Instead of planting the trees themselves, Plant A Tree said that they are raising money for Trees for the Future , a group that helps communities around the world plant trees. Trees for the Future, which is a registered nonprofit, told CBC News they are not affiliated with the brand. She said in her response that Trees for the Future does have the capacity to plant millions of trees.
He said that in researching Plant A Tree's social media footprint, he noticed spikes in followers that correlate with this campaign and others like it that Plant A Tree has launched, which he said shows that they intend to grow their audience. Al-Rawi said with its recent Instagram response to the controversy, the group is "trying to avoid any legal repercussions" by saying the campaign was only for fun.
He attributes campaigns like this to people participating in what he calls "clicktivism. While this particular trend didn't appear to have any serious repercussions, Al-Rawi says it can still be harmful because it impacts how people view online campaigns, including legitimate ones that are meant to serve the public. Al-Rawi says there are a number of things the average social media user can do to avoid spreading misinformation or taking part in suspicious online campaigns.
First of all, he said, if something seems too good to be true, it likely is. It's also important to look into who benefits from the campaign — is it the public? Or a small group looking for promotion? Finally, Al-Rawi says it's important to do your research and only share information from credible sources. Pseudonyms will no longer be permitted. By submitting a comment, you accept that CBC has the right to reproduce and publish that comment in whole or in part, in any manner CBC chooses.
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Join the conversation Create account. Already have an account? Nobody is planting a tree if you share a pet picture on Instagram. World Nobody is planting a tree if you share a pet picture on Instagram.
Here's why More than four million people have shared pictures of their pets to their Instagram stories as part of a campaign that claims to "plant one tree for every pet picture. Social Sharing. The newly discovered subspecies, or ecotype, of honeybee is smaller, furrier and darker than the honeybees found in managed beehives, and is believed to be related to the indigenous wild honeybees that foraged the English countryside for centuries.
Until now, it was presumed all these bees had been completely wiped out by disease and competition from imported species. While feral honeybee colonies — usually created by swarms of non-native bees that have left a nearby managed hive — are occasionally found in the UK, there was no evidence that self-sustaining colonies of native, tree-nesting honeybees still existed in England, and no record of the wild subspecies living in Blenheim.
Salbany believes the bees he has found have evolved to survive. Most bees will stop flying at 12C. The results of DNA samples taken from the bees are expected within the next three to four weeks, but Salbany is confident it will show the bees are descendants of an ancient native species. His preliminary analysis of the wings of the honeybees strongly suggests they are related to indigenous honeybees that once lived in Britain.
The wings are smaller and their veins are very distinct. The entrances to the nests typically have a diameter of less than 5cm. The woodlands, which Salbany describes as a paradise of biodiversity, are not open to visitors and no planting or gardening takes place there.
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