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DoomsdaysCW @DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social
· 14h ago
Boosted by @Dragofix@veganism.social
#Finland orders halt to work on two #Google #datacentres by Florence Freeman, October 6, 2026 Excerpt: "Finnish authorities have ordered a halt to building work at two planned Google data centres amid concerns over the clearance of more than 300 hectares of #forest. "The sites form part of Google's record €13bn (£11bn; $15bn) investment in Finland, announced less than a month ago and described by the company as its largest single investment in Europe. The Finnish Supervisory Agency ( #LVV ) said work at one site was carried out without a mandatory #EnvironmentalImpactAssessment and ordered measures that would 'significantly alter the environment' to be suspended by 23 October. "Google said it had 'fallen short of our own high standards in this instance' and would follow the agency's guidance. The orders relate to preparatory work carried out at the planned data centre sites in #Muhos and #Kajaani. "According to LVV's head of environment Tommi Muilu, work at the sites included the removal of trees and topsoil, the construction of site roads and storage areas, and changes to ditches. #TuikeFinland, the company behind Google's data centre projects, has been asked to provide an explanation and set out how it intends to proceed by 14 October. The agency said it could begin 'enforcement proceedings' if the company failed to comply with its demand. "Hanna Halmeenpaa, chair of the Finnish Association for #NatureConservation, had previously told the AFP news agency that ' #NatureSites which should be preserved' had been felled. The conservation group had previously called for work to be halted while the environmental requirements were examined." Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvj6jkx6g1r0o Archived version: https://archive.ph/sKxA7#EnvironmentalDamage #ProtectTheForest #NoDatacentres #GoogleDatacenters #NoDatacenters #ProtectNature #BigTech
Finland orders halt to work on two Google data centres
bbc.com

Finland orders halt to work on two Google data centres

The order affecting two planned data centres follows concerns over forest clearance.

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nationalparks @nationalparks@sfba.social
· 2d ago
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Trailside fungi (?) in Redwood National and State Parks yesterday. Learn more at https://www.nps.gov/redw/index.htm and #nps #nationalparks #publiclands #photography #forest #trees #mushrooms #phenology Image credit Kurt Angersbach / Westernlabs #california #redwood #colors #fungi #fungus #ocean #cawx
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Redwood National and State Parks (U.S. National Park Service)

Redwood National and State Parks

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Dragofix @Dragofix@veganism.social
· 4d ago
Despite a drop in deforestation in 2025, forest losses pile up in the Mekong https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/despite-a-drop-in-deforestation-in-2025-forest-losses-pile-up-in-the-mekong/ #Mekong #environmen #forest #deforestation
Despite a drop in deforestation in 2025, forest losses pile up in the Mekong
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Despite a drop in deforestation in 2025, forest losses pile up in the Mekong

BANGKOK — Over the course of 2025, the Mekong countries of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam lost a combined 746,168 hectares (1.8 million acres) of tree cover, an area roughly equivalent to the size of the Bangkok Metropolitan Area, according to Mongabay’s analysis*. Data published by the Global Land Analysis and Discovery (GLAD) laboratory at the […]

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Dragofix @Dragofix@veganism.social
· 5d ago
Chocolate giant lobbied U.S. and EU officials over deforestation laws, says report https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/09/chocolate-giant-lobbied-u-s-and-eu-officials-over-deforestation-laws-says-report/ #EU #UnitedStates #environment #forest #deforestation #chocolate
Chocolate giant lobbied U.S. and EU officials over deforestation laws, says report
Conservation news

Chocolate giant lobbied U.S. and EU officials over deforestation laws, says report

Food conglomerate Mondelēz International, the owner of chocolate brands Cadbury, Milka, Toblerone and Oreo, has allegedly engaged in an extensive lobbying campaign to weaken and delay enforcement of the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), according to new analysis by environmental watchdog Global Witness. Under the EUDR, companies selling to the EU must show their forest […]

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Dragofix @Dragofix@veganism.social
· 1w ago
Logging still threatens Bornean forest once envisioned as an Indigenous-led peace park https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/logging-still-threatens-bornean-forest-once-envisioned-as-an-indigenous-led-peace-park/ #Borneo #environment #forest #deforestation #logging #Indigenous
Logging still threatens Bornean forest once envisioned as an Indigenous-led peace park
Conservation news

Logging still threatens Bornean forest once envisioned as an Indigenous-led peace park

A conservation park that Indigenous communities from the Malaysian state of Sarawak believed they could co-manage and self-govern has been transformed into a timber concession and stripped of critical tree cover, according to a recently published report. A group of civil society organizations based in Malaysia and abroad launched the report, “Plundering the Baram Peace […]

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Rewilding Magazine @rewildingmag@spore.social
· 1w ago
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"People are poor and telling them not to cut #forest wood makes no sense. There was no motivation for them to guard the forest. "So our innovation to plant and embed #coffee trees amongst the fast-growing indigenous #trees quickly won over local communities. They realized that with coffee trees they can harvest the beans, earn from sales and exports, find jobs cultivating and tending and be able to afford food, healthcare or education for their kids." #rewildinghttps://www.rewildingmag.com/the-forest-is-us-and-we-are-it-too/
“The forest is us, and we are it too”
Rewilding Magazine

“The forest is us, and we are it too”

How native forest in Mozambique's Gorongosa National Park is getting a helping hand from an unlikely partner: coffee farming.

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Dragofix @Dragofix@veganism.social
· 1w ago
Illegal mines threaten biodiversity and drinking water in Ghana’s Atewa Forest https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/illegal-mines-threaten-biodiversity-and-drinking-water-in-ghanas-atewa-forest/ #Ghana #environment #forest #biodiversity #water #DrinkinWater #mining
Illegal mines threaten biodiversity and drinking water in Ghana’s Atewa Forest
Conservation news

Illegal mines threaten biodiversity and drinking water in Ghana’s Atewa Forest

Every day, scores of illegal miners on motorbikes swarm into the Atewa Forest Reserve, in eastern Ghana — ignoring the handful of Forestry Commission guards charged with keeping them out. Inside the reserve, the miners have stripped forest cover and excavated pits, their passage marked by abandoned equipment and temporary camps and muddy and polluted […]

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