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Sometimes Nature is Rough. They gotta decide who is G.O.A.T

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Oh dear, oh my . . . is This a TEST ?! you tell me 'OpEn W I D E . . .' Ok, all right - am try my best, (my nervousness can't hide...) a 'temperature' you take from me ? ...is it too high or low ?! . . . I don't know What it otter be... ...am doubt ... I just don't know . . .

How can it be simultaneously indifferent, judgmental, and endearing?

The Divine Forest Awesome Video

Awesome Video of the Divine Forest

Get back to nature, people...it really is good for the soul!

Dusky Dolphins. Kaikoura, New Zealand

She is shy for a while but gets the confidence to take her snack

These Dolphins found in New Zealand waters can help you have a calm day and relax a bit.

Forests contribute to climate stability in many important ways, including creating regular rainfall patterns. If you are experiencing drought in your area, it may well be because of deforestation.

How do ecosystems affect atmospheric carbon? It turns out they keep the atmosphere in balance more than one might think.

Regenerative agricultural practices have enormous potential in stabilizing the climate. What will it take to implement these practices across the board?

In this video, we explore why maintaining a healthy water cycle may be much more important for the health of the climate than people realize. In case you are wondering, I'm not suggesting that the greenhouse effect due to CO2 or methane is insignificant. But I do think that the importance of the water cycle has been grossly under-emphasized, and should occupy a more central position in environmental discourse.

Simple and Special Winter Tree painting technique

In this video we explain a common method, stratified random block count, for estimating the number of moose in an area. This is the standard method used in British Columbia for counting moose.

What are nitrogen fixing plants, and why use them over nitrogen fertilizer? This video answers this question through an explanation of the nitrogen cycle.

Regenerative agriculture is an effective way to restore biodiversity and stabilize the climate, but what exactly is it? This video explores three different regenerative practices that have great potential both in food production and in healing the land.

IUCN CEM Ecosystem Restoration Thematic Group Webinar Series Keys to Improving Outcomes of Tree Planting Campaigns Karen Holl, Environmental Studies Department, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA Pedro Brancalion, Department of Forest Sciences, “Luiz de Queiroz” College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, Brazil Matthew Fagan, Department of Geography and Environmental Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA

IOM Restoring Haiti's Ravaged Forests For the past five years IOM has helped produce and plant over 1 million trees in Petit Goave.

Land use policies can at times result in unintended consequences, often at the expense of entire ecosystems. This video on the privatization of land in and around the Mara-Serengeti in Kenya and Tanzania demonstrates how disease can spread when wildlife, livestock and humans cross over into each others' spaces. An integrated One Health approach in the management of landscapes can help mitigate or prevent disruption of these inter-related environments.

The Ituri forest in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo is rich in wildlife and important mineral resources. The quest for wealth and food attracts miners, poachers and armed militias to the Okapi Wildlife Reserve. Find out how the Sustainable Wildlife Management (SWM) Programme is trying to reduce pressures on the Reserve, improve food security and achieve sustainable levels of hunting in the region. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the SWM Programme is being coordinated by the Wildlife Conservation Society. The SWM Programme is an Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States initiative, funded by the European Union with co-funding from the French Facility for Global Environment and the French Development Agency.

Fish and wildlife are an integral part of the indigenous culture and diet in the Rupununi region of Guyana, which borders Brazil and Venezuela. However, threats to the Rupununi’s rich biodiversity are increasing as the area becomes more accessible and new economic activities take off. The Sustainable Wildlife Management (SWM) Programme has been established to address these challenges and improve the conservation and sustainable use of wildlife. In the Rupununi, the SWM Programme is being implemented by the Guyana Wildlife Conservation and Management Commission in coordination with CIFOR. Guyana is one of twelve African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries participating in the initiative. The SWM Programme is co-funded by the European Union and the French Facility for Global Environment.

Biodiversity is in crisis. A recent UN report predicts we may see as many as 1 million species extincts, many as soon as within the decade. Wildlife Insights is a new Google Cloud -based platform that applies AI to identify animals in images from camera traps placed in the wild. AI helps reduce the arduous manual work of sifting through millions of camera trap images and helps biologists spend more time actually working to study and protect wildlife.

Even viewing nature imagery helps to relax, calm and restore attention. This video could be used in classrooms, workplaces and anywhere else when you need a micro pause but can’t get outdoors.