At MPC, we use proactive measures designed to protect plant and animal species in areas where we operate. 🦋 🌼 🐝 💚
Our Operational Excellence Management System (OEMS) provides us with a framework to account for the potential effects of our activities on ecosystems and determine the best way to mitigate those effects.
This is particularly important at our subsidiary, Marathon Pipe Line, which manages large amounts of land along our pipeline rights-of-way.
“While Marathon Pipe Line’s prior right-of-way clearing program maintained regulatory compliance, it did not address any vegetation structure,” said Julie Beaschler, Senior Right of Way Specialist and Right of Way Maintenance Process Leader – Sustainable Landscapes. “Now, by enhancing the right of way with native vegetation and pollinator-friendly wildflowers, we are benefiting at-risk species like the monarch butterfly.”
#MarathonPetroleum#MarathonPipeLine#Biodiversity#EarningYourTrust#Pollinator
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It's impressive to see the proactive efforts by Marathon Petroleum Corporation to protect biodiversity.
Your focus on native vegetation and pollinator-friendly wildflowers truly sets a new standard for environmental stewardship.
This is a fantastic step forward. It is amazing how much land right of ways and tank farms encompass. Each step to increase biodiversity can make oil and gas companies an ally of the sustainability movement.
MPC should partner with an organization such as Homegrown National Park to help document the success and add to the growing network of privately held native lands that can help fuel biodiversity throughout the US!
This is absolutely wonderful. We would love to have a talk with your team about these lands, and how we can both add them to the Homegrown National Park Map and elevate your work.
Natural habitats, such as wetlands forests and peat bogs, providing ecosystem services and home to biodiverse species have traditionally been displaced by annual cropland. #regenerativeagriculture shows us how to farm alongside critical natural ecosystems without destroying them. #ecosystemrestoration#peatlands#wetlandconservation
𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀:
PALM DONE RIGHT IS GOOD NEWS FOR ANIMALS.
Clear cutting primal forest is standard practice for the conventional palm industry, which displaces (or kills) native species—like the Sumatran tiger, the Asian rhinoceros and the Sumatran Orangutan—putting them at high risk for extinction.
Even more disturbing is that these are “keystone species” that have a disproportionately large impact on the state of the ecosystem as a whole. So, what does sustainable palm oil mean for animals?
Find out more below
https://lnkd.in/eVwiUAPR#palmoil#palmoilnews#palmoilplant
To wrap up #NationalForestWeek, we want to shed some light on the true deforestation facts and clear up the misperceptions we often hear:
🌲 Deforestation forest loss are not the same thing
🌲Agriculture is the #1 cause of global deforestation
🌲The World Wildlife Fund recognizes the paper industry’s role in healthy forests
Read more about deforestation at http://hluf.us/4UWB50SAKYW
To wrap up #NationalForestWeek, we want to shed some light on the true deforestation facts and clear up the misperceptions we often hear:
🌲 Deforestation forest loss are not the same thing
🌲Agriculture is the #1 cause of global deforestation
🌲The World Wildlife Fund recognizes the paper industry’s role in healthy forests
Read more about deforestation at http://hluf.us/4UWB50SAKYW
The video below shows our Head of Landscape Recovery Luke Neal talking about Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) as part of the 'Patchy Peat Solutions Project'. 📽
You might have seen the acronym 'BNG' being used a lot recently, but what is Biodiversity Net Gain?
Biodiversity Net Gain is an approach to land management that aims to deliver measurable improvements for nature by creating or enhancing wildlife habitats, rivers and streams, and hedgerows, in association with a new development.
The new Biodiversity Net Gain regulations came into effect in early 2024. Developers in England must deliver a minimum 10% increase in biodiversity for new developments, for at least thirty years. This requirement can be achieved through the development of nature on the site itself, through the development of nature at other sites, or, as a last resort, through the purchase of statutory BNG credits.
#BNG#BiodiversityNetGain#credits#landmanagement#nature#wildlife#habitat#peat
🌿 Exciting News: ConnectGreen is LIVE! 🌿
Dear LinkedIn community,
Today is a momentous day as we proudly unveil ConnectGreen, your gateway to a sustainable future! 🎉
🌍 What is ConnectGreen?
ConnectGreen is not just a platform; it's a commitment to a greener planet. We're thrilled to introduce our Carbon Management and Exchange SaaS platform, connecting forestry owners with businesses committed to carbon neutrality. 🌳💼
💡 Key Features:
✅ Forestry Offset Marketplace: Forestry owners can now register and sell carbon credits from their sustainable practices, turning their forests into valuable assets.
✅ Carbon Asset Exchange: Large businesses can seamlessly purchase these carbon offsets on our exchange, accelerating their journey toward carbon neutrality.
🌐 Why ConnectGreen?
In a world prioritising sustainability, ConnectGreen streamlines the process of carbon offset transactions. Whether you're a forestry owner contributing to reforestation efforts or a sustainability manager in a business striving for carbon neutrality, ConnectGreen is your platform for positive environmental impact.
🙌 Join Us on the Journey:
To all who are interest in our Carbon Management and Exchange platform, we invite you to explore ConnectGreen, where sustainability meets innovation. Forestry owners, register and showcase the value of your forests. Businesses, join the exchange and acquire carbon assets that make a real difference.
👉 Explore ConnectGreen Today: https://lnkd.in/e5DzTpdN
Thank you for being a part of this momentous occasion! Let's build a sustainable future together. 🌿💚
#ConnectGreenLaunch#Sustainability#CarbonManagement#GreenFuture#ForestryOffsets#CarbonAssetExchange
Quail Forever brings value to underperforming acres
by WHITNEY HAIGWOOD
More Quail Per Bale: The Quail Forever conservation program increases biodiversity on acres across the Cotton Belt. This not only improves farm revenue, but also enhances the sustainability of the U.S. cotton industry.
Read the full story at https://lnkd.in/gJcAZnAM
The intersection of human healing and creating sustainable ecosystems in agriculture is an interesting dive into the Ecopsychological approach to souls healing.
https://lnkd.in/e-FeZvvQ
Pretty excited to read through the 'Blueprint to Repair Australia's Landscapes' report this morning.
It presents a clear outline for landscape repair in Australia, distilled to 24 important actions and the investment required to achieve these. Excellent to see the critical and continued role of Indigenous people recognised - as leaders, custodians of country, and knowledge-holders.
The highlighting of the opportunity presented by land restoration activity and associated environmental market revenue is significant and encouraging. As an example:
'Our report proposes measures for Australia that are feasible and fiscally responsible.
And they also address multiple objectives. For example, restoring native vegetation across 13 million hectares would also abate almost one billion tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalent – equal to 18% of Australia’s net emissions over the next 30 years.
Through carbon markets, private landholders could be paid to regenerate native vegetation. Our analysis shows this could generate 7% to 15% of the investment needed.'
None of these are new concepts, but inclusion in the Blueprint re-consolidates their importance. A large number of the practical actions listed sit underneath The Carbon Farming Foundation's umbrella of expertise, and I/we love supporting landowners to undertake these actions.
Grateful to the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists for producing such an brilliant, important and compelling release. Certainly gave me a nice extra shot of motivation for today (and beyond).
https://lnkd.in/g59fkHi3
Love this podcast at #Mongabay – rewilding! - listening as I write. I'm actually trying to do some rewildling here in the US – specifically wetlands. I was so inspired by #OrlandoWetlands – seeing the hundreds of bats sheltering there, the rare bird species, the alligators. That wetlands ecosystem is actually part of the city's water treatment system, and it delivers exceptionally clean water back into the river. While wildlife has adopted the place in droves, this wetlands is also a carefully maintained system of locks and water-levels.
Orlando is kind of my "dream project," however, TN wetlands are more vernal, more forested than these low lying Florida wetlands. Eoghan Daltun's story is inspiring because I'm hoping to buy a piece of land and spend my time doing as he has done. Many conservation programs and grants here (gov. agencies as well as non-profits) will help land owners conduct conservation activities on their property – even incentives to leave farmland idle. Some programs supply native plants or trees for de-forested land. In TN you have to own 15 acres before declaring your property "conservation land."
Eoghan Daltun talks about over-grazing. Here in mid-TN, we have a lot of over-grazed and mono-cropped farm land (for animal feed), and a good bit of this land is former wetlands. On my quest to find the right piece of land for my project, oddly, I've been looking for land adjacent or contiguous to larger, protected tracts, such as a preserve or state forest. I'm generally thinking about aiding wildlife – birds, frogs, small furry critters – and things like "wild land connectivity." A story I recently wrote for #Sierra showcases the new wildlife crossings they're putting in to help animals get across the Interstate. It's all about connecting the land so animals can relocate as needed. So "fencing the land off," as Daltun has done with a 2-meter fence, seems counter-intuitive to me. But in my land hunt, I haven't thought much about the plants that have to be there to make animals stay! :) This is interesting. Maybe my project would be looking at a timeline that starts with a fence but eventually loses the fence?
If you're reading this, feel free to send links to projects on this wavelength or mention communities that are doing this type of work – buying land with the intention of conserving it.
As for me, I have started a Meetup.com group called Conservation Land Collaborative with about 16 local members. The idea is to compare ideas and possibly work with other like-minded people. I'm learning there is little interest in in-person meetups. If this continues, I'll move to online meetups with conservation speakers and such – so for my distance connections, I'll keep you posted here!
Founder and CEO of Mongabay, a nonprofit conservation and environmental science news platform
Ireland is one of the most ecologically denuded countries in the world, only possessing about 11% forest cover.
But there are efforts to reverse this.
Eoghan Daltun has spent the past 14 years successfully rewilding 29 hectares of farmland on the Beara Peninsula in southwestern Ireland.
Daltun recently told Rachel Donald about how he came to accomplish his rewilding feat simply by letting nature take its course and erecting a good fence, which has rapidly led to the regeneration of native forest, wildflowers and fauna.
Daltun and Donald also talked about the historical drivers of ecological devastation that have led to the classic, tree-less Irish landscape, from ancient times to imperial colonization and the advent of modern farming, and what the potential of rewilding is to change that and boost biodiversity.
https://lnkd.in/guyuBRpB
It's impressive to see the proactive efforts by Marathon Petroleum Corporation to protect biodiversity. Your focus on native vegetation and pollinator-friendly wildflowers truly sets a new standard for environmental stewardship.