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Haiti
Joined July 2011
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It’s been just over a week since we announced the 2024 #GoldmanPrize winners, seven ordinary people who took extraordinary actions to protect their environments and communities. 🌏🏆 Join us in reflecting on some highlights from a whirlwind Prize tour. bit.ly/3UN5P6x
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Happy 98th Birthday to our Ambassador Sir David Attenborough, whose profound influence on conservation of the natural world is articulated here by Fernanda Abra from Brazil who works in the Amazon rainforest . #SharedFuture youtube.com/watch?v=N7_wNBuB…
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That’s a wrap on #WhitleyAward week 2024! What an incredible week it’s been! #sharedfuture
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Join us in congratulating the 2024 Whitley Award winners; outstanding conservation leaders working to protect communities, wildlife and landscapes! Meet this year's winners & learn more about their projects helping to safeguard our planet's #SharedFuture: whitleyaward.org/2024/05/02/…
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🚨ONLY 119 signatures missing to 150k❗️ Sign the petition & help save #MarineProtectedAreas from harmful #fisheries practices ✍️👉act.wemove.eu/campaigns/bott… #OceanAction=#ClimateAction! In collaboration with @OceanaEurope @our_fish @whalesorg @ejfoundation #COP26 #BanBottomTrawling
Fishing boats that trawl the ocean sea floor release as much CO2 as the entire aviation industry.✈️  8 of the top 10 countries with the most #carbonemissions from trawling are in Europe. @BorisJohnson and European leaders must #BanBottomTrawling inshore & in MPAs. #COP26
We’re losing 60,000 football fields worth of forest every day. But there are solutions & we each have the power to make a difference. Join me & call on @flaviodino via #KeepItGreenSam to stop deforestation, empower indigenous communities & protect the Amazon. Let’s get to work!🌳
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#SirDavidAttenborough: "#WhitleyAward winners are local environmental heroes who harness the best available science and lead projects with passion." Grassroots #conservationists in the Global South, we’re looking at you! 👀 Applications close in 1 WEEK: whitleyaward.org/apply-for-c…
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Jean Wiener of @FoProBiM is turning the tide for coastal waters off Haiti 🌊#WorldEnvironmentalHealthDay With WFN #ContinuationFunding he is training people to care for the marine resources communities rely on, saving species like manatees in the process. whitleyaward.org/winners/con…
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Replying to @ConservationOrg
In deed, we truly believe in this process as we are living it with the coastal communities of the #AP3B. We do #mangrove #restoration as part of our daily work. @FoProBiM @USAID_Haiti @Chemonics
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#LSV? Le point Nemo situé dans le Pacifique Sud est l’endroit sur Terre le plus loin de la terre ferme. Il est si éloigné de toute civilisation dans toutes les directions, que les humains les plus proches sont les astronautes à bord de la @Space_Station!
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Years after her murder, Honduran activist and #GoldmanPrize winner Berta Cáceres's case continues. #justiciaparaBerta @COPINHHONDURAS nyti.ms/352Udmv
👇We couldn't agree more. Sir David Attenborough's been a Trustee of WFN for 15 years & counting. He is helping us to support the #ConservationHeroes saving these natural wonders. Watch his inspiring collab with @HansZimmer & @SantanDave1 in #PlanetEarthACelebration TONIGHT 8pm
“In these extraordinary times, there is one thing that can offer solace to everyone: the wonder of the natural world.” – Sir David Attenborough #PlanetEarthACelebration
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Tonight! If weather permits, go out and see the meteor shower! #perseides
Look up for the #Perseids tonight! The meteor shower is peaking with an average of 60 meteors per hour, racing across the night and early morning sky. Share your 📸 of the celestial show with us by using the hashtag #DiscoverTheSky! Photo: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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📢Spotlight on #CarSIF grantee Newcastle Bay Fdn Community participation in natural resources mgt; sustainable livelihoods; minimising marine & land-based pollution bit.ly/2XyqJrW #PISCES #biodiversityconservation #climateresilience #greenblueeconomy #naturebasedSMEs
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This #SharkAwarenessDay, learn about #GoldmanPrize recipient Randall Arauz (Costa Rica, 2010) who stopped #shark finning in Costa Rica. 🦈 bit.ly/3gVdb1P
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BREAKING NEWS: The Red List has been updated, surpassing 120,000 species. Find out the latest news on lemurs and the completed African primate reassessment, plus the North Atlantic Right Whale, European Hamster and world’s most expensive fungus: ow.ly/oV6S50AtLi6
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Read a Q&A between author @ninalakhani and @ForeignPolicy about Nina's new book, "Who Killed Berta Cáceres?" Berta won the #GoldmanPrize for Honduras in 2016. #justiciaparaberta @FrontLineHRD @COPINHHONDURAS bit.ly/2BmZPM6
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#MondayMotivation #june15th #happy #LeatherbackTurtleDay The largest of all sea #turtles and the only one that does not have a hard shell, as its back is covered with a resistant skin that resembles leather. #SeaTurtleWeek #Monday #leatherback #mondaythoughts
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Thank you @AnaColovic_ (North Macedonia, 2019) for your work to protect this species! #GoldmanPrize – at San Francisco, CA
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