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Can anyone ID this fruit? It's a #native #Amazon #rainforest #tree growing in the region of Badass Fruiterrarist Land in far western #Amazonia near Sumaco National Park. We're confident that it's a #Solanum species, but which one? The #fruit is like something between Solanum betaceum (tree tomato) and Solanum quitoense (lulo/naranjilla), and it grows on a narrow but fairly tall tree at the edge of the forest (next to the road).

https://amazonrestore.codeberg.page/badass-fruiterrarist-land/

(Also is it edible?)

#nativeplants #nativeplantgardening #fruiterrarism #agroforestry #FoodForest #FruitForest #FruitTrees #AmazonRainforest #foraging #reforestation #TreesNotGrass

Amazon Restore May 27

The light cast by the bright white overcast sky on this day created an interesting #silhouette effect...

https://amazonrestore.codeberg.page/volunteer/finca-del-soul/

(Feel free to leave a comment if you can ID any of the #birds in the photos!)

#shadow #bird #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #aves #AmazonRainforest #Amazonia #conservation #reforestation #FoodForest #FruitForest #agroforestry #FincaDelSoul #TreesNotGrass

Amazon Restore May 22

https://amazonrestore.codeberg.page/badass-fruiterrarist-land/

#ForestFriday #LandForSale #naturephotography #landscape #horizon #trees #forest #jungle #rainforest #Amazon #Amazonia #AmazonRainforest #conservation #reforestation #agroforestry #FoodForest #FruitForest #fruiterrarist #fruiterrarism #TreesNotGrass

World news | The Guardian May 21

Colombia’s climate crossroads: Trumpism casts shadow over presidential battle https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/21/colombia-climate-crossroads-trumpism-casts-shadow-presidential-election #Colombia #ClimateCrisis #Americas #Environment #WorldNews #FossilFuels #Fracking #Mining #DonaldTrump #UsNews #Gas #Energy #EnergyIndustry #AmazonRainforest

Colombia’s climate crossroads: Trumpism casts shadow over presidential battle

Colombia is a global leader in climate activism. Could US influence drag country to a future of mining and fracking?

The Guardian

Amazon Restore May 20

If you plant it, they will come...

https://amazonrestore.codeberg.page/volunteer/finca-del-soul/

(Feel free to leave a comment if you can ID any of the #birds in the photos!)

#bird #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #aves #AmazonRainforest #Amazonia #conservation #reforestation #FoodForest #FruitForest #agroforestry #FincaDelSoul #TreesNotGrass

Environment | The Guardian US May 20

Rainforests pushed to breaking point by new demands for resources, report says https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/20/rainforests-pushed-to-breaking-point-by-new-demands-for-resources-report-says #Deforestation #AmazonRainforest #Mining #Farming #LoggingAndLandclearing #Environment #Biofuels #Oil #Conservation #TreesAndForests

Rainforests pushed to breaking point by new demands for resources, report says

Need for minerals, biofuels and pulp adding to pressures from ranching, monocrops, oil and logging, analysis finds

The Guardian

Primo Natura May 19

"Amazon Deforestation at Eight-Year Low, Report Shows"

#AmazonRainforest #Environment #Trees #Deforestation

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14052026/amazon-deforestation-drops-while-wildfires-increase/

Amazon Deforestation at Eight-Year Low, Report Shows - Inside Climate News

Despite a drop in the size of deforested areas, the number of wildfires in the region increased by more than 30 percent.

Inside Climate News

Amazon Restore May 15

Tagging for #FootpathFriday , but this is actually the road.

https://amazonrestore.codeberg.page/badass-fruiterrarist-land/

In a tropical #rainforest like the #Amazon , there is usually very little topsoil. The year-round growth results in any organic matter that falls to the ground being quickly taken up by the trees and other vegetation. The fertility is not in the #soil but rather in the #forest itself. So what effect does #deforestation have on the soil? The lack of canopy cover exposes it to sun and wind and rain. Organic matter left over from the deforestation (if it is not burnt) gets baked to death and then blown or washed away. The roots die, and with nothing to hold the upper layer of soil in place, anything that may have resembled topsoil is also washed away. The subsoil below is lateritic #clay in which most plants would struggle to sprout, let alone survive to maturity. In some places, the #erosion that follows deforestation is so severe that the underlying rock is exposed. #Senna alata (shown in the final photo) is one of the few pioneer trees that can grow in such shallow, infertile, desecrated soil. We express our gratitude for #trees like this that make #reforestation of difficult areas possible, even as we recognise that #conservation of the remaining #AmazonRainforest is the only real solution.

#Amazonia #TreesNotGrass