#monocultures — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #monocultures, aggregated by home.social.
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Also in English: "Eucalyptus: Generosity Turned into Profit" https://www.15-15-15.org/webzine/2026/06/30/eucalyptus-generosity-turned-into-profit/
#eucalyptus #Brazil #Spain #Portugal #Wildfires #Monocultures #Ecology #Wildfires
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Also in English: "Eucalyptus: Generosity Turned into Profit" https://www.15-15-15.org/webzine/2026/06/30/eucalyptus-generosity-turned-into-profit/
#eucalyptus #Brazil #Spain #Portugal #Wildfires #Monocultures #Ecology #Wildfires
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I try to avoid LinkedIn unless I have to go there. But an AgTech investment post celebrating the "Monsanto playbook" as a model to replicate got under my nose badly enough that I had to write about it.
Nobody who knows my work would call me anti-tech. But there's a hard line between technology that increases farmer capability and technology that engineers farmer dependency. The Monsanto playbook is the second kind.
The playbook: own the genetics, bundle the chemicals, capture the data, engineer the debt. Charge the farmer for all of it. Call it innovation.
Also in there: corporate capture of agricultural knowledge, India's farmer suicide crisis, Dark Emu and native grass seeds, and why a loaf of bread can be a political act.
Tech4Good means the farmer gets more capable. Not more dependent.
https://gaggl.com/blogs/2026-06-26-monocultures-dumb-by-design/
#RegenerativeAgriculture #AgTech #Tech4Good #Monocultures #FoodSovereignty #RentSeeking #FoodSystems #RuralAustralia #SlowFood
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#PleasantvilleNY - #SeedLibrary
"#GrowYourOwn garden with the help of our Seed Library—a collection of quality, regional flower and vegetable seeds that you can 'check out' for free at the Main Library.
What is a Seed Library?A Seed Library is a collection of flower and vegetable seeds that you can 'check out' for free. Some Seed Libraries include seeds that have been saved by library patrons, or seeds donated from nurseries. We might have those sources one day at Mt. Pleasant Library, but for now we have seeds purchased from quality regional seed producers in #Maine and #AccordNY.
The purpose of a Seed Library is to encourage #SustainableGardening and #biodiversity by providing free access to seeds. These initiatives empower community members to grow their own food; learn #SeedSaving skills; preserve local, rare, or #HeirloomPlant varieties; and reduce reliance on #CommercialSeedCompanies. This helps combat seed #monocultures that threaten the world's food supply.
How does our Seed Library work?
- Go to the Gardening Special Collection at the Main Library and browse our Seed Library binder which includes details about each type of seed we offer.
- Help yourself to up to 5 seed packets per visit.
- Fill out a short form listing which seeds you took and if there are any seeds you want to request so that we can keep our Seed Library well stocked.
- Go and plant a garden!What kind of seeds do we have?
- Vegetables, such as Amish Paste Organic Tomato, Marketmore and 76 Organic Cucumber
- Herbs, such as Genovese Basil
- Flowers, such as Purple Stem Asters, which are a great source of nectar for #bumblebees and other #pollinators in the #HudsonValley, and #SpottedJoePyeWeed, which is a native, locally sourced perennial that supports #butterfly populations
Check out our Seed Library binder for the full list of seeds we offer!"FMI:
https://www.mountpleasantlibrary.org/index.php/collections/seed-library#SolarPunkSunday #SeedSharing #BuildingCommunity #LibrariesRule #GYO #GardeningForPollinators #SeedLibraries
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#PleasantvilleNY - #SeedLibrary
"#GrowYourOwn garden with the help of our Seed Library—a collection of quality, regional flower and vegetable seeds that you can 'check out' for free at the Main Library.
What is a Seed Library?A Seed Library is a collection of flower and vegetable seeds that you can 'check out' for free. Some Seed Libraries include seeds that have been saved by library patrons, or seeds donated from nurseries. We might have those sources one day at Mt. Pleasant Library, but for now we have seeds purchased from quality regional seed producers in #Maine and #AccordNY.
The purpose of a Seed Library is to encourage #SustainableGardening and #biodiversity by providing free access to seeds. These initiatives empower community members to grow their own food; learn #SeedSaving skills; preserve local, rare, or #HeirloomPlant varieties; and reduce reliance on #CommercialSeedCompanies. This helps combat seed #monocultures that threaten the world's food supply.
How does our Seed Library work?
- Go to the Gardening Special Collection at the Main Library and browse our Seed Library binder which includes details about each type of seed we offer.
- Help yourself to up to 5 seed packets per visit.
- Fill out a short form listing which seeds you took and if there are any seeds you want to request so that we can keep our Seed Library well stocked.
- Go and plant a garden!What kind of seeds do we have?
- Vegetables, such as Amish Paste Organic Tomato, Marketmore and 76 Organic Cucumber
- Herbs, such as Genovese Basil
- Flowers, such as Purple Stem Asters, which are a great source of nectar for #bumblebees and other #pollinators in the #HudsonValley, and #SpottedJoePyeWeed, which is a native, locally sourced perennial that supports #butterfly populations
Check out our Seed Library binder for the full list of seeds we offer!"FMI:
https://www.mountpleasantlibrary.org/index.php/collections/seed-library#SolarPunkSunday #SeedSharing #BuildingCommunity #LibrariesRule #GYO #GardeningForPollinators #SeedLibraries
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As well as:
* Support for appropriately scaled #agricultural and #industrial #production, replacing #monocultures and single-function activities with integrated production that protects #soil & generates multiple #crops while supporting #ecosystem services.
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As well as:
* Support for appropriately scaled #agricultural and #industrial #production, replacing #monocultures and single-function activities with integrated production that protects #soil & generates multiple #crops while supporting #ecosystem services.
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New #blog post: Monocultures Considered Harmful or: Why Linux Nerds Should Give BSD and Other "Weird" OSes a Try
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cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @Twizzay @stfn @ay
(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)
#rlDaneWriting #blost #Linux #BSD #RunBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #EdsgerDijkstra #Dijkstra #monoculture #monocultures #ConsideredHarmful
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New #blog post: Monocultures Considered Harmful or: Why Linux Nerds Should Give BSD and Other "Weird" OSes a Try
545 words
cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @Twizzay @stfn @ay
(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)
#rlDaneWriting #blost #Linux #BSD #RunBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #EdsgerDijkstra #Dijkstra #monoculture #monocultures #ConsideredHarmful
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So, something else that is a key element of ensuring #HumanWelfare remains in the SW range is to make sure folks are fed -- without destroying the environment! That's where #RegenerativeAgriculture , #SustainableAgriculture, #FoodForests, #CommunityGardens, etc., come into play. But #Rewilding and restoring key natural systems are also very important!
7. #Wildlife faces #extinction cascades as #ecosystems collapse.
"Vertebrate populations have declined by an average of 69 percent since 1970, with some regions experiencing losses exceeding 90 percent as habitat destruction, climate change, #pollution, and direct #exploitation combine to trigger ecosystem-wide collapse that eliminates the #biodiversity necessary to maintain stable #FoodWebs. Species extinction rates now exceed background levels by 100 to 1,000 times, representing a mass extinction event comparable to the asteroid impact that eliminated the dinosaurs but compressed into a timeframe measured in decades rather than millennia.
"The collapse of insect populations threatens #pollination services essential for agricultural production, while marine ecosystems face #acidification, warming, and #overfishing that eliminate entire trophic levels and destabilize ocean food chains supporting billions of people. Domestic animals face parallel threats as #IndustrialAgriculture concentrates genetic diversity into vulnerable #monocultures while climate change disrupts feed production and increases disease pressure on livestock populations already stressed by intensive production methods designed to maximize short-term yields rather than long-term #resilience."
#Collapse #Change #TheLimitsToGrowth #PlanetaryBoundaries #WaterIsLife #NatureIsLife #Extinction
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So, something else that is a key element of ensuring #HumanWelfare remains in the SW range is to make sure folks are fed -- without destroying the environment! That's where #RegenerativeAgriculture , #SustainableAgriculture, #FoodForests, #CommunityGardens, etc., come into play. But #Rewilding and restoring key natural systems are also very important!
7. #Wildlife faces #extinction cascades as #ecosystems collapse.
"Vertebrate populations have declined by an average of 69 percent since 1970, with some regions experiencing losses exceeding 90 percent as habitat destruction, climate change, #pollution, and direct #exploitation combine to trigger ecosystem-wide collapse that eliminates the #biodiversity necessary to maintain stable #FoodWebs. Species extinction rates now exceed background levels by 100 to 1,000 times, representing a mass extinction event comparable to the asteroid impact that eliminated the dinosaurs but compressed into a timeframe measured in decades rather than millennia.
"The collapse of insect populations threatens #pollination services essential for agricultural production, while marine ecosystems face #acidification, warming, and #overfishing that eliminate entire trophic levels and destabilize ocean food chains supporting billions of people. Domestic animals face parallel threats as #IndustrialAgriculture concentrates genetic diversity into vulnerable #monocultures while climate change disrupts feed production and increases disease pressure on livestock populations already stressed by intensive production methods designed to maximize short-term yields rather than long-term #resilience."
#Collapse #Change #TheLimitsToGrowth #PlanetaryBoundaries #WaterIsLife #NatureIsLife #Extinction
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1/5 A new art book is ready. I don't know why I craft them nor how to explain what I do. It's an intuitive way of working with colours, textures, mixed media and collage, for seeing, touching, and more. A very #meditative work.
This one was the attempt to find something beautiful in our maize #monocultures that I detest.
Just browse my book here.#artBook #maize #corn #corncob #printing #mixedmedia #collage #paperArt #fiberArt #embroidery #slowStitching #intuitive #intuitiveArt #biodiversity
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1/5 A new art book is ready. I don't know why I craft them nor how to explain what I do. It's an intuitive way of working with colours, textures, mixed media and collage, for seeing, touching, and more. A very #meditative work.
This one was the attempt to find something beautiful in our maize #monocultures that I detest.
Just browse my book here.#artBook #maize #corn #corncob #printing #mixedmedia #collage #paperArt #fiberArt #embroidery #slowStitching #intuitive #intuitiveArt #biodiversity
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‘Hidden’ fungus could support future food production https://www.diningandcooking.com/2089994/hidden-fungus-could-support-future-food-production/ #(Field #aerial #agricultural #background #BioDiversity #country #countryside #CoverCropping #Cultivation #diverse #EcoSystem #farming #food #grow #growing #harvest #Healthy #intercropping #landscape #line #monocultures #natural #perspective #polyculture #polycultures #regenerative #rows #Rural #sustainability #sustainable #System #top #view
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‘Hidden’ fungus could support future food production https://www.diningandcooking.com/2089994/hidden-fungus-could-support-future-food-production/ #(Field #aerial #agricultural #background #BioDiversity #country #countryside #CoverCropping #Cultivation #diverse #EcoSystem #farming #food #grow #growing #harvest #Healthy #intercropping #landscape #line #monocultures #natural #perspective #polyculture #polycultures #regenerative #rows #Rural #sustainability #sustainable #System #top #view
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The 5 biggest drivers for extinction are:
* destruction of habitats
* monocultures
* pollution (microplastic, pesticides, heavy metals, forever chemicals, ...)
* climate change
* invasive speciesIn other words the single biggest driver for extinction is capitalist extractivism and exploitation.
We clear forests to build roads, cultivate monocultures to feed our live stock, burn fossil fuels to power our consumerism and put our waste in the ocean. That destroys the ecosystem, species become extinct or seek refuge somewhere else and become invasive there.And with "we" I don't mean you or me - I mean the morbidly rich!
I'm not blaming anyone but the 1%. They are the ones that have everything and cause everything.There are a lot of solutions for this crisis, but we can't realize them without creating a system that prevents morbid abundance.
If the 99% decide to eat less meat, so we don't need so much land for our food - will that really save the rainforests or will it just free up more land for the rich to build more golf courses, factories and AI server farms?We need to talk about a wealth maximum, an income maximum and an interest maximum. Then we'll realize we don't need endless growth, we don't need exploitation of the 99% and the ecosystem, we won't need 3 full time jobs to 'make a living' and we won't need mindless consumption to numb ourselves in our spare time.
#extinction #SpeciesExtinction #deforestation #LossOfHabitat #monocultures #pollution #EnvironmentalPollution #MicroPlastic #MicroPlastics #ForeverChemicals #BioDiversity #BioDiversityCrisis #ClimateChange #climate #ClimateCrisis #InvasiveSpecies #capitalism #extractivism #exploitation #consumerism #MorbidlyRich #MorbidWealth #WealthMaximum #IncomeMaximum #InterestMaximum
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The 5 biggest drivers for extinction are:
* destruction of habitats
* monocultures
* pollution (microplastic, pesticides, heavy metals, forever chemicals, ...)
* climate change
* invasive speciesIn other words the single biggest driver for extinction is capitalist extractivism and exploitation.
We clear forests to build roads, cultivate monocultures to feed our live stock, burn fossil fuels to power our consumerism and put our waste in the ocean. That destroys the ecosystem, species become extinct or seek refuge somewhere else and become invasive there.And with "we" I don't mean you or me - I mean the morbidly rich!
I'm not blaming anyone but the 1%. They are the ones that have everything and cause everything.There are a lot of solutions for this crisis, but we can't realize them without creating a system that prevents morbid abundance.
If the 99% decide to eat less meat, so we don't need so much land for our food - will that really save the rainforests or will it just free up more land for the rich to build more golf courses, factories and AI server farms?We need to talk about a wealth maximum, an income maximum and an interest maximum. Then we'll realize we don't need endless growth, we don't need exploitation of the 99% and the ecosystem, we won't need 3 full time jobs to 'make a living' and we won't need mindless consumption to numb ourselves in our spare time.
#extinction #SpeciesExtinction #deforestation #LossOfHabitat #monocultures #pollution #EnvironmentalPollution #MicroPlastic #MicroPlastics #ForeverChemicals #BioDiversity #BioDiversityCrisis #ClimateChange #climate #ClimateCrisis #InvasiveSpecies #capitalism #extractivism #exploitation #consumerism #MorbidlyRich #MorbidWealth #WealthMaximum #IncomeMaximum #InterestMaximum
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@sarahtaber it is the wild bees and insects that are still in trouble. Honey bees are essentially domesticated animals and not necessarily good for the #environment , esp when used to pollinate #monocultures, such as almond groves.
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Climate & Food Deserts & Political Choices
https://medium.com/@silkester/climate-food-deserts-political-choices-3321a91a8f5e#politics #trump #foodDeserts #Crimate #PoliticalChoices #Health #Environment #UndustrilizedFarming #Pesticides #Furtilizer #deserfication #monocultures #ChunkFood #foodindustry
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What the heck is “#CornSweat” and is it making the Midwest more dangerous?
It’s pretty much just as gross as it sounds.
"In one 2020 study, researchers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics analyzed a past summer heat wave in the Midwest and found that cropland — most of which comprised corn in this part of the country — can increase moisture in the air above it by up to 40 percent."
by Benji Jones
Aug 29, 2024"Ah, yes, late August in the Midwest: a time for popsicles by the lake, a trip to the county fair, and, of course, extreme humidity made more miserable by … corn sweat.
"Corn sweat. It’s a thing! And people are talking about it.
The term refers to the moisture released by fields of corn during hot and sunny weather. Like all other plants, corn transpires — meaning, it sucks up water from the ground and expels it into the air as a way to stay cool and distribute nutrients. Moisture also enters the air when water in the soil evaporates. Together with transpiration, this process is called #evapotranspiration.
"So, where you find loads of plants packed tightly into one place, whether the Amazon rainforest or #Iowa, humidity can skyrocket during hot and especially sunny periods, making the air feel oppressive.
"That’s what happened this week: A late-summer #heatwave brought record and near-record temperatures to parts of the Midwest where there also happen to be vast fields of corn. With plenty of sunlight and temperatures in the high 90s, it was enough to make corn sweat, producing extremely uncomfortable weather.
"It’s not that corn sweats more than other plants — an acre releases less moisture on average than, say, a large oak tree — but the Midwest has a lot of corn in late August. In Iowa, for example, more than two-thirds of the area is farmland, and corn is the top crop (followed by #soybeans, which, by the way, also sweat)."
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"Again, it’s not just crops across the #Midwest that release moisture, increase humidity, and make summers feel disgusting (I know firsthand; I grew up in Iowa). The millions of acres of #prairie that industrial farmland replaced — mostly to feed livestock and make ethanol — would have also produced loads of moisture, Basso said.
"But there are some key differences between native #ecosystems and #IndustrialFarmland, he added. '#NativePrairies are diverse ecosystems with a variety of plant species, each with different root depths and water needs, helping to create a balanced moisture cycle,' he told me. 'In contrast, corn and #soy #monocultures are uniform and can draw water from the soil more quickly.'"
#CimateChange #IndustrialAgriculture #BigAg #Wetbulb #Fieldworkers #HeatWaves
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What the heck is “#CornSweat” and is it making the Midwest more dangerous?
It’s pretty much just as gross as it sounds.
"In one 2020 study, researchers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics analyzed a past summer heat wave in the Midwest and found that cropland — most of which comprised corn in this part of the country — can increase moisture in the air above it by up to 40 percent."
by Benji Jones
Aug 29, 2024"Ah, yes, late August in the Midwest: a time for popsicles by the lake, a trip to the county fair, and, of course, extreme humidity made more miserable by … corn sweat.
"Corn sweat. It’s a thing! And people are talking about it.
The term refers to the moisture released by fields of corn during hot and sunny weather. Like all other plants, corn transpires — meaning, it sucks up water from the ground and expels it into the air as a way to stay cool and distribute nutrients. Moisture also enters the air when water in the soil evaporates. Together with transpiration, this process is called #evapotranspiration.
"So, where you find loads of plants packed tightly into one place, whether the Amazon rainforest or #Iowa, humidity can skyrocket during hot and especially sunny periods, making the air feel oppressive.
"That’s what happened this week: A late-summer #heatwave brought record and near-record temperatures to parts of the Midwest where there also happen to be vast fields of corn. With plenty of sunlight and temperatures in the high 90s, it was enough to make corn sweat, producing extremely uncomfortable weather.
"It’s not that corn sweats more than other plants — an acre releases less moisture on average than, say, a large oak tree — but the Midwest has a lot of corn in late August. In Iowa, for example, more than two-thirds of the area is farmland, and corn is the top crop (followed by #soybeans, which, by the way, also sweat)."
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"Again, it’s not just crops across the #Midwest that release moisture, increase humidity, and make summers feel disgusting (I know firsthand; I grew up in Iowa). The millions of acres of #prairie that industrial farmland replaced — mostly to feed livestock and make ethanol — would have also produced loads of moisture, Basso said.
"But there are some key differences between native #ecosystems and #IndustrialFarmland, he added. '#NativePrairies are diverse ecosystems with a variety of plant species, each with different root depths and water needs, helping to create a balanced moisture cycle,' he told me. 'In contrast, corn and #soy #monocultures are uniform and can draw water from the soil more quickly.'"
#CimateChange #IndustrialAgriculture #BigAg #Wetbulb #Fieldworkers #HeatWaves
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megascierie non merci
Appel à mobilisation nationale 5 octobre 2024 Défendons le massif forestier limousin
https://mcinformactions.net/appel-a-mobilisation-nationale-5-octobre-2024-defendons-le-massif-forestier
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#CyberSecurity #Monopolies #Microsoft #Windows #CrowdStrike #Monocultures: "CrowdStrike will likely face a wave of lawsuits seeking to hold it responsible for shutting down the world’s computers. It’s easy to blame the company. But there’s a bigger culprit: monoculture. Roughly 73 per cent of desktop computers worldwide run a Microsoft Windows operating system. Because Windows systems are so common, they are a popular target for hackers, who can exploit more computers with a single attack than if they targeted MacOS or Linux systems. As a result, there’s a massive market for software like CrowdStrike’s. Almost 60 per cent of Fortune 500 companies use CrowdStrike, which helps explain why impacts on commercial systems were so profound, even though 8.5m machines is a tiny fraction of the number of computers used worldwide. The reliance on a single operating system and a single threat checker for critical commercial IT systems makes global outages possible. Consequently, computing is profoundly more vulnerable than it needs to be.
To understand how we got here, it helps to look at an apparently unrelated industry: agriculture."
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/technology/67625/when-monoculture-leads-to-monofailure
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#CyberSecurity #Monopolies #Microsoft #Windows #CrowdStrike #Monocultures: "CrowdStrike will likely face a wave of lawsuits seeking to hold it responsible for shutting down the world’s computers. It’s easy to blame the company. But there’s a bigger culprit: monoculture. Roughly 73 per cent of desktop computers worldwide run a Microsoft Windows operating system. Because Windows systems are so common, they are a popular target for hackers, who can exploit more computers with a single attack than if they targeted MacOS or Linux systems. As a result, there’s a massive market for software like CrowdStrike’s. Almost 60 per cent of Fortune 500 companies use CrowdStrike, which helps explain why impacts on commercial systems were so profound, even though 8.5m machines is a tiny fraction of the number of computers used worldwide. The reliance on a single operating system and a single threat checker for critical commercial IT systems makes global outages possible. Consequently, computing is profoundly more vulnerable than it needs to be.
To understand how we got here, it helps to look at an apparently unrelated industry: agriculture."
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/technology/67625/when-monoculture-leads-to-monofailure
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@natureshelperokanaganhighlands
Many farmers move from grapes to other crops. Hopefully we will see more #permaculture replacing these #monocultures :)
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@natureshelperokanaganhighlands
Many farmers move from grapes to other crops. Hopefully we will see more #permaculture replacing these #monocultures :)
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New publication: Cover crop mixtures do not assemble markedly distinct soil #microbiotas as compared to #monocultures in a multilocation field experiment. #biodiversity #agriculture #microbiome #covercrops #pathogens #soil
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#Environment #Forests
#SolutionsForClimateChange
(4/n)...#Milakovsky said, despite 👉increasing concerns that the #monocultures do relatively little to support native species and can suck up scarce water👈..."
"...some #forestry experts say the destruction could lead to a 👉major overhaul of how #Ukraine manages its forests👈, changes they say will help ensure these landscapes 👉can better cope with #ClimateChange, support #biodiversity, and protect water quality.👈"
"Researchers...
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#Environment #Forests
#SolutionsForClimateChange
(4/n)...#Milakovsky said, despite 👉increasing concerns that the #monocultures do relatively little to support native species and can suck up scarce water👈..."
"...some #forestry experts say the destruction could lead to a 👉major overhaul of how #Ukraine manages its forests👈, changes they say will help ensure these landscapes 👉can better cope with #ClimateChange, support #biodiversity, and protect water quality.👈"
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While feral domesticated cats are a big problem in a lot of places (including NYC) and need vigorous #TNVR / #TNR or relocation, #WildFelines need to be protected!
In #Brazil, #conservationists try to save one of the world’s most #endangered #cats
by Sarah Brown on 13 June 2024
via @mongabay
"- #Muñoa’s #Pampas cat, a small wild feline, is endemic to the Pampas grasslands that sprawl over southern Brazil, #Uruguay and northeastern #Argentina.
"- With fewer than 100 individuals left in the wild, experts call Muñoa’s pampas cat one of the most endangered felines in the world and warn it go extinct within 10 years as its natural habitat is cleared for #cropland.
- #Conservation plans to save the species include switching from #monocultures to extensive ranching that preserves the natural #grasslands, creating a #captivebreeding program, and developing a trinational conservation agreement.
"- Recent #floods in the Brazilian state of #RioGrandeDoSul, where many Muñoa’s Pampas cat sightings have been recorded, have currently halted all local #conservation efforts, putting the future of this feline at risk."#EndangeredSpecies #SouthAmerica #ConservationEfforts #Biodiversity
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While feral domesticated cats are a big problem in a lot of places (including NYC) and need vigorous #TNVR / #TNR or relocation, #WildFelines need to be protected!
In #Brazil, #conservationists try to save one of the world’s most #endangered #cats
by Sarah Brown on 13 June 2024
via @mongabay
"- #Muñoa’s #Pampas cat, a small wild feline, is endemic to the Pampas grasslands that sprawl over southern Brazil, #Uruguay and northeastern #Argentina.
"- With fewer than 100 individuals left in the wild, experts call Muñoa’s pampas cat one of the most endangered felines in the world and warn it go extinct within 10 years as its natural habitat is cleared for #cropland.
- #Conservation plans to save the species include switching from #monocultures to extensive ranching that preserves the natural #grasslands, creating a #captivebreeding program, and developing a trinational conservation agreement.
"- Recent #floods in the Brazilian state of #RioGrandeDoSul, where many Muñoa’s Pampas cat sightings have been recorded, have currently halted all local #conservation efforts, putting the future of this feline at risk."#EndangeredSpecies #SouthAmerica #ConservationEfforts #Biodiversity
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https://www.truthdig.com/articles/severe-drought-in-southern-africa-leaves-millions-on-the-brink-of-starvation/ #ClimateCrisis #extremeheat Severe Drought in Southern Africa Leaves Millions on the Brink of Starvation
Millions across the region are facing severe hunger and livelihood losses, with smallholder farmers striving to cope with the climate crisis and colonial monoculture patterns of farming. #MonoCultures #ClimateChange -
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/severe-drought-in-southern-africa-leaves-millions-on-the-brink-of-starvation/ #ClimateCrisis #extremeheat Severe Drought in Southern Africa Leaves Millions on the Brink of Starvation
Millions across the region are facing severe hunger and livelihood losses, with smallholder farmers striving to cope with the climate crisis and colonial monoculture patterns of farming. #MonoCultures #ClimateChange -
#Agriculture: Productivity benefits from field #biodiversity can arise when compatible #pathogen hosts are buffered by unrelated neighbors, diluting pathogen impacts. Specialist pathogens in #monocultures decrease host plant yields: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-44253-4 #yields
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"AMY GOODMAN: It’s one of the largest oil corporations in the world, #ADNOC, the #AbuDhabiNationalOilCorporation, #SultanAlJaber, who is the head of this COP.
"NNIMMO BASSEY: Yes. And, you know, we’ve heard so many things going on. And with the #FossilFuel industry being so prominent here, with bankers crawling the spaces of the COP, we’re seeing a lot of trade discussions. And, you know, this breaks my heart when I look at the way African negotiators or policymakers, the politicians, are bending back and accepting whatever is being thrown at them by the — through those who are investing in #CarbonOffsetting or #CarbonTrading mechanisms. We’re seeing a sellout of #AfricanContinent.
"And we know the implications for this. One, it means once you sell out a territory for a period of time, you’ve lost #sovereignty, so to speak, over that place, over that #forest, over that community, over that territory. And then it means negatively — negative impact on communities who live in the area that we are selling out. We’re talking about millions of hectares being mapped out to be sold for #CarbonCredit generative facilities. And, you know, some of this means #reforestation or forestation. It means clearing the land and planting new trees. Now, that itself emits, releases a lot of carbon from the soil. And then, of course, these #NewTrees are #monocultures, and they don’t — they are not as efficient #CarbonSinks as #NaturalForests. And so we’re seeing losses in every dimension."
#Africa #COP28 #EnvironmentalRacism
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"AMY GOODMAN: It’s one of the largest oil corporations in the world, #ADNOC, the #AbuDhabiNationalOilCorporation, #SultanAlJaber, who is the head of this COP.
"NNIMMO BASSEY: Yes. And, you know, we’ve heard so many things going on. And with the #FossilFuel industry being so prominent here, with bankers crawling the spaces of the COP, we’re seeing a lot of trade discussions. And, you know, this breaks my heart when I look at the way African negotiators or policymakers, the politicians, are bending back and accepting whatever is being thrown at them by the — through those who are investing in #CarbonOffsetting or #CarbonTrading mechanisms. We’re seeing a sellout of #AfricanContinent.
"And we know the implications for this. One, it means once you sell out a territory for a period of time, you’ve lost #sovereignty, so to speak, over that place, over that #forest, over that community, over that territory. And then it means negatively — negative impact on communities who live in the area that we are selling out. We’re talking about millions of hectares being mapped out to be sold for #CarbonCredit generative facilities. And, you know, some of this means #reforestation or forestation. It means clearing the land and planting new trees. Now, that itself emits, releases a lot of carbon from the soil. And then, of course, these #NewTrees are #monocultures, and they don’t — they are not as efficient #CarbonSinks as #NaturalForests. And so we’re seeing losses in every dimension."
#Africa #COP28 #EnvironmentalRacism
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@fulelo The ruling ⬆️ was expected, since #RussiaIsATerroristState and all such violent wannabe #monocultures eventually outlaw all ‘others’. #TransRights #LGBTQ
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@fulelo The ruling ⬆️ was expected, since #RussiaIsATerroristState and all such violent wannabe #monocultures eventually outlaw all ‘others’. #TransRights #LGBTQ
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The Eucalyptus Plantations of the Plantationocene
“Introducing monoculture stands of eucalyptus into other regions brings a new and dangerous flammability into ecosystems. Using exotic fire-prone trees for afforestation in tree-planting schemes under a heating and drying climate has the potential to literally backfire, releasing carbon while also risking local tragedy and ecological damage.”
"From the Amazon rainforest to California, Madagascar to Spain, monoculture forests are being grown over huge areas, with eucalyptus among the most popular species. A growing number of tree-planting schemes are allocated to carbon offsetting projects and government contributions towards the Paris agreement – with many countries looking to plant increasing swathes of forest to meet their obligations. According on one estimate, eucalyptus plantations cover at least 22m hectares (54m acres) around the world."
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/24/eucalyptus-plantations-are-expanding-and-being-blamed-for-devastation-pedrogao-grande-aoe#eucalyptus #monocultures #Plantationocene #ForestryCorporation #LoggingIndustry #bushfires #offsets #climate #biodiversity
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The Eucalyptus Plantations of the Plantationocene
“Introducing monoculture stands of eucalyptus into other regions brings a new and dangerous flammability into ecosystems. Using exotic fire-prone trees for afforestation in tree-planting schemes under a heating and drying climate has the potential to literally backfire, releasing carbon while also risking local tragedy and ecological damage.”
"From the Amazon rainforest to California, Madagascar to Spain, monoculture forests are being grown over huge areas, with eucalyptus among the most popular species. A growing number of tree-planting schemes are allocated to carbon offsetting projects and government contributions towards the Paris agreement – with many countries looking to plant increasing swathes of forest to meet their obligations. According on one estimate, eucalyptus plantations cover at least 22m hectares (54m acres) around the world."
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/24/eucalyptus-plantations-are-expanding-and-being-blamed-for-devastation-pedrogao-grande-aoe#eucalyptus #monocultures #Plantationocene #ForestryCorporation #LoggingIndustry #bushfires #offsets #climate #biodiversity
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In the "everybody has decided to put their eggs into one other person's basket" department.
"Microsoft said the corporate account of one of its engineers was hacked by a highly skilled threat actor that acquired a signing key used to hack dozens of Azure and Exchange accounts belonging to high-profile users."
#Monocultures are very friendly to diseases. Idiosyncratic implementations don't scale as well for malefactors. Differentiation is a useful factor in IT security.
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In the "everybody has decided to put their eggs into one other person's basket" department.
"Microsoft said the corporate account of one of its engineers was hacked by a highly skilled threat actor that acquired a signing key used to hack dozens of Azure and Exchange accounts belonging to high-profile users."
#Monocultures are very friendly to diseases. Idiosyncratic implementations don't scale as well for malefactors. Differentiation is a useful factor in IT security.
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Good podcast on the "green deserts" of #Brazil, where diverse ecosystems are being replaced by #monocultures of #soy or #eucalyptus plantations for #pulp and #paper production.
https://breakinggreen.buzzsprout.com/1785184/13225604-green-deserts-of-brazil-with-anne-petermann -
Raddle had a post asking if #LeftUnity was desirable.
I think yes, to a point.
If unity means "Everyone agrees that diversity of tactics and diversity of thought are good" then yes. Its a good thing.
If it means "Everyone does the same thing, and thinks the same way", then no.
Movements and societies function best without #monocultures, for almost the same reason monocultures in ecosystems as a whole are dangerous.
Monocultures of thought lead to single attacks (ie, diseases) being able to wipe out the entire movement (ie, crops).
Think "#DecapitationStrikes". These are impossible if you have many groups attacking the same problem (#Capitalism), via myriad tactics. The system cannot cope, because capitalism is, at it's heart, a monoculture, which is prone to identical attacks being able to bring it down, for a time.
And I say "For a time", because capitalism, like any other ecosystem, eventually adapts, and recovers stronger, when subjected to the same tactic over and over (See: How the ruling class has turned #protests into nothing more than fitness walks).
But, if you have 10 different types of attacks all working to bring down the monoculture of capitalism, then it cannot adapt quickly enough. However, with diversity of tactics and diversity of thought, we can adapt much faster than the system of capitalism.
One type of attack gets removed, there are still 9 others going at it, and soon, 10 again.
But, if we have 10 groups, using the same tactic, and all following the same #dogma, then the dominating system can easily shut that down, and halt any forward progress.
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#CoffHarbour, the #BigBlueberry has a good chance to look like the "Sea of Plastic" in #Almería, Spain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA7_3176MQY
https://www.flickr.com/photos/184249102@N03/52629166646/
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Why I won’t be doing Veganuary this year – or ever again | The Independent
#Veganuary
#Vegan
#Meat
#BrokenFoodSystem
#Enviroment
#NotBinary
#Monocultures
#HealthySoil
#FoodMiles
#FoodWasteMy main gripe is that the issue of our broken food system has never been binary – it’s not as simple as meat bad, plants good
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/veganuary-2023-meal-plan-products-b2253049.html
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What do you have to bear in mind when considering supporting a #forestation project?
1. Don't support mono-cultures
This is very important. #MonoCultures are not helpful in regenerating the soil, attracting water, increasing biodiversity and they are not as effective ecosystems at sucking #CO2 out of the air as mixed forests.2. Support long-term projects
If a project plants trees and then cuts them down after they have grown to full size that is not helping anything. Make sure the project commits to protecting and fostering the forest for a long time.3. Make sure indigenous people are included.
Conservation areas protect nature from any human influence, which includes indigenous people. But practice has shown, that forestation projects are more efficient if indigenous people are included, their knowledge is used and they can use and care for the land. Also it's only just to support indigenous people. #NatureNeedsJustice.4. Support respected projects.
Make sure the project you want to support is not all talk, but can also provide proof that they actually do what they say.
Check what certificates they have, if they won any sustainability awards and what newspaper articles write about them.#reforestation #ClimateJustice #ClimateCrisis #forest #trees #CarbonCapture
