Jim Tan

Freelance photographer and journalist

[Mongabay @MongabayOrg]

A newly published study published explores the important role that traditional Papua New Guinean beliefs play in an ongoing campaign against a copper and gold mine on a tributary of the Sepik River, reports @JimLTan.

https://t.co/lM713gm459

[Positive News @PositiveNewsUK]

“It’s just amazing to see these ponies grazing on the top of the mountain at 3,000ft”
https://t.co/28515YXUX6

[Mongabay @mongabay]

Poaching has more than doubled this year in South Africa’s Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park, the birthplace of white rhino conservation, @JimLTan reports. https://t.co/1RdK3eOaGP

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The Carneddau ponies are arguably the wildest ponies in Britain and of great scientific and cultural value. But, because they don't qualify for Rare Breed status they are not nearly as well known as they should be. Article published by @NatGeoUK
https://t.co/NKrruLqET8

[Mongabay @mongabay]

A new report finds that transport and energy infrastructure projects in the Congo Basin do not adequately account for their full environmental and social impact and may lead to irreversible degradation of this vital region, @JimLTan reports: https://t.co/v2DVGafJM8

[Mongabay @mongabay]

12 international donors have pledged at least $1.5 billion over the next 4 years to support protection and sustainable management of the Congo Basin forests, but is it enough?

@JimLTan reports: https://t.co/BGq4Ua8eQ7

[Mongabay @mongabay]

A new study suggests that if Europe planted trees across all the land suitable for reforestation, it might not only sequester carbon but also partially ameliorate the increasingly dry European summers predicted by #climatechange models, @JimLTan reports: https://t.co/KdCMY0zT4x

[Mongabay @mongabay]

Gabon recently received the first $17 million of a pledged $150 million from Norway for results-based emission reduction payments as part of the Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI). https://t.co/vvms0FRbmC

[Mongabay @mongabay]

A recently published study that analyzed movement data from 229 elephants has found that human influence and protected areas are main factors determining the size of elephant ranges, @JimLTan reports: https://t.co/GWAwAbz4Ks

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

We need truth and reconcialition in Britain. Recognition that the colonial enterprise was a vast crime against humanity. It was the state-sanctioned theft of other people's land, labour and resources, and the mass killing of those who resisted. https://t.co/qaKb57wZmB

[Jim Tan @JimLTan]

"At the $7.40 threshold – which is still at the low end of the metrics scholars have proposed – we find that the number of people in poverty hasn’t declined at all. Rather, it has grown dramatically since 1981, going from 3.2 billion to 4.2 billion"

https://t.co/ZtiqyBqwGM

[Jim Tan @JimLTan]

Disappointing results from the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) voluntary certification scheme - "The only area where RSPO certification made a positive impact was in higher yields and share prices for certified companies." @MongabayOrg https://t.co/16HePPZwWj

[Jim Tan @JimLTan]

Without significant extra funding, "forest conservation in developing countries will jeopardize, rather than contribute to, sustainable development goals." - A worrying conclusion from Professor Julia Jones from Bangor University @BangorUni https://t.co/Q09CSy6k38 via @thePeerJ

[Jim Tan @JimLTan]

Great interview in The Revelator discussing our relationship with the wolf. Some really interesting points from environmental ethicist Professor Michael P. Nelson. @Revelator_News https://t.co/WPxxl3X4OW

[Jim Tan @JimLTan]

New Four Paws Forest School: Teaching orphaned orangutans the skills they need to live an independent life in the forest. My latest article for @mongabay @fourpawsint https://t.co/WzGzjdX87l

[Jim Tan @JimLTan]

"Fith of Britain's wild mammals at high risk of extinction" - A pretty terrifying finding in The Mammal Society's government report covered in the @guardianeco https://t.co/krcjicM7jR