Ancient pueblo ruins and the San Francisco Mountains, Wupatki National Monument, northwest Arizona. April 1984.
Ancient pueblo ruins and the San Francisco Mountains, Wupatki National Monument, northwest Arizona. April 1984.
Regarding the US Government emergency designation in early April ... to roll back environmental safeguards around future logging projects:
I compared the map of affected national forests:
https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/forest-health-fuels-emergency-lands.pdf
(see screenshot #1)
...with a map of national forests (and grasslands) in New Mexico:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Mexico_National_Forest_Map.gif
(see graphic #2)
The overwhelming majority of national forest acreage in New Mexico is affected. :-(
China restores Belgium-sized grasslands annually https://www.byteseu.com/950119/ #Belgium #China #grassland #restoration
https://www.europesays.com/2016837/ China restores Belgium-sized grasslands annually-Xinhua #België #belgien #Belgique #belgium #China #grassland #Nachrichten #Nieuws #Nouvelles #restoration
A simple scene of two pines, one strong and tall, the other leaning and broken.
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#photography #naturephotography #woodland #grassland #thehighlandsgr #grandrapids #olympusem5mkii #olympus75300ii
Restored Grasslands Need 75+ Years for Biodiversity to Recover, Study Finds https://www.ecowatch.com/grasslands-restoration-biodiversity-timeline.html
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Small-sized soil organisms drive the legacy of #soil addition in a degraded #grassland
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Small-sized soil organisms drive the legacy of #soil addition in a degraded #grassland
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Small-sized soil organisms drive the legacy of #soil addition in a degraded #grassland
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Recovered grasslands need more than 75 years of continuous management to regain their biodiversity because specialized pollinators are slow to return.
#science #grassland #biodiversity #bees
https://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/en/news/article/20250313-66498/?utm_source=EA&utm_medium=WEB
Shijie Ning et al. investigated the response of #Grassland #AbovegroundNetPrimaryProductivity (ANPP) to naturally occurring #PrecipitationExtremes, found that #ExtremeDrought decreased ANPP by an average of 40%, while #ExtremeWetness had a neutral effect on ANPP. The aridity-dependent response of ANPP to precipitation extremes demonstrates the ambient #Climate-dependent resistance of grasslands to these events.
Details: https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtae084
The image is a black and white photograph depicting tall grasses or reeds bending in the wind against a light sky background. The composition is minimalistic, with the grasses taking up the lower portion of the image and the sky filling the rest. There are no prominent objects or figures, creating a serene and natural scene.
#Minimalism #NatureLovers #Serenity #BlackAndWhite #Grassland #Monochrome #PeacefulMoment #OutdoorVibes #NaturePhotography #CalmScenes
„Wir können hier nur Gras anbauen“: Die traditionelle Grasland-Erzählung wird erschüttert
Online veröffentlicht von Cambridge University
#govegan #vegan #ethik #Klimakatastrophe #plantbased
#Weide #Grasland #grassland #landwirtschaft #Tierwohl #Ernährung
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/rural-history/article/we-can-only-grow-grass-here-unsettling-the-traditionality-of-grassland-narrative/DD2BCD40EA3997C1A8513C339E21DCA6
The common #farming view that #grassland regions are only good for #livestock amounts to a simplistic traditionality narrative that may discount the potential of these regions to align food production with balanced, diverse & #sustainable consumption… (1/2) doi.org/10.1017/S095... #cattle #grazing
‘We can only grow grass here’:...
The common #farming view that #grassland regions are only good for #livestock amounts to a simplistic traditionality narrative that may discount the potential of these regions to align food production with balanced, diverse & #sustainable consumption. The narrative about what land is good for has been shaped as much by mutable human-made limitations and the #policy responses to them, as by the inherent qualities of land & soil types: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0956793324000219 #landuse #cattle #grazing #meat #dairy