O endereço abaixo não existe na globo.com the collection is named after the Cumaru wood used to craft it With a dense interlocked grain that all but ensures durability it’s perfectly suited for outdoor use (and has been used in everything from home building to musical instruments!) table and stool is hand-finished by Brazilian craftsmen so there’s no need to treat because it’s naturally resistant to fungi Light and humidity might add a silver patina over time but it won’t affect the sustainably sourced wood’s strength The pieces that make up the Cumaru outdoor collection just might be the finishing touches for your garden or poolside this Summer To learn more about the Cumaru outdoor collection, visit sossegodesign.com Kelly Beall is Director of Branded Content at Design Milk The Pittsburgh-based writer and designer has had a deep love of art and design for as long as she can remember from Fashion Plates to MoMA and far beyond she's likely sharing her favorite finds with others Kelly can also be found tracking down new music or on the couch with her three pets – Bebe FiiO'S sub-brand Snowsky has launched the Retro Nano user-friendly vinyl flattening machine that restores warped records to their original shape using precision heat technology Zaha Hadid Architects transforms public transit at the KAFD Metro Station in Riyadh with futuristic architecture Full of natural materials and respect for modern Swedish design the STOCKHOLM 2025 collection from IKEA debuts 96 new pieces You’ll always hear it from Design Milk first Our passion is discovering and highlighting emerging talent and we’re energized by and for our community of like-minded design lovers — like you images © Fran Parente | @franparente Covering an expansive 1,275 square meters, FGMF Arquitetos’ Casa Cumaru emerges as a residential oasis within São Paulo’s urban landscape. The architects succeed in balancing lightness and substance achieved through an interplay of delicately suspended building elements the upper floor’s volume seems to float atop four porticos imparting an almost weightless quality to the glass-covered first floor below This interplay between transparency and solidity resonates with the city’s evolving architectural ethos where innovative designs seek to engage with both nature and urban life FGMF Arquitetos’ structural ingenuity takes center stage The upper floor’s suspended volume is a true marvel where four concrete pillars provide essential support for the porticos on one side two pillars suspend a remarkable 22-meter-long metal truss This truss serves as both a structural necessity and a canvas for creativity featuring a facade adorned with movable wooden shutters known as brises This assemblage serves a dual purpose — while contributing to the building’s aesthetics it further serves to provide passive shading an important cooling element in the sun-soaked climate of São Paulo The namesake element of Casa Cumaru is the generous use of cumaru wood This distinctive wood species is the driving force behind the project’s name and its presence is felt throughout the property Slatted cumaru wood cladding envelops the structure adding warmth and texture to the facade while establishing a rhythmic frame for the lush landscaping which fills the site The prominence of wood blurs the boundary between the interior and the gardens further enhanced by the thoughtfully integrated plantings that seamlessly meld spaces separated only by full-height sliding glass panels an array of timber shutters seem to float above the courtyard and swimming pool sliding panels of full-height glass create a subtle boundary between interiors and the garden beyond the assemblage of shutters is held by a frame of metal trusses passive cooling strategies combat the region’s sun-soaked climate lush gardens create a retreat from the metropolitan context architecture: FGMF Arquitetos | @fgmf photography: © Fran Parente | @franparente AXOR presents three bathroom concepts that are not merely places of function but destinations in themselves — sanctuaries of style FGMF Arquitetos have created a residential oasis; Casa Cumaru is a secluded masterpiece from steel offers a residential oasis in its rectangular urban corner plot To achieve the project's extended program – covering 1,275 sq m - FGMF Arquitetos has elevated the living spaces above an open with the main bedroom spaces shielded from view by a large This upper floor contains four bedroom suites and is suspended off a steel structure which in turn is supported by four large concrete pillars The living spaces are supplemented by the 22m long shade with its large movable wooden shutters.  The house gets its name from the Cumaru cladding using throughout dark Brazilian hardwood gives the entire structure a warm character and pairs with the rusted metal of the structural steels Elevating the main space enabled the architects to do away with any distinct barriers between indoor and outdoor with landscaping appearing to come right into the plan A semi-sunken basement houses the garage and service areas while the kitchen and living room occupy the ground floor ‘The lightness and transparency of the house allows total integration between inside and outside between the building and the landscaping,’ say the architects ‘There is no clear boundary between the built and the natural area sometimes they are only separated from the internal areas by light glass panels.’ Casa Cumaru illustrates their commitment to treating each house as a singular FGMF.com.br Receive our daily digest of inspiration, escapism and design stories from around the world direct to your inbox. 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The WWF is run at a local level by the following offices.. 17 November, 2022: In response to the voting results on 17th of November in Committee I, of the 19th Conference of the Parties (CoP19) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) on the proposals to amend of Appendix II to include: Dipteryx spp. a step in the right direction but delaying implementation of these decisions could still pose a threat to them WWF welcomes the positive votes today by CITES member states to include three of the list of tree species proposals to Appendix II; amendments to the proposals delaying the implementation of both Cumarú and Ipe proposals for 24 months could open up a loophole to further deplete and generate stockpiles of these precious timbers and is in great demand for heavy duty uses Selective logging of cumarú affects the habitats of nesting parrots and many other wild species “The amendment that includes the delayed implementation of these proposals opens up a window for countries to accelerate logging and trade in  dwindling stocks and could further reduce  already declining populations of these important and highly commercially valuable tree species” The other two tree species voted today to be listed on Appendix II are Handroanthus well known for their mass flowering patterns These trees have suffered from very high deforestation rates in the last three decades (FAO 2020) Although its listing implementation is also delayed for 24 months,  Tabebuia  has higher replacement rates and grows faster than  cumaru and could therefore recuperate.  which are slow growing trees that reach heights of 18-35 m and are categorized as globally Vulnerable in the IUCN Red List were voted for inclusion in Appendix II without any amendment.  The results obtained during voting sessions in CITES today will be formally endorsed during the plenary on November 24 and 25 Trade in species in Appendix II is regulated by a permitting system and needs evidence that the international trade is legal and not detrimental to the survival of the species in the wild Amendment to Appendices I and II can normally be made only at CoP meetings by two-thirds majority vote.  Marsden Momanyi: mmomanyi@wwfint.org  / Tel: +254 719784872 Monica Echeverria: Monica.Echeverria@wwfus.org  / Tel: +1 (202)378 33 96 (English and Spanish) [CITES COP19: HOME]  Working to sustain the natural world for the benefit of people and nature WWF® and ©1986 Panda Symbol are owned by WWF You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience This piece was co-authored by Julia Urrunaga Director of the Peru Program at the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA); Susanne Breitkopf Deputy Director of Forest Campaigns at EIA Peruvian scientists have been warning for years about the need to protect the country’s threatened shihuahuaco trees But the government is dragging its feet over concerns from the timber industry there is a critical opportunity to act: A proposal to regulate trade in the precious tree species is up for debate at the 19th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES CoP19) in Panama A final decision will be taken on November 25 on behalf of its twenty-seven Member States have submitted a proposal to include shihuahuaco or cumaru (Dipteryx) in Appendix II of the Convention which would require countries to ensure legality and sustainability prior to authorizing exports of this species Shihuahuaco plays a key role in Peru’s forest ecosystem by providing nesting sites for threatened birds Peru has not publicly disclosed its position on the proposal but the government has delayed action by continuing to state that the species is under review despite numerous threat assessments of shihuahuaco and increasingly dire conclusions about the survival of the species Peruvian scientists have provided data showing the explosion of logging and the subsequent decline of shihuahuaco ninety-nine scientists convened by SERFOR (the Peruvian Forestry Agency) assessed threatened species the Ministry of Agriculture pre-published the list of threatened species a new assessment of threatened species in Peru with more information including data from SERFOR and OSINFOR (the Peruvian Agency for Supervision of Forest Resources and Wildlife) conclude that if business as usual continues shihuahuaco will be critically endangered in the region of Madre de Dios and the rest of southern Peru by 2025 Peruvian authorities have rejected repeated access to information requests submitted by EIA for the most recent scientific documents that reveal the critical situation of shihuahuaco in Peru but continue to allege that there is insufficient data to show the species is or could be threatened in the future and exporters who fear new international regulation would restrict the shihuahuaco trade The apparent prioritization of commercial interests in a decision that CITES requires to be based on science is of utmost concern and not in line with the listing criteria of the Convention The decision to list a species on Appendix II of CITES is based on a scientific assessment of whether the regulation of trade is necessary to a) avoid the need to include the species in Appendix I in the near future or b) “ensure that the harvest of specimens from the wild is not reducing the wild population to a level at which its survival might be threatened by continued harvesting or other influences.” Analyses of the Dipteryx listing proposal by both the CITES Secretariat and TRAFFIC Wildlife Trade Monitoring Network conclude that at least one and perhaps additional Dipteryx species meet the latter listing criteria Species can also be included for “lookalike” reasons if the traded form of the species cannot be readily distinguished from other listed species which is the case for the remaining Dipteryx species industry representatives claim that an inclusion of shihuahuaco in Appendix II would negatively affect legal and certified producers The opposite is true: If harvest is indeed legal and certified internationally approved verification of legality will benefit responsible producers and protect them from unfair competition by illegal actors The adoption of the proposal could help reduce the continued high levels of illegal logging in Peru which is facilitated by persistent corruption and forgery in the sector numerous scientific assessments have repeatedly concluded that Shihuahuaco in Peru is threatened with extinction This is the information required to support the listing of a species on Appendix II In the face of such consistent and compelling evidence concerns expressed by Peruvian officials about the need for complete inventories to be carried out or financing to be secured prior to a listing decision (which are not requirements of the Convention) should not delay this critical process from moving forward to protect the species Regulating the trade in shihuahuaco under CITES will help Peru in the fight against illegal logging and corruption Letting important tree species go extinct because of a lack of funds to protect them should not be an excuse for inaction at a time when we desperately need solutions to fight the converging crises of climate change and dramatic biodiversity loss Shihuahuaco is incredibly slow-growing: After 700 years it will only grow to one meter in diameter Reaching Peru’s legally required minimum diameter for cutting (51 centimeters) takes over 250 years Trees that take hundreds of years to reach maturity are regularly harvested and exported from Peru without regard to their likely commercial extinction in the next fifteen years — a loss that would be irreversible Including shihuahuaco in CITES Appendix II is essential to avoid extinction and ensure only legal and sustainable harvest and trade Don't worry, we can fix it ... click here to go to our home page. LBM Journal is the leading media company serving lumberyards Rubio urges NATO allies to strengthen in anticipation of global threats Further reading: US will stay in NATO, but it must be ‘stronger’, Marco Rubio tells his 31 counterparts A group of food industry professionals warned investors that the sector is unprepared for future supply chain disruptions caused by environmental issues like soil degradation They criticized current risk mitigation strategies as insufficient and gave false confidence to investors The group urged investors to ask critical questions about companies’ resilience They also emphasized the need for stronger corporate action to prevent a potential food crisis Industry experts called for increased attention to sustainable sourcing and supply chain resilience to protect investments and communities Photo Credit: Jacopo Maiarelli An investigation by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) revealed that nearly 2,000 container ships have transported illegally harvested luxury timber from Brazil’s Para state to the U.S including endangered species like ipe and cumaru is linked to corruption and illegal activities such as bribery and lax enforcement of environmental regulations The report highlights loopholes in laws meant to curb illegal logging and exposes widespread irregularities across the supply chain The EIA traced timber to sanctioned sites and accused companies Photo Credit: kindfolk Further Reading: Illegal luxury timber from Brazil’s COP state makes its way to US and Europe, investigation finds Photo Credit: Daniel Klein Further reading: London Luton Airport expansion dubbed ‘a huge environmental gamble’ Editor’s Note: The opinions expressed here by the authors are their own, not those of impakter.com — Cover Photo Credit: Wikicommons Impakter informs you through the ESG news site and empowers your business CSRD compliance and ESG compliance with its Klimado SaaS ESG assessment tool marketplace that can be found on: www.klimado.com Impakter is a publication that is identified by the following International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) is the following 2515-9569 (Printed) and 2515-9577 (online – Website) ← → Kokoró Mekranotire has watched with dismay as outsiders have laid waste to ever-larger swaths of his Kayapó homeland and land grabbers have streamed illegally into and around the Indigenous territory a 40,000-square-mile expanse of forest the size of South Korea The patch of forest where Mekranotire used to collect Brazil nuts — a dense canopy of deep golden-brown trees standing almost 100 feet tall — was stripped Loggers have repeatedly entered Kayapó land “Those trees never should have been touched,” says Mekranotire, now 49 and working for the Kabu Institute a nonprofit that helps protect Kayapó land and develop sustainable businesses among its people “We had to fight to hold onto our land and let more trees grow.” Outsiders started arriving in droves in the 1970s with the opening of the federal BR-163 highway, which stretches 1,320 miles from Cuiabá in south-central Brazil to Santarém in the heart of the Amazon. BR-163 parallels Kayapó land and was fully paved by 2020 with the highway providing easy access for millions of tons of the commodity crop to reach Brazilian ports The paving also provided much easier outside access to two important Kayapó reserves, Menkragnoti and Baú, measuring more than 18,000 square miles and 6,000 square miles Illegal loggers and miners who used to arrive in a trickle “The kuben [white men] already had a lot of experience; they knew exactly what they were doing,” he says They told us the highway wouldn’t affect us as Brazil’s nationalist President Jair Bolsonaro continues his push to legalize a broad range of economic and extractive activities on Indigenous land plans are underway for a railway to help transport soybeans from the region’s burgeoning number of farms And even though the Kayapó are one of the strongest and best-known Indigenous groups in the Brazilian Amazon — they have led the fight for Indigenous rights for 40 years — Bolsonaro’s anti-Indigenous policies are posing a significant threat Subscribe to the E360 Newsletter for weekly updates delivered to your inbox. Sign Up “We’re fighting a war,” says Doto Takakire “A war against politicians who want to destroy us and our land.” far south of the Amazon River and in the states of Mato Grosso and Pará Kayapó land is the largest tract of Indigenous territory in Brazil and the largest swath of relatively pristine forest in the Amazon’s southeast a region known as the ”arc of deforestation.” Despite continuing incursions — the Kayapó lost 3 million acres of land on their eastern border to logging and other development in the 1980s and 1990s — the group’s territory retains remarkable biodiversity the Kayapó live in villages on the Xingu River and its tributaries The men fish and hunt animals such as tapir and make trips into the forest to collect Brazil nuts and aerial surveillance data so the Kayapó can patrol their 1,250 miles of border then there would definitely be no more forest at all,” says Renata Pinheiro senior manager for Indigenous people and social policies at Conservation International Brasil The Kayapó’s fight has been part of a larger movement to demand Indigenous land rights in Brazil following centuries of oppression. The implementation of Brazil’s Constitution in 1988, including article 231 which outlines those rights as well as the federal government’s responsibility to demarcate and protect the land mean that those theoretical protections would always work in practice all Indigenous land — Brazil has 305 Indigenous groups — would continue to come under threat whether or not the groups had already completed the slow process of demarcation and official government recognition have continued to impinge upon Indigenous territories The construction of the BR-163 highway was part of the National Integration Plan implemented by Brazil’s military dictatorship — a project designed to bring Indigenous groups under government control Anything and anyone in the way would be removed By the time the highway opened in 1976, many Kayapó had succumbed to outbreaks of disease brought to the region by outsiders, and just 20 percent of the Kayapó living on what would become the Baú reserve survived They no longer had access to the Jamanxim River and lost 1,158 square miles of land to wildcat miners which they agreed to give up in exchange for what would be an empty promise to put an end to invasions of their territory jumping from 4,450 square miles in 2000 to more than 12,580 square miles in 2018 Land grabbers: The growing assault on Brazil’s Indigenous areas. Read more And deforestation on Indigenous land itself — illegal in Brazil under federal law — hasn’t stopped. A recent study from the research institute showed that almost 67,000 acres of forest in the state of Pará were lost to unauthorized logging between August 2019 and July 2020 The region’s ever-expanding network of highways has also “given loggers access to areas that were previously unreachable.” It is also where some of them put pressure on the Kayapó Takakire says he was approached several times by loggers in town Because of his ability to speak to Indigenous people living in Baú and Menkragnoti the loggers thought he could convince the Kayapó to give them permission to work on their land they offered Takakire $10,000 Brazilian reais ($2,000) for his trouble they upped it to $20,000 Brazilian reais ($4,000) “I defend my people’s interests,” Takakire says the railway would run 580 miles between Sinop an important port city for the flow of agricultural commodities in the Amazon The railroad’s main objective: to transport soy Soy production in Brazil is soaring, reaching an estimated 134 million tons last year and making the country the world’s third-largest soy producer. A study published last year noted that soy was responsible for 10 percent of deforestation across South America in the last 20 years and that “the most rapid expansion occurred in the Brazilian Amazon where soybean area increased more than tenfold.” The Kayapó living on the Baú and Menkragnoti reserves don’t need to see these numbers to know that soy is taking over the region The constant flow of trucks carrying soybeans on highway BR-163 makes it obvious knows that the proposed railroad will bring more soy farmers close to Kayapó land 60 percent at levels above what is considered safe Contamination among riverside villagers jumped to 90 percent “We’ve had some babies born with developmental problems,” says Bepdjo Mekragnotire Mining is illegal on Kayapó territory, but legal on adjacent land, with the requirement that the Kayapó are consulted regarding possible environmental and health effects. Nevertheless, mining is rampant where the Kayapó live, occasionally with the involvement of some Kayapó. Rich in gold, the entire region has attracted everything from the smallest wildcat operations to some of the biggest mining giants, including Serabi Gold a company headquartered in the UK that owns and operates two gold mining complexes in the region Ever since Jair Bolsonaro campaigned for president in 2018, vowing to open up Indigenous land to mining and end federal recognition of Indigenous territories, the Kayapó have been feeling the pressure. Since then, the president has repeated his promises several times, saying two months after his election “I will not demarcate one more square centimeter of Indigenous land.” An Amazon defender stands up for her land and her people. Read more I feared that the white men who came to our village were there to kill us and to take what was valuable from our land,” says Bekwyitexo Kayapó chief of the Pukany village on the Menkragnoti reserve I know that they’ve come to kill us in a different way Jill Langlois is an independent journalist based in São Paulo, Brazil. She has been reporting from South America since 2010, writing for publications including National Geographic, The New York Times, Smithsonian Magazine, Al Jazeera, the Los Angeles Times, and the Associated Press. More about Jill Langlois → Never miss an article. Subscribe to the E360 Newsletter → A growing movement for sustainable agriculture in Brazil has taken on new urgency with the coronavirus pandemic where they had better chances of flourishing sandy soil in the dry savannah that breaks up the forest guandu peas and other crops were planted in straw around them with cut savannah grass “We call it the cradle,” says agronomist Alailson Rêgo It’s easier enough to clear – chop down a few trees “It is a way of dealing with nature that is playing with the apocalypse,” says Eugenio Scannavino Netto the doctor and infectious diseases specialist who helped set up the centre Read moreThe centre’s aims are ambitious but equally practical: 40,000 seedlings from its nursery will be donated to local communities to reforest areas in the reserve cut down and burned for cattle or traditional farming whose seeds are traditionally used as a body paint by the Amazon’s indigenous peoples and sold for colourant in lipstick; and pau-rosa and we’re trying to change that,” Scannavino Netto says A collection of beehives houses stingless bees learned beekeeping here and now subsidises her income by selling honey from her own bees “It was a door that opened to a lot of knowledge,” she says a Kumaruara indigenous man who works at the centre says children in his village now use agroforestry techniques in their vegetable garden “Many leaders consider this an evolution for the communities,” he says Officers arrested four firefighters from a volunteer brigade who tackled blazes in local reserves during last year’s Amazon fires – one of whom worked for the NGO The inquiry, suspended during the pandemic, is yet to conclude. But the police raid came weeks after Brazil’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, accused NGOs of setting Amazon fires without providing any evidence “This is much more a political operation than a technical the PSA aims to be inclusive rather than politically divisive Last year it organised a sustainable agriculture event in the nearest city of Santarém Scannavino Netto’s brother and the PSA’s coordinator He says: “How can we produce an agenda that unites the environmental movement the indigenous movement and the agribusiness sector?” Biologists, who are researching a burned area of the Amazon forest in Alter do Chão, in Santarém. Photograph: Ricardo Moraes/ReutersRogério Vian He is one of a nationwide group of farmers working on sustainable farming techniques and reducing pesticide use – what he calls a middle way between full organic and conventional farming “Farmers need the forest and environment more than anyone else,” he says “They had similar strategies,” says Götsch “Either we change,” he said in a recent phone interview As the competition continues for the best view on Pensacola Beach, newly opened rooftop breakfast bar Marina Cafe has added itself into the mix.   Built on the third floor of the building holding Cumaru Craft & Cocktail Bar that opened in June 2020 the Marina Cafe joins a multi-business model led by owner Tricia Horton.  The project at the Pensacola Beach Marina is tri-fold a restaurant planned for the mid-level and now the café-styled brunch spot open on the building's sky deck.  Horton said taking her time with each piece is important as she doesn't want to mar the quality by rushing She said she plans to take the same approach to guests' dining experience noting the café was created to take the morning slow — sipping on a cup of coffee or a cocktail and soaking in the view "I hope we can give them an experience," Horton said "We're very lucky to live in an area like this." Cumaru makes a debut in Pensacola Beach: Cumaru Bar opens at Pensacola Beach Marina as part of multi-phase restaurant and bar project 11-story hotel posed for Pensacola Beach: Innisfree wants 11-story hotel tower with 2-story pool bar on vacant Pensacola Beach lot The brunch spot accommodates either walk-up service at the coffee bar first-serve basis as space on the patio of the third floor is limited Guests are welcome to order a cup of coffee and stroll the marina while waiting for a seat on the patio.  Horton said she hopes to cater to more than just a daytime crowd.  The top floor is shared with the Island Culture Event Space which can be rented out for events such as meetings The space also doubles as a 21-and-up night club on the weekends the event space takes on a new identity as "Venue" with music beginning at 10 p.m and a slew of resident and guest DJs on deck Horton said the different businesses all sharing the 655 Pensacola Beach Blvd space are meant to work together to provide different kinds of dining and drink options for visitors throughout the course of the day "Maybe they come to the marina on a fishing charter and they don't leave all day," Horton said Cumaru opened days before the state's indoor dining ban in the first summer of the pandemic which caused the building's development plans to be delayed several times Though the third floor was ready to open following Hurricane Sally in 2021 the fallout of the Pensacola Bay Bridge closely after led to the business losing prospective employees and a bulk of clientele.  The Marina Café team decided to postpone opening until the bridge was restored and the new restaurant was adequately staffed settling on a soft opening in late February Horton received culinary training in Italy and said she wanted to find an executive chef to head the menu that shared her same vision of creating a European-style café.  She landed on German executive chef Rainer Mayer who lived up to Horton's expectations by bringing international experience from cooking in top restaurants around Switzerland Mayer has set out to create light breakfast and lunch options authentic to their parts of the country shrimp ceviche ($14) and Hungarian beef stew ($9) offerings and prices are subject to change Mayer said each dish is prepared like he is serving it to someone he has fallen in love with with his whole heart invested in the dish each time I make a plate you cannot believe," he said.  The Marina Café is open every day from 8 a.m though hours are planned to be extended in the future The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Brazil through the ECOS project - Regional Cooperation to Combat Environmental Crimes in partnership with the Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) brought together national and international experts in Belém (PA) to continue drafting the Non-Detriment Finding Report (NDF) for the timber species Handroanthus The drafting of this document began earlier this year and has already received contributions during the first workshop held in Brasilia in June 2024 The second round of discussions for drawing up the NDF was attended by more than 120 participants in a hybrid event as well as international institutions from Portugal the Public Prosecutor's Office and the productive sector The meeting provided an opportunity to expand on the information gathered during the first workshop as well as to share and debate forest control standards and systems and the European Union's new import rules The Non-Detriment Finding (NDF) is a technical document issued by the scientific authorities of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) that determines the possibility of legally exporting species listed in its appendices ensuring that international trade in their products is carried out in a way that does not harm the maintenance of the species During the latest editions of the Convention of the Parties to CITES (CoP18 and CoP19) member states decided to include the genera Handroanthus and Cedrela (the first two popularly known as ipe and the others as cumaru and cedar respectively) in Appendix II of the Convention which lists species that could become endangered if trade is not controlled the new international standards will come into force on 25 November and all exports of wood of these types must be preceded by a CITES permit issued by IBAMA The coordinator of the ECOS project in Brazil explained that the partnership between UNODC and IBAMA will help the country adapt to the new rules which includes tackling transnational environmental crimes supporting IBAMA in the development of the NDF is in line with international efforts to preserve biodiversity,” she said The presentation of the final NDF document is scheduled to take place early November along with training for the new CITES administrative authorities who will be appointed by IBAMA to analyse and issue timber export licences ECOS - Regional Cooperation to Combat Environmental Crimes is a regional project that began its activities in Brazil in 2022 and has been working with Brazilian authorities to combat wildlife trafficking those in the mining sector and the fishing value chain ECOS is supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Even Michelin starred chefs have a bit of renegade smuggler in them; for years have been buying tonka beans to spice up their food despite the beans having been banned by the Food and Drug Administration When studies showed that high levels of coumarin were leading to hepatotoxicity in dogs and rats (chemical driven liver damage) the FDA chose to outright ban the beans from commercial use But tonka beans remain a well-loved and occasionally used ingredient in both Canada and Europe; Montreal’s BouillionBilk currently uses it in a chocolate pastry dessert and the famous Canadian Chef Marc Lepine and owner of Ottawa’s Atelier restaurant So what exactly are these mysterious beans and why do American chefs need to use illegal means to obtain them the bean shavings are used commonly in sweet dishes as a flavor additive like vanilla Bean extracts are also ingredients in many perfumes detergents and even tobacco and e-cigarettes The French use the expression "fièvre tonka” a pun on the French word “onfève” for “bean” to describe the intense passion that chef’s and perfumer’s alike share for this sweet flavor occurs naturally in tonka beans and cinnamon but can also be found in trace amounts in bison grass Poisoning by coumarin is extremely rare and has only occurred in clinical settings where high doses of the chemical were medically administered as treatments for lymphedema and some cancers Recently researchers found that subgroups of humans might be more susceptible to the hepatotoxic effects of the chemical but the mechanism for why this might be is unknown heavy consumers of the compound barely reach levels of threatening exposure the FDA ban on this substance has been highly criticized since it is very unlikely that anyone could be exposed to enough coumarin from tonka beans to cause liver damage It has been estimated that every day we consume about 0.06mg/kg of the substance daily through our diet and cosmetics This falls safely under the 2004 tolerable daily food intake (TDI) set by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) at 0.1mg/kg daily For a fully grown adult to research this threshold they would need to consume about 2400 plates of tonka bean flavoured desserts in which case liver damage would probably not be their major concern directly adding coumarin to food is illegal One of the most common ways that coumarin makes its way into our diets is actually through cinnamon Ceylon (most from Sri Lanka known as “true cinnamon”) and cassia (the cinnamon imposter from China and Indonesia) It is nearly impossible for consumers to tell the difference between the powered substances save geographic information on the package though the fake stuff has greater concentrations than the Sri Lankan variety (1% in cassia and only about 0.004% in ceylon) Consuming incredible amounts of cassia cinnamon might increase the risk of coumarin induced hepatotoxicity but even to reach the recommended TDI of coumarin in cassia one would need to consume 2g of cinnamon daily for several weeks That’s about 24 standard cinnamon cookies every day for at least 3 weeks Health Canada found that throughout the country concentrations of coumarin in cinnamon products were not high enough to be considered threatening to human health Thus as long as you’re not undergoing daily “cinnamon challenges” you’re quite safe to enjoy your coumarin flavored special desserts Editor's note: If your bar or restaurant is re-closing or altering its operations due to COVID-19, please email Chemarryn Thornton at cthornton@pensacol.gannett.com with the pertinent info seen below and we'll add you to the list As confirmed COVID-19 cases continue to climb in Escambia County and Florida at large Pensacola area restaurants and bars are starting to either voluntarily re-close temporarily or drastically alter their business models.  More: Cumaru Bar opens at Pensacola Beach Marina as part of multi-phase project All closures and roll backs have been by choice as some business owners are opting to err on the side of caution Below is a rolling list of Pensacola restaurants and bars that are closed once again or have scaled back operations due to the virus.  Bonelli's Cafe Italia — Has temporarily shut down all operations Emerald Republic Brewing Co. — Doing curbside pickup on Fridays between 2-8 p.m then will temporarily cease all operations indefinitely.  we have determined it is just best for the time being to go back to packaged and "to-go" style liquor sales Until further notice all shows will be cancelled we will resort to outdoor seating with indoor bathroom access only and weekly events will under discretion be held on sidewalk with a lot of socially distanced seating We recommend all patrons to wear masks to prevent the spread of this easily transmitted disease."  Cypress Pensacola — Is temporarily discontinuing brunch Five Guys Burgers and Fries — Has decided to close down their lobby for the time being Great burgers and fries can still be received through curbside pick-up Four Seasons Catering and Eatery — Open with social distance tables in the dining room and on the sidewalk and for pick up curbside to go.  Juana's Pagoda's and Sailors' Grill — Closed indefinitely for the protection of staff and families NYN's Badlands — Open for to-go services Old City Market Inc. — From Facebook "Due to the recent rise of COVID exposure downtown along with the slowdown of business with our fellow business owners closing we had to make the extremely difficult decision to close our doors once again until further notice." O'Riley's Irish Pub downtown — Closed until July 9 Restaurant IRON  — Closed for two weeks as of June 15.  SaBai Thai SOJ — Has gone back to take out only to flatten the curve and be mindful of the current situation. Sandshaker — All live entertainment scheduled for the month of July has been cancelled. Shannon's Seafood Kitchen — Returned to touchless curbside pickup or outside eating until further notice. Orders can be placed by calling ahead or from the parking spot. South Market — Due to current conditions, we will be temporarily changing our hours of operations. Monday: Closed. Tuesday: 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday: 11 a.m. (Brunch) to 9 p.m. Saturday: 10 a.m.(Brunch) to 9 p.m. Sunday: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Brunch Only). The Tin Cow — Has updated their business hours: Sunday through Thursday: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday: 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Union Public House — Temporarily closed.  Urban Swinery — Temporarily closed. They are continuing service at Global Grill, their sister restaurant three doors down. The Vineyard at 12th Avenue East Hill — Has updated their business hours: Sunday: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday: Closed. Tuesday through Thursday: 4 to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Dinner Saturday and Sunday: 3 to 8 p.m. Happy Hour Tuesday through Friday: 4 to 6 p.m. Brunch Saturday and Sunday: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. 2019Photo: Getty ImagesSave this storySaveSave this storySaveLast night Instagram posts of an insane-looking chair Seriously: It’s made of stuffed feline–esque animals with black fur and pink noses and large “X” eyes that imply...they’re maybe dead “Daddy dropped off a new chair for Stormi,” Jenner captioned a video of her almost 1-year-old daughter sitting in it which showed the reality-TV star strewn across the possibly postmortem plush toys This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from There’s no mistaking it: The youngest Kardashian is now a proud owner of a Campana x KAWS chair to Uniqlo clothing.) It’s also just the latest in Estudio Campanas Banquete series a wonderfully campy collection that’s included furniture made out stuffed pandas This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. This particular set includes two armchairs, one in black, the other in pink, and a sofa, all made out of plush toys, stainless steel and cumaru wood. An earlier blue iteration of the Banquete Kaws sofa is now part of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s permanent collection. It is also just the latest example of how the youngest Kardashian is becoming a serious art collector. She reportedly owns works by Basquiat, Hirst, and Ellsworth Kelly, and showed off what looks like an Yves Klein coffee table on her Snapchat stories. Now it looks like Stormi’s nursery, too, will have quite the cultural cachet. Las historias que otros no te quieren contar Read in Spanish A shihuahuaco tree can take 1,200 years to reach a diameter of 120 centimeters and a height of 50 meters species such as the harpy eagle or scarlet macaw build their nests Like other leafy trees growing in the thick Amazon they capture huge amounts of carbon and feed mammals that contribute to ecosystem balance who have recommended its inclusion in the list of threatened species approximately 184 thousand of these shihuahuaco trees are felled which the wood industry then converts into parquet polished wood or lumber to be exported to China (71%) Mexico (3%) and other countries (5%).  Between 2001 and 2010, the volumes of shihuahuaco extracted from the Amazon forests of Peru were 10 times higher than what was cut in 2000; and in 2013 the extraction soared: it was 22 times higher than in 2000 The growing international demand for this wood resulted in increased pressure on the species.  Where does shihuahuaco wood cut or processed as parquet end and who are the main buyers because the export information from the Peruvian Customs (SUNAT)  does not contain details on the type of species or the scientific name of the wood pieces in all exported batches It is not mandatory for the exporter.   HALF THE VALUE OF THE WOOD THAT PERU EXPORTS CORRESPONDS TO THE SHIHUAHUACO REVEALS A PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF OJOPÚBLICO the eight-year information (2012-2020) of all export records mentioning the common names (shihuahuaco or cumaru) or the scientific names of the different species of the genus dypterix (or coumarouna) Shihuahuaco appeared in a total of two thousand shipments the lack of clarity in the data makes it difficult to know the final buyers of this timber and to follow the supply chain properly.  Peru exported more than 948 thousand metric tons of wood to the world for a FOB value (excluding taxes and insurance) of US$ 955 million more than half (at least 531 thousand tons) were in shihuahuaco at least half corresponded to different species of the genus dipteryx (or coumarouna) it was arranged with a group of forestry experts to develop the methodology and to create a log of scientific names (genera and species) attributed to shihuahuaco Exports to the European Union between 2012 and 2020 amounted Wood entered the old continent through 66 ports Although SUNAT's export information is incomplete we found shihuahuaco wood buyers based in France Why is it important to know the business path of this tree researchers have been alerting us that the growing demand for shihuahuaco wood has put the tree on the verge of extinction They have warned that if no measures are taken to control its overexploitation in the Amazon The association of logging companies is opposed to including this in the official list of threatened species APPROXIMATELY 184 THOUSAND OF THESE SHIHUAHUACO TREES ARE CUT that about half of its imports come from Peru They also explained that shihuahuaco was one of their “preferred” species because of its durability and resistance to humid conditions Van Den Berg Hardhout's representative also mentioned being unaware of the overexploitation of the tree When asked about how they guaranteed the legal origin of timber imported from Peru the company said that they only buy FSC-certified timber that they comply with the European regulation for timber trade and that they keep “long-term relationships with fixed suppliers.”  The Dutch company suggested that we contacted Jeroen Ex a Dutch forestry expert based in the Amazon region of Loreto contacted them with “the right suppliers in Peru.” Jeroen Ex worked as a specialist in timber acquisition in Inversiones La Oroza between April and October 2017 and since then he has worked as an associate consultant in ecosystem services in Form International The second European company with the largest imports from Peru in 2012-2020 is Vogel the company bought 2,700 tons of shihuahuaco for US$4.1 million from Peruvian companies such as Consorcio Maderero SAC Industrial Forestal Huayruro and Maderera Bozovich OjoPúblico contacted Vogel to find out how they secure the legal origin of the wood The third is Global Timber This company claims to have “the greatest amount of wood in all of northern Europe [...] of the best quality Customs records indicate that this company imported more than 2,200 tons of shihuahuaco from Peru The Danish company's catalog details that its products are made from cumaru from Brazil but no reference is made to wood from Peru Although this media tried to contact its representatives DIVERSE RESEARCHERS HAVE BEEN WARNING HOW THE GROWING DEMAND FOR SHIHUAHUACO HAS PUT IT AT RISK OF EXTINCTION The European Union, made up of 27 countries, is governed by the so-called timber regulation which sets obligations for agents marketing this forest product and its derivatives One of them is the need for wood to be supported by information on compliance with national laws is outstanding in order to avoid trade from illegal logging.  various specialists warn that to date there is no control due to products entering the continent “There are thousands of ways to defraud the authorities such as getting irregular permits or misdeclaring wood species,” Klaus Schenk via email.  "These manipulations are not easy for European authorities to detect because the wood comes with ‘legal’ permits.  Another issue is the lack of controls in countries such as Spain where few inspections are carried out and few samples are taken.”   for US$ 8.5 million FOB and it had as its main destinations to France This Lima-based company began operations in 2004 The third largest export of this species is E & J Matthei Maderas del Peru legally represented by Jorge Luis Valentín Budge Roca this company sent 5,100 tons of shihuahuaco to Europe In May 2017, one of its containers, destined for the Netherlands, was intervened by the anti-drug police more than 138 kilos of cocaine hydrochloride were found hidden Sources from the Office of the Attorney General told OjoPúblico that the investigation into this case is being conducted by the Second State Attorney's Office with jurisdiction over illegal drug trafficking offenses of Callao Jorge Luis Budge Roca is also the legal representative of the Agroindustrial Jae SAC, a Sawmill sanctioned with more than S/9,800 by the National Forest and Wildlife Service (SERFOR) in 2019, for keeping forest products extracted without authorization at the time of the intervention.  OjoPúblico contacted the company’s representative What measures has the State considered to protect the growing commercial pressure on shihuahuaco The first categorization of endangered species of wild flora was given in 2006 through Supreme Decree 043 and included mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) cedar (Cedrela lilloi C.DC) and ishpingo (Amburana cearensis) Article 138 stated that this classification should be updated every four years since that first list there has never been any other change VAN DEN BERG HARDHOUT IMPORTED IN EIGHT YEARS MORE THAN 5,800 TONS OF PERUVIAN SHIHUAHUACO VALUED AT US $ 4.6 MILLION In 2015, a group of 99 experts, were invited by SERFOR, under the supervision of the Ministry of the Environment, to analyze the situation of forest species and prepare a new list of endangered species. The list included 705 species including shihuahuaco (Dipteryx micrantha) The report recommended classifying 61 species “in critical condition” and 87 “in danger”.  With this technical report the Ministry of Agriculture submitted its recommendations for public consultation and it was then that the letters of the logging sector arrived after the pre-publication of the list of threatened species the Chairman of the National Society of Industries’ timber committee to different sectors of the State and the business sector Biasevich rejected the inclusion of shihuahuaco in the list of endangered species and even requested its removal from the list as virtually all timber species of high and medium commercial value are included,” Biasevich Barreto said in the email He also criticized the classification proposed by Mauro Ríos Torres whom he presented as a “well-known consultant in the forestry sector.” Ríos Torres, a forestry engineer, has had experience in the logging sector, where he was the manager of four companies that were closed, between 1998 and 2006, according to SUNAT records. In 2019 he also worked as an external consultant for Promogest SAC, an engineering and architecture firm. He is currently the director of sustainable forest heritage management at SERFOR almost a month after the email communication from Biasevich Barreto a group of 75 Peruvian researchers asked the Ministry of Agriculture to approve the list of threatened species “immediately” and to “take the necessary measures for the protection and recovery of wild populations of shihuahuaco species in the country”.  the forest authority argued that “gaps in information” had been identified in the categorization process which did not support the classification of some species signed by Walter Nalvarte from the Directorate for Sustainable Management of Forest Development and Wildlife further indicated that the study had not conducted a population analysis of the species although this evaluation should be carried out by SERFOR the researchers answered the letter and stated that the study organized and analyzed information from more than 30 years in addition to comparing it with data from the official forestry yearbooks of the Ministry of Agriculture a group of researchers sent SERFOR the technical file -to which OjoPúblico had access indicating that shihuahuaco (as the species dipteryx micrantha the most numerous in the country) was in “critical danger” when they face an extremely high risk of extinction in the immediate future SEVERAL SPECIALISTS ALERT THAT TO DATE THERE IS NO CONTROL DUE TO THE PRODUCTS ENTERING THE EUROPEAN CONTINENT Almost five years after the pre-publication of the technical report prepared by the scientists there are still no clear answers from the Ministry of Agriculture a body in charge of the protection of forest management in Peru OjoPúblico insistently asked the authorities about the progress of the proposal but only obtained an official response from SERFOR after making a request for information based on the Transparency Act the area responsible for the access to information indicated that the document was “in process” in the Directorate General for Forest and Wildlife Policy and Competitiveness so it could not be delivered through “access to public information”.  also referred to the topic in an academic activity and indicated that the document was “in process” this specialist anticipated that shihuahuaco appeared on the new list without mentioning the degree of threat in which two of its species were considered: dipteryx micrantha and dipteryx charapilla she did not explain whether they are in critical danger in vulnerable situation; or whether they qualify as almost threatened or with insufficient data to determine a specific category.  This meeting was part of a research project conducted by the National University of San Cristobal de Huamanga and a group of Brazilian scientists The aim of the work is to gather information to allow the conservation of shihuahuaco considered in the study as “a threatened neotropical species” When asked about the delay in the approval of this document said that when he was in office - between February 2019 and June 2020 - they tried to move forward “discreetly because it would generate resistance on lumber exporters.” Gonzales-Zuñiga added that they did not have enough funds to complete the process which was in charge of SERFOR’s heritage management direction and that it needed to be “solid enough for no one to object [the results].” Last year, the Peruvian government removed Gonzales-Zúñiga from office without prior notice, while this sector was pushing for measures against lumber trafficking. “There was an underground and dark job to weaken us,” the former forestry official said in an interview with this media SERFOR avoided expressing an opinion on the approval of the new categorization of threatened species that they could not “give any information until [the listing] is published” said they had been involved in the process since 2014 and that the last official communication with SERFOR took place in 2020 they indicated that the technical teams in the sector “have been coordinating” The communications area also explained that two species listing proposals have been received: One prepared in 2018 and the other in October 2020 The approval of this standard has not been the only pending task for the forestry sector: when analyzing the historical exports of shihuahuaco OjoPúblico also detected inconsistencies in the scientific classification attributed to this tree -of genus Dipteryx- in the last two official lists of forest products the Peruvian Amazon Research Institute (IIAP) performed a review showing the existence of Dipteryx micrantha and Dipteryx charapilla in Loreto While the presence of other species of genus Dipteryx previously identified in Peru The institution indicated that the changes in the technical documents was because “certain species are under a taxonomic review process which is shown in changes in the existing scientific names as well as in their presence in the country”.  The discussion and relevance of these nomenclatures goes beyond the scientific sphere: the way shihuahuaco is identified when officially included in the list of threatened species will depend on them Alerts about the possible extinction of shihuahuaco as well as the little information about this species The doctor in tropical botany from the Botanical Garden Research Institute of Rio de Janeiro the “lack of knowledge related to the delimitation of species and the actual size of the population” of this tree are some of the reasons why its conservation is a priority.  Silva de Carvalho also believes that this species should be included in the list of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) but first proposes to publish a taxonomic study outlining the species in the genus “Another step I think can be taken is investment in science and conservation of species being exploited,” she added In early May the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) collected findings from a study by Silva de Carvalho to support and recommend that genus Dipteryx Visite nuestra tienda acepto recibir los boletines de OjoPúblicocon las mejores historias cada miércoles Las historias que otros no te quieren contar Las instrucciones para restablecer la clave se enviarán a la dirección de correo electrónico con la que se registró como usuario acepto recibir los boletines de OjoPúblico con las mejores historias cada miércoles Wildwood Boardwalk Reconstruction Update – Late Nov 2024 dry weather South Jersey has experienced over the past two months the Wildwood Boardwalk Reconstruction Project is moving ahead at an impressive pace the Wildwood Video Archive visited the construction site to capture the latest updates You can find our update video at the bottom of this article The Wildwood Boardwalk Reconstruction project is on their 6th phases of a multiyear project This current phase consists over replacing and repairing the boardwalk section between Spicer and Montgomery Avenue This phase follows exactly the same process that had been seen in phases I crews had been cutting away the tramcar pads repairing the existing concrete structure and are now on their way to installing new boards In our latest visit you can see the concrete slabs laying on the beach as they await to be hauled off the beach which will be the top layer of the boardwalk Here’s how the reconstruction unfolds: crews smooth the surface of the concrete structure to ensure proper alignment The first wooden layer is laid horizontally (east to west) while the cumaru layer follows the same pattern the top decking layer is being installed at Spicer Avenue with work continuing southward toward Montgomery Avenue this phase may be completed well ahead of the scheduled May 9th deadline Before you watch please subscribe as we try to hit 100,000 subscribers Categories Articles, Wildwood Articles North Wildwood’s Lou Booth Amphitheater To Be Removed Wildwood Video Archive 2023 | Birch on Trellis Framework by Mediavine