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Prof Rachael Garrett

@rachgarr.bsky.social
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Prof of Conservation & Development @Cambridge_uni; feminist & anti-racist. food systems; supply chains; conservation; tropics; sociobioeconomies; GLP SSC co-chair @glp-earth.bsky.social

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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 30/07/2026
++BREAKING++ The UK and Spanish governments have issued a joint statement overnight: "[We] agreed that this summer’s wildfires demonstrated that climate change was now a national security emergency facing Europe and threatening our way of life." www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Yago Santos @yrs-pa.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
O desmatamento nunca foi o único problema, mas era o maior. Agora temos menos floresta a cada ano e mais degradação rolando. Um tipo gigante agora é fogo. A @erikaberenguer.bsky.social deu o papo aqui no vídeo youtu.be/jy3X8jwB6U4?...
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Amazônia à prova de fogo | Erika Berenguer | TEDxAmazônia | Erika Berenguer | TEDxAmazônia
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Prof Rachael Garrett @rachgarr.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
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Deforestation policies do not reduce forest degradation in the Brazilian Amazon
This study examines whether policies aimed at reducing deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon are also effective at limiting forest degradation. While deforestation refers to the complete clearing of f...
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Prof Rachael Garrett @rachgarr.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Great coverage by @cam.ac.uk www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
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Deforestation policies are failing to protect against a potentially bigger threat to the Brazilian Amazon
Antonio has spent the past seven years running toward fires that most others run from. A firefighter in the Brazilian Amazon since 2019, he works inside the
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Prof Rachael Garrett @rachgarr.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
If we’re serious about protecting the Amazon, policy needs to go beyond just clearing and address the more subtle, widespread forms of forest loss. Lead author Federico Cammelli w/ Florian Gollnow; @samlevy.bsky.social Holly Gibbs & Matthieu Stigler @conservation.cam.ac.uk
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Prof Rachael Garrett @rachgarr.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Focusing on 4 policies in the Brazilian Amazon we show that deforestation-focused policies don’t significantly reduce degradation. Worse, a focus on deforestation alone may be increasing degradation, a form of cross-sector leakage - e.g., driving more investment in logging, rather than clearing.
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Prof Rachael Garrett @rachgarr.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
New article by our group in @pnas.org 📄🌳 We often focus on stopping deforestation —but what about forest degradation? Are existing deforestation policies offering any protection against this problem? www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #Amazon #Deforestation #ClimatePolicy #Conservation
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Deforestation-focused policies do not reduce degradation in the Brazilian Amazon | PNAS
Forest degradation causes large declines in carbon stocks, biodiversity, and ecosystem services, despite leaving some trees standing. Over the past...
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Prof Rachael Garrett @rachgarr.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
oh sorry i just saw this. i'm away this week!
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
You cannot talk like this about any other minority in America. And if it was any other president’s adviser who said something like this about any other minority, it’d be the instant end of their presidency.
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Eos @eos.org · 13/02/2026
For interdisciplinary scientists lacking a home, one path forward is building a new community of researchers with shared interests, say Laura Vang Rasmussen, @rachgarr.bsky.social, @sofiananni.bsky.social, @nramankutty.bsky.social, & Ariane de Bremond @glp-earth.bsky.social. eos.org/opinions/cre...
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Creating Communities to Help Interdisciplinary Scientists Thrive - Eos
Solving complex challenges often requires diverse expertise, but skepticism remains within traditional academic institutions and mindsets regarding interdisciplinary science and scientists.
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Prof Rachael Garrett @rachgarr.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Almost as remarkable as the flooding is having a public service that actually functions. There are crazy floods often in the us and people are largely on their own. #climate change
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Prof Rachael Garrett @rachgarr.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Nobel prize is about as good an indicator of morality as the fifa peace prize.
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Prof Rachael Garrett @rachgarr.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Thank goodness www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
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Video: First Vehicles Cross Reopened Gaza Border
The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt reopened Monday after having been largely closed since May 2024. It allowed some Gazans who had fled during the war to return. Sick and wounded people ...
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Ben Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Billionaires are 4,000 times more likely to hold political office than ordinary people. Over half of the world’s largest media companies have billionaire owners. 9 of the top 10 social media companies are run by just six billionaires. 📖 oi-files-d8-prod.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/...
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Ben Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
New Oxfam Inequality report just dropped: Billionaire wealth has grown by 80% since 2020. The world’s 12 richest billionaires have more wealth than the poorest half of humanity. Elon Musk is the first ever person to have over half a trillion dollars wealth.
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rehamelsakka.bsky.social @rehamelsakka.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Hello friends! Thank you for all of your help and support. My children were so excited for fresh eggs we were able to get with donations and I would love for them to feel this excitement again. www.gofundme.com/f/reham-and-...
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Prof Rachael Garrett @rachgarr.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Imagine setting out in a desperate attempt to save your loved ones from starving and being shot in the back as you carry a bag of flower. No, I will #neverforget.
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Prof Rachael Garrett @rachgarr.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Can we just start referring to him as piggy now?
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Jonatan Hildén @jhilden.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Tämä lienee jo tuttu
Climate summit:
What if it is a Big hoax and we create a Better world for nothing
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Ben Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
The Israeli army killed Gaza civilians in a free-for-all, say ... ... Israeli soldiers who served there.
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Prof Rachael Garrett @rachgarr.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Congrats to this group!
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 06/11/2025
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
On average Meta shows its platforms’ users an estimated 15 billion “higher risk” scam advertisements every day. (Meta earns about $7 billion in annualized revenue from this category of scam ads each year.) www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
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Andy Revkin 🌎 ✍🏼 🪕 ☮️ revkin.substack.com @revkin.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Gutsy and fascinating work developing a chicken pain index, in essence, as a path to more ethical animal-agriculture futures in a protein-hungry world by @cleoverk.bsky.social 🧪🐓. Paper and summary: 🧵
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Prof Rachael Garrett @rachgarr.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
So needed!
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
"In total, the Gates Foundation (formerly known as the The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) has donated $3,519,491 to Lomborg’s think tank. The most recent tax filing on record includes a 2022 donation to the Copenhagen Consensus Center worth $1.25 million" - @rtakver.bsky.social, @desmog.com
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Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
😢 "Perhaps the most striking findings is that the British public vastly overestimates the cost getting to net zero by almost 14,000%, fueling scepticism & a reluctance to pay. On average, they estimate it will need 28% of GDP by 2050, compared to @thecccuk.bsky.social forecast of just 0.2%"
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Are the advocates for net zero losing the fight?
The cost of misunderstanding: How public perception shapes the net zero debate
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Prof Rachael Garrett @rachgarr.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
@lailaberning.bsky.social congratulations on your stellar defense today!!
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Prof Rachael Garrett @rachgarr.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
ICMY ‼️ GLP land system science experts published our 8️⃣ policy principles for sustainable & just land systems. Following these principles from agenda setting to formulation to implementation can help improve land policy. @glp-earth.bsky.social @royalsociety.org @camunigeography.bsky.social
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Prof Rachael Garrett @rachgarr.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
#USA2025 How to Make Sense of the Federal Forces on the Streets www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Who Are the Federal Forces Behind Trump’s Mass Deportations and Crime Crackdown?
As President Trump deploys ICE, Border Patrol, the National Guard and other forces to U.S. cities, here’s how to tell them apart — and what their powers are.
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Erle Ellis @erleellis.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Policy principles for sustainable and just land systems @rachgarr.bsky.social etal. @royalsociety.org royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10....
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Prof Rachael Garrett @rachgarr.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
That's 250 million not going to helping people. @senategop.govpeeps.us @houserepublicans.bsky.social This is how you serve your country? What a joke.
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Prof Rachael Garrett @rachgarr.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
@conservation.cam.ac.uk @camunigeography.bsky.social @homertoncollege.bsky.social
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Prof Rachael Garrett @rachgarr.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
The study revealed how international #diplomacy and advocacy by civil society have been pivotal in creating the awareness and demand for political leadership to emerge. Moving to the 2010s, #Indigenous rights were seen as an important complement to political will and law enforcement."
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Prof Rachael Garrett @rachgarr.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Public write up of our recent @consletters.bsky.social paper. "Our results were clear: across both countries, our experts judged that #political will and #law enforcement were by far the most important factors for protecting #forests... theconversation.com/protecting-b...
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Protecting Brazil and Indonesia’s tropical forests requires political will, law enforcement and public pressure
How Brazil and Indonesia have cut down on deforestation.
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Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
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Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”
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Jennie Kermode @jenniekermode.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Baha and Samaa have worked hard to make their tent into a nice home for their girls, but it provides neither shade nor insulation, it's infested with insects, and they're all suffering from the effects of malnutrition. Please help. gofund.me/db56c7ce3 @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social 🍉
A Palestinian man adjusts the doorway of a tent whilst a smiling Palestinian woman sits just inside it.
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 24/09/2025
🚨🇪🇸 Breaking: Spain has dispatched a navy vessel to support the Global Sumud Flotilla heading to Gaza. Speaking from New York, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Spain “condemns the genocide” in Gaza and demanded Israel uphold international law and allow Spanish citizens to sail safely in the...
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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Reporting here: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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Israel attack on Yemeni newspaper was second deadliest on journalists ever recorded
Press freedom group says ‘brutal and unjustified attack’ is deadliest since 2009 Maguindanao massacre in Philippines
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National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
The age of warnings is over. The climate and nature crisis is already here, threatening our food, health and national security. On 27 Nov, top UK experts deliver the official briefing our leaders urgently need. Make sure your MP attends❗️ #TimeToStepUp www.nebriefing.org
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Prof Rachael Garrett @rachgarr.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
As we say: ⭐ #optimism “..people get so disheartened after all of these international climate agreements because they don’t see instantaneous improvement. But it speaks to how this pressure [by conservationists and the public] is still really important.”
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Prof Rachael Garrett @rachgarr.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Read the fantastic @mongabay.com coverage: news.mongabay.com/2025/07/wher...
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Where there’s political will, there’s a way to stop tropical deforestation, study finds
Political will is among the most important factors in preventing tropical deforestation, according to a group of experts surveyed for a new study — with strong political commitment often arising out o...
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Prof Rachael Garrett @rachgarr.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
🧭 The bottom line? Conservation trends come and go, but lasting change depends on sustained public, civic, and international pressure over the long term. This is especially important for protecting forests when political will wanes, as in the Brazilian Amazon in the late 2010s.
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Prof Rachael Garrett @rachgarr.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Our approach spotlighted less tangible drivers of forest protection that are vital for generating political will but often more difficult to evaluate than discrete policy interventions: 🗣️ Civil society advocacy 🌍 International diplomacy 📢 Public awareness
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Prof Rachael Garrett @rachgarr.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
‼️ We find political will and law enforcement were by far the most critical factors in both regions. But how does political will emerge?
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Prof Rachael Garrett @rachgarr.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Our new study, led by Joss Lyons-White, @spencerthink.bsky.social, & myself in Conservation Letters, asked 36 experts in forest conservation across the Brazilian Amazon & Indonesia what factors have mattered most for protecting forests in these countries
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