires tracking profits across the full supply chain, from extraction site to corporate offices.
@muggah.bsky.social & Ilona Szabó de Carvalho argue that halting these crimes requires tracking profits across the full supply chain, from extraction site to corporate offices.
To tackle environmental crime, track profits through the whole supply chain (commentary)
The world has spent a decade trying to put a price on nature. Forests have become carbon sinks, while wetlands are increasingly described as natural infrastructure. Biodiversity is also being drawn…
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September 28, 2026 at 10:21 PM
[Commentary] Environmental crimes like illegal logging & mining down climate action by exploiting nature for profit.
@muggah.bsky.social & Ilona Szabó de Carvalho argue that halting these crimes requires tracking profits across the full supply chain, from extraction site to corporate offices.
@muggah.bsky.social & Ilona Szabó de Carvalho argue that halting these crimes requires tracking profits across the full supply chain, from extraction site to corporate offices.
See how industry is the illegal logging??
September 28, 2026 at 1:18 PM
See how industry is the illegal logging??
Mongabay - Land grabbing, illegal logging, illicit gold mining and wildlife trafficking are extremely lucrative and have become a serious drag on both sustainable development and climate action.
news.mongabay.com/2026/09/to-t...
news.mongabay.com/2026/09/to-t...
To tackle environmental crime, track profits through the whole supply chain (commentary)
The world has spent a decade trying to put a price on nature. Forests have become carbon sinks, while wetlands are increasingly described as natural infrastructure. Biodiversity is also being drawn in...
news.mongabay.com
September 28, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Mongabay - Land grabbing, illegal logging, illicit gold mining and wildlife trafficking are extremely lucrative and have become a serious drag on both sustainable development and climate action.
news.mongabay.com/2026/09/to-t...
news.mongabay.com/2026/09/to-t...
"Land grabbing, illegal logging, illicit gold mining and wildlife trafficking are extremely lucrative and have become a serious drag on both sustainable development and climate action, a new op-ed argues, and its drivers must be addressed from where extraction begins all the way to corporate […]
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September 27, 2026 at 11:34 AM
"Land grabbing, illegal logging, illicit gold mining and wildlife trafficking are extremely lucrative and have become a serious drag on both sustainable development and climate action, a new op-ed argues, and its drivers must be addressed from where extraction begins all the way to corporate […]
Bornean orangutan:
~104,700 remain.
Sumatran orangutan:
~13,846 left in the wild.
Tapanuli orangutan:
~800 remaining.
Primary threats:
•deforestation/palm oil plantations
•illegal logging
•mining
•wildfires
Critically endangered since 2008.
And habitat? Still being destroyed. STILL.
~104,700 remain.
Sumatran orangutan:
~13,846 left in the wild.
Tapanuli orangutan:
~800 remaining.
Primary threats:
•deforestation/palm oil plantations
•illegal logging
•mining
•wildfires
Critically endangered since 2008.
And habitat? Still being destroyed. STILL.
As Borneo's forests disappear, its orangutans are being pushed to the brink
Raging wildfires are burning through Borneo's rainforests, where deforestation has already left orangutans critically endangered.
www.sbs.com.au
September 26, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Bornean orangutan:
~104,700 remain.
Sumatran orangutan:
~13,846 left in the wild.
Tapanuli orangutan:
~800 remaining.
Primary threats:
•deforestation/palm oil plantations
•illegal logging
•mining
•wildfires
Critically endangered since 2008.
And habitat? Still being destroyed. STILL.
~104,700 remain.
Sumatran orangutan:
~13,846 left in the wild.
Tapanuli orangutan:
~800 remaining.
Primary threats:
•deforestation/palm oil plantations
•illegal logging
•mining
•wildfires
Critically endangered since 2008.
And habitat? Still being destroyed. STILL.
Today is National Public Park Day and many environmental organizations are taking action to stop Trump.
⚖️ Suits against Trump slashing illegal decision to slash Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante
📣Stop the selling of parts of Yosemite
✍️Keep the roadless rule; stop logging of forests.
⚖️ Suits against Trump slashing illegal decision to slash Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante
📣Stop the selling of parts of Yosemite
✍️Keep the roadless rule; stop logging of forests.
September 26, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Today is National Public Park Day and many environmental organizations are taking action to stop Trump.
⚖️ Suits against Trump slashing illegal decision to slash Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante
📣Stop the selling of parts of Yosemite
✍️Keep the roadless rule; stop logging of forests.
⚖️ Suits against Trump slashing illegal decision to slash Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante
📣Stop the selling of parts of Yosemite
✍️Keep the roadless rule; stop logging of forests.