An important point pithily made... But why do I feel the CoP ain't gonna bother?

Open letter: There are more than just trees and forests to be conserved and restored
https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ppp3.10635

#COP16Colombia #biodiversity #savannas #grasslands #forests #conservation #climatechange

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Even when #savannas seem bare nutritious grasses feed animals

Particularly during dry seasons, savannas may look scrubby and bare. But animals aren't concerned about the height of savanna grasses. What matters is that the grass keeps growing, so they can keep eating.

The role of subtropical savannas in carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation

Savannas are a mixture of patches of trees and shrubs combined with an herbaceous understory. This biome significantly contributes to the global carbon stock and climate change mitigation. In Uruguay, subtropical wooded savannas account for around 100,000 hectares, with a relevant portion restricted to soils with high sodium content

https://phys.org/news/2024-07-role-subtropical-savannas-carbon-sequestration.html

#Savannas #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

Will Australia protect the NT savannas?

"Despite the tremendous ecological values of the NT savannas, they are insufficiently protected and increasingly threatened. Against a global backdrop of calls for greater conservation efforts and outcomes, national commitments to a ‘Nature Positive’ economy and no new extinctions, and the critical priority to constrain climate change, the rate and scale of destruction of our savannas is escalating. Our biodiversity—and the fabric, function, health and potential of the land—is being jeopardised."

https://www.ecnt.org.au/the_state_and_future_of_the_northern_territory_s_savannas
#savannas #NT #EPBCAct #conservation #biodiversity #BiodiversityCrisis #NaturePositive #water

Capturing Wildlife Wonders A Day in the Diverse Ecosystems of Dunes

Amidst endless agitation of blowing white spume particles something whispers serenely stimulating inside my heart to capture animals in their native domain Discover the untouched curtain shy Portuguese Snails

See More Seeds: https://aidyslexic.raupulus.dev/collections/show/1737

#StableDiffusion #ai #ArtificialIntelligence #wildlife #wonders #dunes #diverse #ecosystems #animals #portrait #rainforest #desert #savannas

Wildlife Wonders of the Savannas Capturing Paul Mckenzie's Protagonist

See More Seeds: https://aidyslexic.raupulus.dev/collections/show/1594

#StableDiffusion #ai #ArtificialIntelligence #professional #photographer #wildlife #animals #savannas #biodiversity #wilderness #Paul-Mckenzie #charm #protagonist

Two western #Wisconsin rivers will get $500,000 in #Biden's Inflation Reduction Act funding to make their #floodplains more resilient to #ClimateChange — and protect an endangered #snake species that resides there https://eu.jsonline.com/story/news/2024/01/23/chippewa-black-rivers-get-funding-to-fight-climate-change-save-snake/72124486007/ #USpol

"Much of that work will be concentrated on clearing brush and #InvasiveSpecies from the floodplain's #forests, #meadows, and #savannas... Eastern Massasauga #rattlesnake populations can rebound when they have enough habitat"