After the pope’s funeral, #Zelensky said he & #Trump had talked about a deal to *share* in the profit from extraction of #Ukraine’s #NaturalResources. Trump later said Zelensky asked for Patriot missiles.
“He told me that he needs more weapons,” Trump told reporters. “He’s been saying that for three years.”
#BicycleCoalitionOfMaine Where to Ride in #Maine! Includes interactive routes maps!
"Are you looking for inspiration on where to ride? Maine has something to offer everyone: winding, remote country lanes, picturesque coastal routes, quiet rail trails, and miles of mountainous terrain. We’ve curated hundreds of routes, from easy and short to advanced, on and off-road, with points of interest including bike service locations, food stops, scenic views, parks, and more. The routes can sync to your smartphone or GPS device to give you reliable turn-by-turn directions.
"Whether you are a Maine resident or you are coming to ride from out of state, we all have a responsibility to Look Out for ME. Let’s work together to treat Maine’s abundant #NaturalResources with respect.
"Looking for past BikeMaine routes?
"Want the routes from the #WomenFemmes&Thems Ride Summer Series?
"Only interested in unpaved routes? You can find our 'Gravel Grinds'."
https://www.bikemaine.org/where-to-ride/
#SolarPunkSunday #BicycleSafety
#BuildingCommunity #BikeRoutes #Bikes #BikeTooters
One of the most drastic proposed changes would be eliminating the bureau of African affairs, which oversees policy in sub-Saharan #Africa. It would be replaced by a much smaller special envoy office for African affairs that would report to the White House National Security Council. The office would focus on a handful of issues, including “coordinated counterterrorism operations” & “strategic extraction & #trade of critical #NaturalResources.”
Why Geological Maps Are The Best Investment You’ve Never Heard Of - Investments In Geological Mapping Paid Off Big Time For Americans.
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https://www.zmescience.com/science/geology/why-geological-maps-are-the-best-investment-youve-never-heard-of/ <-- shared opinion piece
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https://profession.americangeosciences.org/reports/geological-mapping-economics/ <-- shared technical cost-benefit analysis
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https://www.geosociety.org/GSA/gsa/positions/position3.aspx <-- shared 2003 GSA appraisal
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[I am, of course, biased in this regard, but I also like well-presented metrics – and use cases being met are my favourite!]
#geology #value #cost #mapping #cartography #cartographic #USA #costbenefit #geologicmapping #metrics #usecase #fedscience #appliedscience #engineeringgeology #spatial #GIS #construction #resources #naturalresources #engineering #risk #hazard #naturaldisasters #payoff #investment #massmovement #groundwater #waterresources #water #hydrology #rareearth #minerals #mining #oilandgas #exploration #underground #money #economics #publicgood #publicvalue #investment
https://www.europesays.com/1988445/ ‘Hard on the body’: Canadian troops battle brutal conditions to train for Arctic defence #Arctic #Canadá #CanadianAirForce #ClimateChange #ColonelDarrenTurner #CorporalCassidyLambert #DonaldTrump #Iqaluit #MarkCarney #military #NaturalResources #NewfoundlandAndLabrador #OperationNanook #People'sRepublicOfChina #RussianFederation #troops
#Trump’s WH budget office has sought to understand the potential cost to maintain #Greenland if it were acquired…. They are also attempting to estimate what #revenue the #US #Treasury could gain from Greenland’s #NaturalResources.
…Trump has said repeatedly that the US will “get” Greenland.
“100%,” he told NBC News on Sat. Asked whether it would involve #force, he said that there is a “good possibility that we could do it without #military force” but that “I don’t take anything off the table.”
While #Trump’s demands elicited international outrage & a rebuke from #Denmark, WH ofcls have in recent weeks taken steps to determine the financial ramifications of #Greenland becoming a #US territory, including the cost of providing government services for its 58k residents, the sources said.
#Trump has White House studying cost of #Greenland takeover
The WH is preparing an estimate of what it would cost the federal govt to control Greenland as a territory, acc/to 3 people with knowledge of the matter, the most concrete effort yet to turn Trump’s [#delusional, unsolicited & unwelcome] desire to acquire the Danish island into actionable #policy.
#geopolitics #Denmark #USexpansionism #Greed #ShippingRoutes #NaturalResources #ClimateChange
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/01/trump-greenland-us-territory-cost/
European Geological Open Data (Map And Data) From The European Geological Data Infrastructure (EGDI)
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https://www.europe-geology.eu/data-tools/map-viewer/ <-- shared link to map viewer
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#geology #geosciences #earthsciences #data #spatialdata #criticalminerals #mining #geothermal #netzero #groundwater #carboncapture #ccs #GIS #spatial #mapping #opendata #webmapping #mapportal #Europe #EGDI #framework #GSEU #resources #naturalresources #opendata #water #naturalresources #geomorphology #bathymetry #geophysics #topobathy #remotesensing #earthobservation #waterresources
3 people familiar…said the US had revised its proposals. The latest draft gives #Ukraine NO future #security guarantees & requires it to contribute to a joint investment fund ALL income from the use of #NaturalResources managed by state & private enterprises.
…It stipulates that Washington is given first rights to purchase extracted resources & *recoup* all the money it has given Ukraine since 2022, +INTEREST at a 4% annual rate, before Ukraine gains access to the fund's profits.
Speaking of #wildlife #conservation,
SPEAK UP FOR #WOLVES
On Tuesday, 3/25, the #House Committee on #NaturalResources, Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, & Fisheries will hold a hearing on several bills, 2 of which directly attack wolves & the #EndangeredSpecies Act.
Call on your reps to vote NO on #HR845 + #HR1897
via the #NewYork #Wolf Conservation Center
Take action →
https://engage.nywolf.org/site/SPageNavigator/Action%20Center/2025MarchActionAlert.html
• "For the avoidance of doubt, such future sources of revenues do not include the current sources of revenues which are already part of the general budget revenues of #Ukraine."
• The fund aim is to invest in Ukrainian projects & attract investment in public & private assets including #NaturalResources, #infrastructure, #ports & state-owned enterprises.
• Contributions to the fund will be reinvested in Ukraine to promote "the safety, #security & prosperity of Ukraine."
• The 2 countries will establish a Reconstruction Investment Fund to collect & invest revenues from Ukrainian resources.
• Reps from both countries will jointly manage the fund.
• A subsequent agreement about the fund will be "negotiated promptly" AFTER the conclusion of this agreement.
• #Ukraine will contribute to the fund 50% of revenues earned from Ukrainian state-owned #NaturalResources developed in the future.
As we wait to hear more on the #Trump / #Putin call, here is a reminder of the framework #minerals *deal* [#extortion] the #US & #Ukraine tentatively agreed to last month.
The deal, which is yet to be signed, would see the US extract Ukraine's #NaturalResources.
Titled "BILATERAL AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING TERMS & CONDITIONS FOR A RECONSTRUCTION INVESTMENT FUND," it lays out some details:
The Concept Of Indigenous GIS
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Reading a paper (http://alturl.com/8wte5), they used the specific term ‘Indigenous GIS’ – and I found this intriguing!
As I read it, spatial data collection and analysis was done with a focus on how a tribe or social group might ‘see’ the data, including spatiotemporal....
I look forward to finding out more about what others are working on! – so PLEASE feel free to share any examples that you might have…
#GIS #spatial #mapping #indigenous #IndigineousGIS #FirstNation #perspective #cultural #social #naturalresources #archaeology #publicsafety #socialservices #planning #design #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #mapping #cartography #usecase #practical #pragamatic #resultsdriven #focused##
A Methodology For The Multitemporal Analysis Of Land Cover Changes And Urban Expansion Using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Imagery - A Case Study Of The Aburrá Valley In Colombia
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https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17030554 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #SyntheticApertureRadar #SAR #remotesensing #multitemporalanalysis #landcover #landcoverchange #clustering #kurtosis #fuzzylogic #kernelbasedmethod #machinelearning #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #geostatistics #model #modeling #AburráValley #Columbia #urban #urbanexpansion #population #growth #topography #monitoring #satellite #sentinel #valley #landuse #distribution #infrastructure #building #roads #naturalresources #environmental #conservation #monitoring #multitemporal
“For people on the ground in mountain communities, small towns and rural areas, the cuts were nothing short of devastating. They came with no explanation, warning or discernment, and the impact on public land and wildlife, observers say, will be felt for years.”
#Politics #USPolitics #DOGECoup #MuskCoup #TrumpRegime #NaturalResources #NationalParkService #USForestService #SmallTowns #RuralCommunities #FederalJobs
Dearest Fediverse (and apologies for the absence),
my book "Hard Work: Producing places, relations and value on a Papua New Guinea resource frontier" was just recently published in full digital open access. (Print-on-demand and oa epub out soon!)
https://hup.fi/site/books/m/10.33134/HUP-29/
"Hard Work explores the complexities of natural resource extraction, looking at both large-scale processes and personal human-environment interactions. It combines a political ecology focus on the connection between environmental issues and power relations with a focus on how value is produced, represented, and materialized."
#OpenAccess #anthropology #PoliticalEcology #PapuaNewGuinea #NaturalResources #LandUse #SwiddenHorticulture #logging #OilPalm
Sen #MikeLee (R-Utah), the new chairman of the Senate #Energy & #NaturalResources Cmte, suggested that he would seek to overturn the decision using the Congressional Review Act, which allows lawmakers to nullify an executive action within 60 days of enactment with a simple majority vote.
…Lee said in an emailed statement, …“Senate #Republicans will push back using every tool at our disposal.”
Greg Cocks 
