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Nearly 80% of Peru’s forests are illegally cut down for logging, decimating the land, wildlife and communities. Deep in the Amazon, we helped establish a farming project that does more than simply grow beautiful ingredients, like critically endangered rosewood. More than 40% of its growth is simply to promote biodiversity to help protect forests in the area.
Protections for the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska have been reinstated 🎉 The new rule reinstates the logging and road-building ban that was stripped away in 2020. Thanks to YOU for signing petitions to protect this 16 million acre forest!
More than 600 pizzerias across the U.S. support their local hunger relief organizations serving their community 🍕 Curious if your favorite is onboard? We're doing even more to help the hungry as National Pizza Day approaches on February 9. Details 🔗☝️
The increase of electric vehicles on the road has scientists searching for materials to make sustainable batteries. The material that makes trees "woody," called lignin, is shaping up to be a contender.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20221215-the-batteries-made-from-wood
📸: Stora Enso