Dimitri Selibas

Freelance environmental writer | Africa + Latin America | Focus on South Africa, Brazil and Colombia. Featured in @guardian @mongabay @bbc @sciencemagazine

[Dimitri Selibas @dselibas]

“They (Indigenous peoples) are not obstacles to development - they are guardians of our rivers and forests, and a fundamental part of our greatness as a nation” - Lula at his inauguration today with leader Raoni Metuktire. A new era for the environment & Indigenous rights! 🇧🇷🌱

[Global Witness @Global_Witness]

BREAKING: JBS, a company notorious for its supply chain links to deforestation, biodiversity loss, corruption, and human rights violations is being bankrolled by the global financial system via 'sustainable' funds.

https://t.co/Px4Khf6TJW

[Jesse Marioneaux @jesse_marioneau]

Average person right now

[Dimitri Selibas @dselibas]

Thrilled about my 1st for @ScienceMagazine about @cybertrackerorg. The story covers the software, co-developed with #Indigenous trackers, empowering anyone to collect complex biodiversity data, & the visionary behind it, Louis Liebenberg 🌍🦜📊

Read more: https://t.co/spqclPUwHC

[Geoffrey Supran @GeoffreySupran]

This is massive. @UN Secretary General calls for a worldwide ban on fossil fuel advertising. https://t.co/pVKUntwVA0

[Plastic Pollutes @PlasticPollutes]

🩸 Microplastics were found in blood clots in a new study, giving us even more evidence that we need a global cap on plastic production, a shift to nontoxic alternatives, and reuse systems that don't rely on plastics. #PlasticPollutes

https://t.co/0CAPvVrx6t

[DW Español @dw_espanol]

Acuerdo global en la ONU contra la biopiratería

Los países en desarrollo tendrán derecho a parte de los beneficios económicos que empresas privadas obtienen gracias a avances tecnológicos basados en sus conocimientos tradicionales y recursos genéticos, como los procedentes de plantas medicinales. Más de 190 naciones acordaron en Suiza un tratado para combatir la biopiratería, tras más de veinte años de negociaciones en el marco de la ONU. Se llama "biopiratería” a la apropiación privada del desarrollo y la investigación de recursos genéticos o de sus correspondientes conocimientos tradicionales. En su mayoría se trata de plantas comestibles y medicinales tradicionales de estas comunidades, cuyos efectos y preparación fueron descubiertos y cultivados por comunidades indígenas que no reciben ningún beneficio.

[UN Biodiversity @UNBiodiversity]

‘Recent research has shown that natural regeneration can potentially absorb 40 times more carbon than plantations.’

@bbc Future explores the potential benefits of ‘natural forest restoration’ for #ClimateChange mitigation and ecosystem restoration.

➡️https://t.co/SHZy3MQhNO

[IIED @IIED]

A new toolkit helps communities facing conflicts related to #land-based investments receive legal help when conflict arises - rather than trying to reverse rights violations *afterwards*.

@RKnightNamati highlights the value of rapid response mechanisms: https://t.co/dLZyFfAOgt

[Dimitri Selibas @dselibas]

@melkersvard Super interesting study @melkersvard - but what do you recommend for people with leg lenght discrencies who have been prescribed insoles to balance out leg height?

[Dimitri Selibas @dselibas]

Very damning findings of the most comprehensive study to date that market mechanisms are not solving poverty and forest loss, and in some cases making it worse

[Andrew Ahern @AndrewsonEarth]

The most comprehensive study on forest governance finds markets are making deforestation, climate change & inequality worse.

“The evidence does not support the claim of win-wins for ecology, economy & people as a policy response to environmental problems” https://t.co/b3xgivOIJc

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

Sterling Heights, MI, joins a list of other Detroit suburbs that will convert dying malls into town centers. Lakeside Mall will be redeveloped into 2,800 new housing units and a town center. Converting dead malls is an easy way to create town centers in the suburbs.

[Yohan @yohaniddawela]

Meta is using Facebook and mobile phone data to produce super-granular household wealth estimates.

Here’s what you need to know about the Relative Wealth Index:

[Dr. William J. Ripple @WilliamJRipple]

The money solution!

[Dimitri Selibas @dselibas]

@TenureFacility Okay thanks

[Latoya @LatoyaAbulu]

In largest ever study, Indigenous and local communities report the impacts of climate change

@SonamLamaHy0lm0 reports for @MongabayOrg @mongabay
https://t.co/SeAToJiofX

[Dimitri Selibas @dselibas]

@TenureFacility Will there be a link to the discussion?

[Forest Peoples Programme @ForestPeoplesP]

📣 “We’re going to fight for as long as we can.”

🔎 A new investigation by @TBIJ, @Ojo_Publico & @MongabayLatam traces the palm oil used by @PepsiCo to deforested Indigenous lands in the Peruvian Amazon & the plantations of @ocho_sur.

#NOchoSur

https://t.co/rgEVywcE5e

[Thomas Piketty @PikettyWIL]

Bottom line: rich countries pretend to be in favour of fair & open markets, devlopment for all etc. but in practice the way financial markets are organized & regulated leads to an enormous income transfer from global South to global North, year after year & growing over time

[Dimitri Selibas @dselibas]

Clothing giants H&M and Zara have been linked to large-scale illegal deforestation, land-grabbing, violence and corruption in the Brazilian Cerrado, according to an investigation by Earthsight.

I dug into the details for @MongabayOrg

https://t.co/IZwYvTcZkI