Vasco Chavez-Molina

Environmental Studies PhD student at the University of Colorado Boulder

[Vasco Chavez-Molina @vascochm17]

Chapter 2 of my PhD was published yesterday in @PolicyMarine. Our study reviews potential policy pathways for the protection of the #SalasyGomez and #Nazca ridges.
#biodiversity #fisheries #bbnj
https://t.co/EA46m60x3E

[Vasco Chavez-Molina @vascochm17]

Chapter 1 of my PhD was published last week in Ocean & Coastal Management. Our investigation focused on the application of climate resilient management tools for fisheries operating in the Southern Ocean #CCAMLR #Antarctica #resilience
https://t.co/ucK6N4639f

[Vasco Chavez-Molina @vascochm17]

According to the World Bank, western Pacific ocean levels have risen at two to three times faster than the global average. #ENVS5000

[Conservation Intl @ConservationOrg]

The foreign minister of Tuvalu, an island in the South Pacific, has filmed a speech to climate summit #COP26 standing knee-deep in the ocean to show how the nation is vulnerable to #globalwarming.

Via @CNBC @lucyhandley
https://t.co/TTkqznel4B

[Vasco Chavez-Molina @vascochm17]

There has been a 76% drop in the number of new coal plants planned globally over the last six years since the Paris Agreement was adopted. This equates to the cancellation of more than 1000GW of new coal plants. #ENVS5000

[UN Climate Change @UNFCCC]

At least 23 countries have today made new commitments to phase out coal power.

These countries include five of the world’s top 20 coal power-using countries.

Burning coal is the single biggest cause of climate change.

🔗https://t.co/P3KAC4gRxb | #COP26

[Vasco Chavez-Molina @vascochm17]

Latest climate promises for 2030 put the world on track for a temperature rise this century of at least 2.7°C #ENVS5000

[UN Climate Change @UNFCCC]

The latest @UNEP Emissions Gap Report finds new national climate action plans only take 7.5% off predicted 2030 emissions, while 55% is needed to meet the 1.5°C Paris goal.

Net-zero pledges could make a big difference, but are often too vague.

🔗https://t.co/Miu04WOJDB | #COP26

[Vasco Chavez-Molina @vascochm17]

Researchers from the Global Reef Monitoring Network found that Climate change killed 14% of the world’s coral reefs in the last decade. #ENVS5000

[Pew Environment @pewenvironment]

“Climate change is wiping out coral reefs and will kill more if oceans keep getting warmer,” writes @ellen_fra.

It’s one more reason we must work to protect our ocean. https://t.co/haCnpnomBG

[Vasco Chavez-Molina @vascochm17]

Interesting study on how to identify illegally sourced wildlife in the pet trade industry #ENVS5000

[Mongabay @mongabay]

To spot wild-caught birds in pet trade, researchers zoom into isotopic detail https://t.co/9qGx9OjeCW

[Vasco Chavez-Molina @vascochm17]

The Ross Sea region MPA sets a precedent for design, adoption, and implementation of other MPAs on the high seas. #ENVS5000

[Pew Environment @pewenvironment]

The world’s largest marine protected area (MPA) “is currently—and for the foreseeable future—protected from potentially destructive human activities and is thus exemplary of a large-scale highly protected MPA”—@cassandrafish and our @Kavanaghty https://t.co/XBrmnMBiBa

[Vasco Chavez-Molina @vascochm17]

"Years of satellite imagery and analysis reveals that United Cacao, a company once publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange, deforested nearly 2,000 hectares (about 5,000 acres) of primary forest in the Peruvian Amazon". #ENVS5000

[Mongabay @mongabay]

United Cacao cleared 2K ha of Amazon rainforest in Peru as shown by satellite & investigations. It now denies this evidence & its affiliate is suing Mongabay for defamation for using the term "deforestation" #TamshiSAC https://t.co/LuBHHrkiTc

[Vasco Chavez-Molina @vascochm17]

Covid 19 and the Fur Trade #ENVS5000

[Mongabay @mongabay]

In the complex universe of COVID-19 and other zoonotic diseases, key questions remain largely unaddressed, including what role fur farming for the fashion industry plays in the spread of highly transmissible zoonotic diseases. https://t.co/WQi58ZIs8b

[Vasco Chavez-Molina @vascochm17]

#ENVS5000

[Mongabay @mongabay]

A startup in western Kenya has developed a process of making bioethanol from water hyacinths, addressing both the need for a clean fuel alternative to charcoal and fuelwood, and the spread of the invasive hyacinths. https://t.co/rxu9X9BmDw

[Vasco Chavez-Molina @vascochm17]

Should jaguars be reintroduced to the U.S? #ENVS5000

[Mongabay @mongabay]

Recent studies found that there's enough habitat to support 100+ jaguars in the US, yet this was overlooked by a Trump era recovery plan. The authors of a new op-ed argue it's now time for the US to rethink its jaguar recovery policy: https://t.co/aV3GDwSFsI

[Vasco Chavez-Molina @vascochm17]

By Imazon’s count, the amount of forest loss detected by its deforestation monitoring system was up 58% over a year ago, and 107% relative to two years ago. #ENVS5000

[Mongabay @mongabay]

Sharp jump in Amazon rainforest destruction recorded:

A new analysis provides evidence of a sharp increase in the deforestation rate in Earth’s largest rainforest over the past year, bringing the total to the highest on record since at least 2008: https://t.co/GZ0veP86JE

[Vasco Chavez-Molina @vascochm17]

#climate5750

[Mongabay @mongabay]

Brazil’s President has announced his priorities for Amazon dams, including the planned Bem Querer dam on the Rio Branco in the far-northern state of Roraima: https://t.co/sH6MsZ4eg1

[Vasco Chavez-Molina @vascochm17]

#climate5750

[Mongabay @mongabay]

Rising demand for #renewableenergy is set to increase pressure on the world’s forests, @vic_schneider reports: https://t.co/T8DJTTbv0o

[Vasco Chavez-Molina @vascochm17]

#climate5750

[Mongabay @mongabay]

Will this road mark the end for Brazil’s Amazon forest?

The BR-319 Highway would give deforesters access to about 50% of the country's remaining forest: https://t.co/IBJHO1Ugk7

[Vasco Chavez-Molina @vascochm17]

#climate5750

[Pew Environment @pewenvironment]

60 years ago, at the height of the Cold War, leading nations put their differences aside and protected Antarctica, an entire continent.

This year, protecting its waters should have been an easy decision and world leaders fell short. #CCAMLR https://t.co/joAKukzWhy

[Vasco Chavez-Molina @vascochm17]

#climate5750

[Vasco Chavez-Molina @vascochm17]

The Western Antarctic Peninsula need our help. Follow @Antarctica_NOW to learn about their efforts on ratifying marine protected areas in the Southern Ocean. #climate5750

[Antarctica NOW @Antarctica_NOW]

Lying in the Antarctic Circle that rings the southern part of the globe, we introduce you to the coldest, windiest and driest continent: #Antarctica.

It needs our help.

Watch this space on how you can help us protect #AntarcticaNOW.

[Vasco Chavez-Molina @vascochm17]

#climate5750

[CNN @CNN]

Canada plans to ban single-use plastics nationwide by the end of 2021. This includes checkout bags, straws, stir sticks, six-pack rings, cutlery and even foodware made from hard-to-recycle plastics. https://t.co/ZTFPYFIDHA