#plantations — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.europesays.com/ie/687375/ Mixed outcomes seen for Malaysian palm oil industry #Business #commodity #CPO #Economy #Éire #IE #Ireland #Oil #Palm #Plantations

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Tout ce qui est planifié devra être réalisé dans une instabilité croissante.
Des budgets pillés par la dernière urgence, des services publics fonctionnant avec une confiance épuisée, la reconstruction ici en concurrence avec des chaînes d'approvisionnement ailleurs.
Les chercheurs appellent cela le risque de déraillement, et chaque plan devrait en tenir compte :
https://scri.org.uk/publications/report-derailment-risk
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#prospective #futurs #risques #risque #gestionDuRisque #gestionDesRisques #habitabilité #politiqueClimatique #adaptation #mégaFeux #incendies #plantations #foresterie #sécheresse #souverainetéAlimentaire #lutteContreLesIncendies #pompiers #UE #Europe

A yearning for the idyllic forest scene and cellulose factories

When they want to ‘get away from it all’ and ‘go for a drive’ through nature, the idyllic forest scene, they are in denial that the romantic craving for the bush turns out to be industrial plantations.

“Nature ... is a planned product of the forestry industry, a purely wisely placed storehouse for cellulose production, which is readily apparent.”
- The Man Without Qualities, Robert Musil, 1930

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Without_Qualities
#forests #forestryCorporation #forestry #CelluloseFactories #LoggingIndustry #landscapes #TheBush #plantations #monoculture #RawMaterials #extractivism #biodiversity #nature #book #literature

Pesticide spray drift from intensive horticulture on the the mid-north coast NSW -
Discontent in the region.

Home owners, dairy and beef producers among those concerned about how pesticide use affects their land as well as water quality on the mid-north coast

“Between 2001 and 2016 blueberry farming expanded 400% – mainly around the Coffs Harbour region.”

“This monitoring showed the continued detection of pesticides in most waterways sampled, highlighting the need for ongoing monitoring in the region.”

“Monitoring in the Nambucca valley by the EPA has detected three different pesticides in low levels in three creeks, suggesting water quality in the area is not being impacted by excessive amounts of pesticides.”
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/09/blueberry-farms-nsw-north-coast-rapid-expansion-development-pesticides
#Pesticides #food #beef #diary #prawns #blueberries #plantations #monoculture #rivers #water #export #runoff #pollution #neonicotinoids #imidacloprid #dimethoate #SprayDrift #CoffsHarbour #Macksville #Nambucca #Woolgoolga #conflict #violence #EPA #regulation #horticulture #industry #tourism #PeoplesHomes #TankWater #governance #MidNorthCoast #NSW #biodiversity #wildlife #extractivism

Food, extreme heat and human labour on plantations

Too hot to harvest: Rising heat threatens farm labor and food security farming work
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https://phys.org/news/2025-10-hot-harvest-threatens-farm-labor.html
#food #FossilFuels #climate #ExtremeHeat #plantations #labour #AgriculturalWorkers #PALM #farms #agribusiness #WBGT #CSIRO #livestock #outdoors

Monetising the great koala national park

"The government estimates the park’s value as a tourism destination will generate an extra $163m for the state’s economy over two decades. The native logging division of NSW Forestry Corporation has run at a loss for several years...The Minns government on Sunday revealed the proposed outlines of the park, fulfilling its 2023 election commitment...A moratorium on logging within its boundaries begins on Monday."
End native forest logging across NSW. Recognise remnant flora and fauna in 'plantations'.
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/08/minns-140m-great-koala-national-park-regional-towns-coalition-nsw
#biodiversity #wildlife #koalas #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #ecosystems #value #nature #commodification #NSWLogging #FailedAssets #FCNSW #StrandedAssets #MidNorthCoast #deforestation #plantations #extractivism #CashCow #ExtinctionCrisis

Image: Anthropomorphic image of a koala unboxing the cornucopia of a tourist park.

"... Poor pesticide spraying practices in the Nambucca Valley and Coffs Harbour regions...Chemical banned by European Union still used in Australia."

When you drive from Nambucca Valley to the Coffs Harbour regions you can see giant white plastic nets enclosing blueberries, raspberries and blackberries plantations. There are toxic chemicals on some berries, the water and the area.

"Banned chemical thiometon detected in berries sold at supermarkets."

"Blueberry farming has boomed in NSW, including in the Nambucca Valley, as minimal red tape is required to set up. Blueberry farms can be started without formal registration or oversight, making it hard for authorities to track pesticide use. Since January 2022, the EPA has prosecuted 21 pesticide-related incidents across a range of crops in local courts across NSW... The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) announced a review into the use of dimethoate on blueberries, raspberries and blackberries."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-07/pesticide-review-thiometon-dimethoate-blueberries-raspberries/105701674
#food #regulation #toxins #pesticide #water #BerryIndustry #EPA #APVMA #governance #fruits #blueberries #NSW #plantations #MidNorthCoast #nambucca #CoffsHarbour #pollution #sprayDrift #dimethoate #thiometon #neurotoxins

Un appel contre #Bolloré : « Bloquons ses plateaux télés, occupons ses dépôts pétroliers, soutenons les luttes syndicales à l’intérieur de ses entreprises et médias, vendangeons ses vignes, redistribuons son fuel domestique à celleux qui galèrent à se chauffer, traquons le traceur, tissons des alliances internationales, organisons des boycotts, virons ses chaînes de la TNT et soutenons la création et l’assise de contre-pouvoirs médiatiques puissants ! »

https://www.off-investigation.fr/les-soulevements-de-la-terre-appellent-a-demanteler-lempire-bollore/

#plantations #infrastructures #logistique #accaparement #ravages #exploitation #appropriation #racialisation #racisme #nationalisme #misogynie #Françafrique #VSS #désastreClimatique #hégémonieCulturelle #batailleCulturelle #guerreCulturelle #lepénisation #droitisation #fascisation #industrie #impérialisme #CNews #médias #ARCOM #Blue #manuelsScolaires #éducation #automatisation #sécurité #politiqueFrançaise #politique #huileDePalme #déforestation #sursis #commentFaire #queFaire #mouvementSocial #Résistance #technique #machines #enthousiasme #joie #pouvoirDeSoi #décoloniale #VillageDeLEau #grèves #grève #grèveGénérale #lutte #luttes #révolution #révolutionnaire #autoDéfense #désarmer #désarmement #antiRacisme #clivageRacial #ligneDeCouleur #antiFascisme #DeuxSèvres #A69 #convergenceDesLuttes #lutte #luttes #révolution #révolutionnaire #LaRochelle #agroindustrie #agriculture #mouvement #cumul #écologie #écologiePolitique #intersectionnalité #LesSoulèvementsDeLaTerre #SoulèvementsDeLaTerre #manifeste

https://archive.org/details/west-indies-patterns

The West Indies: Patterns of Development, Culture and Environmental Change Since 1492 by David Watts

Topics
#Caribbean, #Caribbeanhistory, #historyoftheCaribbean, #geography, #historicalgeography, #genocide, #blackchattelslavery, #slavetrade, #antiblackness, #translatlanticslavetrade, #whitesupremacy, #imperialism, #colonialism, #spanishimperialism, #spanishcolonialism, #britishimperialism, #britishcolonialism, #frenchimperialism, #frenchcolonialism, #dutchimperialism, #dutchcolonialism, #amerikas, #northamerika, #plantations, #plantationeconomy, #sugarplantations, #environmentalgeography, #slavesocieties, #ecology

This magisterial survey of the historical geography of the West Indies is at bottom concerned with the causes and consequences of three complex and inter-related phenomena: the rapid and total removal of a large aboriginal population; the development of plantation agriculture and the arrival of enforced labour, in the form of many thousands of African slaves; and the environmental, ecological and cultural changes that resulted.

https://archive.org/details/mauritiusandtheseychelles

The History of Slavery in Mauritius and the Seychelles, 1810-1875 by Moses D. E. Nwulia

Topics
#Mauritius, #Seychelles, #britishcolonialism, #frenchcolonialism, #Africa, #history, #slavery, #blackchattelslavery, #IndianOcean, #antiblackness, #colonialism, #plantations, #sugarplantations

“This study emphasizes the roles that peoples of African origin played in the settlement and the development of Mauritius and the Seychelles during both French and British colonial regimes, and compares the socioeconomic conditions of blacks during the two periods.”