#localcommunities — Public Fediverse posts
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Erin Brockovich Asks Americans For Help As She Launches Data Center Map
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https://www.newsweek.com/erin-brockovich-asks-americans-for-help-as-she-launches-data-center-map-11989813 <-- shared media article
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https://brockovichdatacenter.com/ <-- shared Brockovich AI Data Center Reporting web site
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https://youtu.be/fp5ozQraKf4?si=7qu3g77iVVD3GGFJ <-- shared media video, @cbs Sunday Morning, “Nationwide boom in AI data centers stirs resistance”
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #USA #nation #AI #datacenters #waterresources #utilities #energyconsumption #water #hydrology #hydrography #watermanagement #community #humanimpacts #costs #economics #ewaste #noise #risk #hazard #electricity #localcommunities #taxbreaks #cooling #energy #highenergyusage #infrastructure #landuse #environment #ecology #public #skepticism #environmentalimpact #scalability #growth #Virginia #Utah #Texas #Ohio #Arizona #Georgia
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Erin Brockovich Asks Americans For Help As She Launches Data Center Map
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https://www.newsweek.com/erin-brockovich-asks-americans-for-help-as-she-launches-data-center-map-11989813 <-- shared media article
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https://brockovichdatacenter.com/ <-- shared Brockovich AI Data Center Reporting web site
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https://youtu.be/fp5ozQraKf4?si=7qu3g77iVVD3GGFJ <-- shared media video, @cbs Sunday Morning, “Nationwide boom in AI data centers stirs resistance”
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #USA #nation #AI #datacenters #waterresources #utilities #energyconsumption #water #hydrology #hydrography #watermanagement #community #humanimpacts #costs #economics #ewaste #noise #risk #hazard #electricity #localcommunities #taxbreaks #cooling #energy #highenergyusage #infrastructure #landuse #environment #ecology #public #skepticism #environmentalimpact #scalability #growth #Virginia #Utah #Texas #Ohio #Arizona #Georgia
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Erin Brockovich Asks Americans For Help As She Launches Data Center Map
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https://www.newsweek.com/erin-brockovich-asks-americans-for-help-as-she-launches-data-center-map-11989813 <-- shared media article
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https://brockovichdatacenter.com/ <-- shared Brockovich AI Data Center Reporting web site
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https://youtu.be/fp5ozQraKf4?si=7qu3g77iVVD3GGFJ <-- shared media video, @cbs Sunday Morning, “Nationwide boom in AI data centers stirs resistance”
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #USA #nation #AI #datacenters #waterresources #utilities #energyconsumption #water #hydrology #hydrography #watermanagement #community #humanimpacts #costs #economics #ewaste #noise #risk #hazard #electricity #localcommunities #taxbreaks #cooling #energy #highenergyusage #infrastructure #landuse #environment #ecology #public #skepticism #environmentalimpact #scalability #growth #Virginia #Utah #Texas #Ohio #Arizona #Georgia
#ErinBrockovichFoundation #ErinBrockovich -
Erin Brockovich Asks Americans For Help As She Launches Data Center Map
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https://www.newsweek.com/erin-brockovich-asks-americans-for-help-as-she-launches-data-center-map-11989813 <-- shared media article
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https://brockovichdatacenter.com/ <-- shared Brockovich AI Data Center Reporting web site
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https://youtu.be/fp5ozQraKf4?si=7qu3g77iVVD3GGFJ <-- shared media video, @cbs Sunday Morning, “Nationwide boom in AI data centers stirs resistance”
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #USA #nation #AI #datacenters #waterresources #utilities #energyconsumption #water #hydrology #hydrography #watermanagement #community #humanimpacts #costs #economics #ewaste #noise #risk #hazard #electricity #localcommunities #taxbreaks #cooling #energy #highenergyusage #infrastructure #landuse #environment #ecology #public #skepticism #environmentalimpact #scalability #growth #Virginia #Utah #Texas #Ohio #Arizona #Georgia
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Erin Brockovich Asks Americans For Help As She Launches Data Center Map
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https://www.newsweek.com/erin-brockovich-asks-americans-for-help-as-she-launches-data-center-map-11989813 <-- shared media article
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https://brockovichdatacenter.com/ <-- shared Brockovich AI Data Center Reporting web site
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https://youtu.be/fp5ozQraKf4?si=7qu3g77iVVD3GGFJ <-- shared media video, @cbs Sunday Morning, “Nationwide boom in AI data centers stirs resistance”
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #USA #nation #AI #datacenters #waterresources #utilities #energyconsumption #water #hydrology #hydrography #watermanagement #community #humanimpacts #costs #economics #ewaste #noise #risk #hazard #electricity #localcommunities #taxbreaks #cooling #energy #highenergyusage #infrastructure #landuse #environment #ecology #public #skepticism #environmentalimpact #scalability #growth #Virginia #Utah #Texas #Ohio #Arizona #Georgia
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French court greenlights lawsuit against EDF over wind farm in Mexico
After more than three years of legal wrangling, a court in Paris has ruled that a civil…
#France #FR #Europe #EU #ÉlectricitédeFrance #Climatechange #EDF #Energy #environment #greenenergy #IndigenousCommunities #IndigenousRights #Infrastructure #Law #Localcommunities #renewableenergy #Wildlife
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/139700/ Shifting Sands: Tourism and Deforestation in Madagascar’s Protected Areas #biodiversity #BufferZones #conservation #Deforestation #LocalCommunities #Madagascar #ProtectedAreas #reforestation #SustainableManagement #tourism
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Boralex Welcomes Ministerial Approval of 189 MW Clashindarroch Wind Farm Extension
Boralex Inc. Clashindarroch Wind Farm Extension – Photomontage Photomontage of the Clashindarroch Wind Farm Extension EDINBURGH, United Kingdom,…
#NewsBeep #News #UnitedKingdom #Boralex #EsbjornWilmar #Extension #forward-lookingstatements #GB #GreatBritain #LocalCommunities #MorayCouncil #renewableenergy #UK #windfarm
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/645319/ Italy Follows Spain and Greece to Conquer the Overtourism Crisis as The Battle for Europe’s Cultural Identity and Future Starts Now! This is Why This Matters for You! #CulturalIdentity #EU #Europe #EuropeanTravelNews #FutureOfTourism #LatestTravelNewsOfEurope #LocalCommunities #overcrowding #OvertourismCrisis #Spain
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Italy Follows Spain and Greece to Conquer the Overtourism Crisis as The Battle for Europe’s Cultural Identity and Future Starts Now! This is Why This Matters for You! https://www.byteseu.com/1645280/ #CulturalIdentity #EuropeanTravelNews #FutureOfTourism #Greece #LatestTravelNewsOfEurope #LocalCommunities #overcrowding #OvertourismCrisis
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Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin And More Set The Stage For Hungary’s Groundbreaking Move As Budapest Bans Short-Term Rentals To Protect Affordable Housing And Preserve Neighborhoods https://www.byteseu.com/1589849/ #budapest #Hungary #HungaryTravelNews #LocalCommunities #overtourism #ShortTermRentals #TourismNews #TravelNews
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Governments can’t achieve their climate goals if they don’t include #localcommunities
They are key to creating #adaption and #mitigation plans that are not only effective, but also socially just and culturally sustainable. Their inclusion is not an optional extra – it is vital for a successful ecological transition.The #Mediterraneanregion under threat
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Governments can’t achieve their climate goals if they don’t include #localcommunities
They are key to creating #adaption and #mitigation plans that are not only effective, but also socially just and culturally sustainable. Their inclusion is not an optional extra – it is vital for a successful ecological transition.The #Mediterraneanregion under threat
Alexandra Delgado Jiménez, Universidad Nebrija -
Governments can’t achieve their climate goals if they don’t include #localcommunities
They are key to creating #adaption and #mitigation plans that are not only effective, but also socially just and culturally sustainable. Their inclusion is not an optional extra – it is vital for a successful ecological transition.The #Mediterraneanregion under threat
Alexandra Delgado Jiménez, Universidad Nebrija -
Governments can’t achieve their climate goals if they don’t include #localcommunities
They are key to creating #adaption and #mitigation plans that are not only effective, but also socially just and culturally sustainable. Their inclusion is not an optional extra – it is vital for a successful ecological transition.The #Mediterraneanregion under threat
Alexandra Delgado Jiménez, Universidad Nebrija -
Governments can’t achieve their climate goals if they don’t include #localcommunities
They are key to creating #adaption and #mitigation plans that are not only effective, but also socially just and culturally sustainable. Their inclusion is not an optional extra – it is vital for a successful ecological transition.The #Mediterraneanregion under threat
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How #Guatemala, #Mexico, and #Belize plan to protect 14 million acres of #Mayan #Forest
Mexico, Guatemala and Belize have announced plans to create a huge reserve of tropical forest spanning across the three countries. Pushing out criminal gangs and protecting the land from ranchers, miners and loggers won’t be easy.
By Sonia Pérez D. And María Verza, Aug. 21, 2025
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — "Mexico, Guatemala and Belize have announced plans to create a huge reserve of tropical forest spanning across the three countries. Pushing out criminal gangs and protecting the land from ranchers, miners and loggers won’t be easy.
The nature reserve announced last week and called the #GreatMayanJungleBioculturalCorridor would stretch across jungle areas of southern Mexico and northern parts of the two Central American nations, encompassing more than 14 million acres (5.7 million hectares). It would become the second largest reserve in the Americas, behind only the Amazon.
In interviews this week, the environment ministers of Mexico and Guatemala emphasized the need for security, while also expressing the intention of administrations in both countries to avoid destructive projects in the area." 'The first thing is that the security forces begin to have a presence,' because the region has been abandoned and left to organized crime, Guatemala Environment Minister Patricia Orantes said. 'This is not primarily an environmental battle. We’re talking about the Guatemalan state needing to retake control of its territory.'
"#Environmental groups have long said that the jungle on both sides of the Mexico-Guatemala border is dotted with clandestine landing strips for cocaine-laden planes, smugglers moving migrants north and illegal loggers.
"Mexico Environment Secretary Alicia Bárcena said that all three countries will need to boost their security presence in the reserve. 'We’re not going to protect the forest ourselves, the security secretary has to help, the army,' Bárcena said.
Communities as allies
"Just sending troops will likely be insufficient, as Mexico’s experience along another part of its southern border in Chiapas has shown. Organized crime has infiltrated economically-strapped communities with few options and it has been difficult to root them out.
"Guatemalan lawyer and environmental activist Rafael Maldonado said it will be vital 'to convert communities that are believed to participate in drug trafficking into allies of the park.'
"To do that, Orantes said the government must offer economic alternatives to those residents.
"One proposal from Mexico is the expansion of its '#PlantingLife' program, which offers landowners money to grow certain kinds of #trees either for #fruit or #timber. The program has a $2 billion budget, Bárcena said.
"But the program, which dates to ex-President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has faced criticism. In 2021, the World Resources Institute reported that it had actually incentivized deforestation in Campeche state. Bárcena said the program is being adjusted to better meet environmental objectives.
"Mexican sustainability and climate action expert Juan Carlos Franco, who works in southern Mexico, said security is crucial and requires the government to act as 'guarantor.' But the work has to be carried out with civil society in the #LocalCommunities, including in places where locals have found ways to coexist with the illegal activity surrounding them, he said.
" 'Communities oriented toward the #biocultural management of the territory can overcome despite the crime, that’s the most revealing message,' he said.
"Another challenge will be holding governments over the long term to commitments to forgo big projects that promise economic development but threaten environmental damage, such as Mexico’s tourist rail operation, the Maya Train, which Belize is interested in extending to its territory.
"Orantes, the Guatemala minister, said that Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo would not allow megaprojects in the reserve because when access is opened in the forest it becomes difficult to control everything that follows.
"Arévalo recently declined to renew the contract of a #petroleum company that had been operating for 40 years in a Guatemalan reserve known as the #Maya Biosphere.
"Guatemala is making the largest land contribution to the reserve, encompassing 27 existing protected areas. Arévalo had already made clear that he would not run an extension of the Maya Train proposed by Mexico’s last president through protected areas.
In Mexico, Bárcena noted that the 950-mile (1,500-kilometer) train line, which started running in late 2023 and goes in a rough loop around the Yucatan Peninsula, lies outside the new reserve’s territory."She said her agency was working to alleviate some of the environmental impacts of the train line, in collaboration with companies operated by the Mexican Army, which built a large portion of the rail line and operates the train.
"To avoid destructive projects in the new reserve, the three governments agreed to create a council made up of environmental authorities, as well as an Indigenous advisory council, Bárcena said. Any proposed projects in the reserve would have to pass through them.
"Some Mexican activists, like Pedro Uc who lives in the Yucatan, remain skeptical of the government’s commitment to conservation considering the same political party that brought the Maya Train remains in power in Mexico. Others like Franco are willing to move ahead and keep the pressure on the three governments to maintain their commitments."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/GyXR8#SolarPunkSunday #ForestsAreLife #ProtectTheForest #PreserveNature #CentralAmerica
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How #Guatemala, #Mexico, and #Belize plan to protect 14 million acres of #Mayan #Forest
Mexico, Guatemala and Belize have announced plans to create a huge reserve of tropical forest spanning across the three countries. Pushing out criminal gangs and protecting the land from ranchers, miners and loggers won’t be easy.
By Sonia Pérez D. And María Verza, Aug. 21, 2025
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — "Mexico, Guatemala and Belize have announced plans to create a huge reserve of tropical forest spanning across the three countries. Pushing out criminal gangs and protecting the land from ranchers, miners and loggers won’t be easy.
The nature reserve announced last week and called the #GreatMayanJungleBioculturalCorridor would stretch across jungle areas of southern Mexico and northern parts of the two Central American nations, encompassing more than 14 million acres (5.7 million hectares). It would become the second largest reserve in the Americas, behind only the Amazon.
In interviews this week, the environment ministers of Mexico and Guatemala emphasized the need for security, while also expressing the intention of administrations in both countries to avoid destructive projects in the area." 'The first thing is that the security forces begin to have a presence,' because the region has been abandoned and left to organized crime, Guatemala Environment Minister Patricia Orantes said. 'This is not primarily an environmental battle. We’re talking about the Guatemalan state needing to retake control of its territory.'
"#Environmental groups have long said that the jungle on both sides of the Mexico-Guatemala border is dotted with clandestine landing strips for cocaine-laden planes, smugglers moving migrants north and illegal loggers.
"Mexico Environment Secretary Alicia Bárcena said that all three countries will need to boost their security presence in the reserve. 'We’re not going to protect the forest ourselves, the security secretary has to help, the army,' Bárcena said.
Communities as allies
"Just sending troops will likely be insufficient, as Mexico’s experience along another part of its southern border in Chiapas has shown. Organized crime has infiltrated economically-strapped communities with few options and it has been difficult to root them out.
"Guatemalan lawyer and environmental activist Rafael Maldonado said it will be vital 'to convert communities that are believed to participate in drug trafficking into allies of the park.'
"To do that, Orantes said the government must offer economic alternatives to those residents.
"One proposal from Mexico is the expansion of its '#PlantingLife' program, which offers landowners money to grow certain kinds of #trees either for #fruit or #timber. The program has a $2 billion budget, Bárcena said.
"But the program, which dates to ex-President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has faced criticism. In 2021, the World Resources Institute reported that it had actually incentivized deforestation in Campeche state. Bárcena said the program is being adjusted to better meet environmental objectives.
"Mexican sustainability and climate action expert Juan Carlos Franco, who works in southern Mexico, said security is crucial and requires the government to act as 'guarantor.' But the work has to be carried out with civil society in the #LocalCommunities, including in places where locals have found ways to coexist with the illegal activity surrounding them, he said.
" 'Communities oriented toward the #biocultural management of the territory can overcome despite the crime, that’s the most revealing message,' he said.
"Another challenge will be holding governments over the long term to commitments to forgo big projects that promise economic development but threaten environmental damage, such as Mexico’s tourist rail operation, the Maya Train, which Belize is interested in extending to its territory.
"Orantes, the Guatemala minister, said that Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo would not allow megaprojects in the reserve because when access is opened in the forest it becomes difficult to control everything that follows.
"Arévalo recently declined to renew the contract of a #petroleum company that had been operating for 40 years in a Guatemalan reserve known as the #Maya Biosphere.
"Guatemala is making the largest land contribution to the reserve, encompassing 27 existing protected areas. Arévalo had already made clear that he would not run an extension of the Maya Train proposed by Mexico’s last president through protected areas.
In Mexico, Bárcena noted that the 950-mile (1,500-kilometer) train line, which started running in late 2023 and goes in a rough loop around the Yucatan Peninsula, lies outside the new reserve’s territory."She said her agency was working to alleviate some of the environmental impacts of the train line, in collaboration with companies operated by the Mexican Army, which built a large portion of the rail line and operates the train.
"To avoid destructive projects in the new reserve, the three governments agreed to create a council made up of environmental authorities, as well as an Indigenous advisory council, Bárcena said. Any proposed projects in the reserve would have to pass through them.
"Some Mexican activists, like Pedro Uc who lives in the Yucatan, remain skeptical of the government’s commitment to conservation considering the same political party that brought the Maya Train remains in power in Mexico. Others like Franco are willing to move ahead and keep the pressure on the three governments to maintain their commitments."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/GyXR8#SolarPunkSunday #ForestsAreLife #ProtectTheForest #PreserveNature #CentralAmerica
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How #Guatemala, #Mexico, and #Belize plan to protect 14 million acres of #Mayan #Forest
Mexico, Guatemala and Belize have announced plans to create a huge reserve of tropical forest spanning across the three countries. Pushing out criminal gangs and protecting the land from ranchers, miners and loggers won’t be easy.
By Sonia Pérez D. And María Verza, Aug. 21, 2025
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — "Mexico, Guatemala and Belize have announced plans to create a huge reserve of tropical forest spanning across the three countries. Pushing out criminal gangs and protecting the land from ranchers, miners and loggers won’t be easy.
The nature reserve announced last week and called the #GreatMayanJungleBioculturalCorridor would stretch across jungle areas of southern Mexico and northern parts of the two Central American nations, encompassing more than 14 million acres (5.7 million hectares). It would become the second largest reserve in the Americas, behind only the Amazon.
In interviews this week, the environment ministers of Mexico and Guatemala emphasized the need for security, while also expressing the intention of administrations in both countries to avoid destructive projects in the area." 'The first thing is that the security forces begin to have a presence,' because the region has been abandoned and left to organized crime, Guatemala Environment Minister Patricia Orantes said. 'This is not primarily an environmental battle. We’re talking about the Guatemalan state needing to retake control of its territory.'
"#Environmental groups have long said that the jungle on both sides of the Mexico-Guatemala border is dotted with clandestine landing strips for cocaine-laden planes, smugglers moving migrants north and illegal loggers.
"Mexico Environment Secretary Alicia Bárcena said that all three countries will need to boost their security presence in the reserve. 'We’re not going to protect the forest ourselves, the security secretary has to help, the army,' Bárcena said.
Communities as allies
"Just sending troops will likely be insufficient, as Mexico’s experience along another part of its southern border in Chiapas has shown. Organized crime has infiltrated economically-strapped communities with few options and it has been difficult to root them out.
"Guatemalan lawyer and environmental activist Rafael Maldonado said it will be vital 'to convert communities that are believed to participate in drug trafficking into allies of the park.'
"To do that, Orantes said the government must offer economic alternatives to those residents.
"One proposal from Mexico is the expansion of its '#PlantingLife' program, which offers landowners money to grow certain kinds of #trees either for #fruit or #timber. The program has a $2 billion budget, Bárcena said.
"But the program, which dates to ex-President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has faced criticism. In 2021, the World Resources Institute reported that it had actually incentivized deforestation in Campeche state. Bárcena said the program is being adjusted to better meet environmental objectives.
"Mexican sustainability and climate action expert Juan Carlos Franco, who works in southern Mexico, said security is crucial and requires the government to act as 'guarantor.' But the work has to be carried out with civil society in the #LocalCommunities, including in places where locals have found ways to coexist with the illegal activity surrounding them, he said.
" 'Communities oriented toward the #biocultural management of the territory can overcome despite the crime, that’s the most revealing message,' he said.
"Another challenge will be holding governments over the long term to commitments to forgo big projects that promise economic development but threaten environmental damage, such as Mexico’s tourist rail operation, the Maya Train, which Belize is interested in extending to its territory.
"Orantes, the Guatemala minister, said that Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo would not allow megaprojects in the reserve because when access is opened in the forest it becomes difficult to control everything that follows.
"Arévalo recently declined to renew the contract of a #petroleum company that had been operating for 40 years in a Guatemalan reserve known as the #Maya Biosphere.
"Guatemala is making the largest land contribution to the reserve, encompassing 27 existing protected areas. Arévalo had already made clear that he would not run an extension of the Maya Train proposed by Mexico’s last president through protected areas.
In Mexico, Bárcena noted that the 950-mile (1,500-kilometer) train line, which started running in late 2023 and goes in a rough loop around the Yucatan Peninsula, lies outside the new reserve’s territory."She said her agency was working to alleviate some of the environmental impacts of the train line, in collaboration with companies operated by the Mexican Army, which built a large portion of the rail line and operates the train.
"To avoid destructive projects in the new reserve, the three governments agreed to create a council made up of environmental authorities, as well as an Indigenous advisory council, Bárcena said. Any proposed projects in the reserve would have to pass through them.
"Some Mexican activists, like Pedro Uc who lives in the Yucatan, remain skeptical of the government’s commitment to conservation considering the same political party that brought the Maya Train remains in power in Mexico. Others like Franco are willing to move ahead and keep the pressure on the three governments to maintain their commitments."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/GyXR8#SolarPunkSunday #ForestsAreLife #ProtectTheForest #PreserveNature #CentralAmerica
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How #Guatemala, #Mexico, and #Belize plan to protect 14 million acres of #Mayan #Forest
Mexico, Guatemala and Belize have announced plans to create a huge reserve of tropical forest spanning across the three countries. Pushing out criminal gangs and protecting the land from ranchers, miners and loggers won’t be easy.
By Sonia Pérez D. And María Verza, Aug. 21, 2025
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — "Mexico, Guatemala and Belize have announced plans to create a huge reserve of tropical forest spanning across the three countries. Pushing out criminal gangs and protecting the land from ranchers, miners and loggers won’t be easy.
The nature reserve announced last week and called the #GreatMayanJungleBioculturalCorridor would stretch across jungle areas of southern Mexico and northern parts of the two Central American nations, encompassing more than 14 million acres (5.7 million hectares). It would become the second largest reserve in the Americas, behind only the Amazon.
In interviews this week, the environment ministers of Mexico and Guatemala emphasized the need for security, while also expressing the intention of administrations in both countries to avoid destructive projects in the area." 'The first thing is that the security forces begin to have a presence,' because the region has been abandoned and left to organized crime, Guatemala Environment Minister Patricia Orantes said. 'This is not primarily an environmental battle. We’re talking about the Guatemalan state needing to retake control of its territory.'
"#Environmental groups have long said that the jungle on both sides of the Mexico-Guatemala border is dotted with clandestine landing strips for cocaine-laden planes, smugglers moving migrants north and illegal loggers.
"Mexico Environment Secretary Alicia Bárcena said that all three countries will need to boost their security presence in the reserve. 'We’re not going to protect the forest ourselves, the security secretary has to help, the army,' Bárcena said.
Communities as allies
"Just sending troops will likely be insufficient, as Mexico’s experience along another part of its southern border in Chiapas has shown. Organized crime has infiltrated economically-strapped communities with few options and it has been difficult to root them out.
"Guatemalan lawyer and environmental activist Rafael Maldonado said it will be vital 'to convert communities that are believed to participate in drug trafficking into allies of the park.'
"To do that, Orantes said the government must offer economic alternatives to those residents.
"One proposal from Mexico is the expansion of its '#PlantingLife' program, which offers landowners money to grow certain kinds of #trees either for #fruit or #timber. The program has a $2 billion budget, Bárcena said.
"But the program, which dates to ex-President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has faced criticism. In 2021, the World Resources Institute reported that it had actually incentivized deforestation in Campeche state. Bárcena said the program is being adjusted to better meet environmental objectives.
"Mexican sustainability and climate action expert Juan Carlos Franco, who works in southern Mexico, said security is crucial and requires the government to act as 'guarantor.' But the work has to be carried out with civil society in the #LocalCommunities, including in places where locals have found ways to coexist with the illegal activity surrounding them, he said.
" 'Communities oriented toward the #biocultural management of the territory can overcome despite the crime, that’s the most revealing message,' he said.
"Another challenge will be holding governments over the long term to commitments to forgo big projects that promise economic development but threaten environmental damage, such as Mexico’s tourist rail operation, the Maya Train, which Belize is interested in extending to its territory.
"Orantes, the Guatemala minister, said that Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo would not allow megaprojects in the reserve because when access is opened in the forest it becomes difficult to control everything that follows.
"Arévalo recently declined to renew the contract of a #petroleum company that had been operating for 40 years in a Guatemalan reserve known as the #Maya Biosphere.
"Guatemala is making the largest land contribution to the reserve, encompassing 27 existing protected areas. Arévalo had already made clear that he would not run an extension of the Maya Train proposed by Mexico’s last president through protected areas.
In Mexico, Bárcena noted that the 950-mile (1,500-kilometer) train line, which started running in late 2023 and goes in a rough loop around the Yucatan Peninsula, lies outside the new reserve’s territory."She said her agency was working to alleviate some of the environmental impacts of the train line, in collaboration with companies operated by the Mexican Army, which built a large portion of the rail line and operates the train.
"To avoid destructive projects in the new reserve, the three governments agreed to create a council made up of environmental authorities, as well as an Indigenous advisory council, Bárcena said. Any proposed projects in the reserve would have to pass through them.
"Some Mexican activists, like Pedro Uc who lives in the Yucatan, remain skeptical of the government’s commitment to conservation considering the same political party that brought the Maya Train remains in power in Mexico. Others like Franco are willing to move ahead and keep the pressure on the three governments to maintain their commitments."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/GyXR8#SolarPunkSunday #ForestsAreLife #ProtectTheForest #PreserveNature #CentralAmerica
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How #Guatemala, #Mexico, and #Belize plan to protect 14 million acres of #Mayan #Forest
Mexico, Guatemala and Belize have announced plans to create a huge reserve of tropical forest spanning across the three countries. Pushing out criminal gangs and protecting the land from ranchers, miners and loggers won’t be easy.
By Sonia Pérez D. And María Verza, Aug. 21, 2025
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — "Mexico, Guatemala and Belize have announced plans to create a huge reserve of tropical forest spanning across the three countries. Pushing out criminal gangs and protecting the land from ranchers, miners and loggers won’t be easy.
The nature reserve announced last week and called the #GreatMayanJungleBioculturalCorridor would stretch across jungle areas of southern Mexico and northern parts of the two Central American nations, encompassing more than 14 million acres (5.7 million hectares). It would become the second largest reserve in the Americas, behind only the Amazon.
In interviews this week, the environment ministers of Mexico and Guatemala emphasized the need for security, while also expressing the intention of administrations in both countries to avoid destructive projects in the area." 'The first thing is that the security forces begin to have a presence,' because the region has been abandoned and left to organized crime, Guatemala Environment Minister Patricia Orantes said. 'This is not primarily an environmental battle. We’re talking about the Guatemalan state needing to retake control of its territory.'
"#Environmental groups have long said that the jungle on both sides of the Mexico-Guatemala border is dotted with clandestine landing strips for cocaine-laden planes, smugglers moving migrants north and illegal loggers.
"Mexico Environment Secretary Alicia Bárcena said that all three countries will need to boost their security presence in the reserve. 'We’re not going to protect the forest ourselves, the security secretary has to help, the army,' Bárcena said.
Communities as allies
"Just sending troops will likely be insufficient, as Mexico’s experience along another part of its southern border in Chiapas has shown. Organized crime has infiltrated economically-strapped communities with few options and it has been difficult to root them out.
"Guatemalan lawyer and environmental activist Rafael Maldonado said it will be vital 'to convert communities that are believed to participate in drug trafficking into allies of the park.'
"To do that, Orantes said the government must offer economic alternatives to those residents.
"One proposal from Mexico is the expansion of its '#PlantingLife' program, which offers landowners money to grow certain kinds of #trees either for #fruit or #timber. The program has a $2 billion budget, Bárcena said.
"But the program, which dates to ex-President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has faced criticism. In 2021, the World Resources Institute reported that it had actually incentivized deforestation in Campeche state. Bárcena said the program is being adjusted to better meet environmental objectives.
"Mexican sustainability and climate action expert Juan Carlos Franco, who works in southern Mexico, said security is crucial and requires the government to act as 'guarantor.' But the work has to be carried out with civil society in the #LocalCommunities, including in places where locals have found ways to coexist with the illegal activity surrounding them, he said.
" 'Communities oriented toward the #biocultural management of the territory can overcome despite the crime, that’s the most revealing message,' he said.
"Another challenge will be holding governments over the long term to commitments to forgo big projects that promise economic development but threaten environmental damage, such as Mexico’s tourist rail operation, the Maya Train, which Belize is interested in extending to its territory.
"Orantes, the Guatemala minister, said that Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo would not allow megaprojects in the reserve because when access is opened in the forest it becomes difficult to control everything that follows.
"Arévalo recently declined to renew the contract of a #petroleum company that had been operating for 40 years in a Guatemalan reserve known as the #Maya Biosphere.
"Guatemala is making the largest land contribution to the reserve, encompassing 27 existing protected areas. Arévalo had already made clear that he would not run an extension of the Maya Train proposed by Mexico’s last president through protected areas.
In Mexico, Bárcena noted that the 950-mile (1,500-kilometer) train line, which started running in late 2023 and goes in a rough loop around the Yucatan Peninsula, lies outside the new reserve’s territory."She said her agency was working to alleviate some of the environmental impacts of the train line, in collaboration with companies operated by the Mexican Army, which built a large portion of the rail line and operates the train.
"To avoid destructive projects in the new reserve, the three governments agreed to create a council made up of environmental authorities, as well as an Indigenous advisory council, Bárcena said. Any proposed projects in the reserve would have to pass through them.
"Some Mexican activists, like Pedro Uc who lives in the Yucatan, remain skeptical of the government’s commitment to conservation considering the same political party that brought the Maya Train remains in power in Mexico. Others like Franco are willing to move ahead and keep the pressure on the three governments to maintain their commitments."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/GyXR8#SolarPunkSunday #ForestsAreLife #ProtectTheForest #PreserveNature #CentralAmerica
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"A single large-scale #datacenter can consume as much electricity as a small city with a population of around 50,000 people and requires millions of liters of water for cooling. As data centers occupy a significant amount of land, they are often built in agricultural or green landscapes. This high-margin business model directly enriches large tech companies while draining #criticalresources from #localcommunities."
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"A single large-scale #datacenter can consume as much electricity as a small city with a population of around 50,000 people and requires millions of liters of water for cooling. As data centers occupy a significant amount of land, they are often built in agricultural or green landscapes. This high-margin business model directly enriches large tech companies while draining #criticalresources from #localcommunities."
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"A single large-scale #datacenter can consume as much electricity as a small city with a population of around 50,000 people and requires millions of liters of water for cooling. As data centers occupy a significant amount of land, they are often built in agricultural or green landscapes. This high-margin business model directly enriches large tech companies while draining #criticalresources from #localcommunities."
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"A single large-scale #datacenter can consume as much electricity as a small city with a population of around 50,000 people and requires millions of liters of water for cooling. As data centers occupy a significant amount of land, they are often built in agricultural or green landscapes. This high-margin business model directly enriches large tech companies while draining #criticalresources from #localcommunities."
https://algorithmwatch.org/en/infrastructure-intrusion-conflict-data-center/ -
"A single large-scale #datacenter can consume as much electricity as a small city with a population of around 50,000 people and requires millions of liters of water for cooling. As data centers occupy a significant amount of land, they are often built in agricultural or green landscapes. This high-margin business model directly enriches large tech companies while draining #criticalresources from #localcommunities."
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Ecosystem Mapping For Carbon Credit Schemes
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https://ethicalgeo.org/ecosystem-mapping-for-carbon-credit-schemes/ <-- shared technical article
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https://www.northernkenyacommunitycarbon.org/where-we-work <-- shared link to case study, Northern Kenyan Rangelands Carbon project
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https://doi.org/10.9734/ijecc/2024/v14i74265 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #carboncredit #carboncreditmarket #Kenya #NorthernKenyaRangelands #CarbonProject #rangelands #geoethics #bloodcarbon #EthicalGEO #carbonsequestration #spatialanalysis #ethics #ethical #grassland #communityconsent #businessinterests #economics #business #transparency #indigenous #landrights #localcommunities # #commodity #commoditisation #ecology #ecosystems #management #planning -
Ecosystem Mapping For Carbon Credit Schemes
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https://ethicalgeo.org/ecosystem-mapping-for-carbon-credit-schemes/ <-- shared technical article
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https://www.northernkenyacommunitycarbon.org/where-we-work <-- shared link to case study, Northern Kenyan Rangelands Carbon project
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https://doi.org/10.9734/ijecc/2024/v14i74265 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #carboncredit #carboncreditmarket #Kenya #NorthernKenyaRangelands #CarbonProject #rangelands #geoethics #bloodcarbon #EthicalGEO #carbonsequestration #spatialanalysis #ethics #ethical #grassland #communityconsent #businessinterests #economics #business #transparency #indigenous #landrights #localcommunities # #commodity #commoditisation #ecology #ecosystems #management #planning -
Ecosystem Mapping For Carbon Credit Schemes
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https://ethicalgeo.org/ecosystem-mapping-for-carbon-credit-schemes/ <-- shared technical article
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https://www.northernkenyacommunitycarbon.org/where-we-work <-- shared link to case study, Northern Kenyan Rangelands Carbon project
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https://doi.org/10.9734/ijecc/2024/v14i74265 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #carboncredit #carboncreditmarket #Kenya #NorthernKenyaRangelands #CarbonProject #rangelands #geoethics #bloodcarbon #EthicalGEO #carbonsequestration #spatialanalysis #ethics #ethical #grassland #communityconsent #businessinterests #economics #business #transparency #indigenous #landrights #localcommunities # #commodity #commoditisation #ecology #ecosystems #management #planning -
Ecosystem Mapping For Carbon Credit Schemes
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https://ethicalgeo.org/ecosystem-mapping-for-carbon-credit-schemes/ <-- shared technical article
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https://www.northernkenyacommunitycarbon.org/where-we-work <-- shared link to case study, Northern Kenyan Rangelands Carbon project
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https://doi.org/10.9734/ijecc/2024/v14i74265 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #carboncredit #carboncreditmarket #Kenya #NorthernKenyaRangelands #CarbonProject #rangelands #geoethics #bloodcarbon #EthicalGEO #carbonsequestration #spatialanalysis #ethics #ethical #grassland #communityconsent #businessinterests #economics #business #transparency #indigenous #landrights #localcommunities # #commodity #commoditisation #ecology #ecosystems #management #planning -
Ecosystem Mapping For Carbon Credit Schemes
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https://ethicalgeo.org/ecosystem-mapping-for-carbon-credit-schemes/ <-- shared technical article
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https://www.northernkenyacommunitycarbon.org/where-we-work <-- shared link to case study, Northern Kenyan Rangelands Carbon project
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https://doi.org/10.9734/ijecc/2024/v14i74265 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #carboncredit #carboncreditmarket #Kenya #NorthernKenyaRangelands #CarbonProject #rangelands #geoethics #bloodcarbon #EthicalGEO #carbonsequestration #spatialanalysis #ethics #ethical #grassland #communityconsent #businessinterests #economics #business #transparency #indigenous #landrights #localcommunities # #commodity #commoditisation #ecology #ecosystems #management #planning -
Victor Pereira Zwiener et al. compared different #StackedSpeciesDistributionModels (S-SDMs) to #ForestInventories to assess if S-SDMs capture emerging properties and #GeographicPatterns of #SpeciesRichness and composition of #LocalCommunities in a #BiodiversityHotspot.
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Gave a concert with my duo Akleja yesterday evening very locally, only a one hour drive from home - which means I was able to spend some time in my garden before heading out! This is the life, folks! I love playing local gigs, what a dream ❤️
Wishing you a good weekend and that you can make some time to listen to a piece of music in silence, go for a walk and smell some flowers 🌟🌷
#folkmusic #folkInstruments #livemusic #nyckelharpa #concert #spring #gardening #localCommunities #tradmusic #slowlife #BloomScrolling
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Gave a concert with my duo Akleja yesterday evening very locally, only a one hour drive from home - which means I was able to spend some time in my garden before heading out! This is the life, folks! I love playing local gigs, what a dream ❤️
Wishing you a good weekend and that you can make some time to listen to a piece of music in silence, go for a walk and smell some flowers 🌟🌷
#folkmusic #folkInstruments #livemusic #nyckelharpa #concert #spring #gardening #localCommunities #tradmusic #slowlife #BloomScrolling
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Gave a concert with my duo Akleja yesterday evening very locally, only a one hour drive from home - which means I was able to spend some time in my garden before heading out! This is the life, folks! I love playing local gigs, what a dream ❤️
Wishing you a good weekend and that you can make some time to listen to a piece of music in silence, go for a walk and smell some flowers 🌟🌷
#folkmusic #folkInstruments #livemusic #nyckelharpa #concert #spring #gardening #localCommunities #tradmusic #slowlife #BloomScrolling
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Gave a concert with my duo Akleja yesterday evening very locally, only a one hour drive from home - which means I was able to spend some time in my garden before heading out! This is the life, folks! I love playing local gigs, what a dream ❤️
Wishing you a good weekend and that you can make some time to listen to a piece of music in silence, go for a walk and smell some flowers 🌟🌷
#folkmusic #folkInstruments #livemusic #nyckelharpa #concert #spring #gardening #localCommunities #tradmusic #slowlife #BloomScrolling
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Gave a concert with my duo Akleja yesterday evening very locally, only a one hour drive from home - which means I was able to spend some time in my garden before heading out! This is the life, folks! I love playing local gigs, what a dream ❤️
Wishing you a good weekend and that you can make some time to listen to a piece of music in silence, go for a walk and smell some flowers 🌟🌷
#folkmusic #folkInstruments #livemusic #nyckelharpa #concert #spring #gardening #localCommunities #tradmusic #slowlife #BloomScrolling
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I’m happy to share that we’re looking for what we call a Communities Liaison: the person that will support the ongoing relationship of the observatory with the local communities in the San Pedro/Toconao area, including their leaders and elders.
Does it sound like something you can do? Please apply online https://www.comeet.com/jobs/almaobservatory/F5.001/communities-liaison--part-time-grade-14/89.15E
Or please share it with other people who might find it a good fit for them!
#ALMA #AtacamaLargeMillimeterSubmillimeterArray #atacamaLargeMillimeterArray #Liaison #LocalCommunities #FediHire #Jobs #JobVacancies
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I’m happy to share that we’re looking for what we call a Communities Liaison: the person that will support the ongoing relationship of the observatory with the local communities in the San Pedro/Toconao area, including their leaders and elders.
Does it sound like something you can do? Please apply online https://www.comeet.com/jobs/almaobservatory/F5.001/communities-liaison--part-time-grade-14/89.15E
Or please share it with other people who might find it a good fit for them!
#ALMA #AtacamaLargeMillimeterSubmillimeterArray #atacamaLargeMillimeterArray #Liaison #LocalCommunities #FediHire #Jobs #JobVacancies
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I’m happy to share that we’re looking for what we call a Communities Liaison: the person that will support the ongoing relationship of the observatory with the local communities in the San Pedro/Toconao area, including their leaders and elders.
Does it sound like something you can do? Please apply online https://www.comeet.com/jobs/almaobservatory/F5.001/communities-liaison--part-time-grade-14/89.15E
Or please share it with other people who might find it a good fit for them!
#ALMA #AtacamaLargeMillimeterSubmillimeterArray #atacamaLargeMillimeterArray #Liaison #LocalCommunities #FediHire #Jobs #JobVacancies
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I’m happy to share that we’re looking for what we call a Communities Liaison: the person that will support the ongoing relationship of the observatory with the local communities in the San Pedro/Toconao area, including their leaders and elders.
Does it sound like something you can do? Please apply online https://www.comeet.com/jobs/almaobservatory/F5.001/communities-liaison--part-time-grade-14/89.15E
Or please share it with other people who might find it a good fit for them!
#ALMA #AtacamaLargeMillimeterSubmillimeterArray #atacamaLargeMillimeterArray #Liaison #LocalCommunities #FediHire #Jobs #JobVacancies
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I’m happy to share that we’re looking for what we call a Communities Liaison: the person that will support the ongoing relationship of the observatory with the local communities in the San Pedro/Toconao area, including their leaders and elders.
Does it sound like something you can do? Please apply online https://www.comeet.com/jobs/almaobservatory/F5.001/communities-liaison--part-time-grade-14/89.15E
Or please share it with other people who might find it a good fit for them!
#ALMA #AtacamaLargeMillimeterSubmillimeterArray #atacamaLargeMillimeterArray #Liaison #LocalCommunities #FediHire #Jobs #JobVacancies
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We need new ways to tackle global health challenges that impact local communities.
It is obvious that technology alone is not enough.
We need human ingenuity, collaboration, and the ability to share across borders and boundaries.
That is why I am excited about Teach to Reach.
Imagine if we could tap into the collective intelligence of over 20,000 health professionals working on the front lines in low- and middle-income countries.
What insights could we gain?
What innovations might we uncover?
This is exactly what Teach to Reach is doing.
In June 2024, Teach to Reach 10 brought together 21,389 participants from across the health system – from community health workers to national policymakers.
This diverse group represents an incredible wealth of knowledge and experience that has often been overlooked in global health decision-making.
Bridge the gap between policy and practice
One of the most exciting aspects of Teach to Reach is how it bridges the gap between policy and practice.
Too often, there is a disconnect between those making decisions at the global level and those implementing programs on the ground.
Teach to Reach creates a direct line of communication, allowing frontline workers to influence policy and program design in real-time.
This approach not only leads to more effective interventions but also empowers health workers, increasing their engagement and motivation.
Scale knowledge transfer and translation efficiently
In global health, we are always looking for ways to scale solutions efficiently.
This scaling effect is particularly crucial in low-resource settings, where formal learning opportunities may be limited.
Teach to Reach applies this principle to peer learning.
Then there is speed.
The platform can disseminate best practices and local solutions much more rapidly than traditional top-down approaches.
There is also the “know-do” gap or the “applicability problem”.
Teach to Reach supports continuous learning by sharing experience, focused on how to get results, especially at the local community level.
Measuring impact and driving innovation
The Teach to Reach platform uses a comprehensive framework to track the value of participation for individuals and the benefits for partners.
But we do not stop there.
Teach to Reach is just one component in the Geneva Learning Foundation’s model to support new learning and leadership to drive change.
We then track and measure what participants do with the knowledge gained and the experiences shared.
We do this all the way to the time where improved health outcomes can be attributed to a discovery or significant learning made at Teach to Reach.
Moreover, Teach to Reach serves as an innovation hub, surfacing diverse ideas and solutions from the field.
For organizations looking to drive innovation in their global health programs, this platform offers a new path to creative problem-solving with those closest to the challenges.
A call to action for global health leaders
If you are a leader in the global health space, I urge you to consider partnering with Teach to Reach.
Here are 5 ways in which partners have found utility in Teach to Reach:
- Inform a strategy with ground-level insights.
- Expand reach across multiple countries and health system levels.
- Tap into a diverse pool of local solutions – and help augment and scale them.
- Demonstrate commitment to supporting locally-led, community-based positive change.
- Accelerate progress towards global health goals through collaborative learning.
In today’s interconnected world, our ability to solve global health challenges depends on our capacity to learn from one another and scale effective solutions quickly.
Teach to Reach is pioneering a new approach that harnesses the power of peer learning to do just that.
Investing in Teach to Reach can help unlock the full potential of our global health workforce and make significant strides towards a healthier, more equitable world.
The future of global health is collaborative.
Teach to Reach provides a way to turn the rhetoric of collaboration into practical action.
https://redasadki.me/2024/10/07/why-become-a-teach-to-reach-partner/
#CollectiveIntelligence #globalHealth #innovation #localCommunities #peerLearning #TeachToReach
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Why become a Teach to Reach Partner?
We need new ways to tackle global health challenges that impact local communities.
It is obvious that technology alone is not enough.
We need human ingenuity, collaboration, and the ability to share across borders and boundaries.
That is why I am excited about Teach to Reach.
Imagine if we could tap into the collective intelligence of over 20,000 health professionals working on the front lines in low- and middle-income countries.
What insights could we gain?
What innovations might we uncover?
This is exactly what Teach to Reach is doing.
In June 2024, Teach to Reach 10 brought together 21,398 participants from across the health system – from community health workers to national policymakers.
This diverse group represents an incredible wealth of knowledge and experience that has often been overlooked in global health decision-making.
Bridge the gap between policy and practice
One of the most exciting aspects of Teach to Reach is how it bridges the gap between policy and practice.
Too often, there is a disconnect between those making decisions at the global level and those implementing programs on the ground.
Teach to Reach creates a direct line of communication, allowing frontline workers to influence policy and program design in real-time.
This approach not only leads to more effective interventions but also empowers health workers, increasing their engagement and motivation.
Scale knowledge transfer and translation efficiently
In global health, we are always looking for ways to scale solutions efficiently.
This scaling effect is particularly crucial in low-resource settings, where formal learning opportunities may be limited.
Teach to Reach applies this principle to peer learning.
Then there is speed.
The platform can disseminate best practices and local solutions much more rapidly than traditional top-down approaches.
There is also the “know-do” gap or the “applicability problem”.
Teach to Reach supports continuous learning by sharing experience, focused on how to get results, especially at the local community level.
Measuring impact and driving innovation
The Teach to Reach platform uses a comprehensive framework to track the value of participation for individuals and the benefits for partners.
But we do not stop there.
Teach to Reach is just one component in the Geneva Learning Foundation’s model to support new learning and leadership to drive change.
We then track and measure what participants do with the knowledge gained and the experiences shared.
We do this all the way to the time where improved health outcomes can be attributed to a discovery or significant learning made at Teach to Reach.
Moreover, Teach to Reach serves as an innovation hub, surfacing diverse ideas and solutions from the field.
For organizations looking to drive innovation in their global health programs, this platform offers a new path to creative problem-solving with those closest to the challenges.
A call to action for global health leaders
If you are a leader in the global health space, I urge you to consider partnering with Teach to Reach.
Here are 5 ways in which partners have found utility in Teach to Reach:
- Inform a strategy with ground-level insights.
- Expand reach across multiple countries and health system levels.
- Tap into a diverse pool of local solutions – and help augment and scale them.
- Demonstrate commitment to supporting locally-led, community-based positive change.
- Accelerate progress towards global health goals through collaborative learning.
In today’s interconnected world, our ability to solve global health challenges depends on our capacity to learn from one another and scale effective solutions quickly.
Teach to Reach is pioneering a new approach that harnesses the power of peer learning to do just that.
Investing in Teach to Reach can help unlock the full potential of our global health workforce and make significant strides towards a healthier, more equitable world.
The future of global health is collaborative.
Teach to Reach provides a way to turn the rhetoric of collaboration into practical action.
Share this:
#CollectiveIntelligence #globalHealth #innovation #localCommunities #peerLearning #TeachToReach
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Why become a Teach to Reach Partner?
We need new ways to tackle global health challenges that impact local communities.
It is obvious that technology alone is not enough.
We need human ingenuity, collaboration, and the ability to share across borders and boundaries.
That is why I am excited about Teach to Reach.
Imagine if we could tap into the collective intelligence of over 20,000 health professionals working on the front lines in low- and middle-income countries.
What insights could we gain?
What innovations might we uncover?
This is exactly what Teach to Reach is doing.
In June 2024, Teach to Reach 10 brought together 21,398 participants from across the health system – from community health workers to national policymakers.
This diverse group represents an incredible wealth of knowledge and experience that has often been overlooked in global health decision-making.
Bridge the gap between policy and practice
One of the most exciting aspects of Teach to Reach is how it bridges the gap between policy and practice.
Too often, there is a disconnect between those making decisions at the global level and those implementing programs on the ground.
Teach to Reach creates a direct line of communication, allowing frontline workers to influence policy and program design in real-time.
This approach not only leads to more effective interventions but also empowers health workers, increasing their engagement and motivation.
Scale knowledge transfer and translation efficiently
In global health, we are always looking for ways to scale solutions efficiently.
This scaling effect is particularly crucial in low-resource settings, where formal learning opportunities may be limited.
Teach to Reach applies this principle to peer learning.
Then there is speed.
The platform can disseminate best practices and local solutions much more rapidly than traditional top-down approaches.
There is also the “know-do” gap or the “applicability problem”.
Teach to Reach supports continuous learning by sharing experience, focused on how to get results, especially at the local community level.
Measuring impact and driving innovation
The Teach to Reach platform uses a comprehensive framework to track the value of participation for individuals and the benefits for partners.
But we do not stop there.
Teach to Reach is just one component in the Geneva Learning Foundation’s model to support new learning and leadership to drive change.
We then track and measure what participants do with the knowledge gained and the experiences shared.
We do this all the way to the time where improved health outcomes can be attributed to a discovery or significant learning made at Teach to Reach.
Moreover, Teach to Reach serves as an innovation hub, surfacing diverse ideas and solutions from the field.
For organizations looking to drive innovation in their global health programs, this platform offers a new path to creative problem-solving with those closest to the challenges.
A call to action for global health leaders
If you are a leader in the global health space, I urge you to consider partnering with Teach to Reach.
Here are 5 ways in which partners have found utility in Teach to Reach:
- Inform a strategy with ground-level insights.
- Expand reach across multiple countries and health system levels.
- Tap into a diverse pool of local solutions – and help augment and scale them.
- Demonstrate commitment to supporting locally-led, community-based positive change.
- Accelerate progress towards global health goals through collaborative learning.
In today’s interconnected world, our ability to solve global health challenges depends on our capacity to learn from one another and scale effective solutions quickly.
Teach to Reach is pioneering a new approach that harnesses the power of peer learning to do just that.
Investing in Teach to Reach can help unlock the full potential of our global health workforce and make significant strides towards a healthier, more equitable world.
The future of global health is collaborative.
Teach to Reach provides a way to turn the rhetoric of collaboration into practical action.
Share this:
#CollectiveIntelligence #globalHealth #innovation #localCommunities #peerLearning #TeachToReach
