In 2005, Swedish billionaire Johan Eliasch acquired roughly 400,000 acres of Amazon rainforest in Brazil by purchasing a logging company that controlled the land, and instead of continuing to cut down trees he shut down the company’s logging operations and focused on protecting the rainforest from further destruction.
The land became part of a larger conservation effort, preserving wildlife habitat and helping protect one of the planet’s most important natural carbon stores, and his actions also drew more attention to the fight against deforestation and the protection of tropical forests.
400,000 acres.
1 logging company purchased.
1 decision to stop cutting trees.
Important context in the discussion of the alleged rapes at Cornell and LSU: The Trump administration weakened the Title IX protections for sexual assault and sexual harassment. I thought this administration was about “protecting women?”
Wanting to legally get rid of the country’s social workers and early childhood education specialists sounds like the thought process of a person who is a patron of child trafficking idk.
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@TheRickWilson Every Latino, patriot, citizen, soldier & vet should know this about our demented racist-in-chief.
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@RpsAgainstTrump No patriotic vet or American in military service members should vote for this would-be Putin-loving dictator.
Fact: Treasonous Trump puts Russia First, not USA, & stabs allies in the back!
RT video. Act Blue link in comment to support YouTube ads in swing states.
Today the DNC is releasing its first-ever ad focused on third-party candidates.
Trump “likes” that Jill Stein is in this race—because Jill Stein can’t win, but she can help Trump win.
Hiding that Trump secretly conspires with Putin, sent him covid tests when Americans couldn't get any, calls Mohammed Bin Sawing on burner phoned to do God knows what.
Bob Woodward cares more about saving shit for his book than saving democracy.