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  1. John Egbert Faceclaim / Gil @[email protected] ·

    Here in the US, it's still 31 July, but in PH, it's officially Buwan ng Wika. In recognition of that fact, I thought I would just walk back through some Gil Lore for you all ​:blob3c:​

    Most of you probably know me through my online identity, 'kalanggam.' This has been my main handle on the internet since 2017. I chose this username because I am Bisaya and it reflects my family in Cebu and Bantayan Island

    'langgam' means 'ant' in Tagalog, but in Binisayang Sinugbuanon/Cebuano, it means 'bird.' Through derivation, we have 'kalanggaman,' which refers to a flock of birds.

    Kalanggaman Island gets its name from this word. So naturally 'kalanggaman' is taken on most platforms. I took off the '-an' to get around that, and there you have it     😄

    #buwanngwika #bisaya

    #buwanngwika #bisaya
  2. John Egbert Faceclaim / Gil @[email protected] ·

    Here in the US, it's still 31 July, but in PH, it's officially Buwan ng Wika. In recognition of that fact, I thought I would just walk back through some Gil Lore for you all ​:blob3c:​

    Most of you probably know me through my online identity, 'kalanggam.' This has been my main handle on the internet since 2017. I chose this username because I am Bisaya and it reflects my family in Cebu and Bantayan Island

    'langgam' means 'ant' in Tagalog, but in Binisayang Sinugbuanon/Cebuano, it means 'bird.' Through derivation, we have 'kalanggaman,' which refers to a flock of birds.

    Kalanggaman Island gets its name from this word. So naturally 'kalanggaman' is taken on most platforms. I took off the '-an' to get around that, and there you have it     😄

    #buwanngwika #bisaya

    #bisaya #buwanngwika
  3. John Egbert Faceclaim / Gil @[email protected] ·

    Here in the US, it's still 31 July, but in PH, it's officially Buwan ng Wika. In recognition of that fact, I thought I would just walk back through some Gil Lore for you all ​:blob3c:​

    Most of you probably know me through my online identity, 'kalanggam.' This has been my main handle on the internet since 2017. I chose this username because I am Bisaya and it reflects my family in Cebu and Bantayan Island

    'langgam' means 'ant' in Tagalog, but in Binisayang Sinugbuanon/Cebuano, it means 'bird.' Through derivation, we have 'kalanggaman,' which refers to a flock of birds.

    Kalanggaman Island gets its name from this word. So naturally 'kalanggaman' is taken on most platforms. I took off the '-an' to get around that, and there you have it     😄

    #buwanngwika #bisaya

    #buwanngwika #bisaya
  4. Aaron John Dizon @[email protected] ·

    Please boost to reach more people.

    to my #Pinoy friends, if you have time, give #BeMyEyes app a try.

    Be My Eyes is an app made up of a global community that connects people who are blind or have low vision with sighted volunteers through a live video call.

    so basically, kaming mga #blind, sometimes we need sighted assistance to do things. for example, minsan kaylangan kong malaman kung anong label yung nakasulat sa isang packaging, i call Be my eyes. or kung kaylangan ko magpabasa nang settings nang washing machine or nang kahit ano pang device, tumatawag ako. not all the time kasi we have someone na kasama namin to ask things so sobrang helpful talaga nang app. so if you would like to be a volunteer, please download the app and make a difference by helping blind people live more independent lives.

    bemyeyes.com/

    #Accessibility #Blindness #Awareness #IAmAble #Pinoy #Filipino #Pinas #Philippines #PH #NoypiGeeks

    #pinoy #bemyeyes #blind #accessibility #blindness #awareness
  5. Aaron John Dizon @[email protected] ·

    Please boost to reach more people.

    to my #Pinoy friends, if you have time, give #BeMyEyes app a try.

    Be My Eyes is an app made up of a global community that connects people who are blind or have low vision with sighted volunteers through a live video call.

    so basically, kaming mga #blind, sometimes we need sighted assistance to do things. for example, minsan kaylangan kong malaman kung anong label yung nakasulat sa isang packaging, i call Be my eyes. or kung kaylangan ko magpabasa nang settings nang washing machine or nang kahit ano pang device, tumatawag ako. not all the time kasi we have someone na kasama namin to ask things so sobrang helpful talaga nang app. so if you would like to be a volunteer, please download the app and make a difference by helping blind people live more independent lives.

    bemyeyes.com/

    #Accessibility #Blindness #Awareness #IAmAble #Pinoy #Filipino #Pinas #Philippines #PH #NoypiGeeks

    #pinoy #bemyeyes #blind #accessibility #blindness #awareness
  6. Aaron John Dizon @[email protected] ·

    Please boost to reach more people.

    to my #Pinoy friends, if you have time, give #BeMyEyes app a try.

    Be My Eyes is an app made up of a global community that connects people who are blind or have low vision with sighted volunteers through a live video call.

    so basically, kaming mga #blind, sometimes we need sighted assistance to do things. for example, minsan kaylangan kong malaman kung anong label yung nakasulat sa isang packaging, i call Be my eyes. or kung kaylangan ko magpabasa nang settings nang washing machine or nang kahit ano pang device, tumatawag ako. not all the time kasi we have someone na kasama namin to ask things so sobrang helpful talaga nang app. so if you would like to be a volunteer, please download the app and make a difference by helping blind people live more independent lives.

    bemyeyes.com/

    #Accessibility #Blindness #Awareness #IAmAble #Pinoy #Filipino #Pinas #Philippines #PH #NoypiGeeks

    #pinoy #bemyeyes #blind #accessibility #blindness #awareness
  7. Aaron John Dizon @[email protected] ·

    Please boost to reach more people.

    to my #Pinoy friends, if you have time, give #BeMyEyes app a try.

    Be My Eyes is an app made up of a global community that connects people who are blind or have low vision with sighted volunteers through a live video call.

    so basically, kaming mga #blind, sometimes we need sighted assistance to do things. for example, minsan kaylangan kong malaman kung anong label yung nakasulat sa isang packaging, i call Be my eyes. or kung kaylangan ko magpabasa nang settings nang washing machine or nang kahit ano pang device, tumatawag ako. not all the time kasi we have someone na kasama namin to ask things so sobrang helpful talaga nang app. so if you would like to be a volunteer, please download the app and make a difference by helping blind people live more independent lives.

    bemyeyes.com/

    #Accessibility #Blindness #Awareness #IAmAble #Pinoy #Filipino #Pinas #Philippines #PH #NoypiGeeks

    #noypigeeks #ph #philippines #pinas #filipino #iamable
  8. Aaron John Dizon @[email protected] ·

    Please boost to reach more people.

    to my #Pinoy friends, if you have time, give #BeMyEyes app a try.

    Be My Eyes is an app made up of a global community that connects people who are blind or have low vision with sighted volunteers through a live video call.

    so basically, kaming mga #blind, sometimes we need sighted assistance to do things. for example, minsan kaylangan kong malaman kung anong label yung nakasulat sa isang packaging, i call Be my eyes. or kung kaylangan ko magpabasa nang settings nang washing machine or nang kahit ano pang device, tumatawag ako. not all the time kasi we have someone na kasama namin to ask things so sobrang helpful talaga nang app. so if you would like to be a volunteer, please download the app and make a difference by helping blind people live more independent lives.

    bemyeyes.com/

    #Accessibility #Blindness #Awareness #IAmAble #Pinoy #Filipino #Pinas #Philippines #PH #NoypiGeeks

    #pinoy #bemyeyes #blind #accessibility #blindness #awareness
  9. En Esto Creo @[email protected] ·

    Master Ruben M. Ecleo – III Message

    April 17, 2026

    Kumusta po?
    How are you this morning?

    Magsisimula ako with a little bit of a long speech.

    Well, you all know me. Kilala n’yo na ako lahat, di ba? Pero hindi n’yo talaga ako kilala 100%, hindi ba? That’s why I’m a little bit mysterious too, right? Unlike our DM and GM, mayroon tayong mga pamphlets. Pero ang inyong Master, you don’t really know me 100%.

    But this is good. This is good because GOD works in mysterious ways, and you do not understand all my teachings and revelations. Lahat hindi n’yo maintindihan dahil hindi n’yo ako kilala, hindi po ba? Hindi po ba? That’s why we always question all religions, all of us, because we do not fully know Him, hindi po ba?

    Pero nag-iwan Siya ng mga aral Niya, ng commandments Niya sa mundo, and we all follow Him kahit hindi natin Siya gaanong kilala, right? Am I right? Do we follow His commandments?

    Mga kapatid ko sa asosasyon, darating na talaga ang panahon na pangalanan na talaga si Ruru as your president. Better prepare this coming December. I wish all of you kailangan nandito kayo to witness the leadership that I will be giving my son.

    But before I leave — hindi naman talaga ako magle-leave. I’m here. He will be the president, and I will remain your Master.

    And also, matagal na talagang nakikiusap ang ating mga members ng Rubenian. I will be granting you the power of mission. Hindi ba kayo masaya?

    I will be granting you the power of mission, but you have to refresh all of your skills. Hindi na rin puwedeng magmisyon ang mga may edad na, mga matatanda na. But even though, their mission will be in their respective barangays. Kasi I just spoke to the council, sabihin na lang natin.

    So this year is a very important year because this year marks the year kung saan ang ating Panginoon, si Jesus Christ — your Master. You know, this year marks April 4, 5, and 6 — once a year, same time, same day — namatay ang ating Panginoon.

    That’s why it is important to know who this One is.
    Na kahit hindi man ako namatay, nandiyan lang ako palagi dahil nabuhay ako.

    He is always with us — in hardships, for better or for worse. Our God is with us all the time, but we are just blind.

    When the time of judgment comes and you ask for His forgiveness, the time will never be the same.

    Even if you wear the ring, you wear the white dress, you will not be saved if you turn your eyes away.

    Who is the Father, the Son, and the Spirit? That’s why it is very important that you know the person you are following.

    Marami ang nagsabi na kilala na nila ako, but you really don’t know me. Alam n’yo ba na may polio akong pasyente na pinalakad ko nang isang oras? But you don’t know that.

    Because it is not written. That’s why, sa panahon ng inyong Master, everything you witness, you write. Because Jesus — hindi tatagal ang pagtuturo Niya sa mundo kung hindi sinulat, hindi po ba?

    This is how you remember a person. It doesn’t matter if you do not remember me.

    Kaya yung mga naririnig ninyo, mga hindi ninyo maintindihan at gumugulo sa isipan ninyo — noong panahon na iisa pa ang asosasyon — remember: it is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. That’s it. And if you do not follow the Son, you do not follow the Father.

    Because they are two different persons. Ipinagpalit ako sa ibang tao. That’s why I mean, do not turn your eyes away.

    Tayo, naiwan, konti lang — pero babangon tayo.

    That’s why it has been a very long time na hindi ako nagpamisyon sa inyo. Marami ang nagmi-misyon diyan, pero hindi totoo ang mga misyon nila dahil hindi sila permitted by me.

    Sa lahat ng nagmisyon na mga Rubenian, wala akong ni isa na pinamisyon sa inyo. Yes, nagpaalam kayo sa akin, pero wala akong sinabi na “sige,” because I have to make sure that my people will follow.

    Binibenta ang mga libreta sa Facebook — iyan ang pinakaayaw ko. We have given you these divine words for you to protect, not to sell, not to ipagyabang, at hindi tanggapin sa maling paraan.

    This is what I am very disappointed about with a lot of members of PBMA and a lot of members in the Rubenian before. That’s why hinintay ko na lang.

    Gusto ko lang magsalita minsan dahil gusto kong pakinggan ninyo ang sinasabi ko.

    #Blog #filipino #life #news #philippines #tagalog
    #blog #filipino #life #news #philippines #tagalog
  10. En Esto Creo @[email protected] ·

    Master Ruben M. Ecleo – III Message

    April 17, 2026

    Kumusta po?
    How are you this morning?

    Magsisimula ako with a little bit of a long speech.

    Well, you all know me. Kilala n’yo na ako lahat, di ba? Pero hindi n’yo talaga ako kilala 100%, hindi ba? That’s why I’m a little bit mysterious too, right? Unlike our DM and GM, mayroon tayong mga pamphlets. Pero ang inyong Master, you don’t really know me 100%.

    But this is good. This is good because GOD works in mysterious ways, and you do not understand all my teachings and revelations. Lahat hindi n’yo maintindihan dahil hindi n’yo ako kilala, hindi po ba? Hindi po ba? That’s why we always question all religions, all of us, because we do not fully know Him, hindi po ba?

    Pero nag-iwan Siya ng mga aral Niya, ng commandments Niya sa mundo, and we all follow Him kahit hindi natin Siya gaanong kilala, right? Am I right? Do we follow His commandments?

    Mga kapatid ko sa asosasyon, darating na talaga ang panahon na pangalanan na talaga si Ruru as your president. Better prepare this coming December. I wish all of you kailangan nandito kayo to witness the leadership that I will be giving my son.

    But before I leave — hindi naman talaga ako magle-leave. I’m here. He will be the president, and I will remain your Master.

    And also, matagal na talagang nakikiusap ang ating mga members ng Rubenian. I will be granting you the power of mission. Hindi ba kayo masaya?

    I will be granting you the power of mission, but you have to refresh all of your skills. Hindi na rin puwedeng magmisyon ang mga may edad na, mga matatanda na. But even though, their mission will be in their respective barangays. Kasi I just spoke to the council, sabihin na lang natin.

    So this year is a very important year because this year marks the year kung saan ang ating Panginoon, si Jesus Christ — your Master. You know, this year marks April 4, 5, and 6 — once a year, same time, same day — namatay ang ating Panginoon.

    That’s why it is important to know who this One is.
    Na kahit hindi man ako namatay, nandiyan lang ako palagi dahil nabuhay ako.

    He is always with us — in hardships, for better or for worse. Our God is with us all the time, but we are just blind.

    When the time of judgment comes and you ask for His forgiveness, the time will never be the same.

    Even if you wear the ring, you wear the white dress, you will not be saved if you turn your eyes away.

    Who is the Father, the Son, and the Spirit? That’s why it is very important that you know the person you are following.

    Marami ang nagsabi na kilala na nila ako, but you really don’t know me. Alam n’yo ba na may polio akong pasyente na pinalakad ko nang isang oras? But you don’t know that.

    Because it is not written. That’s why, sa panahon ng inyong Master, everything you witness, you write. Because Jesus — hindi tatagal ang pagtuturo Niya sa mundo kung hindi sinulat, hindi po ba?

    This is how you remember a person. It doesn’t matter if you do not remember me.

    Kaya yung mga naririnig ninyo, mga hindi ninyo maintindihan at gumugulo sa isipan ninyo — noong panahon na iisa pa ang asosasyon — remember: it is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. That’s it. And if you do not follow the Son, you do not follow the Father.

    Because they are two different persons. Ipinagpalit ako sa ibang tao. That’s why I mean, do not turn your eyes away.

    Tayo, naiwan, konti lang — pero babangon tayo.

    That’s why it has been a very long time na hindi ako nagpamisyon sa inyo. Marami ang nagmi-misyon diyan, pero hindi totoo ang mga misyon nila dahil hindi sila permitted by me.

    Sa lahat ng nagmisyon na mga Rubenian, wala akong ni isa na pinamisyon sa inyo. Yes, nagpaalam kayo sa akin, pero wala akong sinabi na “sige,” because I have to make sure that my people will follow.

    Binibenta ang mga libreta sa Facebook — iyan ang pinakaayaw ko. We have given you these divine words for you to protect, not to sell, not to ipagyabang, at hindi tanggapin sa maling paraan.

    This is what I am very disappointed about with a lot of members of PBMA and a lot of members in the Rubenian before. That’s why hinintay ko na lang.

    Gusto ko lang magsalita minsan dahil gusto kong pakinggan ninyo ang sinasabi ko.

    #Blog #filipino #life #news #philippines #tagalog
    #blog #filipino #life #news #philippines #tagalog
  11. En Esto Creo @[email protected] ·

    Master Ruben M. Ecleo – III Message

    April 17, 2026

    Kumusta po?
    How are you this morning?

    Magsisimula ako with a little bit of a long speech.

    Well, you all know me. Kilala n’yo na ako lahat, di ba? Pero hindi n’yo talaga ako kilala 100%, hindi ba? That’s why I’m a little bit mysterious too, right? Unlike our DM and GM, mayroon tayong mga pamphlets. Pero ang inyong Master, you don’t really know me 100%.

    But this is good. This is good because GOD works in mysterious ways, and you do not understand all my teachings and revelations. Lahat hindi n’yo maintindihan dahil hindi n’yo ako kilala, hindi po ba? Hindi po ba? That’s why we always question all religions, all of us, because we do not fully know Him, hindi po ba?

    Pero nag-iwan Siya ng mga aral Niya, ng commandments Niya sa mundo, and we all follow Him kahit hindi natin Siya gaanong kilala, right? Am I right? Do we follow His commandments?

    Mga kapatid ko sa asosasyon, darating na talaga ang panahon na pangalanan na talaga si Ruru as your president. Better prepare this coming December. I wish all of you kailangan nandito kayo to witness the leadership that I will be giving my son.

    But before I leave — hindi naman talaga ako magle-leave. I’m here. He will be the president, and I will remain your Master.

    And also, matagal na talagang nakikiusap ang ating mga members ng Rubenian. I will be granting you the power of mission. Hindi ba kayo masaya?

    I will be granting you the power of mission, but you have to refresh all of your skills. Hindi na rin puwedeng magmisyon ang mga may edad na, mga matatanda na. But even though, their mission will be in their respective barangays. Kasi I just spoke to the council, sabihin na lang natin.

    So this year is a very important year because this year marks the year kung saan ang ating Panginoon, si Jesus Christ — your Master. You know, this year marks April 4, 5, and 6 — once a year, same time, same day — namatay ang ating Panginoon.

    That’s why it is important to know who this One is.
    Na kahit hindi man ako namatay, nandiyan lang ako palagi dahil nabuhay ako.

    He is always with us — in hardships, for better or for worse. Our God is with us all the time, but we are just blind.

    When the time of judgment comes and you ask for His forgiveness, the time will never be the same.

    Even if you wear the ring, you wear the white dress, you will not be saved if you turn your eyes away.

    Who is the Father, the Son, and the Spirit? That’s why it is very important that you know the person you are following.

    Marami ang nagsabi na kilala na nila ako, but you really don’t know me. Alam n’yo ba na may polio akong pasyente na pinalakad ko nang isang oras? But you don’t know that.

    Because it is not written. That’s why, sa panahon ng inyong Master, everything you witness, you write. Because Jesus — hindi tatagal ang pagtuturo Niya sa mundo kung hindi sinulat, hindi po ba?

    This is how you remember a person. It doesn’t matter if you do not remember me.

    Kaya yung mga naririnig ninyo, mga hindi ninyo maintindihan at gumugulo sa isipan ninyo — noong panahon na iisa pa ang asosasyon — remember: it is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. That’s it. And if you do not follow the Son, you do not follow the Father.

    Because they are two different persons. Ipinagpalit ako sa ibang tao. That’s why I mean, do not turn your eyes away.

    Tayo, naiwan, konti lang — pero babangon tayo.

    That’s why it has been a very long time na hindi ako nagpamisyon sa inyo. Marami ang nagmi-misyon diyan, pero hindi totoo ang mga misyon nila dahil hindi sila permitted by me.

    Sa lahat ng nagmisyon na mga Rubenian, wala akong ni isa na pinamisyon sa inyo. Yes, nagpaalam kayo sa akin, pero wala akong sinabi na “sige,” because I have to make sure that my people will follow.

    Binibenta ang mga libreta sa Facebook — iyan ang pinakaayaw ko. We have given you these divine words for you to protect, not to sell, not to ipagyabang, at hindi tanggapin sa maling paraan.

    This is what I am very disappointed about with a lot of members of PBMA and a lot of members in the Rubenian before. That’s why hinintay ko na lang.

    Gusto ko lang magsalita minsan dahil gusto kong pakinggan ninyo ang sinasabi ko.

    #Blog #filipino #life #news #philippines #tagalog
    #blog #filipino #life #news #philippines #tagalog
  12. En Esto Creo @[email protected] ·

    Master Ruben M. Ecleo – III Message

    April 17, 2026

    Kumusta po?
    How are you this morning?

    Magsisimula ako with a little bit of a long speech.

    Well, you all know me. Kilala n’yo na ako lahat, di ba? Pero hindi n’yo talaga ako kilala 100%, hindi ba? That’s why I’m a little bit mysterious too, right? Unlike our DM and GM, mayroon tayong mga pamphlets. Pero ang inyong Master, you don’t really know me 100%.

    But this is good. This is good because GOD works in mysterious ways, and you do not understand all my teachings and revelations. Lahat hindi n’yo maintindihan dahil hindi n’yo ako kilala, hindi po ba? Hindi po ba? That’s why we always question all religions, all of us, because we do not fully know Him, hindi po ba?

    Pero nag-iwan Siya ng mga aral Niya, ng commandments Niya sa mundo, and we all follow Him kahit hindi natin Siya gaanong kilala, right? Am I right? Do we follow His commandments?

    Mga kapatid ko sa asosasyon, darating na talaga ang panahon na pangalanan na talaga si Ruru as your president. Better prepare this coming December. I wish all of you kailangan nandito kayo to witness the leadership that I will be giving my son.

    But before I leave — hindi naman talaga ako magle-leave. I’m here. He will be the president, and I will remain your Master.

    And also, matagal na talagang nakikiusap ang ating mga members ng Rubenian. I will be granting you the power of mission. Hindi ba kayo masaya?

    I will be granting you the power of mission, but you have to refresh all of your skills. Hindi na rin puwedeng magmisyon ang mga may edad na, mga matatanda na. But even though, their mission will be in their respective barangays. Kasi I just spoke to the council, sabihin na lang natin.

    So this year is a very important year because this year marks the year kung saan ang ating Panginoon, si Jesus Christ — your Master. You know, this year marks April 4, 5, and 6 — once a year, same time, same day — namatay ang ating Panginoon.

    That’s why it is important to know who this One is.
    Na kahit hindi man ako namatay, nandiyan lang ako palagi dahil nabuhay ako.

    He is always with us — in hardships, for better or for worse. Our God is with us all the time, but we are just blind.

    When the time of judgment comes and you ask for His forgiveness, the time will never be the same.

    Even if you wear the ring, you wear the white dress, you will not be saved if you turn your eyes away.

    Who is the Father, the Son, and the Spirit? That’s why it is very important that you know the person you are following.

    Marami ang nagsabi na kilala na nila ako, but you really don’t know me. Alam n’yo ba na may polio akong pasyente na pinalakad ko nang isang oras? But you don’t know that.

    Because it is not written. That’s why, sa panahon ng inyong Master, everything you witness, you write. Because Jesus — hindi tatagal ang pagtuturo Niya sa mundo kung hindi sinulat, hindi po ba?

    This is how you remember a person. It doesn’t matter if you do not remember me.

    Kaya yung mga naririnig ninyo, mga hindi ninyo maintindihan at gumugulo sa isipan ninyo — noong panahon na iisa pa ang asosasyon — remember: it is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. That’s it. And if you do not follow the Son, you do not follow the Father.

    Because they are two different persons. Ipinagpalit ako sa ibang tao. That’s why I mean, do not turn your eyes away.

    Tayo, naiwan, konti lang — pero babangon tayo.

    That’s why it has been a very long time na hindi ako nagpamisyon sa inyo. Marami ang nagmi-misyon diyan, pero hindi totoo ang mga misyon nila dahil hindi sila permitted by me.

    Sa lahat ng nagmisyon na mga Rubenian, wala akong ni isa na pinamisyon sa inyo. Yes, nagpaalam kayo sa akin, pero wala akong sinabi na “sige,” because I have to make sure that my people will follow.

    Binibenta ang mga libreta sa Facebook — iyan ang pinakaayaw ko. We have given you these divine words for you to protect, not to sell, not to ipagyabang, at hindi tanggapin sa maling paraan.

    This is what I am very disappointed about with a lot of members of PBMA and a lot of members in the Rubenian before. That’s why hinintay ko na lang.

    Gusto ko lang magsalita minsan dahil gusto kong pakinggan ninyo ang sinasabi ko.

    #Blog #filipino #life #news #philippines #tagalog
    #tagalog #philippines #news #life #filipino #blog
  13. En Esto Creo @[email protected] ·

    Master Ruben M. Ecleo – III Message

    April 17, 2026

    Kumusta po?
    How are you this morning?

    Magsisimula ako with a little bit of a long speech.

    Well, you all know me. Kilala n’yo na ako lahat, di ba? Pero hindi n’yo talaga ako kilala 100%, hindi ba? That’s why I’m a little bit mysterious too, right? Unlike our DM and GM, mayroon tayong mga pamphlets. Pero ang inyong Master, you don’t really know me 100%.

    But this is good. This is good because GOD works in mysterious ways, and you do not understand all my teachings and revelations. Lahat hindi n’yo maintindihan dahil hindi n’yo ako kilala, hindi po ba? Hindi po ba? That’s why we always question all religions, all of us, because we do not fully know Him, hindi po ba?

    Pero nag-iwan Siya ng mga aral Niya, ng commandments Niya sa mundo, and we all follow Him kahit hindi natin Siya gaanong kilala, right? Am I right? Do we follow His commandments?

    Mga kapatid ko sa asosasyon, darating na talaga ang panahon na pangalanan na talaga si Ruru as your president. Better prepare this coming December. I wish all of you kailangan nandito kayo to witness the leadership that I will be giving my son.

    But before I leave — hindi naman talaga ako magle-leave. I’m here. He will be the president, and I will remain your Master.

    And also, matagal na talagang nakikiusap ang ating mga members ng Rubenian. I will be granting you the power of mission. Hindi ba kayo masaya?

    I will be granting you the power of mission, but you have to refresh all of your skills. Hindi na rin puwedeng magmisyon ang mga may edad na, mga matatanda na. But even though, their mission will be in their respective barangays. Kasi I just spoke to the council, sabihin na lang natin.

    So this year is a very important year because this year marks the year kung saan ang ating Panginoon, si Jesus Christ — your Master. You know, this year marks April 4, 5, and 6 — once a year, same time, same day — namatay ang ating Panginoon.

    That’s why it is important to know who this One is.
    Na kahit hindi man ako namatay, nandiyan lang ako palagi dahil nabuhay ako.

    He is always with us — in hardships, for better or for worse. Our God is with us all the time, but we are just blind.

    When the time of judgment comes and you ask for His forgiveness, the time will never be the same.

    Even if you wear the ring, you wear the white dress, you will not be saved if you turn your eyes away.

    Who is the Father, the Son, and the Spirit? That’s why it is very important that you know the person you are following.

    Marami ang nagsabi na kilala na nila ako, but you really don’t know me. Alam n’yo ba na may polio akong pasyente na pinalakad ko nang isang oras? But you don’t know that.

    Because it is not written. That’s why, sa panahon ng inyong Master, everything you witness, you write. Because Jesus — hindi tatagal ang pagtuturo Niya sa mundo kung hindi sinulat, hindi po ba?

    This is how you remember a person. It doesn’t matter if you do not remember me.

    Kaya yung mga naririnig ninyo, mga hindi ninyo maintindihan at gumugulo sa isipan ninyo — noong panahon na iisa pa ang asosasyon — remember: it is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. That’s it. And if you do not follow the Son, you do not follow the Father.

    Because they are two different persons. Ipinagpalit ako sa ibang tao. That’s why I mean, do not turn your eyes away.

    Tayo, naiwan, konti lang — pero babangon tayo.

    That’s why it has been a very long time na hindi ako nagpamisyon sa inyo. Marami ang nagmi-misyon diyan, pero hindi totoo ang mga misyon nila dahil hindi sila permitted by me.

    Sa lahat ng nagmisyon na mga Rubenian, wala akong ni isa na pinamisyon sa inyo. Yes, nagpaalam kayo sa akin, pero wala akong sinabi na “sige,” because I have to make sure that my people will follow.

    Binibenta ang mga libreta sa Facebook — iyan ang pinakaayaw ko. We have given you these divine words for you to protect, not to sell, not to ipagyabang, at hindi tanggapin sa maling paraan.

    This is what I am very disappointed about with a lot of members of PBMA and a lot of members in the Rubenian before. That’s why hinintay ko na lang.

    Gusto ko lang magsalita minsan dahil gusto kong pakinggan ninyo ang sinasabi ko.

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    A controversial narrative labelling indigenous lands in Papua, Indonesia, as “empty” is fuelling and legitimsing large-scale agricultural projects that threaten the livelihoods of local tribes. The government’s food estate initiative has displaced indigenous communities, including the Malind, Maklew, Yei, and Khimaima tribes, who have depended on these lands for thousands of years.

    A Source of Life, Not an Empty Land

    The forests of Papua are far from vacant. They provide essential resources, including sago and other medicinal plants, sustaining the daily lives of indigenous peoples. These areas are deeply rooted in cultural and spiritual practices, making their loss devastating not just economically but also culturally.

    Impact of Large-Scale Agriculture

    Under the guise of “development,” projects like the food estate initiative restrict access to ancestral forests, impose security measures, and prioritise corporate profits over indigenous welfare. Such ventures often proceed without consulting or compensating local communities, exacerbating social and environmental injustices.

    A Call to Respect Indigenous Sovereignty

    Human rights advocates stress the need to protect indigenous land rights and halt exploitative practices. They demand inclusive policies that respect traditional knowledge and empower communities to manage their resources sustainably.

    This issue underscores the importance of recognising indigenous sovereignty as central to ethical land use and environmental protection. The international community is urged to hold governments and corporations accountable for policies that displace indigenous people and degrade their ecosystems.

    For more details, read the full article on Farm Land Grab.

    Farmland Grab. (2025, January 25). Papua land is never empty, it is a source of livelihood for many. Retrieved January 28, 2025, from https://farmlandgrab.org/post/32579.

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    Papua’s ‘Empty Lands’: A Dangerous Myth Displacing Indigenous Peoples

    In #WestPapua, on illegally colonised and disputed land taken by violence from Melanesian Indigenous peoples last century by Indonesian forces, authorities label indigenous lands as “empty”. This is done in order to justify large-scale agricultural projects, displacing tribes like the #Malind and Khimaima peoples. These lands are vital sources of food and medicine, supporting traditional ways of life for several millennia. Communities and indigenous rights advocates call for halting exploitative #palmoil and #mining projects and honouring #LandRights #HumanRights #IndigenousRights #BoycottPalmOil

    🌏 #News: In #WestPapua, “empty lands” are NOT empty—they sustain countless #indigenous #Malind and #Khimaima people for millennia. Large-scale #palmoil projects destroy livelihoods. Support #HumanRights #IndigenousRights and #BoycottPalmOil 🌴🪔🧐⛔️ https://wp.me/pcFhgU-a5N

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    Papua’s Indigenous Communities Resist the ‘Empty Land’ Narrative

    A controversial narrative labelling indigenous lands in Papua, Indonesia, as “empty” is fuelling and legitimsing large-scale agricultural projects that threaten the livelihoods of local tribes. The government’s food estate initiative has displaced indigenous communities, including the Malind, Maklew, Yei, and Khimaima tribes, who have depended on these lands for thousands of years.

    A Source of Life, Not an Empty Land

    The forests of Papua are far from vacant. They provide essential resources, including sago and other medicinal plants, sustaining the daily lives of indigenous peoples. These areas are deeply rooted in cultural and spiritual practices, making their loss devastating not just economically but also culturally.

    Impact of Large-Scale Agriculture

    Under the guise of “development,” projects like the food estate initiative restrict access to ancestral forests, impose security measures, and prioritise corporate profits over indigenous welfare. Such ventures often proceed without consulting or compensating local communities, exacerbating social and environmental injustices.

    A Call to Respect Indigenous Sovereignty

    Human rights advocates stress the need to protect indigenous land rights and halt exploitative practices. They demand inclusive policies that respect traditional knowledge and empower communities to manage their resources sustainably.

    This issue underscores the importance of recognising indigenous sovereignty as central to ethical land use and environmental protection. The international community is urged to hold governments and corporations accountable for policies that displace indigenous people and degrade their ecosystems.

    For more details, read the full article on Farm Land Grab.

    Farmland Grab. (2025, January 25). Papua land is never empty, it is a source of livelihood for many. Retrieved January 28, 2025, from https://farmlandgrab.org/post/32579.

    ENDS

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    Palm Oil Is Ruining Kalangala Uganda — Locals Paying the Price

    A catastrophic storm in #Uganda’s Kalangala district left nearly 1,000 households homeless. The real culprit? Rampant #deforestation for #palmoil. Once rich in native forests that buffered storms, Kalangala is now a fragile landscape…

    Read more

    Violence for Palm Oil Against Peasant Communities in Honduras Meets Resistance

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    https://twitter.com/CuriousApe4/status/1526136783557529600?s=20

    https://twitter.com/PhillDixon1/status/1749010345555788144?s=20

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  16. Palm Oil Detectives @[email protected] ·

    Papua’s ‘Empty Lands’: A Dangerous Myth Displacing Indigenous Peoples

    In #WestPapua, on illegally colonised and disputed land taken by violence from Melanesian Indigenous peoples last century by Indonesian forces, authorities label indigenous lands as “empty”. This is done in order to justify large-scale agricultural projects, displacing tribes like the #Malind and Khimaima peoples. These lands are vital sources of food and medicine, supporting traditional ways of life for several millennia. Communities and indigenous rights advocates call for halting exploitative #palmoil and #mining projects and honouring #LandRights #HumanRights #IndigenousRights #BoycottPalmOil

    🌏 #News: In #WestPapua, “empty lands” are NOT empty—they sustain countless #indigenous #Malind and #Khimaima people for millennia. Large-scale #palmoil projects destroy livelihoods. Support #HumanRights #IndigenousRights and #BoycottPalmOil 🌴🪔🧐⛔️ https://wp.me/pcFhgU-a5N

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    Papua’s Indigenous Communities Resist the ‘Empty Land’ Narrative

    A controversial narrative labelling indigenous lands in Papua, Indonesia, as “empty” is fuelling and legitimsing large-scale agricultural projects that threaten the livelihoods of local tribes. The government’s food estate initiative has displaced indigenous communities, including the Malind, Maklew, Yei, and Khimaima tribes, who have depended on these lands for thousands of years.

    A Source of Life, Not an Empty Land

    The forests of Papua are far from vacant. They provide essential resources, including sago and other medicinal plants, sustaining the daily lives of indigenous peoples. These areas are deeply rooted in cultural and spiritual practices, making their loss devastating not just economically but also culturally.

    Impact of Large-Scale Agriculture

    Under the guise of “development,” projects like the food estate initiative restrict access to ancestral forests, impose security measures, and prioritise corporate profits over indigenous welfare. Such ventures often proceed without consulting or compensating local communities, exacerbating social and environmental injustices.

    A Call to Respect Indigenous Sovereignty

    Human rights advocates stress the need to protect indigenous land rights and halt exploitative practices. They demand inclusive policies that respect traditional knowledge and empower communities to manage their resources sustainably.

    This issue underscores the importance of recognising indigenous sovereignty as central to ethical land use and environmental protection. The international community is urged to hold governments and corporations accountable for policies that displace indigenous people and degrade their ecosystems.

    For more details, read the full article on Farm Land Grab.

    Farmland Grab. (2025, January 25). Papua land is never empty, it is a source of livelihood for many. Retrieved January 28, 2025, from https://farmlandgrab.org/post/32579.

    ENDS

    Read more about human rights abuses and child slavery in the palm oil industry

    Research: Palm Oil Plantations Threaten Indigenous Waterways

    Research: Palm Oil Plantations Threaten Indigenous Waterways | A study by the University of Massachusetts Amherst reveals that the expansion of oil palm plantations in West Papua’s Kais River watershed has significantly degraded…

    Read more

    New Research: Indigenous Communities Reduce Amazon Deforestation by 83%”

    Although #deforestation rates in the Brazilian #Amazon have halved, this globally critical biome is still losing more than 5,000km² every year. That’s an area three times larger than Greater London. By combining satellite…

    Read more

    Concerns Mount Over Palm Oil Expansion in Nagaland

    Concerns Mount Over Palm Oil Expansion in Nagaland | The Nagaland Climate Change Adaptation Forum (NCCAF) has raised grave concerns about the environmental and social impacts of expanding palm oil plantations in the…

    Read more

    Palm Oil Is Ruining Kalangala Uganda — Locals Paying the Price

    A catastrophic storm in #Uganda’s Kalangala district left nearly 1,000 households homeless. The real culprit? Rampant #deforestation for #palmoil. Once rich in native forests that buffered storms, Kalangala is now a fragile landscape…

    Read more

    Violence for Palm Oil Against Peasant Communities in Honduras Meets Resistance

    In the Aguán Valley of northern Honduras, peasant communities reclaiming ancestral lands face increasing violence and intimidation from armed groups linked to organised crime. The Dinant Corporation, a prominent palm oil producer, is…

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    https://twitter.com/CuriousApe4/status/1526136783557529600?s=20

    https://twitter.com/PhillDixon1/status/1749010345555788144?s=20

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    Papua’s ‘Empty Lands’: A Dangerous Myth Displacing Indigenous Peoples

    In #WestPapua, on illegally colonised and disputed land taken by violence from Melanesian Indigenous peoples last century by Indonesian forces, authorities label indigenous lands as “empty”. This is done in order to justify large-scale agricultural projects, displacing tribes like the #Malind and Khimaima peoples. These lands are vital sources of food and medicine, supporting traditional ways of life for several millennia. Communities and indigenous rights advocates call for halting exploitative #palmoil and #mining projects and honouring #LandRights #HumanRights #IndigenousRights #BoycottPalmOil

    🌏 #News: In #WestPapua, “empty lands” are NOT empty—they sustain countless #indigenous #Malind and #Khimaima people for millennia. Large-scale #palmoil projects destroy livelihoods. Support #HumanRights #IndigenousRights and #BoycottPalmOil 🌴🪔🧐⛔️ https://wp.me/pcFhgU-a5N

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    Papua’s Indigenous Communities Resist the ‘Empty Land’ Narrative

    A controversial narrative labelling indigenous lands in Papua, Indonesia, as “empty” is fuelling and legitimsing large-scale agricultural projects that threaten the livelihoods of local tribes. The government’s food estate initiative has displaced indigenous communities, including the Malind, Maklew, Yei, and Khimaima tribes, who have depended on these lands for thousands of years.

    A Source of Life, Not an Empty Land

    The forests of Papua are far from vacant. They provide essential resources, including sago and other medicinal plants, sustaining the daily lives of indigenous peoples. These areas are deeply rooted in cultural and spiritual practices, making their loss devastating not just economically but also culturally.

    Impact of Large-Scale Agriculture

    Under the guise of “development,” projects like the food estate initiative restrict access to ancestral forests, impose security measures, and prioritise corporate profits over indigenous welfare. Such ventures often proceed without consulting or compensating local communities, exacerbating social and environmental injustices.

    A Call to Respect Indigenous Sovereignty

    Human rights advocates stress the need to protect indigenous land rights and halt exploitative practices. They demand inclusive policies that respect traditional knowledge and empower communities to manage their resources sustainably.

    This issue underscores the importance of recognising indigenous sovereignty as central to ethical land use and environmental protection. The international community is urged to hold governments and corporations accountable for policies that displace indigenous people and degrade their ecosystems.

    For more details, read the full article on Farm Land Grab.

    Farmland Grab. (2025, January 25). Papua land is never empty, it is a source of livelihood for many. Retrieved January 28, 2025, from https://farmlandgrab.org/post/32579.

    ENDS

    Read more about human rights abuses and child slavery in the palm oil industry

    Research: Palm Oil Plantations Threaten Indigenous Waterways

    Research: Palm Oil Plantations Threaten Indigenous Waterways | A study by the University of Massachusetts Amherst reveals that the expansion of oil palm plantations in West Papua’s Kais River watershed has significantly degraded…

    Read more

    New Research: Indigenous Communities Reduce Amazon Deforestation by 83%”

    Although #deforestation rates in the Brazilian #Amazon have halved, this globally critical biome is still losing more than 5,000km² every year. That’s an area three times larger than Greater London. By combining satellite…

    Read more

    Concerns Mount Over Palm Oil Expansion in Nagaland

    Concerns Mount Over Palm Oil Expansion in Nagaland | The Nagaland Climate Change Adaptation Forum (NCCAF) has raised grave concerns about the environmental and social impacts of expanding palm oil plantations in the…

    Read more

    Palm Oil Is Ruining Kalangala Uganda — Locals Paying the Price

    A catastrophic storm in #Uganda’s Kalangala district left nearly 1,000 households homeless. The real culprit? Rampant #deforestation for #palmoil. Once rich in native forests that buffered storms, Kalangala is now a fragile landscape…

    Read more

    Violence for Palm Oil Against Peasant Communities in Honduras Meets Resistance

    In the Aguán Valley of northern Honduras, peasant communities reclaiming ancestral lands face increasing violence and intimidation from armed groups linked to organised crime. The Dinant Corporation, a prominent palm oil producer, is…

    Read more

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    Wildlife Artist Juanchi Pérez

    Read more

    Mel Lumby: Dedicated Devotee to Borneo’s Living Beings

    Read more

    Anthropologist and Author Dr Sophie Chao

    Read more

    Health Physician Dr Evan Allen

    Read more

    The World’s Most Loved Cup: A Social, Ethical & Environmental History of Coffee by Aviary Doert

    Read more

    How do we stop the world’s ecosystems from going into a death spiral? A #SteadyState Economy

    Read more

    3. Supermarket sleuthing: Next time you’re in the supermarket, take photos of products containing palm oil. Share these to social media along with the hashtags to call out the greenwashing and ecocide of the brands who use palm oil. You can also take photos of palm oil free products and congratulate brands when they go palm oil free.

    https://twitter.com/CuriousApe4/status/1526136783557529600?s=20

    https://twitter.com/PhillDixon1/status/1749010345555788144?s=20

    https://twitter.com/mugabe139/status/1678027567977078784?s=20

    4. Take to the streets: Get in touch with Palm Oil Detectives to find out more.

    5. Donate: Make a one-off or monthly donation to Palm Oil Detectives as a way of saying thank you and to help pay for ongoing running costs of the website and social media campaigns. Donate here

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    #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4wildlife #BoycottPalmOil #childLabour #childSlavery #humanRights #HumanRights #indigenous #indigenousRights #indigenousrights #Khimaima #landRights #landgrabbing #landrights #Malind #mining #News #PalmOil #palmoil #slavery #WestPapua

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  18. Palm Oil Detectives @[email protected] ·

    Wildlife Vet Dr Richard K Ssuna

    Dr Richard K Ssuna: In His Own Words

    Wildlife and Domestic Animal Vet, Conservationist, Animal Advocate

    Bio: Dr Richard K. Ssuna

    Dr Richard K. Ssuna has been caring for (wild and domesticated) animals as a Veterinarian for over 20 years. In the past he’s worked for the Uganda Society for the Protection and Care of Animals (USPCA), the Jane Goodall Institute and Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Wildlife Conservation Trust on Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary and the Lilongwe Wildlife Centre. Dr Ssuna also established the Lilongwe Society and Protection of Animals (LSPCA) and also worked as the technical advisor for the Second Chance Chimpanzee Refuge in Liberia. He is currently the Founder of All Creatures Animal Welfare Trust in Malawi, Lesotho and Uganda.

    Over the years, Dr Ssuna has received many awards for animal welfare, and veterinary practice including:

    • The William Wilberforce Award in 2012.
    • The Africa Animal Advocate Award by Humane Society International (HSI) in 2014.
    • Special Recognition for Outstanding Leadership for Ngamba Island in 2018.
    • World Animal Day Ambassador for Malawi.

    Along with a veterinary degree, Dr Ssuna holds a Masters of Science in Wild Animal Health (Royal Veterinary College, University of London) and a Masters of International Animal Welfare Ethics & Law (Royal School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh).

    Dr Ssuna is an absolute inspiration to animal lovers and conservationists all over the world. It is an honour to showcase his work and stories on Palm Oil Detectives.

    Respected #wildlife and #pet #vet @RichardSsuna talks about @africacreatures saving #animals in #Uganda #Lesotho #Malawi and also #palmoil #landgrabbing #animalrights and the #Boycott4Wildlife #Africa

    Tweet

    Respected #wildlife and #pet #vet @RichardSsuna talks about @africacreatures saving #animals in #Uganda #Lesotho #Malawi and also #palmoil #landgrabbing #animalrights and the #Boycott4Wildlife #Africa

    Tweet

    ‘Foreign #palmoil companies (RSPO members) have claimed the Kalangala Islands, Uganda for #palmoil. The locals have lost their food sources. I support the #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife’ #Wildlife and #Pet Vet @RichardSsuna

    Tweet

    “In my view product certifications like @RSPOtweets when their operations adversely affect people, they are designed to cover-up an already messed-up industry.” #Wildlife #vet @RichardSsuna #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife

    Tweet

    The public has been hoodwinked into believing that @RSPOtweets #palmoil #certification equates to a sustainable product and as result, companies fetch even more cash for it” #Wildlife #vet @RichardSsuna #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife

    Tweet

    ‘Please support All Creatures Animal Welfare Trust so we can help domestic and wild animals’ #wildlife and #pet #vet @RichardSsuna of @africacreatures #Boycott4Wildlife

    Tweet

    Chimps are very curious and they pay attention to detail

    This is how it all started many years ago! Here I am examining one of the baby chimps at a sanctuary. Did you know that chimps appreciate veterinary care? Via Dr Richard Ssuna on Twitter

    The beauty with being a wildlife-vet, is that you get to treat all sorts of animals

    This leopard developed arthritis from a previous injury. This was her annual general health check. #Wildlife #Animals #AnimalWelfare #Africa @TheWildlifeHost @bigcatscom @Lupita_Nyongo

    Originally tweeted by Richard Ssuna (@RichardSsuna) on August 16, 2021.

    I used to be the Field Programs Officer and Veterinarian for the Jane Goodall Institute

    This project was located in the richly forested areas of Bushenyi (Kalinzu) Hoima (Bulindi, Kitooba, Kaisotonya), Masindi and Kibaale (Kanyanchu).

    dr richard ssuna

    My organisation All Creatures Animal Welfare helps to keep animals and communities safe…

    All Creatures was initially set up in Lilongwe in Malawi in 2016, we now have new sites in Lesotho and Uganda

    We specialise in:

    • Mass rabies vaccinations: Rabies is a critical public health concern in Africa and has severe animal welfare and human health consequences.
    • Animal kindness education: We teach in schools and communities about the connection between animal welfare, environmental protection and human wellbeing.
    • Community Veterinary Services: Our free vet services including spaying and neutering, surgery and wildlife interventions.
    • Saving animals from disasters: Animals are often forgotten in natural disasters and pandemics and we are well equipped to save distressed and abandoned animals.
    • Animal Rescue Centre: We have a shelter in Lilongwe and care for abandoned and neglected dogs and other animals.

    “We have successfully vaccinated 75% of all dogs against rabies in Mzuzu, and vaccinated and sterilised more than 80% dogs in Chintenche, Northern Malawi.”

    When Malawi was hit with floods in 2019, we rescued, treated and vaccinated many animals

    Photo: The Conversation Arjan van de Merwe/UNDP/Flickr

    “We have rescued and treated many different species wildlife, for example: Vervet Monkeys, Bush Babies, Common Duikers and Olive Baboons.”

    Dr Ssuna helping an injured bush baby.

    All Creatures Animal Welfare Trust was set up to care not only for domestic pets, but wildlife too…

    This has unfortunately been difficult to implement due to funding and the insurmountable challenges of animal welfare issues for domestic animals. You can help us to help more animals by donating…

    Donate via Paypal

    Photo by Dalida Innes Wildlife Photography

    I helped to rescue baby chimps who have lost their mothers to traps laid by cocoa farmers in Kitooba

    Chimpanzee Pan troglodytesDr Ssuna helps some chimp orphans

    I’ve seen first-hand the poaching of baby chimps and the destruction of chimp habitat for cocoa while I was working at The Jane Goodall Institute

    ~ Dr Richard Ssuna

    Indiscriminate traps were usually intended for bush pigs and yellow baboons and laid by local farmers. They are a common affliction to wild chimp populations in West Uganda. The chimps use private forest patches as movement corridors to access their natural habitats. This below was Masindi, 20 years ago!

    Originally tweeted by Richard Ssuna (@RichardSsuna) on August 12, 2021.

    The other culprit was British American Tobacco

    They invested heavily in communities and tobacco farmers planted on deforested forest patches! Both activities adversely affected chimps, as their travel routes through community forests were cut off and some small unviable groups were isolated in small forest fragments.

    Globally, deforestation of equatorial forests for palm oil has affected carbon sinks and has resulted in more global warming

    ~ Dr Richard Ssuna

    Kalangala Islands, Uganda

    “Foreign companies and RSPO members have claimed the land for palm oil. The local inhabitants of the island suffered from the brute destruction of the island’s forests and their loss of livelihood and food sources.

    “This can easily be extrapolated to inform similar misdeeds elsewhere on the African continent. This also affected peoples livelihoods and many of these people became landless.”

    The Kalangala Islands are a renowned birders destination. Now, with forest destruction, this pristine bird-haven has been adversely affected and destabilised. All in the interest of a few greedy businessmen!

    ~ Dr Richard Ssuna

    [Before] Forested area in Uganda, PxFuel. [After] Fire on a palm oil plantation, Greenpeace.

    The global impact of palm oil on various facets of our lives is immoral

    Palm oil is driven primarily by greed and profit at the expense of both mankind, the animal kingdom and our planet.

    https://twitter.com/RichardSsuna/status/1427171099595390978?s=20

    https://twitter.com/RichardSsuna/status/1426669428977160195?s=20

    https://twitter.com/RichardSsuna/status/1427365295249772577?s=20

    https://twitter.com/RichardSsuna/status/1424973222454382592?s=20

    https://twitter.com/RichardSsuna/status/1385716733340758020?s=20

    Excerpt, The Guardian UK: Ugandan farmers take on palm oil giant Wilmar over land grab claims

    Before the bulldozers came, Magdalena Nakamya harvested coffee, cassava, avocado and jackfruit on her three-hectare (seven-acre) plot on Kalangala, an island in Lake Victoria.

    But on a July morning in 2011, Nakamya, 64, awoke to find yellow machines churning up her land and razing the crops she had grown in a bid to make way for palm oil plantations.

    “No one came to talk to me before they destroyed my crops,” says Nakamya. “I heard that some people were given money, but I didn’t receive anything.”

    Read more: The Guardian UK

    https://twitter.com/nbstv/status/1523006629280874496?s=20&t=Q5GqJQOdD1hOEnS_0rNR2g

    https://twitter.com/DvOijen/status/1513496609514045448?s=20&t=bqpCdBf0IQ6JeOo3MBnfIw

    Landgrabbing for palm oil in Uganda by ‘If Not Us Then Who?’

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm3FW1nTRMs

    In my view all or most product certifications especially whose operations adversely affect people, are designed to cover-up an already messed-up palm oil industry.

    Dr Richard Ssuna

    “In my view product certifications like @RSPOtweets when their operations adversely affect people, they are designed to cover-up an already messed-up industry.” #Wildlife #vet @RichardSsuna #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife

    Tweet

    https://youtu.be/17QxF61PVC4

    Read more: Friends of the Earth and ‘If Not Us, Then Who?’

    I think the real hope sits with governments

    The political will of governments – provided they are not compromised by kickbacks or other financial interests from global brands, provides the best opportunity to address this problem of deforestation for food, at least on a national level.

    “In a real sense, the public has been hoodwinked into believing that a palm oil certification equates to a more sustainable product and as result, companies fetch even more cash for it”

    ~ Dr Richard Ssuna

    The public has been hoodwinked into believing that @RSPOtweets #palmoil #certification equates to a sustainable product and as result, companies fetch even more cash for it” #Wildlife #vet @RichardSsuna #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife

    Tweet

    In ten years there will be no more African animals. All gone. Extinct. The window for transformation of our food system is closing rapidly!

    Four things consumers can do to stop deforestation for food ingredients…

    1. Raise awareness of brands that are using greenwashing to sell products and are destroying the environment and causing tropical deforestation or emptying our oceans.

    2. Consume alternative products, made locally and not coming from deforestation.

    3. Publicly condemn these brands causing deforestation, whenever and wherever there is a platform, with family and friends and even on social media.

    4. Make reference to this issue and to the #Boycott4Wildlife movement, whenever any adverse climatic changes are suffered as a result of deforestation for food.

    Please support All Creatures Animal Welfare Trust so we can help domestic and wild animals

    We have faced insurmountable challenges in recent years. Your donation will support us to help more animals

    Donate via Paypal

    Join the #Boycott4Wildlife on supermarket brands causing palm oil deforestation

    Find out more

    #Africa #animalrights #animals #AnimalWelfare #Boycott4wildlife #BoycottPalmOil #certification #ChimpanzeePanTroglodytes #conservation #CreativesForCoolCreatures #DrRichardSsuna #investigativeJournalism #journalism #landgrabbing #Lesotho #Malawi #PalmOil #palmoil #pet #Uganda #vet #wildlife #wildlifeVet
    #africa #animalrights #animals #animalwelfare #boycott4wildlife #boycottpalmoil
  19. Palm Oil Detectives @[email protected] ·

    Wildlife Vet Dr Richard K Ssuna

    Dr Richard K Ssuna: In His Own Words

    Wildlife and Domestic Animal Vet, Conservationist, Animal Advocate

    Bio: Dr Richard K. Ssuna

    Dr Richard K. Ssuna has been caring for (wild and domesticated) animals as a Veterinarian for over 20 years. In the past he’s worked for the Uganda Society for the Protection and Care of Animals (USPCA), the Jane Goodall Institute and Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Wildlife Conservation Trust on Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary and the Lilongwe Wildlife Centre. Dr Ssuna also established the Lilongwe Society and Protection of Animals (LSPCA) and also worked as the technical advisor for the Second Chance Chimpanzee Refuge in Liberia. He is currently the Founder of All Creatures Animal Welfare Trust in Malawi, Lesotho and Uganda.

    Over the years, Dr Ssuna has received many awards for animal welfare, and veterinary practice including:

    • The William Wilberforce Award in 2012.
    • The Africa Animal Advocate Award by Humane Society International (HSI) in 2014.
    • Special Recognition for Outstanding Leadership for Ngamba Island in 2018.
    • World Animal Day Ambassador for Malawi.

    Along with a veterinary degree, Dr Ssuna holds a Masters of Science in Wild Animal Health (Royal Veterinary College, University of London) and a Masters of International Animal Welfare Ethics & Law (Royal School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh).

    Dr Ssuna is an absolute inspiration to animal lovers and conservationists all over the world. It is an honour to showcase his work and stories on Palm Oil Detectives.

    Respected #wildlife and #pet #vet @RichardSsuna talks about @africacreatures saving #animals in #Uganda #Lesotho #Malawi and also #palmoil #landgrabbing #animalrights and the #Boycott4Wildlife #Africa

    Tweet

    Respected #wildlife and #pet #vet @RichardSsuna talks about @africacreatures saving #animals in #Uganda #Lesotho #Malawi and also #palmoil #landgrabbing #animalrights and the #Boycott4Wildlife #Africa

    Tweet

    ‘Foreign #palmoil companies (RSPO members) have claimed the Kalangala Islands, Uganda for #palmoil. The locals have lost their food sources. I support the #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife’ #Wildlife and #Pet Vet @RichardSsuna

    Tweet

    “In my view product certifications like @RSPOtweets when their operations adversely affect people, they are designed to cover-up an already messed-up industry.” #Wildlife #vet @RichardSsuna #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife

    Tweet

    The public has been hoodwinked into believing that @RSPOtweets #palmoil #certification equates to a sustainable product and as result, companies fetch even more cash for it” #Wildlife #vet @RichardSsuna #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife

    Tweet

    ‘Please support All Creatures Animal Welfare Trust so we can help domestic and wild animals’ #wildlife and #pet #vet @RichardSsuna of @africacreatures #Boycott4Wildlife

    Tweet

    Chimps are very curious and they pay attention to detail

    This is how it all started many years ago! Here I am examining one of the baby chimps at a sanctuary. Did you know that chimps appreciate veterinary care? Via Dr Richard Ssuna on Twitter

    The beauty with being a wildlife-vet, is that you get to treat all sorts of animals

    This leopard developed arthritis from a previous injury. This was her annual general health check. #Wildlife #Animals #AnimalWelfare #Africa @TheWildlifeHost @bigcatscom @Lupita_Nyongo

    Originally tweeted by Richard Ssuna (@RichardSsuna) on August 16, 2021.

    I used to be the Field Programs Officer and Veterinarian for the Jane Goodall Institute

    This project was located in the richly forested areas of Bushenyi (Kalinzu) Hoima (Bulindi, Kitooba, Kaisotonya), Masindi and Kibaale (Kanyanchu).

    dr richard ssuna

    My organisation All Creatures Animal Welfare helps to keep animals and communities safe…

    All Creatures was initially set up in Lilongwe in Malawi in 2016, we now have new sites in Lesotho and Uganda

    We specialise in:

    • Mass rabies vaccinations: Rabies is a critical public health concern in Africa and has severe animal welfare and human health consequences.
    • Animal kindness education: We teach in schools and communities about the connection between animal welfare, environmental protection and human wellbeing.
    • Community Veterinary Services: Our free vet services including spaying and neutering, surgery and wildlife interventions.
    • Saving animals from disasters: Animals are often forgotten in natural disasters and pandemics and we are well equipped to save distressed and abandoned animals.
    • Animal Rescue Centre: We have a shelter in Lilongwe and care for abandoned and neglected dogs and other animals.

    “We have successfully vaccinated 75% of all dogs against rabies in Mzuzu, and vaccinated and sterilised more than 80% dogs in Chintenche, Northern Malawi.”

    When Malawi was hit with floods in 2019, we rescued, treated and vaccinated many animals

    Photo: The Conversation Arjan van de Merwe/UNDP/Flickr

    “We have rescued and treated many different species wildlife, for example: Vervet Monkeys, Bush Babies, Common Duikers and Olive Baboons.”

    Dr Ssuna helping an injured bush baby.

    All Creatures Animal Welfare Trust was set up to care not only for domestic pets, but wildlife too…

    This has unfortunately been difficult to implement due to funding and the insurmountable challenges of animal welfare issues for domestic animals. You can help us to help more animals by donating…

    Donate via Paypal

    Photo by Dalida Innes Wildlife Photography

    I helped to rescue baby chimps who have lost their mothers to traps laid by cocoa farmers in Kitooba

    Chimpanzee Pan troglodytesDr Ssuna helps some chimp orphans

    I’ve seen first-hand the poaching of baby chimps and the destruction of chimp habitat for cocoa while I was working at The Jane Goodall Institute

    ~ Dr Richard Ssuna

    Indiscriminate traps were usually intended for bush pigs and yellow baboons and laid by local farmers. They are a common affliction to wild chimp populations in West Uganda. The chimps use private forest patches as movement corridors to access their natural habitats. This below was Masindi, 20 years ago!

    Originally tweeted by Richard Ssuna (@RichardSsuna) on August 12, 2021.

    The other culprit was British American Tobacco

    They invested heavily in communities and tobacco farmers planted on deforested forest patches! Both activities adversely affected chimps, as their travel routes through community forests were cut off and some small unviable groups were isolated in small forest fragments.

    Globally, deforestation of equatorial forests for palm oil has affected carbon sinks and has resulted in more global warming

    ~ Dr Richard Ssuna

    Kalangala Islands, Uganda

    “Foreign companies and RSPO members have claimed the land for palm oil. The local inhabitants of the island suffered from the brute destruction of the island’s forests and their loss of livelihood and food sources.

    “This can easily be extrapolated to inform similar misdeeds elsewhere on the African continent. This also affected peoples livelihoods and many of these people became landless.”

    The Kalangala Islands are a renowned birders destination. Now, with forest destruction, this pristine bird-haven has been adversely affected and destabilised. All in the interest of a few greedy businessmen!

    ~ Dr Richard Ssuna

    [Before] Forested area in Uganda, PxFuel. [After] Fire on a palm oil plantation, Greenpeace.

    The global impact of palm oil on various facets of our lives is immoral

    Palm oil is driven primarily by greed and profit at the expense of both mankind, the animal kingdom and our planet.

    https://twitter.com/RichardSsuna/status/1427171099595390978?s=20

    https://twitter.com/RichardSsuna/status/1426669428977160195?s=20

    https://twitter.com/RichardSsuna/status/1427365295249772577?s=20

    https://twitter.com/RichardSsuna/status/1424973222454382592?s=20

    https://twitter.com/RichardSsuna/status/1385716733340758020?s=20

    Excerpt, The Guardian UK: Ugandan farmers take on palm oil giant Wilmar over land grab claims

    Before the bulldozers came, Magdalena Nakamya harvested coffee, cassava, avocado and jackfruit on her three-hectare (seven-acre) plot on Kalangala, an island in Lake Victoria.

    But on a July morning in 2011, Nakamya, 64, awoke to find yellow machines churning up her land and razing the crops she had grown in a bid to make way for palm oil plantations.

    “No one came to talk to me before they destroyed my crops,” says Nakamya. “I heard that some people were given money, but I didn’t receive anything.”

    Read more: The Guardian UK

    https://twitter.com/nbstv/status/1523006629280874496?s=20&t=Q5GqJQOdD1hOEnS_0rNR2g

    https://twitter.com/DvOijen/status/1513496609514045448?s=20&t=bqpCdBf0IQ6JeOo3MBnfIw

    Landgrabbing for palm oil in Uganda by ‘If Not Us Then Who?’

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm3FW1nTRMs

    In my view all or most product certifications especially whose operations adversely affect people, are designed to cover-up an already messed-up palm oil industry.

    Dr Richard Ssuna

    “In my view product certifications like @RSPOtweets when their operations adversely affect people, they are designed to cover-up an already messed-up industry.” #Wildlife #vet @RichardSsuna #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife

    Tweet

    https://youtu.be/17QxF61PVC4

    Read more: Friends of the Earth and ‘If Not Us, Then Who?’

    I think the real hope sits with governments

    The political will of governments – provided they are not compromised by kickbacks or other financial interests from global brands, provides the best opportunity to address this problem of deforestation for food, at least on a national level.

    “In a real sense, the public has been hoodwinked into believing that a palm oil certification equates to a more sustainable product and as result, companies fetch even more cash for it”

    ~ Dr Richard Ssuna

    The public has been hoodwinked into believing that @RSPOtweets #palmoil #certification equates to a sustainable product and as result, companies fetch even more cash for it” #Wildlife #vet @RichardSsuna #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife

    Tweet

    In ten years there will be no more African animals. All gone. Extinct. The window for transformation of our food system is closing rapidly!

    Four things consumers can do to stop deforestation for food ingredients…

    1. Raise awareness of brands that are using greenwashing to sell products and are destroying the environment and causing tropical deforestation or emptying our oceans.

    2. Consume alternative products, made locally and not coming from deforestation.

    3. Publicly condemn these brands causing deforestation, whenever and wherever there is a platform, with family and friends and even on social media.

    4. Make reference to this issue and to the #Boycott4Wildlife movement, whenever any adverse climatic changes are suffered as a result of deforestation for food.

    Please support All Creatures Animal Welfare Trust so we can help domestic and wild animals

    We have faced insurmountable challenges in recent years. Your donation will support us to help more animals

    Donate via Paypal

    Join the #Boycott4Wildlife on supermarket brands causing palm oil deforestation

    Find out more

    #Africa #animalrights #animals #AnimalWelfare #Boycott4wildlife #BoycottPalmOil #certification #ChimpanzeePanTroglodytes #conservation #CreativesForCoolCreatures #DrRichardSsuna #investigativeJournalism #journalism #landgrabbing #Lesotho #Malawi #PalmOil #palmoil #pet #Uganda #vet #wildlife #wildlifeVet

    #africa #animalrights #animals #animalwelfare #boycott4wildlife #boycottpalmoil
  20. Palm Oil Detectives @[email protected] ·

    Wildlife Vet Dr Richard K Ssuna

    Dr Richard K Ssuna: In His Own Words

    Wildlife and Domestic Animal Vet, Conservationist, Animal Advocate

    Bio: Dr Richard K. Ssuna

    Dr Richard K. Ssuna has been caring for (wild and domesticated) animals as a Veterinarian for over 20 years. In the past he’s worked for the Uganda Society for the Protection and Care of Animals (USPCA), the Jane Goodall Institute and Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Wildlife Conservation Trust on Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary and the Lilongwe Wildlife Centre. Dr Ssuna also established the Lilongwe Society and Protection of Animals (LSPCA) and also worked as the technical advisor for the Second Chance Chimpanzee Refuge in Liberia. He is currently the Founder of All Creatures Animal Welfare Trust in Malawi, Lesotho and Uganda.

    Over the years, Dr Ssuna has received many awards for animal welfare, and veterinary practice including:

    • The William Wilberforce Award in 2012.
    • The Africa Animal Advocate Award by Humane Society International (HSI) in 2014.
    • Special Recognition for Outstanding Leadership for Ngamba Island in 2018.
    • World Animal Day Ambassador for Malawi.

    Along with a veterinary degree, Dr Ssuna holds a Masters of Science in Wild Animal Health (Royal Veterinary College, University of London) and a Masters of International Animal Welfare Ethics & Law (Royal School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh).

    Dr Ssuna is an absolute inspiration to animal lovers and conservationists all over the world. It is an honour to showcase his work and stories on Palm Oil Detectives.

    Respected #wildlife and #pet #vet @RichardSsuna talks about @africacreatures saving #animals in #Uganda #Lesotho #Malawi and also #palmoil #landgrabbing #animalrights and the #Boycott4Wildlife #Africa

    Tweet

    Respected #wildlife and #pet #vet @RichardSsuna talks about @africacreatures saving #animals in #Uganda #Lesotho #Malawi and also #palmoil #landgrabbing #animalrights and the #Boycott4Wildlife #Africa

    Tweet

    ‘Foreign #palmoil companies (RSPO members) have claimed the Kalangala Islands, Uganda for #palmoil. The locals have lost their food sources. I support the #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife’ #Wildlife and #Pet Vet @RichardSsuna

    Tweet

    “In my view product certifications like @RSPOtweets when their operations adversely affect people, they are designed to cover-up an already messed-up industry.” #Wildlife #vet @RichardSsuna #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife

    Tweet

    The public has been hoodwinked into believing that @RSPOtweets #palmoil #certification equates to a sustainable product and as result, companies fetch even more cash for it” #Wildlife #vet @RichardSsuna #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife

    Tweet

    ‘Please support All Creatures Animal Welfare Trust so we can help domestic and wild animals’ #wildlife and #pet #vet @RichardSsuna of @africacreatures #Boycott4Wildlife

    Tweet

    Chimps are very curious and they pay attention to detail

    This is how it all started many years ago! Here I am examining one of the baby chimps at a sanctuary. Did you know that chimps appreciate veterinary care? Via Dr Richard Ssuna on Twitter

    The beauty with being a wildlife-vet, is that you get to treat all sorts of animals

    This leopard developed arthritis from a previous injury. This was her annual general health check. #Wildlife #Animals #AnimalWelfare #Africa @TheWildlifeHost @bigcatscom @Lupita_Nyongo

    Originally tweeted by Richard Ssuna (@RichardSsuna) on August 16, 2021.

    I used to be the Field Programs Officer and Veterinarian for the Jane Goodall Institute

    This project was located in the richly forested areas of Bushenyi (Kalinzu) Hoima (Bulindi, Kitooba, Kaisotonya), Masindi and Kibaale (Kanyanchu).

    dr richard ssuna

    My organisation All Creatures Animal Welfare helps to keep animals and communities safe…

    All Creatures was initially set up in Lilongwe in Malawi in 2016, we now have new sites in Lesotho and Uganda

    We specialise in:

    • Mass rabies vaccinations: Rabies is a critical public health concern in Africa and has severe animal welfare and human health consequences.
    • Animal kindness education: We teach in schools and communities about the connection between animal welfare, environmental protection and human wellbeing.
    • Community Veterinary Services: Our free vet services including spaying and neutering, surgery and wildlife interventions.
    • Saving animals from disasters: Animals are often forgotten in natural disasters and pandemics and we are well equipped to save distressed and abandoned animals.
    • Animal Rescue Centre: We have a shelter in Lilongwe and care for abandoned and neglected dogs and other animals.

    “We have successfully vaccinated 75% of all dogs against rabies in Mzuzu, and vaccinated and sterilised more than 80% dogs in Chintenche, Northern Malawi.”

    When Malawi was hit with floods in 2019, we rescued, treated and vaccinated many animals

    Photo: The Conversation Arjan van de Merwe/UNDP/Flickr

    “We have rescued and treated many different species wildlife, for example: Vervet Monkeys, Bush Babies, Common Duikers and Olive Baboons.”

    Dr Ssuna helping an injured bush baby.

    All Creatures Animal Welfare Trust was set up to care not only for domestic pets, but wildlife too…

    This has unfortunately been difficult to implement due to funding and the insurmountable challenges of animal welfare issues for domestic animals. You can help us to help more animals by donating…

    Donate via Paypal

    Photo by Dalida Innes Wildlife Photography

    I helped to rescue baby chimps who have lost their mothers to traps laid by cocoa farmers in Kitooba

    Chimpanzee Pan troglodytesDr Ssuna helps some chimp orphans

    I’ve seen first-hand the poaching of baby chimps and the destruction of chimp habitat for cocoa while I was working at The Jane Goodall Institute

    ~ Dr Richard Ssuna

    Indiscriminate traps were usually intended for bush pigs and yellow baboons and laid by local farmers. They are a common affliction to wild chimp populations in West Uganda. The chimps use private forest patches as movement corridors to access their natural habitats. This below was Masindi, 20 years ago!

    Originally tweeted by Richard Ssuna (@RichardSsuna) on August 12, 2021.

    The other culprit was British American Tobacco

    They invested heavily in communities and tobacco farmers planted on deforested forest patches! Both activities adversely affected chimps, as their travel routes through community forests were cut off and some small unviable groups were isolated in small forest fragments.

    Globally, deforestation of equatorial forests for palm oil has affected carbon sinks and has resulted in more global warming

    ~ Dr Richard Ssuna

    Kalangala Islands, Uganda

    “Foreign companies and RSPO members have claimed the land for palm oil. The local inhabitants of the island suffered from the brute destruction of the island’s forests and their loss of livelihood and food sources.

    “This can easily be extrapolated to inform similar misdeeds elsewhere on the African continent. This also affected peoples livelihoods and many of these people became landless.”

    The Kalangala Islands are a renowned birders destination. Now, with forest destruction, this pristine bird-haven has been adversely affected and destabilised. All in the interest of a few greedy businessmen!

    ~ Dr Richard Ssuna

    [Before] Forested area in Uganda, PxFuel. [After] Fire on a palm oil plantation, Greenpeace.

    The global impact of palm oil on various facets of our lives is immoral

    Palm oil is driven primarily by greed and profit at the expense of both mankind, the animal kingdom and our planet.

    https://twitter.com/RichardSsuna/status/1427171099595390978?s=20

    https://twitter.com/RichardSsuna/status/1426669428977160195?s=20

    https://twitter.com/RichardSsuna/status/1427365295249772577?s=20

    https://twitter.com/RichardSsuna/status/1424973222454382592?s=20

    https://twitter.com/RichardSsuna/status/1385716733340758020?s=20

    Excerpt, The Guardian UK: Ugandan farmers take on palm oil giant Wilmar over land grab claims

    Before the bulldozers came, Magdalena Nakamya harvested coffee, cassava, avocado and jackfruit on her three-hectare (seven-acre) plot on Kalangala, an island in Lake Victoria.

    But on a July morning in 2011, Nakamya, 64, awoke to find yellow machines churning up her land and razing the crops she had grown in a bid to make way for palm oil plantations.

    “No one came to talk to me before they destroyed my crops,” says Nakamya. “I heard that some people were given money, but I didn’t receive anything.”

    Read more: The Guardian UK

    https://twitter.com/nbstv/status/1523006629280874496?s=20&t=Q5GqJQOdD1hOEnS_0rNR2g

    https://twitter.com/DvOijen/status/1513496609514045448?s=20&t=bqpCdBf0IQ6JeOo3MBnfIw

    Landgrabbing for palm oil in Uganda by ‘If Not Us Then Who?’

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm3FW1nTRMs

    In my view all or most product certifications especially whose operations adversely affect people, are designed to cover-up an already messed-up palm oil industry.

    Dr Richard Ssuna

    “In my view product certifications like @RSPOtweets when their operations adversely affect people, they are designed to cover-up an already messed-up industry.” #Wildlife #vet @RichardSsuna #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife

    Tweet

    https://youtu.be/17QxF61PVC4

    Read more: Friends of the Earth and ‘If Not Us, Then Who?’

    I think the real hope sits with governments

    The political will of governments – provided they are not compromised by kickbacks or other financial interests from global brands, provides the best opportunity to address this problem of deforestation for food, at least on a national level.

    “In a real sense, the public has been hoodwinked into believing that a palm oil certification equates to a more sustainable product and as result, companies fetch even more cash for it”

    ~ Dr Richard Ssuna

    The public has been hoodwinked into believing that @RSPOtweets #palmoil #certification equates to a sustainable product and as result, companies fetch even more cash for it” #Wildlife #vet @RichardSsuna #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife

    Tweet

    In ten years there will be no more African animals. All gone. Extinct. The window for transformation of our food system is closing rapidly!

    Four things consumers can do to stop deforestation for food ingredients…

    1. Raise awareness of brands that are using greenwashing to sell products and are destroying the environment and causing tropical deforestation or emptying our oceans.

    2. Consume alternative products, made locally and not coming from deforestation.

    3. Publicly condemn these brands causing deforestation, whenever and wherever there is a platform, with family and friends and even on social media.

    4. Make reference to this issue and to the #Boycott4Wildlife movement, whenever any adverse climatic changes are suffered as a result of deforestation for food.

    Please support All Creatures Animal Welfare Trust so we can help domestic and wild animals

    We have faced insurmountable challenges in recent years. Your donation will support us to help more animals

    Donate via Paypal

    Join the #Boycott4Wildlife on supermarket brands causing palm oil deforestation

    Find out more

    #Africa #animalrights #animals #AnimalWelfare #Boycott4wildlife #BoycottPalmOil #certification #ChimpanzeePanTroglodytes #conservation #CreativesForCoolCreatures #DrRichardSsuna #investigativeJournalism #journalism #landgrabbing #Lesotho #Malawi #PalmOil #palmoil #pet #Uganda #vet #wildlife #wildlifeVet

    #africa #animalrights #animals #animalwelfare #boycott4wildlife #boycottpalmoil
  21. Palm Oil Detectives @[email protected] ·

    Wildlife Vet Dr Richard K Ssuna

    Dr Richard K Ssuna: In His Own Words

    Wildlife and Domestic Animal Vet, Conservationist, Animal Advocate

    Bio: Dr Richard K. Ssuna

    Dr Richard K. Ssuna has been caring for (wild and domesticated) animals as a Veterinarian for over 20 years. In the past he’s worked for the Uganda Society for the Protection and Care of Animals (USPCA), the Jane Goodall Institute and Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Wildlife Conservation Trust on Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary and the Lilongwe Wildlife Centre. Dr Ssuna also established the Lilongwe Society and Protection of Animals (LSPCA) and also worked as the technical advisor for the Second Chance Chimpanzee Refuge in Liberia. He is currently the Founder of All Creatures Animal Welfare Trust in Malawi, Lesotho and Uganda.

    Over the years, Dr Ssuna has received many awards for animal welfare, and veterinary practice including:

    • The William Wilberforce Award in 2012.
    • The Africa Animal Advocate Award by Humane Society International (HSI) in 2014.
    • Special Recognition for Outstanding Leadership for Ngamba Island in 2018.
    • World Animal Day Ambassador for Malawi.

    Along with a veterinary degree, Dr Ssuna holds a Masters of Science in Wild Animal Health (Royal Veterinary College, University of London) and a Masters of International Animal Welfare Ethics & Law (Royal School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh).

    Dr Ssuna is an absolute inspiration to animal lovers and conservationists all over the world. It is an honour to showcase his work and stories on Palm Oil Detectives.

    Respected #wildlife and #pet #vet @RichardSsuna talks about @africacreatures saving #animals in #Uganda #Lesotho #Malawi and also #palmoil #landgrabbing #animalrights and the #Boycott4Wildlife #Africa

    Tweet

    Respected #wildlife and #pet #vet @RichardSsuna talks about @africacreatures saving #animals in #Uganda #Lesotho #Malawi and also #palmoil #landgrabbing #animalrights and the #Boycott4Wildlife #Africa

    Tweet

    ‘Foreign #palmoil companies (RSPO members) have claimed the Kalangala Islands, Uganda for #palmoil. The locals have lost their food sources. I support the #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife’ #Wildlife and #Pet Vet @RichardSsuna

    Tweet

    “In my view product certifications like @RSPOtweets when their operations adversely affect people, they are designed to cover-up an already messed-up industry.” #Wildlife #vet @RichardSsuna #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife

    Tweet

    The public has been hoodwinked into believing that @RSPOtweets #palmoil #certification equates to a sustainable product and as result, companies fetch even more cash for it” #Wildlife #vet @RichardSsuna #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife

    Tweet

    ‘Please support All Creatures Animal Welfare Trust so we can help domestic and wild animals’ #wildlife and #pet #vet @RichardSsuna of @africacreatures #Boycott4Wildlife

    Tweet

    Chimps are very curious and they pay attention to detail

    This is how it all started many years ago! Here I am examining one of the baby chimps at a sanctuary. Did you know that chimps appreciate veterinary care? Via Dr Richard Ssuna on Twitter

    The beauty with being a wildlife-vet, is that you get to treat all sorts of animals

    This leopard developed arthritis from a previous injury. This was her annual general health check. #Wildlife #Animals #AnimalWelfare #Africa @TheWildlifeHost @bigcatscom @Lupita_Nyongo

    Originally tweeted by Richard Ssuna (@RichardSsuna) on August 16, 2021.

    I used to be the Field Programs Officer and Veterinarian for the Jane Goodall Institute

    This project was located in the richly forested areas of Bushenyi (Kalinzu) Hoima (Bulindi, Kitooba, Kaisotonya), Masindi and Kibaale (Kanyanchu).

    dr richard ssuna

    My organisation All Creatures Animal Welfare helps to keep animals and communities safe…

    All Creatures was initially set up in Lilongwe in Malawi in 2016, we now have new sites in Lesotho and Uganda

    We specialise in:

    • Mass rabies vaccinations: Rabies is a critical public health concern in Africa and has severe animal welfare and human health consequences.
    • Animal kindness education: We teach in schools and communities about the connection between animal welfare, environmental protection and human wellbeing.
    • Community Veterinary Services: Our free vet services including spaying and neutering, surgery and wildlife interventions.
    • Saving animals from disasters: Animals are often forgotten in natural disasters and pandemics and we are well equipped to save distressed and abandoned animals.
    • Animal Rescue Centre: We have a shelter in Lilongwe and care for abandoned and neglected dogs and other animals.

    “We have successfully vaccinated 75% of all dogs against rabies in Mzuzu, and vaccinated and sterilised more than 80% dogs in Chintenche, Northern Malawi.”

    When Malawi was hit with floods in 2019, we rescued, treated and vaccinated many animals

    Photo: The Conversation Arjan van de Merwe/UNDP/Flickr

    “We have rescued and treated many different species wildlife, for example: Vervet Monkeys, Bush Babies, Common Duikers and Olive Baboons.”

    Dr Ssuna helping an injured bush baby.

    All Creatures Animal Welfare Trust was set up to care not only for domestic pets, but wildlife too…

    This has unfortunately been difficult to implement due to funding and the insurmountable challenges of animal welfare issues for domestic animals. You can help us to help more animals by donating…

    Donate via Paypal

    Photo by Dalida Innes Wildlife Photography

    I helped to rescue baby chimps who have lost their mothers to traps laid by cocoa farmers in Kitooba

    Chimpanzee Pan troglodytesDr Ssuna helps some chimp orphans

    I’ve seen first-hand the poaching of baby chimps and the destruction of chimp habitat for cocoa while I was working at The Jane Goodall Institute

    ~ Dr Richard Ssuna

    Indiscriminate traps were usually intended for bush pigs and yellow baboons and laid by local farmers. They are a common affliction to wild chimp populations in West Uganda. The chimps use private forest patches as movement corridors to access their natural habitats. This below was Masindi, 20 years ago!

    Originally tweeted by Richard Ssuna (@RichardSsuna) on August 12, 2021.

    The other culprit was British American Tobacco

    They invested heavily in communities and tobacco farmers planted on deforested forest patches! Both activities adversely affected chimps, as their travel routes through community forests were cut off and some small unviable groups were isolated in small forest fragments.

    Globally, deforestation of equatorial forests for palm oil has affected carbon sinks and has resulted in more global warming

    ~ Dr Richard Ssuna

    Kalangala Islands, Uganda

    “Foreign companies and RSPO members have claimed the land for palm oil. The local inhabitants of the island suffered from the brute destruction of the island’s forests and their loss of livelihood and food sources.

    “This can easily be extrapolated to inform similar misdeeds elsewhere on the African continent. This also affected peoples livelihoods and many of these people became landless.”

    The Kalangala Islands are a renowned birders destination. Now, with forest destruction, this pristine bird-haven has been adversely affected and destabilised. All in the interest of a few greedy businessmen!

    ~ Dr Richard Ssuna

    [Before] Forested area in Uganda, PxFuel. [After] Fire on a palm oil plantation, Greenpeace.

    The global impact of palm oil on various facets of our lives is immoral

    Palm oil is driven primarily by greed and profit at the expense of both mankind, the animal kingdom and our planet.

    https://twitter.com/RichardSsuna/status/1427171099595390978?s=20

    https://twitter.com/RichardSsuna/status/1426669428977160195?s=20

    https://twitter.com/RichardSsuna/status/1427365295249772577?s=20

    https://twitter.com/RichardSsuna/status/1424973222454382592?s=20

    https://twitter.com/RichardSsuna/status/1385716733340758020?s=20

    Excerpt, The Guardian UK: Ugandan farmers take on palm oil giant Wilmar over land grab claims

    Before the bulldozers came, Magdalena Nakamya harvested coffee, cassava, avocado and jackfruit on her three-hectare (seven-acre) plot on Kalangala, an island in Lake Victoria.

    But on a July morning in 2011, Nakamya, 64, awoke to find yellow machines churning up her land and razing the crops she had grown in a bid to make way for palm oil plantations.

    “No one came to talk to me before they destroyed my crops,” says Nakamya. “I heard that some people were given money, but I didn’t receive anything.”

    Read more: The Guardian UK

    https://twitter.com/nbstv/status/1523006629280874496?s=20&t=Q5GqJQOdD1hOEnS_0rNR2g

    https://twitter.com/DvOijen/status/1513496609514045448?s=20&t=bqpCdBf0IQ6JeOo3MBnfIw

    Landgrabbing for palm oil in Uganda by ‘If Not Us Then Who?’

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm3FW1nTRMs

    In my view all or most product certifications especially whose operations adversely affect people, are designed to cover-up an already messed-up palm oil industry.

    Dr Richard Ssuna

    “In my view product certifications like @RSPOtweets when their operations adversely affect people, they are designed to cover-up an already messed-up industry.” #Wildlife #vet @RichardSsuna #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife

    Tweet

    https://youtu.be/17QxF61PVC4

    Read more: Friends of the Earth and ‘If Not Us, Then Who?’

    I think the real hope sits with governments

    The political will of governments – provided they are not compromised by kickbacks or other financial interests from global brands, provides the best opportunity to address this problem of deforestation for food, at least on a national level.

    “In a real sense, the public has been hoodwinked into believing that a palm oil certification equates to a more sustainable product and as result, companies fetch even more cash for it”

    ~ Dr Richard Ssuna

    The public has been hoodwinked into believing that @RSPOtweets #palmoil #certification equates to a sustainable product and as result, companies fetch even more cash for it” #Wildlife #vet @RichardSsuna #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife

    Tweet

    In ten years there will be no more African animals. All gone. Extinct. The window for transformation of our food system is closing rapidly!

    Four things consumers can do to stop deforestation for food ingredients…

    1. Raise awareness of brands that are using greenwashing to sell products and are destroying the environment and causing tropical deforestation or emptying our oceans.

    2. Consume alternative products, made locally and not coming from deforestation.

    3. Publicly condemn these brands causing deforestation, whenever and wherever there is a platform, with family and friends and even on social media.

    4. Make reference to this issue and to the #Boycott4Wildlife movement, whenever any adverse climatic changes are suffered as a result of deforestation for food.

    Please support All Creatures Animal Welfare Trust so we can help domestic and wild animals

    We have faced insurmountable challenges in recent years. Your donation will support us to help more animals

    Donate via Paypal

    Join the #Boycott4Wildlife on supermarket brands causing palm oil deforestation

    Find out more

    #Africa #animalrights #animals #AnimalWelfare #Boycott4wildlife #BoycottPalmOil #certification #ChimpanzeePanTroglodytes #conservation #CreativesForCoolCreatures #DrRichardSsuna #investigativeJournalism #journalism #landgrabbing #Lesotho #Malawi #PalmOil #palmoil #pet #Uganda #vet #wildlife #wildlifeVet

    #wildlifevet #wildlife #vet #uganda #pet #palmoil
  22. Palm Oil Detectives @[email protected] ·

    Wildlife Vet Dr Richard K Ssuna

    Dr Richard K Ssuna: In His Own Words

    Wildlife and Domestic Animal Vet, Conservationist, Animal Advocate

    Bio: Dr Richard K. Ssuna

    Dr Richard K. Ssuna has been caring for (wild and domesticated) animals as a Veterinarian for over 20 years. In the past he’s worked for the Uganda Society for the Protection and Care of Animals (USPCA), the Jane Goodall Institute and Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Wildlife Conservation Trust on Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary and the Lilongwe Wildlife Centre. Dr Ssuna also established the Lilongwe Society and Protection of Animals (LSPCA) and also worked as the technical advisor for the Second Chance Chimpanzee Refuge in Liberia. He is currently the Founder of All Creatures Animal Welfare Trust in Malawi, Lesotho and Uganda.

    Over the years, Dr Ssuna has received many awards for animal welfare, and veterinary practice including:

    • The William Wilberforce Award in 2012.
    • The Africa Animal Advocate Award by Humane Society International (HSI) in 2014.
    • Special Recognition for Outstanding Leadership for Ngamba Island in 2018.
    • World Animal Day Ambassador for Malawi.

    Along with a veterinary degree, Dr Ssuna holds a Masters of Science in Wild Animal Health (Royal Veterinary College, University of London) and a Masters of International Animal Welfare Ethics & Law (Royal School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh).

    Dr Ssuna is an absolute inspiration to animal lovers and conservationists all over the world. It is an honour to showcase his work and stories on Palm Oil Detectives.

    Respected #wildlife and #pet #vet @RichardSsuna talks about @africacreatures saving #animals in #Uganda #Lesotho #Malawi and also #palmoil #landgrabbing #animalrights and the #Boycott4Wildlife #Africa

    Tweet

    Respected #wildlife and #pet #vet @RichardSsuna talks about @africacreatures saving #animals in #Uganda #Lesotho #Malawi and also #palmoil #landgrabbing #animalrights and the #Boycott4Wildlife #Africa

    Tweet

    ‘Foreign #palmoil companies (RSPO members) have claimed the Kalangala Islands, Uganda for #palmoil. The locals have lost their food sources. I support the #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife’ #Wildlife and #Pet Vet @RichardSsuna

    Tweet

    “In my view product certifications like @RSPOtweets when their operations adversely affect people, they are designed to cover-up an already messed-up industry.” #Wildlife #vet @RichardSsuna #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife

    Tweet

    The public has been hoodwinked into believing that @RSPOtweets #palmoil #certification equates to a sustainable product and as result, companies fetch even more cash for it” #Wildlife #vet @RichardSsuna #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife

    Tweet

    ‘Please support All Creatures Animal Welfare Trust so we can help domestic and wild animals’ #wildlife and #pet #vet @RichardSsuna of @africacreatures #Boycott4Wildlife

    Tweet

    Chimps are very curious and they pay attention to detail

    This is how it all started many years ago! Here I am examining one of the baby chimps at a sanctuary. Did you know that chimps appreciate veterinary care? Via Dr Richard Ssuna on Twitter

    The beauty with being a wildlife-vet, is that you get to treat all sorts of animals

    This leopard developed arthritis from a previous injury. This was her annual general health check. #Wildlife #Animals #AnimalWelfare #Africa @TheWildlifeHost @bigcatscom @Lupita_Nyongo

    Originally tweeted by Richard Ssuna (@RichardSsuna) on August 16, 2021.

    I used to be the Field Programs Officer and Veterinarian for the Jane Goodall Institute

    This project was located in the richly forested areas of Bushenyi (Kalinzu) Hoima (Bulindi, Kitooba, Kaisotonya), Masindi and Kibaale (Kanyanchu).

    dr richard ssuna

    My organisation All Creatures Animal Welfare helps to keep animals and communities safe…

    All Creatures was initially set up in Lilongwe in Malawi in 2016, we now have new sites in Lesotho and Uganda

    We specialise in:

    • Mass rabies vaccinations: Rabies is a critical public health concern in Africa and has severe animal welfare and human health consequences.
    • Animal kindness education: We teach in schools and communities about the connection between animal welfare, environmental protection and human wellbeing.
    • Community Veterinary Services: Our free vet services including spaying and neutering, surgery and wildlife interventions.
    • Saving animals from disasters: Animals are often forgotten in natural disasters and pandemics and we are well equipped to save distressed and abandoned animals.
    • Animal Rescue Centre: We have a shelter in Lilongwe and care for abandoned and neglected dogs and other animals.

    “We have successfully vaccinated 75% of all dogs against rabies in Mzuzu, and vaccinated and sterilised more than 80% dogs in Chintenche, Northern Malawi.”

    When Malawi was hit with floods in 2019, we rescued, treated and vaccinated many animals

    Photo: The Conversation Arjan van de Merwe/UNDP/Flickr

    “We have rescued and treated many different species wildlife, for example: Vervet Monkeys, Bush Babies, Common Duikers and Olive Baboons.”

    Dr Ssuna helping an injured bush baby.

    All Creatures Animal Welfare Trust was set up to care not only for domestic pets, but wildlife too…

    This has unfortunately been difficult to implement due to funding and the insurmountable challenges of animal welfare issues for domestic animals. You can help us to help more animals by donating…

    Donate via Paypal

    Photo by Dalida Innes Wildlife Photography

    I helped to rescue baby chimps who have lost their mothers to traps laid by cocoa farmers in Kitooba

    Chimpanzee Pan troglodytesDr Ssuna helps some chimp orphans

    I’ve seen first-hand the poaching of baby chimps and the destruction of chimp habitat for cocoa while I was working at The Jane Goodall Institute

    ~ Dr Richard Ssuna

    Indiscriminate traps were usually intended for bush pigs and yellow baboons and laid by local farmers. They are a common affliction to wild chimp populations in West Uganda. The chimps use private forest patches as movement corridors to access their natural habitats. This below was Masindi, 20 years ago!

    Originally tweeted by Richard Ssuna (@RichardSsuna) on August 12, 2021.

    The other culprit was British American Tobacco

    They invested heavily in communities and tobacco farmers planted on deforested forest patches! Both activities adversely affected chimps, as their travel routes through community forests were cut off and some small unviable groups were isolated in small forest fragments.

    Globally, deforestation of equatorial forests for palm oil has affected carbon sinks and has resulted in more global warming

    ~ Dr Richard Ssuna

    Kalangala Islands, Uganda

    “Foreign companies and RSPO members have claimed the land for palm oil. The local inhabitants of the island suffered from the brute destruction of the island’s forests and their loss of livelihood and food sources.

    “This can easily be extrapolated to inform similar misdeeds elsewhere on the African continent. This also affected peoples livelihoods and many of these people became landless.”

    The Kalangala Islands are a renowned birders destination. Now, with forest destruction, this pristine bird-haven has been adversely affected and destabilised. All in the interest of a few greedy businessmen!

    ~ Dr Richard Ssuna

    [Before] Forested area in Uganda, PxFuel. [After] Fire on a palm oil plantation, Greenpeace.

    The global impact of palm oil on various facets of our lives is immoral

    Palm oil is driven primarily by greed and profit at the expense of both mankind, the animal kingdom and our planet.

    https://twitter.com/RichardSsuna/status/1427171099595390978?s=20

    https://twitter.com/RichardSsuna/status/1426669428977160195?s=20

    https://twitter.com/RichardSsuna/status/1427365295249772577?s=20

    https://twitter.com/RichardSsuna/status/1424973222454382592?s=20

    https://twitter.com/RichardSsuna/status/1385716733340758020?s=20

    Excerpt, The Guardian UK: Ugandan farmers take on palm oil giant Wilmar over land grab claims

    Before the bulldozers came, Magdalena Nakamya harvested coffee, cassava, avocado and jackfruit on her three-hectare (seven-acre) plot on Kalangala, an island in Lake Victoria.

    But on a July morning in 2011, Nakamya, 64, awoke to find yellow machines churning up her land and razing the crops she had grown in a bid to make way for palm oil plantations.

    “No one came to talk to me before they destroyed my crops,” says Nakamya. “I heard that some people were given money, but I didn’t receive anything.”

    Read more: The Guardian UK

    https://twitter.com/nbstv/status/1523006629280874496?s=20&t=Q5GqJQOdD1hOEnS_0rNR2g

    https://twitter.com/DvOijen/status/1513496609514045448?s=20&t=bqpCdBf0IQ6JeOo3MBnfIw

    Landgrabbing for palm oil in Uganda by ‘If Not Us Then Who?’

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm3FW1nTRMs

    In my view all or most product certifications especially whose operations adversely affect people, are designed to cover-up an already messed-up palm oil industry.

    Dr Richard Ssuna

    “In my view product certifications like @RSPOtweets when their operations adversely affect people, they are designed to cover-up an already messed-up industry.” #Wildlife #vet @RichardSsuna #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife

    Tweet

    https://youtu.be/17QxF61PVC4

    Read more: Friends of the Earth and ‘If Not Us, Then Who?’

    I think the real hope sits with governments

    The political will of governments – provided they are not compromised by kickbacks or other financial interests from global brands, provides the best opportunity to address this problem of deforestation for food, at least on a national level.

    “In a real sense, the public has been hoodwinked into believing that a palm oil certification equates to a more sustainable product and as result, companies fetch even more cash for it”

    ~ Dr Richard Ssuna

    The public has been hoodwinked into believing that @RSPOtweets #palmoil #certification equates to a sustainable product and as result, companies fetch even more cash for it” #Wildlife #vet @RichardSsuna #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife

    Tweet

    In ten years there will be no more African animals. All gone. Extinct. The window for transformation of our food system is closing rapidly!

    Four things consumers can do to stop deforestation for food ingredients…

    1. Raise awareness of brands that are using greenwashing to sell products and are destroying the environment and causing tropical deforestation or emptying our oceans.

    2. Consume alternative products, made locally and not coming from deforestation.

    3. Publicly condemn these brands causing deforestation, whenever and wherever there is a platform, with family and friends and even on social media.

    4. Make reference to this issue and to the #Boycott4Wildlife movement, whenever any adverse climatic changes are suffered as a result of deforestation for food.

    Please support All Creatures Animal Welfare Trust so we can help domestic and wild animals

    We have faced insurmountable challenges in recent years. Your donation will support us to help more animals

    Donate via Paypal

    Join the #Boycott4Wildlife on supermarket brands causing palm oil deforestation

    Find out more

    #Africa #animalrights #animals #AnimalWelfare #Boycott4wildlife #BoycottPalmOil #certification #ChimpanzeePanTroglodytes #conservation #CreativesForCoolCreatures #DrRichardSsuna #investigativeJournalism #journalism #landgrabbing #Lesotho #Malawi #PalmOil #palmoil #pet #Uganda #vet #wildlife #wildlifeVet

    #africa #animalrights #animals #animalwelfare #boycott4wildlife #boycottpalmoil
  23. cmrosens @[email protected] ·

    Author Spotlight: Black Sapphic Vampire Romance author Liza Wemakor

    Liza Wemakor (she/they) is a writer and a Ph.D. candidate in UC Riverside’s English Department. Her fiction has been published in Strange Horizons, Anathema Magazine, Baffling Magazine, and elsewhere. Her debut novella, Loving Safoa, was published by Neon Hemlock Press in February 2024.

    AUTHOR LINKS:

    Website: www.lizawemakor.com

    Instagram: @lizawemakor
    Bluesky: @lizawemakor.bsky.social

    Book Link: Loving Safoa (Neon Hemlock)

    Book Elevator Pitch for readers/book clubs

    If you enjoy paranormal romance with literary stylings, you will enjoy Loving Safoa!

    Get a copy from Neon Hemlock.

    Your novella, Loving Safoa, is out now with Neon Hemlock. What were your main inspirations behind this sapphic vampire novella?

    I wanted to write a vampire story that reflected underrepresented elements of my worldview. It seemed sensible to lean into Safoa’s experience of being an undocumented immigrant in the Western world across a long expanse of time, and to demonstrate how this extended period of uncertainty and precarity forces Safoa into survival mode. Meanwhile, she is also recovering from the trauma of being held captive by a sadistic colonizer for a number of years, as well as experiencing new kinds of freedom in New York, and eventually Maryland. 

    Cynthia, on the other hand, feels orphaned — she is navigating adulthood without her mother or any other parent, yet becoming a maternal figure to her students. She also feels a level of insecurity about her connection to her motherland, as a Ghanaian-American woman, and faces this head-on in her relationship with Safoa, who she imagines as a pure embodiment of African identity. Safoa and Cynthia’s lives are quite complex, and together they tell a story of diasporic reunification. 

    The novella features woven stories from different places and time periods, from 18th-19thC Ghana to a near-future Maryland. How did you decide what segments of these characters’ lives to include, and were there scenes and times that you played with but ultimately decided to cut?

    I wanted to maintain a focus on Cynthia and Safoa’s romance, so I omitted some portions of their lives before they met; I may have explored more of those past moments in a longer project, like a novel, but a novella length felt right for this story. I wanted the passage of time to be a bit surreal, because it is surreal to have lives as long as Cynthia and Safoa’s. Time itself and the details of their lives are a blur.  

    I was seriously toying with showing glimpses of Safoa’s life in London — her lovers, and her brief skirmishes with other European predators. I would’ve emphasized how she was simultaneously powerful and vulnerable to exploitative people, which motivated her departure to the U.S. after a few decades. I didn’t include these scenes because Cynthia may have been lost in the larger narrative — there wouldn’t have been as much of a balanced representation of their lives, and Safoa would have taken over the story. 

    How does vampirism and the donor concept work in your novella, and is this based on any folklore? 

    I was very inspired by Jewelle Gomez’s approach to vampire networks in The Gilda Stories — vampire communities that are explicitly political, and whose politics have been informed by their previous experiences of being hurt, exploited, and truly loved.

    I was also inspired by Octavia Butler’s approaches to both community and feeding in Fledgling. Shori depends upon a host of human companions and vampires while navigating a white supremacist vampire hierarchy. Shori’s companions also gain a lot from her presence, in a symbiotic fashion.

    Tamara Jerée wrote beautifully about these dynamics in her Strange Horizons essay, “How to Make a Family: Queer Blood Bonds in Black Feminist Vampire Novels“.

    There was a hint of Ghanaian folklore in the novella, though I took creative liberties. Safoa and a character named Yaba occasionally refer to the first vampire they met as ‘ɔbonsam’ — or a demonic entity. In some Ghanaian folklore, there are vampiric, humanoid creatures called ɔbonsam or sasabonsam that have very long hair, like Safoa does at some point, and live / feed on people in the forest. I didn’t opt to include other details like sharp teeth and bat-like features in my depiction of vampires. Tongue feeding was more fun for a smutty sapphic story.

    At some point in my life I encountered myths related to the obayifo (another West African vampire) as well, and I took liberties with the factoid that they are phosphorescent, i.e. when Cynthia noticed a blue aura around Safoa’s body.

    Can you tell us more about Cynthia – where did she come from, and what made you set her as a schoolteacher in the early 1990s at the start of this novella? How did you develop her character, her voice, and her desires (e.g. to be an “everlasting elder”)?

    I am one of those people who insists on a vaguely-defined, somewhat secretive spirituality that undergirds my writing practices. In the spring of 2021, Cynthia and Safoa appeared to me almost effortlessly, and I was compelled to write about them. Not long before that, I’d gotten into the Ph.D. program I am at the end of now, and I started writing feverishly before my time and energy became more limited. Cynthia and Safoa were fascinating to me, and their chemistry was palpable; at times I blushed when writing and editing their sex scenes, because it felt like an intrusion upon their privacy. 

    Cynthia’s life resembles my life in some ways, but not all. I haven’t lost my mother, and she (Cynthia) has spent more of her life in New York City and Maryland than I have, but her anxieties about her authenticity as a Ghanaian diasporan and her interest in teaching certainly resonate with me. I am sure that some of my own subjectivity informed how I wrote Cynthia, though a lot of it was subconscious. 

    I had a moodboard for both Cynthia and Safoa, and Cynthia’s moodboard included images of the actresses Nicole Beharie and Moses Ingram, and the model Dede Mansro. I was interested in channeling not only the softness of their appearances, but the moodiness and subdued seductiveness they are able to convey. 

    Regarding the choice to begin in the 1990s: it was a perfect fit both aesthetically and politically. The 90s was a period of intense political maturation for educators, artists, and the general public. There was, especially for queer black people, queer people of color, a mingling of death and renewal — an increasing awareness of identity (and its constructedness) mingling with the optimism of entering a new millenium. The perfect setting for politically conscious vampires to come into themselves.

    Can you tell us more about Safoa, the vampire, her Ghanaian roots, her relationship with tattoos and her place in her communities across time as a body artist, and how she came to be shaped on the page? What was the character development process like for her, and was there research involved to craft her journey from 1799 onwards – if so, what research did you do?

    A pattern that is emerging in my answers to these questions is that I placed Cynthia and Safoa in historical moments that were hotbeds for social resistance. I wanted Safoa to live through multiple eras of Black and African resistance, and I wanted readers to see her putting in the work to pursue what she saw as her purpose in life, which was being a body artist from the beginning, and then evolved, through meeting Cynthia, to include more social pursuits. 

    In writing Safoa, I revisited a few books from a class I took in college about pre-colonial African history, and I read a few books and articles about West African empires and West African mythology. I also made an effort to research some of the geography (landscapes and flora) of West Africa, and brushed up my knowledge of some Twi terms and phrases, which I grew up hearing from my maternal family. Ultimately, only some of these details made it onto the page, because making the world feel lived in required me to look at these landscapes through Safoa’s eyes.

    What research did you do for the different settings in the novella, and what sociopolitical/ideological projections were you going with for the development of your near-future Maryland setting to avoid it being a utopia/dystopia?

    I wanted each of the major settings of the novella, 19th century West Africa, 1990s New York City, and 1990s / 21st century Maryland, to reflect major political movements of their time. Safoa’s time in the part of West Africa we now know as Ghana was inflected with rising anticolonial sentiments. New York City is and was sensational for the community organizing within its boroughs, though it was not without the risk of violence (see: the 2003 murder of Sakia Gunn in the nearby Newark, New Jersey). Like New York City, the DMV is and was a major locus of queer arts organizing (especially literary arts) and queer political organizing, which I aimed to reflect in Cynthia and Safoa’s commune involvements. 

    I wouldn’t say I was consciously avoiding the story being classified as a utopia or dystopia, and this defiance of categories came about because I had naturalistic inclinations in the writing of this novella. I wanted my writing to reflect how deeply traumatic and how stunningly gorgeous people can be. For the Maryland commune in particular, I wanted to hint at the fact that there were conflicts commune members had already worked through before Cynthia and Safoa arrived, and working through these conflicts laid the groundwork for Cynthia and Safoa to soar, as cooperative leaders in their new community.

    Would you ever consider expanding upon the story of Cynthia and Safoa, perhaps in a connected story, and/or are you moving on to other projects (if so, what’s next?!)

    I would love to write a short story or novelette focused on Safoa’s time in London / Europe, when the time seems right to do so. I’ve written several short stories that I’m proud of since Loving Safoa came out in 2024, and it’s just been a matter of finding the right magazine at the right time for the stories that haven’t been published yet. I also have a few short stories that are in partial states, that I am slowly finishing as my dissertation takes priority. 

    I also have a novel project that is half-drafted! The novel project follows a polarizing, and potentially revolutionary, celebrity musician. 

    Beyond my own fiction, I am a nonfiction editor and finance manager for Anathema Magazine, a venue dedicated to speculation fiction by and for queer people of color that is relaunching after a 3-year hiatus — yay!  

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    Although #deforestation rates in the Brazilian #Amazon have halved, this globally critical biome is still losing more than 5,000km² every year. That’s an area three times larger than Greater London. By combining satellite imagery for the entire Amazon region with data from the Brazilian national census, our new study found that deforestation in areas protected by #Indigenous communities was up to 83% lower compared to unprotected areas.

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    Despite this win for indigenous-led conservation, our results also show that Indigenous communities had the lowest levels of socioeconomic development. Incomes in Indigenous territories were up to 36% lower compared to other land uses.

    Indigenous people are among the most disadvantaged groups of people in the world. Although Indigenous communities in Brazil have strengthened their political representation in recent years, 33% of people living below the poverty line are Indigenous.

    Improving the economic wellbeing of Indigenous people is not only the socially just thing to do but can also be environmentally effective. Research in Nepal showed that communities with higher levels of socioeconomic development are less likely to trade off development with deforestation. Providing communities with the ability to protect and conserve their local forests and develop economically can be a win-win for both people and the environment.

    In 2022, governments across the world agreed to protect 30% of the planet’s surface by 2030. To meet the commitments of this 30×30 agenda, many countries need to drastically increase their conservation efforts to reverse deforestation in the Amazon and beyond.

    Governments and philanthropic organisations pledged unprecedented political and financial support for forests and Indigenous peoples and local communities at the 2021 COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. These pledges have helped raise the voices of Indigenous peoples and ushered in a new era of commitments to return ancestral lands.

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    Perhaps surprisingly, our results show that agricultural business development of the Brazilian Amazon is unlikely to provide greater socioeconomic benefits for local, non-indigenous communities than protection-focused alternatives that preserve forest cover but allow sustainable resource use by rural communities. But the agribusiness lobby in Brazil, who are often in direct conflict with Indigenous people, often argues that agricultural expansion will provide economic development for the region.

    Our results demonstrate that returning lands to Indigenous communities can be extremely effective at reducing deforestation and boosting biodiversity to help address climate change. Yet, forest conservation should not come at an economic cost to people living in Indigenous-managed lands.

    Access to land and opportunity

    Indigenous communities need to regain access to their ancestral lands while also gaining access to development opportunities. Indigenous people in Brazil are eligible to receive support from social welfare programmes, such as the family allowance scheme (or bolsa familia in Portuguese), which is credited with lifting millions of Brazilians out of poverty and reducing inequality.

    Protesters hold placards expressing their opinion during the demonstration. The Marco Temporal thesis, indigenous, and supporters of the indigenous movement met in downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in May 2023. ZUMA Press Inc / Alamy Stock Photo

    However, many rural and isolated communities face substantial difficulties accessing support. For example, fuel costs to take long boat trips from remote communities to urban centres to collect payments are high and many communities lack access to technology to even apply for such schemes.

    President Lula Da Silva’s government is considering developing an Indigenous family allowance programme to address access problems faced by Indigenous communities in Brazil. As efforts to return rights to land ramp up in the wake of the 30×30 agenda, more governments and nongovernmental organisations should support the many other rights that Indigenous peoples have and reduce the structural barriers that prevent rural communities from claiming them.

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    New Research: Indigenous Communities Reduce Amazon Deforestation by 83%”

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    The world’s largest #rainforest the #Amazon 🫁🌳🌿 is vanishing. Yet a bright spark of hope finds #deforestation in #Indigenous protected areas is 83% lower. They are the KEY to saving the #forests and animals! #BoycottGold4Yanomami #Boycott4Wildlife https://wp.me/pcFhgU-8SM

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    Improving the economic wellbeing of Indigenous people is not only the socially just thing to do but can also be environmentally effective. Research in Nepal showed that communities with higher levels of socioeconomic development are less likely to trade off development with deforestation. Providing communities with the ability to protect and conserve their local forests and develop economically can be a win-win for both people and the environment.

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    New Research: Indigenous Communities Reduce Amazon Deforestation by 83%”

    Although #deforestation rates in the Brazilian #Amazon have halved, this globally critical biome is still losing more than 5,000km² every year. That’s an area three times larger than Greater London. By combining satellite imagery for the entire Amazon region with data from the Brazilian national census, our new study found that deforestation in areas protected by #Indigenous communities was up to 83% lower compared to unprotected areas.

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    Despite this win for indigenous-led conservation, our results also show that Indigenous communities had the lowest levels of socioeconomic development. Incomes in Indigenous territories were up to 36% lower compared to other land uses.

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    In 2022, governments across the world agreed to protect 30% of the planet’s surface by 2030. To meet the commitments of this 30×30 agenda, many countries need to drastically increase their conservation efforts to reverse deforestation in the Amazon and beyond.

    Governments and philanthropic organisations pledged unprecedented political and financial support for forests and Indigenous peoples and local communities at the 2021 COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. These pledges have helped raise the voices of Indigenous peoples and ushered in a new era of commitments to return ancestral lands.

    Yet, forests and their resources across the world remain coveted by many different interest groups, including mining and large agribusiness. The Supreme Court in Brazil is currently debating the constitutional validity of the controversial “Marco Temporal” or time limit framework which could substantially limit the ability of Indigenous peoples across the country to make claims for lands. This legal theory states that Indigenous peoples are only entitled to make claims for lands if they can prove that they were in possession of them on or before October 5 1988 when the Brazilian constitution came into effect.

    Perhaps surprisingly, our results show that agricultural business development of the Brazilian Amazon is unlikely to provide greater socioeconomic benefits for local, non-indigenous communities than protection-focused alternatives that preserve forest cover but allow sustainable resource use by rural communities. But the agribusiness lobby in Brazil, who are often in direct conflict with Indigenous people, often argues that agricultural expansion will provide economic development for the region.

    Our results demonstrate that returning lands to Indigenous communities can be extremely effective at reducing deforestation and boosting biodiversity to help address climate change. Yet, forest conservation should not come at an economic cost to people living in Indigenous-managed lands.

    Access to land and opportunity

    Indigenous communities need to regain access to their ancestral lands while also gaining access to development opportunities. Indigenous people in Brazil are eligible to receive support from social welfare programmes, such as the family allowance scheme (or bolsa familia in Portuguese), which is credited with lifting millions of Brazilians out of poverty and reducing inequality.

    Protesters hold placards expressing their opinion during the demonstration. The Marco Temporal thesis, indigenous, and supporters of the indigenous movement met in downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in May 2023. ZUMA Press Inc / Alamy Stock Photo

    However, many rural and isolated communities face substantial difficulties accessing support. For example, fuel costs to take long boat trips from remote communities to urban centres to collect payments are high and many communities lack access to technology to even apply for such schemes.

    President Lula Da Silva’s government is considering developing an Indigenous family allowance programme to address access problems faced by Indigenous communities in Brazil. As efforts to return rights to land ramp up in the wake of the 30×30 agenda, more governments and nongovernmental organisations should support the many other rights that Indigenous peoples have and reduce the structural barriers that prevent rural communities from claiming them.

    Written by Johan Oldekop, Reader in Environment and Development, University of Manchester; Bowy den Braber, Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, and Marina Schmoeller, PhD Candidate, Ecology, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)vThis article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

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    Read more

    Violence for Palm Oil Against Peasant Communities in Honduras Meets Resistance

    In the Aguán Valley of northern Honduras, peasant communities reclaiming ancestral lands face increasing violence and intimidation from armed groups linked to organised crime. The Dinant Corporation, a prominent palm oil producer, is…

    Read more

    The Great Malaysian Timber and Palm Oil Swindle

    A joint investigation by Malaysiakini and Pulitzer Center’s Rainforest Investigations Network (RIN) reveals alarming deforestation in Pahang, #Malaysia, caused by one of the country’s largest #palmoil plantations. The plantation threatens endangered species like…

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    New Research: Indigenous Communities Reduce Amazon Deforestation by 83%”

    Although #deforestation rates in the Brazilian #Amazon have halved, this globally critical biome is still losing more than 5,000km² every year. That’s an area three times larger than Greater London. By combining satellite imagery for the entire Amazon region with data from the Brazilian national census, our new study found that deforestation in areas protected by #Indigenous communities was up to 83% lower compared to unprotected areas.

    Results demonstrate that returning lands to Indigenous communities can be extremely effective at reducing deforestation and boosting #biodiversity to help address #climatechange. Yet, forest conservation should not come at an economic cost to people living in Indigenous-managed lands.

    The world’s largest #rainforest the #Amazon 🫁🌳🌿 is vanishing. Yet a bright spark of hope finds #deforestation in #Indigenous protected areas is 83% lower. They are the KEY to saving the #forests and animals! #BoycottGold4Yanomami #Boycott4Wildlife https://wp.me/pcFhgU-8SM

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    Written by Johan Oldekop, Reader in Environment and Development, University of Manchester; Bowy den Braber, Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, and Marina Schmoeller, PhD Candidate, Ecology, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)vThis article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

    Tarcisio Schnaider/Shutterstock

    Despite this win for indigenous-led conservation, our results also show that Indigenous communities had the lowest levels of socioeconomic development. Incomes in Indigenous territories were up to 36% lower compared to other land uses.

    Indigenous people are among the most disadvantaged groups of people in the world. Although Indigenous communities in Brazil have strengthened their political representation in recent years, 33% of people living below the poverty line are Indigenous.

    Improving the economic wellbeing of Indigenous people is not only the socially just thing to do but can also be environmentally effective. Research in Nepal showed that communities with higher levels of socioeconomic development are less likely to trade off development with deforestation. Providing communities with the ability to protect and conserve their local forests and develop economically can be a win-win for both people and the environment.

    In 2022, governments across the world agreed to protect 30% of the planet’s surface by 2030. To meet the commitments of this 30×30 agenda, many countries need to drastically increase their conservation efforts to reverse deforestation in the Amazon and beyond.

    Governments and philanthropic organisations pledged unprecedented political and financial support for forests and Indigenous peoples and local communities at the 2021 COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. These pledges have helped raise the voices of Indigenous peoples and ushered in a new era of commitments to return ancestral lands.

    Yet, forests and their resources across the world remain coveted by many different interest groups, including mining and large agribusiness. The Supreme Court in Brazil is currently debating the constitutional validity of the controversial “Marco Temporal” or time limit framework which could substantially limit the ability of Indigenous peoples across the country to make claims for lands. This legal theory states that Indigenous peoples are only entitled to make claims for lands if they can prove that they were in possession of them on or before October 5 1988 when the Brazilian constitution came into effect.

    Perhaps surprisingly, our results show that agricultural business development of the Brazilian Amazon is unlikely to provide greater socioeconomic benefits for local, non-indigenous communities than protection-focused alternatives that preserve forest cover but allow sustainable resource use by rural communities. But the agribusiness lobby in Brazil, who are often in direct conflict with Indigenous people, often argues that agricultural expansion will provide economic development for the region.

    Our results demonstrate that returning lands to Indigenous communities can be extremely effective at reducing deforestation and boosting biodiversity to help address climate change. Yet, forest conservation should not come at an economic cost to people living in Indigenous-managed lands.

    Access to land and opportunity

    Indigenous communities need to regain access to their ancestral lands while also gaining access to development opportunities. Indigenous people in Brazil are eligible to receive support from social welfare programmes, such as the family allowance scheme (or bolsa familia in Portuguese), which is credited with lifting millions of Brazilians out of poverty and reducing inequality.

    Protesters hold placards expressing their opinion during the demonstration. The Marco Temporal thesis, indigenous, and supporters of the indigenous movement met in downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in May 2023. ZUMA Press Inc / Alamy Stock Photo

    However, many rural and isolated communities face substantial difficulties accessing support. For example, fuel costs to take long boat trips from remote communities to urban centres to collect payments are high and many communities lack access to technology to even apply for such schemes.

    President Lula Da Silva’s government is considering developing an Indigenous family allowance programme to address access problems faced by Indigenous communities in Brazil. As efforts to return rights to land ramp up in the wake of the 30×30 agenda, more governments and nongovernmental organisations should support the many other rights that Indigenous peoples have and reduce the structural barriers that prevent rural communities from claiming them.

    Written by Johan Oldekop, Reader in Environment and Development, University of Manchester; Bowy den Braber, Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, and Marina Schmoeller, PhD Candidate, Ecology, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)vThis article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

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    Read more

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    A catastrophic storm in #Uganda’s Kalangala district left nearly 1,000 households homeless. The real culprit? Rampant #deforestation for #palmoil. Once rich in native forests that buffered storms, Kalangala is now a fragile landscape…

    Read more

    Violence for Palm Oil Against Peasant Communities in Honduras Meets Resistance

    In the Aguán Valley of northern Honduras, peasant communities reclaiming ancestral lands face increasing violence and intimidation from armed groups linked to organised crime. The Dinant Corporation, a prominent palm oil producer, is…

    Read more

    The Great Malaysian Timber and Palm Oil Swindle

    A joint investigation by Malaysiakini and Pulitzer Center’s Rainforest Investigations Network (RIN) reveals alarming deforestation in Pahang, #Malaysia, caused by one of the country’s largest #palmoil plantations. The plantation threatens endangered species like…

    Read more

    The origins of animal words in SE Asia and what this reveals to us about our connection to them

    South East Asia is home to many fascinating creatures and rich biodiversity. The secrets of animal origins and ancient legends are revealed in their names: #Orangutan, #Gibbon, #Binturong and #Siamang in South East…

    Read more

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    https://twitter.com/CuriousApe4/status/1526136783557529600?s=20

    https://twitter.com/PhillDixon1/status/1749010345555788144?s=20

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    #yanomami #rainforest #palmoil #landrights #indigenousrights #indigenousmedicine
  28. Palm Oil Detectives @[email protected] ·

    New Research: Indigenous Communities Reduce Amazon Deforestation by 83%”

    Although #deforestation rates in the Brazilian #Amazon have halved, this globally critical biome is still losing more than 5,000km² every year. That’s an area three times larger than Greater London. By combining satellite imagery for the entire Amazon region with data from the Brazilian national census, our new study found that deforestation in areas protected by #Indigenous communities was up to 83% lower compared to unprotected areas.

    Results demonstrate that returning lands to Indigenous communities can be extremely effective at reducing deforestation and boosting #biodiversity to help address #climatechange. Yet, forest conservation should not come at an economic cost to people living in Indigenous-managed lands.

    The world’s largest #rainforest the #Amazon 🫁🌳🌿 is vanishing. Yet a bright spark of hope finds #deforestation in #Indigenous protected areas is 83% lower. They are the KEY to saving the #forests and animals! #BoycottGold4Yanomami #Boycott4Wildlife https://wp.me/pcFhgU-8SM

    Share to BlueSky Share to Twitter

    Written by Johan Oldekop, Reader in Environment and Development, University of Manchester; Bowy den Braber, Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, and Marina Schmoeller, PhD Candidate, Ecology, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)vThis article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

    Tarcisio Schnaider/Shutterstock

    Despite this win for indigenous-led conservation, our results also show that Indigenous communities had the lowest levels of socioeconomic development. Incomes in Indigenous territories were up to 36% lower compared to other land uses.

    Indigenous people are among the most disadvantaged groups of people in the world. Although Indigenous communities in Brazil have strengthened their political representation in recent years, 33% of people living below the poverty line are Indigenous.

    Improving the economic wellbeing of Indigenous people is not only the socially just thing to do but can also be environmentally effective. Research in Nepal showed that communities with higher levels of socioeconomic development are less likely to trade off development with deforestation. Providing communities with the ability to protect and conserve their local forests and develop economically can be a win-win for both people and the environment.

    In 2022, governments across the world agreed to protect 30% of the planet’s surface by 2030. To meet the commitments of this 30×30 agenda, many countries need to drastically increase their conservation efforts to reverse deforestation in the Amazon and beyond.

    Governments and philanthropic organisations pledged unprecedented political and financial support for forests and Indigenous peoples and local communities at the 2021 COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. These pledges have helped raise the voices of Indigenous peoples and ushered in a new era of commitments to return ancestral lands.

    Yet, forests and their resources across the world remain coveted by many different interest groups, including mining and large agribusiness. The Supreme Court in Brazil is currently debating the constitutional validity of the controversial “Marco Temporal” or time limit framework which could substantially limit the ability of Indigenous peoples across the country to make claims for lands. This legal theory states that Indigenous peoples are only entitled to make claims for lands if they can prove that they were in possession of them on or before October 5 1988 when the Brazilian constitution came into effect.

    Perhaps surprisingly, our results show that agricultural business development of the Brazilian Amazon is unlikely to provide greater socioeconomic benefits for local, non-indigenous communities than protection-focused alternatives that preserve forest cover but allow sustainable resource use by rural communities. But the agribusiness lobby in Brazil, who are often in direct conflict with Indigenous people, often argues that agricultural expansion will provide economic development for the region.

    Our results demonstrate that returning lands to Indigenous communities can be extremely effective at reducing deforestation and boosting biodiversity to help address climate change. Yet, forest conservation should not come at an economic cost to people living in Indigenous-managed lands.

    Access to land and opportunity

    Indigenous communities need to regain access to their ancestral lands while also gaining access to development opportunities. Indigenous people in Brazil are eligible to receive support from social welfare programmes, such as the family allowance scheme (or bolsa familia in Portuguese), which is credited with lifting millions of Brazilians out of poverty and reducing inequality.

    Protesters hold placards expressing their opinion during the demonstration. The Marco Temporal thesis, indigenous, and supporters of the indigenous movement met in downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in May 2023. ZUMA Press Inc / Alamy Stock Photo

    However, many rural and isolated communities face substantial difficulties accessing support. For example, fuel costs to take long boat trips from remote communities to urban centres to collect payments are high and many communities lack access to technology to even apply for such schemes.

    President Lula Da Silva’s government is considering developing an Indigenous family allowance programme to address access problems faced by Indigenous communities in Brazil. As efforts to return rights to land ramp up in the wake of the 30×30 agenda, more governments and nongovernmental organisations should support the many other rights that Indigenous peoples have and reduce the structural barriers that prevent rural communities from claiming them.

    Written by Johan Oldekop, Reader in Environment and Development, University of Manchester; Bowy den Braber, Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, and Marina Schmoeller, PhD Candidate, Ecology, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)vThis article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

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    Concerns Mount Over Palm Oil Expansion in Nagaland

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    Read more

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    A catastrophic storm in #Uganda’s Kalangala district left nearly 1,000 households homeless. The real culprit? Rampant #deforestation for #palmoil. Once rich in native forests that buffered storms, Kalangala is now a fragile landscape…

    Read more

    Violence for Palm Oil Against Peasant Communities in Honduras Meets Resistance

    In the Aguán Valley of northern Honduras, peasant communities reclaiming ancestral lands face increasing violence and intimidation from armed groups linked to organised crime. The Dinant Corporation, a prominent palm oil producer, is…

    Read more

    The Great Malaysian Timber and Palm Oil Swindle

    A joint investigation by Malaysiakini and Pulitzer Center’s Rainforest Investigations Network (RIN) reveals alarming deforestation in Pahang, #Malaysia, caused by one of the country’s largest #palmoil plantations. The plantation threatens endangered species like…

    Read more

    The origins of animal words in SE Asia and what this reveals to us about our connection to them

    South East Asia is home to many fascinating creatures and rich biodiversity. The secrets of animal origins and ancient legends are revealed in their names: #Orangutan, #Gibbon, #Binturong and #Siamang in South East…

    Read more

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    https://twitter.com/CuriousApe4/status/1526136783557529600?s=20

    https://twitter.com/PhillDixon1/status/1749010345555788144?s=20

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  29. BiS @[email protected] ·

    Text: Soledad Cartagena

    Hon menar att desinformation är skadlig därför att människor får en skev världsbild, vilket i sin tur får konsekvenser.

    – Under pandemin såg vi den konkreta faran med desinformationen, när människor som trodde på den inte vaccinerade sig och blev sjuka, och till och med dog. Konspirationsteorier kan också användas för att underminera förtroendet för det demokratiska systemet på olika sätt, till exempel valsystemet som i Trumps USA. Det kan även handla om att utpeka vissa grupper som syndabockar och skapa en vi mot dem-dynamik som är central för antidemokratiska aktörer. 

    Det har gått snabbt

    2017 kom hennes bok Alternativa fakta. Ända sedan hon skrev boken har hon tänkt att spridningen av det falska kunde bli ett jätteproblem. Men inte att det skulle gå så snabbt. 

    – Ta USA som exempel. På fyra år har landet utvecklats från att ha varit en hyfsat välfungerande demokrati till att nu stå på randen till ett inbördeskrig. I samband med rättegångarna mot Donald Trump kommer det att bli en enorm desinformationskampanj för att skydda honom. Det kommer att splittra landet ännu mer och kan skada USA permanent. 

    Åsa Wikforss menar att utmaningen idag är att det har blivit billigare och enklare att producera olika typer av desinformation. Det finns även fejkade bilder, filmer och intervjuer som är AI-tillverkade på basis av data som redan är tillgängliga. 

    – Och som är mycket svåra att avslöja. Vi har lärt oss tumregler för att upptäcka manipulerade bilder men de reglerna kommer inte att gälla längre. Det är extremt svårt när tekniken utvecklas så snabbt. 

    Hur problematiskt är det att politiker, ledarskribenter och andra makthavare sprider desinformation?  

    – Forskning visar att hur pass stort genomslag desinformationen får beror på hur opinionsbildare och de som har en röst i offentligheten agerar. Om de väljer att liera sig med dem som desinformerar och använder sig av desinformation för egna syften så blir det farligt. När en president som Trump är beredd att ljuga hejvilt tror folk på honom eftersom de inte kan tänka sig att en person i den ställningen skulle ljuga. På liknande sätt är det en oroande utveckling att politiker, både i Sverige och utomlands, är villiga att använda skeva missvisande påståenden för att gynna sina syften. 

    Detta är i och för sig inget nytt menar Åsa Wikforss. Politiker som förr ville sprida sina budskap var tvungna att gå via traditionella medier och blev då ifrågasatta och granskade av journalister. Nu kan de i stället nå ut direkt via sociala medier. Om de blir påkomna med en lögn får uppdagandet inte så stor spridning utan människor lyssnar hellre på det falska. Det är en ny dynamik som gör att det blir farligt.

    Lyft inte konspirationsteoriernas innehåll

    Åsa Wkforss poängterar, att alla som har en röst i offentligheten har ett ansvar att se till att hålla sig till det de vet, men också vara tydliga med när de inte vet något, när det råder osäkerhet.

    Åsa Wikforss. Fotograf: Roger Turesson.

    Hur ska vi prata om konspirationsteorier utan att fortsätta sprida dem?

    – Det är ett problem som även traditionella medier står inför. När de skriver om konspirationsteorier, även om de säger att de är falska, får teorierna spridning. Jag leder ett program om kunskapsmotstånd ihop med filosofer, psykologer, statsvetare och kommunikationsforskare. De  har tittat just på traditionella mediers roll i att sprida konspirationsteorier, där man i all välmening skriver om teorierna, men samtidigt medverkar till att de får en stor räckvidd. Det är ett dilemma även för lärare och bibliotekarier. Ska jag prata om de här sakerna och därmed sprida teorierna? Eller strunta i det och därmed riskera att människor inte får redskap att hantera dem?

    Ett råd är att den som undervisar eller skriver om konspirationsteorier inte lyfter fram deras innehåll. Det var ett misstag som amerikanska medier gjorde när de rapporterade om Donald Trump. Journalisterna skrev om hans lögner först och längre ner i artikeln fick läsaren reda på att det var falskt. Men då var skadan redan skedd. 

    – Det gäller att lyfta fram det sanna och inte det falska. Om du ska diskutera sådant här i skolmiljöer lyft inte fram konspirationsteorierna utan säg bara lite grann om dem. Prata sedan allmänt om hur sådana teorier fungerar, varför vi blir lurade och vilka aktörer som sprider dem. Fokusera på mekanismerna bakom teorierna, varför vi blir indragna i dem och varför de får så stor spridning. 

    Statliga aktörer vill försvaga demokratin

    En av de största kampanjerna mot svenska myndigheter på senare tid är den som utmålar myndigheterna som antimuslimska. I den ingår även konspirationsteorin om socialtjänsten som tar muslimska barn. Där finns statliga aktörer som vill försvaga demokratin, säger Åsa Wikforss,

    – Det är lätt eftersom vi har en stor muslimsk befolkning. Om man kan sprida det falska budskapet att Sverige är antimuslimskt kan man både gadda internationella aktörer mot Sverige och också skapa splittring inom landet. 

    Hur kan vi bli mindre sårbara för desinformation? 

    – Sårbarheten beror på att många av sakerna som det här handlar om är vetenskapliga frågor eller samhällsfrågor. Det är inget vi direkt har kunskap om från egen erfarenhet utan merparten av vår kunskap om vetenskap och samhället kommer från källor av olika slag. Det betyder att kunskap förutsätter tillit. Om du ska få kunskap från en källa måste du lita på den. Men tilliten som ligger till grund för vår kunskap kan manipuleras, av vetenskapsförnekare till exempel. 

    Öva det kritiska tänkandet 

    För att motverka hoten mot kunskapen måste man titta både på det individuella och strukturella planet, menar Åsa Wikforss. Hos individen handlar det om att öva det kritiska tänkandet. Det svåra är att det inte fungerar så bra eftersom kritiskt tänkande inte lever i ett vakuum. 

    – Det beror på vilken information människor har tagit till sig. Har du redan druckit ur den förgiftade källan kommer inte det kritiska tänkandet att fungera. Man behöver kunskap för att stå emot det här. Faktakunskaper, till exempel om klimatet, men också kunskap om vad som kännetecknar en pålitlig källa. 

    På den strukturella planen handlar det om att göra något åt informationsomgivningen. 

    – Medieplattformarna måste styras upp på olika sätt och ta sitt ansvar. Det betyder inte att vi ska förbjuda vissa påståenden eller inskränka yttrandefriheten.  Utan om att kräva ansvar av techbolagen, till exempel transparens vad gäller algoritmerna. Man kan göra om algoritmerna så att de inte premierar det sensationella och opålitliga som det är just nu. Innehållet behöver kureras så att det är en större sannolikhet att kunskapen kommer fram snarare än desinformationen. 

    Avslutningsvis menar Åsa Wikforss att vi måste prata mer om varför man ska lita på forskare. Det avgörande är att de hör till vetenskapliga institutioner som är designade för att man ska undvika misstag och upptäcka fel. 

    – Vi ifrågasätter varandra, våra artiklar granskas till exempel alltid av andra forskare innan de publiceras. Det är ett sätt att motverka agendadriven forskning. 

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    Text: Soledad Cartagena

    Hon menar att desinformation är skadlig därför att människor får en skev världsbild, vilket i sin tur får konsekvenser.

    – Under pandemin såg vi den konkreta faran med desinformationen, när människor som trodde på den inte vaccinerade sig och blev sjuka, och till och med dog. Konspirationsteorier kan också användas för att underminera förtroendet för det demokratiska systemet på olika sätt, till exempel valsystemet som i Trumps USA. Det kan även handla om att utpeka vissa grupper som syndabockar och skapa en vi mot dem-dynamik som är central för antidemokratiska aktörer. 

    Det har gått snabbt

    2017 kom hennes bok Alternativa fakta. Ända sedan hon skrev boken har hon tänkt att spridningen av det falska kunde bli ett jätteproblem. Men inte att det skulle gå så snabbt. 

    – Ta USA som exempel. På fyra år har landet utvecklats från att ha varit en hyfsat välfungerande demokrati till att nu stå på randen till ett inbördeskrig. I samband med rättegångarna mot Donald Trump kommer det att bli en enorm desinformationskampanj för att skydda honom. Det kommer att splittra landet ännu mer och kan skada USA permanent. 

    Åsa Wikforss menar att utmaningen idag är att det har blivit billigare och enklare att producera olika typer av desinformation. Det finns även fejkade bilder, filmer och intervjuer som är AI-tillverkade på basis av data som redan är tillgängliga. 

    – Och som är mycket svåra att avslöja. Vi har lärt oss tumregler för att upptäcka manipulerade bilder men de reglerna kommer inte att gälla längre. Det är extremt svårt när tekniken utvecklas så snabbt. 

    Hur problematiskt är det att politiker, ledarskribenter och andra makthavare sprider desinformation?  

    – Forskning visar att hur pass stort genomslag desinformationen får beror på hur opinionsbildare och de som har en röst i offentligheten agerar. Om de väljer att liera sig med dem som desinformerar och använder sig av desinformation för egna syften så blir det farligt. När en president som Trump är beredd att ljuga hejvilt tror folk på honom eftersom de inte kan tänka sig att en person i den ställningen skulle ljuga. På liknande sätt är det en oroande utveckling att politiker, både i Sverige och utomlands, är villiga att använda skeva missvisande påståenden för att gynna sina syften. 

    Detta är i och för sig inget nytt menar Åsa Wikforss. Politiker som förr ville sprida sina budskap var tvungna att gå via traditionella medier och blev då ifrågasatta och granskade av journalister. Nu kan de i stället nå ut direkt via sociala medier. Om de blir påkomna med en lögn får uppdagandet inte så stor spridning utan människor lyssnar hellre på det falska. Det är en ny dynamik som gör att det blir farligt.

    Lyft inte konspirationsteoriernas innehåll

    Åsa Wkforss poängterar, att alla som har en röst i offentligheten har ett ansvar att se till att hålla sig till det de vet, men också vara tydliga med när de inte vet något, när det råder osäkerhet.

    Åsa Wikforss. Fotograf: Roger Turesson.

    Hur ska vi prata om konspirationsteorier utan att fortsätta sprida dem?

    – Det är ett problem som även traditionella medier står inför. När de skriver om konspirationsteorier, även om de säger att de är falska, får teorierna spridning. Jag leder ett program om kunskapsmotstånd ihop med filosofer, psykologer, statsvetare och kommunikationsforskare. De  har tittat just på traditionella mediers roll i att sprida konspirationsteorier, där man i all välmening skriver om teorierna, men samtidigt medverkar till att de får en stor räckvidd. Det är ett dilemma även för lärare och bibliotekarier. Ska jag prata om de här sakerna och därmed sprida teorierna? Eller strunta i det och därmed riskera att människor inte får redskap att hantera dem?

    Ett råd är att den som undervisar eller skriver om konspirationsteorier inte lyfter fram deras innehåll. Det var ett misstag som amerikanska medier gjorde när de rapporterade om Donald Trump. Journalisterna skrev om hans lögner först och längre ner i artikeln fick läsaren reda på att det var falskt. Men då var skadan redan skedd. 

    – Det gäller att lyfta fram det sanna och inte det falska. Om du ska diskutera sådant här i skolmiljöer lyft inte fram konspirationsteorierna utan säg bara lite grann om dem. Prata sedan allmänt om hur sådana teorier fungerar, varför vi blir lurade och vilka aktörer som sprider dem. Fokusera på mekanismerna bakom teorierna, varför vi blir indragna i dem och varför de får så stor spridning. 

    Statliga aktörer vill försvaga demokratin

    En av de största kampanjerna mot svenska myndigheter på senare tid är den som utmålar myndigheterna som antimuslimska. I den ingår även konspirationsteorin om socialtjänsten som tar muslimska barn. Där finns statliga aktörer som vill försvaga demokratin, säger Åsa Wikforss,

    – Det är lätt eftersom vi har en stor muslimsk befolkning. Om man kan sprida det falska budskapet att Sverige är antimuslimskt kan man både gadda internationella aktörer mot Sverige och också skapa splittring inom landet. 

    Hur kan vi bli mindre sårbara för desinformation? 

    – Sårbarheten beror på att många av sakerna som det här handlar om är vetenskapliga frågor eller samhällsfrågor. Det är inget vi direkt har kunskap om från egen erfarenhet utan merparten av vår kunskap om vetenskap och samhället kommer från källor av olika slag. Det betyder att kunskap förutsätter tillit. Om du ska få kunskap från en källa måste du lita på den. Men tilliten som ligger till grund för vår kunskap kan manipuleras, av vetenskapsförnekare till exempel. 

    Öva det kritiska tänkandet 

    För att motverka hoten mot kunskapen måste man titta både på det individuella och strukturella planet, menar Åsa Wikforss. Hos individen handlar det om att öva det kritiska tänkandet. Det svåra är att det inte fungerar så bra eftersom kritiskt tänkande inte lever i ett vakuum. 

    – Det beror på vilken information människor har tagit till sig. Har du redan druckit ur den förgiftade källan kommer inte det kritiska tänkandet att fungera. Man behöver kunskap för att stå emot det här. Faktakunskaper, till exempel om klimatet, men också kunskap om vad som kännetecknar en pålitlig källa. 

    På den strukturella planen handlar det om att göra något åt informationsomgivningen. 

    – Medieplattformarna måste styras upp på olika sätt och ta sitt ansvar. Det betyder inte att vi ska förbjuda vissa påståenden eller inskränka yttrandefriheten.  Utan om att kräva ansvar av techbolagen, till exempel transparens vad gäller algoritmerna. Man kan göra om algoritmerna så att de inte premierar det sensationella och opålitliga som det är just nu. Innehållet behöver kureras så att det är en större sannolikhet att kunskapen kommer fram snarare än desinformationen. 

    Avslutningsvis menar Åsa Wikforss att vi måste prata mer om varför man ska lita på forskare. Det avgörande är att de hör till vetenskapliga institutioner som är designade för att man ska undvika misstag och upptäcka fel. 

    – Vi ifrågasätter varandra, våra artiklar granskas till exempel alltid av andra forskare innan de publiceras. Det är ett sätt att motverka agendadriven forskning. 

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