Tag Archives: pristine land

Africa: Blood and Rare Earths

Posted on December 5, 2025 by borderslynn

The ‘Peace Accord’: https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2025/12/signing-of-the-washington-accords-for-peace-and-prosperity-between-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-and-rwanda Summary: The conflict between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the M23 rebel group involves ongoing fighting primarily in the eastern regions, particularly North Kivu, where M23 has captured significant territories, including the city of … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Africa, conflict, deals, DRC, ecological harm, genocide, Great Lakes, Gulf States, human displacement, human misery, land grabs, mining, neodymium, Peace Accord, pristine land, rare earths, Rwanda, trade, Trump administration, USA, war | Leave a comment

Climate change, sea levels rising, countries sinking

Posted on August 29, 2025 by borderslynn

In past blogs I have written about land which sank beneath the oceans after the Ice Age melt began over 10,000 years ago. Now the world knows the Arctic and Antarctic ice caps are melting and sea levels are rising … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Arctic melt, Boreal Forest, burn scars, climate change evidence, datacenters, drought, emissions, energy production, fooding, fossil fuels, glacier melt, human activity induced apocalyptic fires, human suffering, indigenous peoples, infrastructure destruction, loss of home, methane, migration, natural cycke of fires, permafrost melt, petroleum industry, pristine land, recognition of harm, responsibility, sea level rises, shrinking resources, sinking land, sovereignty, submerged land, survival, survival of humanity, threat, wildfires | Leave a comment

Loss

Posted on September 1, 2023 by borderslynn

I begin by quoting a paragraph from the newsletter of Butterfly Conservation: Sadly, as our State of Butterflies 2022 reported earlier this year, 80% of butterfly species have decreased since the 1980’s – this drop is telling us that our … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Amazon forest, ban oil, biodiversity, Ecuador, fossil fuels, guardians, human rights, indigenous people, law, oil DRILLING, persecution, pristine land, protection of wilderness | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: pristine land

Africa: Blood and Rare Earths

Climate change, sea levels rising, countries sinking

Loss

Where did we come from? Where are we going?