Folks from Camp Coffee Club (@locations) took us on a big tree tour.

Trees were big.

#BikeYVR #rainforest

Philippines cuts #childlabour by 40% 🫢
Isle of Man #rainforest expands 🌳
The green spaces reducing #crime βš–οΈ

and much more in our new issue πŸ‘‡οΈ
https://squirrel-news.net/philippines-cuts-child-labour-by-40-isle-of-man-rainforest-expands-the-green-spaces-reducing-crime/

Philippines cuts child labour by 40%, Isle of Man rainforest expands, the green spaces reducing crime - Squirrel News

In today's edition: the Philippines reports a nearly 40% drop in child labour over two years, an Isle of Man rainforest project sees 30,000 trees planted, and how Philadelphia's approach to re-greening neglected lots led to a dramatic reduction in crime rates.

Squirrel News

πŸŒβ˜€οΈ #Bananas undergo a process called negative geotropism where the #fruit grows upward toward the sunlight rather than toward the ground.

This evolutionary trait allows the heavy fruit clusters to maintain balance while competing for light in the #rainforest canopy. Botanists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, note that this unique growth pattern is what gives the fruit its characteristic curve.

πŸ‘‰ https://www.discoverwildlife.com/plant-facts/straight-bananas

#botany #plants #biology #nature #science #agriculture #kewgardens #evolution #education

"There wasn't a curve in sight." Straight bananas found growing on remote Caribbean island | Discover Wildlife

Is it the end of the bendy banana?

Discover Wildlife
Today's #photo: such lush beauty at this #rainforest waterfall: https://wp.me/p2ccTX-2P6 #NotAI #nature #photography
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Natural landscapes: a pool of invitation

EMERALD POOL WATERFALL, MORNE TROIS PITONS NATIONAL PARK, DOMINICA During our 20th anniversary cruise ship vacation, my wife and I were blessed to walk through Caribbean rainforest to this awesome …

FRANK KING PHOTOS
Today's #photo: such lush beauty at this #rainforest waterfall: https://wp.me/p2ccTX-2P6 #NotAI #nature #photography
(Click/tap the link or picture to see the entire scene.)
Natural landscapes: a pool of invitation

EMERALD POOL WATERFALL, MORNE TROIS PITONS NATIONAL PARK, DOMINICA During our 20th anniversary cruise ship vacation, my wife and I were blessed to walk through Caribbean rainforest to this awesome …

FRANK KING PHOTOS
Chopping down areas of tropical rainforest is causing rising temperatures linked to thousands of deaths | The-14

Cutting tropical rainforests is raising temperatures, exposing millions to heat stress and linking deforestation to thousands of deaths each year worldwide.

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The rainforests were cleared for sugar, slaves worked the land and now back to planted rainforest for tourism.

"The Daintree River valley is home to what remains of the world's oldest surviving rainforest, which dates back about 135 million years. In the 50s, it was drained, cleared and … made available for sugar cane farming. Conservation group Rainforest Rescue this week secured partial approval to plant rainforest species on old sugar cane properties surrounding a nationally significant wetland".>>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-01/rainforest-rescue-plant-trees-former-sugarcane-farms-daintree/106521320
#rainforest #monetising #biodiversity #sugar #blackbirding

These old sugarcane farms could be turned into rainforest again

A conservation group's plans to replant species from the World Heritage-listed Daintree Rainforest on land used for growing sugar have not won everybody over.

It’s not just #orangutans 🦧🧑 countless #rainforest animals are at risk from #oilpalm πŸ΅πŸ’ A #study in Cell Biology finds #macaque babies 3 x more likely to die from palm oil #pesticide. Help them! #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife! 🌴🩸 @palmoildetect.bsky.social
https://wp.me/pcFhgU-7aa?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
Palm Oil Increases Deaths of Baby Macaques

In Peninsular Malaysia, a new study published in Cell Biology by a team led by Dr Anna Holzner of German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig has found that infant…

Palm Oil Detectives