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Biodiversity is a term used to describe the enormous variety of life on Earth. It can be used more specifically to refer to all of the species in one region or ecosystem. Biodiversity refers to every living thing, including plants, bacteria, animals, and humans. Scientists have estimated that there are around 8.7 million species of plants and animals in existence. However, only around 1.2 million species have been identified and described so far, most of which are insects. This means that millions of other organisms remain a complete mystery.

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[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 6 days ago

Do you know why greece is so barren? Because in antiquity they chopped all the trees for their navy

[–] Hircine@lemm.ee 8 points 6 days ago

2024 cost US 500 billion in hurricane costs. and how to you counter that, plant more trees not cut them down. he is the biggest clown in human history

[–] Kalysta@lemm.ee 3 points 6 days ago

Teddy Roosevelt is rolling in his grave.

[–] ZeroGravitas@lemm.ee 225 points 1 week ago (12 children)

Everything else aside... What the fuck is so urgent about cutting down forests that you need a emergency order to green-light it?

[–] EmptySlime@lemmy.blahaj.zone 237 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Nothing. The "emergency order" is entirely so he doesn't have to go through Congress to do it.

[–] TwinTitans@lemmy.world 88 points 1 week ago (2 children)

“I can do anything I want if it’s an emergency!”

[–] Val@lemmy.blahaj.zone 49 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Dang i wonder if we can find example of emergency powers eroding democracy in the past now...

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[–] Mog_fanatic@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Quickly becoming his go to play. It's how he pushed through tariffs and how he was able to auto deport all those people. There's probably more that I'm unaware of but the amount of national emergencies the man has declared so far is kinda crazy

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Almost like they're fully comforatble with reckless corruption.

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Building "freedom cities" for billionaires, maybe. In his '23 announcement, it specifically stated:

Freedom Cities will be built on federal land that is undeveloped and not part of any of our country’s magnificent national parks or other natural treasures.

Which I assume means they'll be built on your parks?

(for anyone scrolling past like, "wtf are freedom cities" - it's feudalism. The Company Town. Literally lords and serfs type shit. Plenty of good places to read more about it, but here's one to start.)

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[–] Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works 109 points 1 week ago (23 children)

In 200 years people will ask in disbelief why such old forests were logged down.

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 92 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 week ago

We know why. Because Trump sees no value in anything beyond being right. He is right to tariff Canada, because the Canadians are mean. And he is right to have national parks stripped bare, because Canada is tariffed. It's just flawless logic. /s

[–] oxysis@lemm.ee 28 points 1 week ago (3 children)

That’s if the planet survives till then, which at the rate things are going no way we make it that long

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The planet will be just fine. I'd wager that life will continue, the earth will still be filled with living creatures for a long time to come.

It just won't include us. Or most of the things we care about.

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[–] klemptor@startrek.website 75 points 1 week ago

I love that this map still has the Gulf of Mexico.

I hate that this will be done to our national forests. They're a natural treasure and should be protected for so many reasons.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 71 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It was nice to have a planet while it lasted, I guess.

[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 week ago (21 children)

Don't worry. The planet will be fine. We may not be around, but life will persist.

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[–] SPRUNT@lemmy.world 66 points 1 week ago (14 children)

Remember: a can of expanding foam can disable most any vehicle when sprayed in the right places.

[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Do chainsaws still snap and maim their wielders when they hit rebar in trees?

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 49 points 1 week ago (3 children)

They sure do! And they still ruin expensive lumber mill equipment. Just a few trees can make an entire logging job unprofitable and not worth the risk.

Bonus, it's a felony to spike a tree, so you'd qualify for being president as well!

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[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 65 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

Once again, we find out most of the past presidents just obeyed decorum and norms... Did no one consider that a bad-faith president would just say, "uh...'EMERGENCY!' " then he's allowed to bypass Congress and just do whatever the fuck he wants!?

[–] LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago (4 children)

This needs to be turned against him. Obviously through the courts would be ideal. But at least in terms of the media juxtaposing his emergency declarations with his golfing.

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[–] KulunkelBoom@lemm.ee 64 points 1 week ago (5 children)

"Emergency orders" designed to protect this country in case we're attacked are being used by presidents to sidestep the constitutional as it regards separation of powers. It's about time this shit came to an end also.

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[–] leds@feddit.dk 58 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Fuck, some of that will be last remaining old growth, forever lost

[–] parricc@lemmy.world 57 points 1 week ago (6 children)

That includes almost all remaining old growth forests. Almost all of the areas he chose are old growth forests. Here's a map of all remaining old growth forests in the US for comparison.

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[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 58 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 47 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not happy with destroying our society anymore. Now they have to physically destroy our country.

This is what happens when you allow conservatives to have control.

I'd ask Americans to make better decisions going forward, but we all know that isn't happening.

RIP.

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[–] index@sh.itjust.works 46 points 1 week ago (5 children)
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[–] AlexLost@lemm.ee 42 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It's an emergency!! We need lumber for... Things. Quick!

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[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 38 points 1 week ago (4 children)

What’s the emergency? Climate change isn’t catastrophic enough yet?

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[–] isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de 36 points 1 week ago (1 children)

do you remember when in minecraft you chopped down a forest for wood and didn't replant it? remember how you had to go to triple the distance to find another one, wasting even more time?

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[–] WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 36 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

“I think that I now understand what he is up to. He is plotting to become a Power. He Has a Mind of Metal and Wheels; and He Does Not Care For Growing Things.

Come, my friends. The Ents are going to war. It is likely that we go to our doom.”

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[–] 1995ToyotaCorolla@lemmy.world 35 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This motherfucker wants to clear cut the boundary waters. All these special areas destroyed because they're not a beach side golf course or some tacky casino.

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[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 24 points 1 week ago (6 children)

since Canadian lumber has a tariff making it so expensive now they will chop down the US forests for the value of lumber is high

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[–] kingofras@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (28 children)

This is the exact same tactic this regime will use on the 20th of April to declare martial law. I’m really curious how long it took the Germans in the late 1930’s to call it what it was.

This is a coup d’etat. Lots of people will die. The regime - even if DJT dies or gets shot - will go on. There won’t be any more fair elections. I hope these protests go from 5 million to 10 million on Saturday, because only a mass movement can stop this.

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