Environmental vandalism- (+more) for Earth Day 2024🌲

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Mon April 22, 2024

Earth day is an annual event on April 22 to show support for environmental protection. It was first held on April 22, 1970 and now includes a wide range of events coordinated worldwide by EARTHDAY.ORG (formerly Earth Day Network)⁽¹⁾ including 1 billion people in more than 193 countries.⁽²⁾⁽¹⁾⁽³⁾ The official theme for 2024 is ‘Planet vs. Plastics’. 2025 marks the 55th anniversary of Earth Day.

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What is the theme for Earth Day 2024?

Earth Day 2024: This year’s theme is “Planet versus plastics‘, which aims to raise public awareness of the harmful effects plastic pollution has on human health and the environment. Earth Day 2024: The planet commemorates the 54th Earth Day in April

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What is environmental vandalism:

Environmental crime is a illegal act which directly harms the environment. These illegal activities harm the environment, nature, biodiversity And natural resources. International bodies such as, G7, Interpol, European Union, United Nations Environment Programme, United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institutehave recognized the following environmental crimes:

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100 beeches cut down by vandals

‘Shocked’: Devon village in shock after felling of 100 centuries-old beech trees

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Outrage in Colton Raleigh after the government agency issued a permit to cut down the trees

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Trees cut down in ‘act of unspeakable vandalism’

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Victoria

Vandals damage the native birth tree sacred to the Djab Wurrung people of Victoria

Police are investigating the vandalism of a tree that was set to be demolished for a major road project ahead of major protests in western Victoria

Trees:

Joe Biden will ban logging in American primary forests in 2025

The Biden administration will take steps to protect forests of older trees from logging www.npr.org/…

Root and branch reforms: if carbon markets don’t work, how can we save our forests?

The world has sought offset programs to protect forests, fund conservation and fight the climate crisis – but many are falling short of their promises. Here are five ways to keep our forests standing

ENVIRONMENT

Mapped: share of the world’s forests by country

Trees and forests

‘The trees are trying to tell us things’: the ecologist who champions Britain’s ancient forests

Ted Green, conservation advisor to the crown estate in Windsor, has a provocative take on our ‘living heritage’

The Age of Extinction

‘Jewel in Britain’s wildlife crown’: Plan to restore rainforest welcomed by campaigners

Western Australia

WA bans commercial native logging because the state says it could save 20,000 square kilometers of forest

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The yew in the churchyard here is said to have the oldest tree in Britain, although its exact age is up for debate. Many argue that it is older than Christianity and some that it could even be older than Stonehenge.

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Deforestation in Colombia has fallen by 70 percent so far this year

Southern Frontlines: Latin America and the Caribbean

Don’t blame the trees! Saving forests is still the best way to save the planet

VEGETABLE

Top countries in terms of forest growth since 2001

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Europe

Poland has been ordered to stop logging in the ten oldest forest areas

a 700 year old forest is within sight of North America’s busiest highway, according to a biologist. Surprisingly, there are many small old-growth forests like this one right under our noses, but they are in danger of disappearing.

Doug Larson, professor emeritus of biology at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, is an expert on trees and deforestation. He and a team once discovered ancient trees hidden on cliffs near Ontario 401, where hundreds of thousands of cars are seen every day.

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More than 100,000 trees will be planted in Devon to boost the Celtic rainforest

National Trust says it hopes to create 50 hectares across three sites, close to remaining areas of rainforest

Message from King Charles on Christmas Day mentioning a replantable tree

In a nod to its green campaign, the living tree can be replanted after the broadcast and features sustainable decorations

Quantifying forest degradation requires a long-term approach at landscape level

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It took 10 years to grow this Christmas tree. The price? $105

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British tree saved from ax as people showed they loved it

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‘National shame’: protest after a tree estimated to be hundreds of years old was felled in Tasmania

Photos of a huge, centuries-old tree on the back of a logging truck Tasmania have prompted calls from environmentalists for Anthony Albanese to visit the area to see the damage being done to native forests.

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PUBLIC INTEREST

Federal old-growth forests should be promoted instead of cut down

Climate/Nature

Could 2024 be the year that natural rights enter the political mainstream?

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A movement is growing to give legal rights and political representation to non-human animals, species and places

It’s not game over – it’s game on: why 2024 is a turning point for the climate crisis

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Britain’s use of gas and coal for electricity is at its lowest level since 1957, figures show

Fossil fuel plants contributed about a third of the electricity supply in 2023 and renewable energy sources a record 42%

Social media platforms face an £18 million fine for publishing animal cruelty content

Following a change to the Online Safety Act, tech companies will have to proactively prevent the posting of material that facilitates the torture of animals

Flowers everywhere? Britain’s ambitious wildlife recovery plan is at risk

The government’s pilot project, which starts this month, promises to protect and increase biodiversity, but remains dogged by delays and uncertainty

Wood burning is pollution!

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What is the theme for Earth Day 2024?

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What is environmental vandalism:

100 beeches cut down by vandals

Trees cut down in ‘act of unspeakable vandalism’

Vandals damage the native birth tree sacred to the Djab Wurrung people of Victoria

Trees:

Joe Biden will ban logging in American primary forests in 2025

ENVIRONMENT

VEGETABLE

Climate/Nature

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