Luis Fernando Ramadon / ACCAMTAS

Ação Contra Crimes Ambientais, Minerários e Tráfico de Animais SIlvestres - Ação Contra a Extração Ilegal de Areia

[Amy Fuchshofen @acsbaum]

"Bagnold, a soldier and scientist, understood the desert better than any European alive. His career included action in two world wars. He couldn’t have known at the time, but it would range two worlds." >> Feature from @PopSci's Tiny issue is now online! https://t.co/iwsTtFx0XF

[UN Environment Programme @UNEP]

It is estimated that car tyre wear is responsible for 5-10% of all plastics entering the ocean, as well as contributing to air pollution.

Read the full report here.
https://t.co/pjDvHB9ACK

[EnvironmentalJustice @EnvJustice]

As people & planet are pushed to #burnout levels, 4000 signed a call from 238 academics to stop policies that sacrifice what matters in the pursuit of infinite growth on a finite planet. Please join them & RT https://t.co/AV7z8x7LlV
#postgrowth
#wellbeing
#transition
#economy

[Sand Stories.org @Sand_Stories]

How widespread is sand mining in New Zealand? Interesting statistics here on the impact along the coastline and how there are fears about seabed mining. #NewZealand #sandstories #sandcrisis @NZStuff https://t.co/VyJOFa20J1

[Richard Pearshouse @RPearshouse]

Greenpeace USA report shows how Energy Transfer Partners -the company behind the Dakota Access pipeline- lobbied for new legislation in the US aimed at restricting and criminalising protests https://t.co/rS1hrVfzm0

[EnvironmentalJustice @EnvJustice]

For #WorldEnvironmentDay our academic team studied how the global environmental justice movement is transforming our world by reacting to economic activities that will damage or are damaging the #environment. Here's a TOP 10 of burning issues: https://t.co/uBhEJ2DlWc

[Richard Pearshouse @RPearshouse]

Land grabbing, mega dams, mining... On #WorldEnvironmentDay2018 our friends at @EnvJustice publish list of the top 10 drivers of environmental conflicts around the world https://t.co/s8OBCyhRNK

[EnvironmentalJustice @EnvJustice]

Environmental movement now is what workers’ movement was in 20th century. Protests don't need to be "managed", they are potent forces to sustainability. Here's a guide to 13 peer reviewed papers on this topic, based on the Atlas of Environmental Justice https://t.co/2DRzWvGJAL

[SANDRP @Indian_Rivers]

#IllegalSandMining: Following SC ban, #Rajasthan exploring alternatives to sand mostly mined from #rivers illegally & unsustainably.........
https://t.co/ye7sm3lCUN @kanchikohli @sumairaabdulali @Sand_Stories @veditum

[Comitê Guandu-RJ @comiteguandurj]

A Superintendência da Gestão Ambiental e Fundiária de FURNAS realizará um Simpósio de Conservação da Biodiversidade, no dia 4 de junho, em sua sede, Botafogo.

Confira a programação completa e fique atento ao período de inscrições!

[EnvironmentalJustice @EnvJustice]

Congrats to our PhD researcher @MingorriaSara who just won a well deserved #LASA2018 Oxfam America Martin Diskin Dissertation Award for her PhD on #palmoil and #Sugarcane #conflicts in #Guatemala
Here's a summary: https://t.co/fXgroXrYmt

[Ecojesuit @Ecojesuit]

"Divestment: Investing in Creation", movements to divest from fossil fuel investments is gaining momentum.
https://t.co/I5B7IhLpQ9
@CathClimateMvmt @EnvJustice @EuropeanJesuit @ucanews #LaudatoSi @jesuitnetwork @IGsolidarityNET #SDGs #divest

[SANDRP @Indian_Rivers]

SHOCKING: #Karnataka Lokayukta report reveals Sand Regulatory Committees been MUTE SPECTATORS, local POLICE turned BLIND EYES to #IllegalSandMining from #Tungabhadra #river & streams
https://t.co/2T3zv67RLB @kanchikohli @sumairaabdulali @Sand_Stories @vincelb @IndiaRiverForum

[André Trigueiro @andretrig]

Há gente que, em vez de destruir, constrói; em lugar de invejar, presenteia; em vez de envenenar, embeleza; em lugar de dilacerar, reúne e agrega.
(Lya Luft)
#bomdia

[@pmerj @PMERJ]

#CPAM realiza operação para combater extração irregular de areia na Baixada e na Região Metropolitana do Rio. Um casal foi detido e conduzido à Polícia Federal. Durante a ação, os policiais da 2ªUPAM apreenderam uma balsa e um silo, utilizados para a prática do crime ambiental.

[G1 Norte Fluminense @g1norterj]

Polícia Ambiental encontra área de extração ilegal de areia em Bom Jesus do Itabapoana, no RJ https://t.co/CUXxTTH5Lb

[TIMES NOW @TimesNow]

Journalist probing illegal sand mining cases killed in Madhya Pradesh's Bhind

[💧Marc Goichot🌎💦 @marcgoichot]

Unsustainable sand mining in the Subamarekha River in North-East India is causing serious environmental concerns, threats to local population and putting 2 bridges at risk @WWFLeadWater @david_tickner @Sami_T_koski @alexisjmorgan https://t.co/GiV5hliHCO

[Ashish Kothari @chikikothari]

Rosy pelican silhouetted in streetlight reflection, Hamirsar lake, Bhuj (Kachchh), India.