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Digest of Socio-Ecological Union International for December 25, 2021. №40
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Опубликовано Святослав Забелин - 25.12.21
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Digest of Socio-Ecological Union International for December 25, 2021. №40
In the year of its 33rd anniversary (24.12.1988), the Socio-Ecological Union has taken another powerful step to strengthen the environmental and human rights movement in Russia. The program of the Russian Socio-Ecological Union to support eco-activists and the All-Russian environmental movement "WE LIVE HERE!" launched a joint initiative to support environmental activists - the Ecological Crisis Group (ECG).
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Now, a study published in
Deforestation in Venezuela for cattle ranching. Christiane Pelda / CC BY-SA 3.0
The researchers were interested in how fast
Microbes in oceans and soils across the globe are evolving to eat plastic, according to a study. The research scanned more than 200m genes found in DNA samples taken from the environment and found 30,000 different enzymes that could degrade 10 different types of plastic. The study is the first large-scale global assessment of the plastic-degrading potential of bacteria and found that one in four of the organisms analysed carried a suitable enzyme. The researchers found that the number and type of enzymes they discovered matched the amount and type of plastic pollution in different locations. The results “provide evidence of a measurable effect of plastic pollution on the global microbial ecology”, the scientists said. Millions of tonnes of plastic are dumped in the environment every year, and the pollution now pervades the planet, from the
Plastic washed ashore on Berawa Beach, Bali, Indonesia. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
Reducing the amount of plastic used is vital, as is the proper collection and treatment of waste. But many plastics are currently hard to degrade and recycle. Using enzymes to rapidly break down plastics into their building blocks would enable new products to be made from old ones, cutting the need for virgin plastic production. The new research provides many new enzymes to be investigated and adapted for industrial use. “We found multiple lines of evidence supporting the fact that the global microbiome’s plastic-degrading potential correlates strongly with measurements of environmental plastic pollution – a significant demonstration of how the environment is responding to the pressures we are placing on it,” said Prof Aleksej Zelezniak, at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden.
In November, New Yorkers voted to
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With the passage of this amendment, New York joins Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Montana, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island, which all have similar constitutional provisions for environmental protection. The measure received
The Italian Senate has voted to approve an
Mink look out from their cage at a farm in Denmark on Nov. 6, 2020. MADS CLAUS RASMUSSEN / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP via Getty Images
Following approval of the resolution by Parliament, Italy will become the 16th European country to ban fur farming. The amendment requires all active fur farms in Italy be closed by June 30, 2022. It also includes an immediate ban on the breeding of mink, foxes, raccoon dogs and chinchillas, according to Humane Society International. To help ease the transition,
The rights of nature prevailed in Ecuador. Ecuador’s highest court has ruled that plans to mine for metal in a protected cloud forest violate the rights of nature – a landmark decision described as a “historic victory” for the planet. Los Cedros cloud forest in the north-east of the country is a hotbed of biodiversity, home to spider monkeys, rare orchids and hundreds of bird species.
Image: The Other Kev
It also holds deposits of copper and gold, which Ecuador’s national mining company – Enami EP – had been given permits to extract. Those permits are now being revoked after Ecuador’s constitutional court ruled that mining in the reserve would violate the rights of nature, which were enshrined in the country’s constitution in 2008 – a world first. Until this week, those rights had yet to translate into legal rulings. “This is a historic victory in favour of nature,” said Natalia Greene of the
Elusive Andean cat, thought to exist only in extremely remote rocky outcrops, caught on camera close to Santiago city. On the screen displaying the conservationist’s latest video capture is an
Looking a little like a miniature snow leopard, the 4kg (9lb) male enters the frame and begins spray-marking the shrubs at the base of the cliff, before stealing away through sharp rocks with his banded brown and grey tail aloft. Segura is excited for many reasons. With a shrinking population of
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