A Hotter Future Is Certain, but How Hot Is Up to Us.

[Sean de Silva]

It's a sad thing that the relevant public authorities don't really care or value nature over here.
Just a few days ago I could see a large portion of trees on one of the hills near Goregoan in Mumbai shaved off I guess in the name of development. These hills are the homes to leopards and other wild animals and designated as forest area. But human encroachment is ever expanding at an inconvenience to other living beings.

Vote for clowns. Expect a circus.

 

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It's a sad thing that the relevant public authorities don't really care or value nature over here.
Just a few days ago I could see a large portion of trees on one of the hills near Goregoan in Mumbai shaved off I guess in the name of development. These hills are the homes to leopards and other wild animals and designated as forest area. But human encroachment is ever expanding at an inconvenience to other living beings.

They Plunder with impunity as most people are afraid to raise their voices. Tragic times we live in.

 

[Nitin K]

The irony is that people pay a lot to get away for a few days in a hill station surrounded by nature to escape the concrete jungle. Only if our concrete jungle had more trees, it would be a respite.

 

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The irony is that people pay a lot to get away for a few days in a hill station surrounded by nature to escape the concrete jungle. Only if our concrete jungle had more trees, it would be a respite.

Currently there is no money to be made in planting trees and creating green spaces in our urban landscapes.
Cutting old trees and making money selling the wood is lucrative for small time contractors (obligatory kickbacks of course)
Once the entry to parks and green spaces is charged fees, I think there will be big money players showing interest in this as profit making opportunities. It has happened with highway toll taxes being normalised within a few years. So…

 

[Nitin K]

Very true. The mindless branch cutting is rampant during summer time. Probably they sell to the cemeteries.

 

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Kenya’s cities adopt Miyawaki method to restore lost ecological glory​

Kenya’s cities adopt Miyawaki method to restore lost ecological glory

NAIROBI, Kenya — Many African cities are now characterized by deafening traffic noises and suffocating gas emissions, and are becoming limitless concrete jungles as urbanization takes hold and human settlements squeeze out natural forests. But, in Kenya’s capital city of Nairobi, a unique...

news.mongabay.com

 

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Global soil moisture in ‘permanent’ decline due to climate change​

Global soil moisture in 'permanent' decline due to climate change - Carbon Brief

A new study warns that global declines in soil moisture over the 21st century could mark a “permanent” shift in the world’s water cycle.

www.carbonbrief.org