This #ancient yellow #cedar #tree is older than the Great Wall of China & older than the Vatican.
All #ElderTrees - of this colossal & majestic scale, must be preserved & their ecosystems protected.
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A beautiful moss covered Western red #cedar #tree - still unprotected.
Only a human, with a compromised & unwell soul, would be OK killing an elder tree this magnificent. Some things are just plain wrong.
These ancient old growth trees are essential to fighting accelerated #ClimateChange. #OldGrowth ecosystems in our coastal temperate rainforests supports much biodiverse lifeforms. The naturally moist environment helps to lower impacts of wildfires & other natural disasters that have increased as our governments continue to fund & enable more ecocidal projects.
A lovely unnamed creek, meandering through a coastal temperate #rainforest in the Highlands area of #Wsanec territory. Very few old growth left in this forest; mostly 3rd growth & younger with a few 2nd growth trees mixed in. This is a great area to look for mushrooms.
#the100dayproject I planted the #ecological bulbs of these tiny narcisses “ Tête-à-tête”, after they bloomed inside the house. Kept the dried flowers as a decoration or a little gift to #nature at any time.
#FootpathFriday through the #forest 
Rugged hiking trail, winding through luscious coastal temperate rainforest.
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Can public institutions procure food locally? How do land grabs impact local food movements? What are the local food discourses in Canada? What are the ethical considerations of eating locally?
#Read all you want! #OpenAccess
#Share generously! #KnowledgeSharing
#Grow your understanding of #Food
#Repeat
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Our coastal temperate #rainforests on Vancouver Island are super lush with so much #biodiversity. They are worth conserving & protecting. These forests are also full of medicines, some yet to be discovered.
Arrived in the mail this week! Really looking forward to reading this tome. Heard about the title at various times. Most recently from Bill Kinney, #Natural_Resources manager of the Yurok Nation in Northern #California during a webinar he recently gave at the invitation of the California #Fire #Science Consortium. #FireEcology #Wildfire #PrescribedFire #CulturalBurning #Indigenous #Ecological Knowledge Systems.
We got a new paper (Led by Ole Sørensen) out! Outlining a new #seafloor #habitat management workflow, integrating the awesome capabilities (cm-scale resolution) synthetic aperture #sonar now brings to #ecological mapping of #marine biomes.
https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/rse2.70002
Dear _ ,
To bring my vision of posthuman #cosmopolitanism to life, I can: celebrate the #coexistence of humans, non-humans, & nature in urban spaces; support initiatives 
for rooftop gardens & community green spaces; 
advocate for #ecological urban planning & wildlife corridors 
; promote technologies that enhance interspecies #communication 
; & integrate multi-species habitats into this city, to create a safer, more inclusive #society, where all kinds of creatures can survive together 
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Today’s consumers are increasingly rejecting ‘fast fashion’ by buying quality clothes over quantity and making eco-friendly purchases.
Only one more month to register for this year's YoMos workshop in Ilmenau 
Now we need your help to share this poster with your peers, friends, working groups, departments and mailing lists connected to #Ecological #modelling! Let's spread the word about #YoMos and have a workshop as wonderful as last year!
You can register here: https://www.yomos.org/next-workshop
There is a simple way to make #sustainability and #nature conservation part of the #economy.
If the price of each product included an additional #EcologicalValueAdded, #ecological projects would be part of the business. This additional component of the price would be the amount that the manufacturer would have spent on a socially desirable ecological purpose.
It would consist of the Ecological „VAT“ of its suppliers and the one that it would have set for itself in addition to this.
Brandi Morin in #Ecuador: A #Canadian #mining giant vs. the guardians of the #Amazon.
Around the world, mining operations have deepened #poverty in #Indigenous communities & destroyed traditional livelihoods, leaving #environmental devastation in their wake.
2 part #InvestigativeJournalism piece:
https://ricochet.media/indigenous/brandi-morin-in-ecuador-a-canadian-mining-giant-vs-the-guardians-of-the-amazon
Ricochet · Brandi Morin in Ecuador: A Canadian mining giant vs. the guardians of the AmazonDeep in the Ecuador Amazon, a Canadian-owned mining project threatens the way of life of local Indigenous communities.
Greg Cocks PyForestScan - A Python Library For Calculating Forest Structural Metrics From LiDAR Point Cloud Data
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https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.07314 <-- shared paper
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https://github.com/iosefa/PyForestScan <-- GitHub repository
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[disclaimer: I have not tried this library]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #JOSS #remotesensing #LiDAR #pointcloud #forest #structural #metrics #spatialanalysis #geostatistics #ecology #ecological #FHD #PAD #PyForestScan #model #modeling #opensource #Python #library #density #canopyheight #areaindex #DTM #output #PDAL #forest #forestry #monitoring #carbonaccounting
Dear _ ,
In the present, I can contribute to the future, where the management of #forests in Western #Canada will be based on holistic #ecological knowledge, including #Indigenous traditional methods. 
I can 
promote & advocate for: Indigenous-led land management, prescribed burning, & #reforestation with fire-resistant spp; 
policies that restore grasslands & carbon sinks; 
ethical, low-impact logging; 
& I can learn more about forest ecology. 
#LandBack #FireEcology #ClimateAction
Declining #biodiversity in tiny #ecological systems unseen to the naked eye can carry significant consequences for the health of #organisms and #ecosystems.
#Microbiology #Ecology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/02/mcb02032501.html
www.sflorg.comEffects of Declining Diversity Documented in the World of MicrobesAcross the tree of life, human activities are accelerating declines in biological species diversity, from deserts to oceans to forests.
Did #dinosaurs emerge in the low latitude? Maybe even in the equatorial regions? There are indications to that. This idea is tantalizing to me because it might relate to what preceded... after the Permo-Triassic #extinction, some have argued that the low latitudes were depleted because it got so hot (see work by Paul Wignall and co.). Were there empty #ecological niches there that allowed for this group to rise? I don't know, but it's interesting.
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(24)01722-6
One of multiple #waterfalls seen from hiking some of the backroads trails off of Kennedy Main, in the #AlberniClayoquot region on #VancouverIsland.
