Nature holds the key to aesthetic, cognitive, even spiritual satisfaction. E. Wilson
TREE PLANTING - PROJECT
TERRAFORMING :
BACKGROUND LINKS:
Oliver's Twitter Thread on Terraforming:
https://x.com/Olivergill4B/status/1931087019293151364
Terraforming Earth: How to Wreck a Planet in 3,000 Years (Part 1). By Ed Grabianowski.
The Global Tree Assessment provides a multifaceted view on the future of tree diversity conservation.
https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ppp3.10392
Trees in Uganda with Katongole Talik.
https://x.com/violin4all/status/1932819718693662913
Invasive Nature
https://cosmobiota.substack.com/p/invasive-nature
Nature-based solutions for climate change mitigation. UNEP, 2021.
mitigation.
https://wedocs.unep.org/xmlui/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/37318/NBSCCM.pdf
Archeology, deep history, and the human transformation of island ecosystems.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213305413000106
Can ‘nature-based solutions’ help address climate change?
https://www.carbonbrief.org/qa-can-nature-based-solutions-help-address-climate-change/
Review of Ecological Effects of Roads on Terrestrial and Aquatic Communities.
https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1523-1739.2000.99084.x
CLIMATE CHANGE:
The 2024 State of the Climate Report: Perilous Times on Planet Earth. December 2024.
https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/74/12/812/7808595?login=false
Defining the Anthropocene:
https://www.nature.com/articles/536251a
BIODIVERSITY / EARTH SYSTEMS:
Earth at Risk: An Urgent Call to End the Age of Destruction and Forge a Just and Sustainable Future. April 2024.
https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/3/4/pgae106/7638480
Earth Beyond Six of the Nine Planetary Boundaries. September 2023.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adh2458
The Strength of the Yellowstone Trophic Cascade After Wolf Reintroduction
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989425000290?via%3Dihub
A “Global Safety Net” to reverse biodiversity loss and stabilize Earth’s climate.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abb2824
An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm.
https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/67/6/534/3102935?login=false
An Analysis of the Potential for the Formation of ‘Nodes of Persisting Complexity’ published in the journal Sustainability, explains how a combination of ecological destruction, limited resources, and population growth could trigger a reduction in the overall complexity of civilization, with climate change serving as a “risk multiplier”, exacerbating existing trends.
CONSERVATION:
Conservation Biology.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/conservation-biology
Conservation Efforts, Contemporary.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123847195003129#aep-abstract-id6