Cassie Dummett

Putting people at the heart of tropical forest protection. Combining specialist experience in development and a commitment to biodiversity and the environment.

[Cassie Dummett @CassieDummett]

The villagers living on a tributary to the River Congo explained to me how they rely on the forest for traditional medicine, fish, timber and spiritual wellbeing. @CongoPeat @RGS_IBG @UCLgeography @SimonLLewis

https://t.co/5EmzXYvI9F

[Global Canopy @GlobalCanopy]

🌳Farmers in the Brazilian #Amazon may lose up to $1 billion a year because of #deforestation, according to a study by the Federal University of Minas Gerais & @RainforestNORW. The destruction is dramatically impacting crop yields.
Read more @TheEconomist:
https://t.co/UjP80F4BmR

[Cassie Dummett @CassieDummett]

As a researcher of the #Congo's forests, I followed Congo's president's speech at #COP29Baku. Sassou spoke of the essential role of forests, Congo's initiative to include gross natural capital in calculating GDP, and the need for innovative financing https://t.co/PgeC2CdX8x

[Cassie Dummett @CassieDummett]

With "a combination of fossil-fuel subsidy reform, a price on carbon post-2030 and use of collected revenue to cut taxes elsewhere, the country could achieve nationally determined contribution (NDC) targets, boost income growth and increase economic diversification"

[Carbon Brief @CarbonBrief]

Guest post: How COP29 host Azerbaijan could boost growth through climate action | @MChepeliev Andrea Liverani, Arvind Nair, Dominique van der Mensbrugghe

Read here: https://t.co/Vxbbxtjd2I

[Dr. Robert Rohde @RARohde]

So, what does the re-election of Donald Trump mean for climate change?

We can make some educated guesses based on his first term, his campaign, and the expressed wishes of his allies.

A few of my thoughts as a thread. 🧵

[Cassie Dummett @CassieDummett]

More funding is needed for Congolese research into forest ecology. "Just a few dozen of the perhaps 300 scientists publishing on conservation topics related to the Congo Basin are from the DRC itself." https://t.co/BzdgVkHHjY

[Cassie Dummett @CassieDummett]

The Minister for the Environment said "The people who have lived here in harmony with nature for generations have ancestral knowledge and skills that are immeasurably valuable for the sustainable management of these #peatland ecosystems."

[Cassie Dummett @CassieDummett]

A multi-stakeholder workshop to share our #peatlands research in #Congo led to consensus that Indigenous people and local communities but be at the heart of protection initiatives. @UCLgeography @CongoPeat

[Cassie Dummett @CassieDummett]

A multi-stakeholder workshop to share our #peatlands research in #Congo led to consensus that Indigenous people and local communities but be at the heart of protection initiatives. @UCLgeography @CongoPeat

[Cassie Dummett @CassieDummett]

An investigation that shows the urgency of banning the import of products grown on deforested land #EUDR . If @Global_Witness can trace deforestation from indigenous land through to cattle, through to collagen and drinks, then companies can too, but only a law will make them.

[Global Witness @Global_Witness]

"If the Ayoreo ceased to exist, Paraguay would lose a part of its fundamental spirit."

Global collagen demand is fuelling a deforestation crisis in Paraguay 🇵🇾, threatening the survival of the #Indigenous communities who protect it

We need the #EUDR now
https://t.co/ORls9gS1QE

[Global Witness @Global_Witness]

🚨BREAKING: Retail giants such as @Costco and @Amazon are selling collagen supplements linked to the destruction of some of Paraguay’s 🇵🇾 last remaining climate-critical forests, our latest investigation has found:

https://t.co/IBbEyUIdzO

[Cassie Dummett @CassieDummett]

The #peatlands in #Congo Basin are a globally important store of carbon and a source of livelihoods for local & Indigenous people. Our multi-stakeholder meeting in #Brazzaville built consensus that these people should be at the heart of its preservation @CongoPeat @jonaspoufoun

[Stuart Neil @StuartNeilB]

What a great thread.
Thank you.

[Cassie Dummett @CassieDummett]

Delighted to see the beauty of Congo's forests and wildlife in @voguemagazine. I hope more people visit Kamba's beautiful lodges. But fighting stereotypes with stereotypes doesn't work. People do not know more about the moon than they know about Congo! https://t.co/SH857uPt6K

[Cassie Dummett @CassieDummett]

If @Global_Witness can track deforestation in indirect supply chains in Brazil, then surely JBS can too. The difference between the two? One is a billion dollar multinational, one is a small nongovernmental. It’s not lack of resources, it’s political will.

[Global Witness @Global_Witness]

Last year, our @bigbeefwatch bot set out to prove companies can track and prevent Amazon deforestation in their supply chains.

We uncovered 400 hectares (560+ football fields) of forest destroyed on farms linked to JBS' indirect suppliers 🌲

Read more:
https://t.co/2phBwoMh8Z

[Global Canopy @GlobalCanopy]

💷 Our pensions are currently driving #deforestation yet 76% of pension professionals are not engaging with their clients on nature related risk, according to a survey. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
#Pension funds have demonstrated how they can be deforestation-free🧵 ⤵️

[CongoPeat @CongoPeat]

🗞️Un briefing de @CassieDummett, @joe_langley9, O Emba, E Bokungu et le consortium #CongoPeat apporte de nouveaux éclairages sur les utilisations humaines des tourbières de la RDC ainsi que les variations des communautés d’oiseaux dans ce paysage.

➡️ https://t.co/M9KIGr5UO1

[Cassie Dummett @CassieDummett]

So pleased to have this paper published on our research in the peatlands in #DRC. We document the essential role the peatlands play in the lives and livelihoods of villagers and Indigenous People. With thanks to @SimonLLewis and @shonajjenkins for helping to make it happen.

[CongoPeat @CongoPeat]

🗞️Briefing led by @CassieDummett, @joe_langley9, O Emba, E Bokungu & #CongoPeat consortium shares insights into how people use DRC’s peatland forest and how diversity and composition of bird species may vary across this landscape.

Read the brief ➡️ https://t.co/sSIvGjNzca

[Cassie Dummett @CassieDummett]

Ce fut un plaisir de présenter et de discuter des tourbières du bassin du Congo avec les participants de la Conférence Scientifique du Festival du Fleuve Kongo. @KongoRiver01

[UK in DRC @UKinDRC]

Un grand merci à @CassieDummett, Chercheure à l’@ucl, pour ses brillantes présentations sur « la protection des tourbières du bassin du Congo et les aspirations pour l’avenir » lors de la conférence scientifique de @KongoRiver01 à Brazzaville cette semaine.

[UK in DRC @UKinDRC]

Un grand merci à @CassieDummett, Chercheure à l’@ucl, pour ses brillantes présentations sur « la protection des tourbières du bassin du Congo et les aspirations pour l’avenir » lors de la conférence scientifique de @KongoRiver01 à Brazzaville cette semaine.

[Cassie Dummett @CassieDummett]

Having woken up to the sound of gorillas in the forest on my last morning of forest research in the Republic of Congo, I came close to the magic of seeing them in the wild. Few tourists visit Congo's national parks, and those who do are lucky https://t.co/6VKC3tTaBu