How our food choices cut into forests and put us closer to viruses
As the global population has doubled to 7.8 billion in about 50 years, industrial agriculture has increased the output from fields and farms to feed humanity. One of the negative outcomes of this transformation has been the extreme simplification of ecological systems, with complex multi-functional landscapes converted to vast swaths of monocultures that lack the complexity of biodiversity found in tropical rainforests. Industrial agriculture is the biggest threat to rare wild animals and rare wild plants in the world. Fight back and resist extinction every time you shop - be #Vegan and #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife
Solomon Island Skinks of
#Melanesia 🇸🇧 are striking looking green
#reptiles 🦎🐍 They have prehensile tails like
#monkeys and are threatened by
#palmoil and other
#deforestation. Help them and
#Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife when you shop
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Solomon Islands skink Corucia zebrata
Imagine a creature straight out of a fantastical computer game - this could be the Solomon Islands skink Corucia zebrata , also affectionately known as the monkey-tailed skink. Their silhouette dances between shadows of the jungle in the Solomon Islands archipelago, to the north east of Australia. They are the largest species of skink alive and boast a long, slender body poised elegantly on short, yet robust legs. Their head forms a perfect triangle, housing small, beady and curious looking eyes. This magnificent reptile is now classified as Near Threatened due to rainforest destruction of their home for palm oil, timber and mining. Help them to survive every time you shop - #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife
Bearded Pig Sus barbatus
Bearded Pigs have hair which grows along their lower jaws that resembles a beard – giving them their distinctive whiskery appearance and their name. The Bearded Pig is an integral part of Southeast Asia’s tropical ecosystems, known for their unique appearance and critical role as seed dipersers in forest health. They are the only pig species known to migrate, moving in synchrony with fruiting seasons. However, they face mounting threats from habitat loss for palm oil and timber, along with illegal hunting, and disease. Help them to survive and use your wallet as a weapon in the supermarket #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife
We're in the midst of a mass
#extinction - caused by humans. So how do we feed the world while also saving the world's animals? By changing our
#diet! Go
#plantbased or even better
#Vegan! 🥦
#BoycottPalmOil 🌴🚫
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A global juggling act: feeding the world, saving species
Our planet is on the precipice of a sixth mass extinction event. But unlike the five previous mass extinctions, this one is man-made: a global biodiversity crisis in which species are disappearing three to 12 times faster than the “normal” rate of extinction. A massive driver of this extinction is how humans eat. Be #Vegan for the animals #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife
A global juggling act: feeding the world, saving species
Our planet is on the precipice of a sixth mass extinction event. But unlike the five previous mass extinctions, this one is man-made: a global biodiversity crisis in which species are disappearing three to 12 times faster than the “normal” rate of extinction. A massive driver of this extinction is how humans eat. Be #Vegan for the animals #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife
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