No better way to spend a weekend than with the @norfolkponds.bsky.social

Norfolk Ponds Project@norfolkponds.bsky.social · 8mo ago

3 days of #pond management completed. We worked on 8 ponds that we restored over the last 10 years. Removing scrub is alot of fun & hugely benefits the ponds & so many species spanning plants, invertebrates, amphibians & mammals. *Thanks so much to all our brill volunteers*

I am pleased to promote this research - our Congo peatlands research into how to protect the peatlands and the livelihoods they support. My thanks to all the colleagues and stakeholders who made this research possible.

CongoPeat@congopeat.bsky.social · 10mo ago

📣Out now! A 🆕 report building on long-term #CongoPeat research is published. 🔗Developing options to protect the central Congo peatlands and livelihoods of peatland-dependent communities congopeat.net/new-report/ #PeatlandsMatter #CongoBasin

60% of African energy is expected to come from fossil fuels by 204. The Congo Energy and Investment Forum this month is all about oil. Where is the investment in renewables? energycapitalpower.com/arda-ceo-to-...

ARDA CEO to Speak at CEIF 2025, Downstream Projects in Focus

Anibor Kragha, Executive Secretary and CEO of the African Refiners and Distributors Association, will participate as a speaker at the inaugural Congo Energy & Investment Forum this March in Brazzavill...

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By 2027 £6bn will be cut from the UK aid budget. This says that given multilateral commitments, UK spending on refugees & research & humanitarian aid, there is simply nothing left for health, education, women’s and peacebuilding programmes - ie international development www.cgdev.org/blog/breakin...

Breaking Down Prime Minister Starmer’s Aid Cut

Yesterday, the UK’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced that he would fund an increase in the UK’s defence spending by cutting to its aid budget from 0.5 percent of gross national income (GNI) now, ...

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NEW: Elon Musk’s Starlink is being used at scam compounds that have fleeced billions from people around the world, a @WIRED investigation shows Between November 2024 and Feb, hundreds of phones at eight scam compounds in Myanmar logged 40,000 uses of Starlink, mobile data shows

Elon Musk’s Starlink Is Keeping Modern Slavery Compounds Online

A WIRED investigation reveals that criminals who make billions from scam compounds in Myanmar—where tens of thousands of people are enslaved—are using Starlink to get online.

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Hi @royalsociety.org I don’t think Elon Musk can remain a Fellow of the Royal Society given he is actively and deliberately shrinking the science base of the US.