Shark Defenders is dedicated to protecting shark and ray species through the creation of no-take marine reserves.
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Our first #30EarthMonthHeroes is the late Canadian filmmaker Rob Stewart @teamsharkwater
Since 2006, Rob has been one of the most influential voices telling us we need to protect sharks
He is missed
#sharkfree
#SharkwaterExtinction
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Glad to see they are staffing up. Needs far better resourcing though.
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A great @amprog recap of #Upwell2023--an ocean month symposium that centered #OceanJustice voices. @UrbanOceanLab was proud to sponsor with @AzulDotOrg & @amprog with support from @Earthjustice @NRDC @DiverseGreen & Ocean Defense Initiative americanprogress.org/article…
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12/ @julian_aguon is a Chamorro human rights lawyer from Guam
He's also a writer and a climate change activist
#AAPIHeritageMonth
#Chamorro
#AAPI
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11/ @ToadallyPriya is the VP of conservation programs at @NPCA and the Public Lands co-lead with the @AtB4All coalition
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10/ @VeeBee123 works on climate and justice issues in coastal management, and I’m the program director of @Coastal_States
#AAPIHeritageMonth
#30x30AAPI
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9/ @humnaSharif is resilient coasts climate adaptation manager at @Nature_Climate
She moderated this panel on #IndigenousConservation at #2022NDiSTEM
youtube.com/watch?v=J0pPbDij…
#AAPIHeritageMonth
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8/ @MobulaRae works for @pewenvironment to improve ecosystem conservation and fisheries governance.
She helps to modernize oversight of high seas fisheries and protect shark and ray populations
#AAPIHeritageMonth
#30x30AAPI
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7/ @rachelchangg is a research associate for Domestic Climate Policy at @amprog. She works on equitable implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act and the power sector #ClimateAction americanprogress.org/article…
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6/ @rachjuramirez is a Filipino-American climate justice reporter for @CNN
#AAPIHeritageMonth
#30x30AAPI
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5/ @_BrianChou specializes in seafood supply chain engagement w/ @WWFLeadOceans
He works with partners to use sourcing data to advance ocean initiatives.
He's also a founding co-chair of WWF's APEX ERG, which supports AAPI staff at WWF and AAPI initiatives in conservation.
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4/ @CrChilds22 works on international climate policy at @amprog, focusing on #climatejustice. She is Filipino American and was born and raised in the Bay Area
#30x30AAPI
#AAPIHeritageMonth
news.climate.columbia.edu/20…
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3/ Dr. @DivaAmon is a deep diving marine biologist, @insidenatgeo emerging explorer, and @pewenvironment marine fellow from Trinidad & Tobago
#AAPIHeritageMonth
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2/ Dr @jah_waiian is a professor at @Cornell
He's a guitar playing, MPA analyzing social scientist with Jamaican and Hawaiian roots, but raised on the island of Saipan
@amprog met up with him at #IMPAC5 and talked with him about #Justice40
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“I would ask him to ensure that #Justice40 happens. Of all the things that he’s promised, that's the most life changing.” - @jah_waiian on the one thing he would ask @POTUS to do to support an #AmericaTheBeautiful 🌊⛰️🌴
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🧵May is #AAPIHeritageMonth and every day this month we are going to introduce you to the best #AAPI conservation leaders we know
First up is @amprog's @taotaotasi, a leader in the #30x30 and #DecolonizeConservation discussion on the ocean
#30x30AAPI
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🧵Every day in April we are going to introduce you to some of the best conservation leaders we know 🦈🦁🐯🐻🌎🍂
First up is Dr @secanno and we share her #DecolonizeConservation reading list
saracannon.ca/2023/01/23/dec…
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