Cristián Samper
@CristianSamper
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Working to protect and restore nature through science, education, conservation and policy. Former CEO of @TheWCS, Smithsonian @NMNH and @inst_humboldt.
New York, NY
Joined April 2011
Summit on migratory species sides with science, throws shade on deep-sea mining
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Migratory species that travel long distances in the ocean, including sharks, turtles and dolphins, face an unprecedented number of threats resulting from human actions. At the latest assembly of the...
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Pressure on nature threatens many flowering plants with extinction
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Almost half the world's known flowering plants could be threatened by extinction, scientists warn.
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"Laudate Deum": Apostolic Exhortation to all people of good will on the climate crisis (4 October 2023) | Francis
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APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION LAUDATE DEUM OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS TO ALL PEOPLE OF GOOD WILL ON THE CLIMATE CRISIS
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The @BezosEarthFund is working with @NFWFnews to support local partners and ranchers to conserve and restore native grasslands in the northern Great Plains.
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More than half of the #grasslands in the northern Great Plains have been transformed to agriculture, so it’s great to visit places like this in South Dakota.
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Monarch butterfly is not endangered, conservation authority decides
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The eye-catching long-haul migrators are now listed as “vulnerable,” following a challenge to conservation status data
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Fue un honor trabajar con Mauricio Álvarez en @inst_humboldt. Nos hará mucha falta, su legado seguirá a través del banco de sonidos y sus estudiantes. QEPD
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Era amante a la fotografía, el blues y remar en su Kayak por la represa del Sisga.
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$67 Billion of Rare Minerals Is Buried Under One of the World’s Biggest Carbon Sinks - The Wall Street Journal
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A fight is brewing in Canada about how, or whether, to dig out materials essential for EV batteries that lie deep beneath vast peat bogs
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Me dio mucho gusto compartir mi clase hoy en @ColumbiaSIPA con un invitado muy especial: el gran compatriota y amigo @CristianSamper de @BezosEarthFund. El curso no pestañeó durante dos horas!
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Pleased to be speaking at the Global Futures conference today, discussing critical actions for transformational change #GF23
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What scientists need to do to accelerate progress on the SDGs
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Nature - Drilling down into why the UN Sustainable Development Goals are so hard to achieve, and showing policymakers pathways to follow, will help the planet and save lives.
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What happens if we reduce May and milk by half? Feeding climate and biodiversity goals with novel plant-based meat and milk alternatives
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Nature Communications - Meat and dairy alternatives are promoted for diet sustainability. Here, the authors use a modelling approach to show that replacing 50% of pork, chicken, beef and milk...
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An entire ecosystem lives beneath scorching hydrothermal vents in the ocean
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Bizarre-looking vent animals may travel belowground to colonize new locations, researchers say
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Así era Enrique Forero, el botánico que se dedicó a defender el desarrollo científico
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Durante los últimos nueve años el profesor estuvo a la cabeza de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias.
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How to Close Africa’s Climate-Finance Gap
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Mahmoud Mohieldin, Bogolo Kenewendo and Reuben Wambui propose five ways to channel investment to the countries most vulnerable to the effects of global warming.
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La cumbre africana del clima hace un llamado para un impuesto global al carbono, para acelerar la transición energética y mitigar los impactos del clima
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Despite suffering some of the worst impacts of climate change, the continent only gets 12% of financing.
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Sand dredging devastating ocean floor, UN warns
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Around six billion tonnes of sand is dredged from the world's oceans every year, a new report says.
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Africa proposes global carbon taxes to fight climate change
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Despite suffering some of the worst impacts of climate change, the continent only gets 12% of financing.
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Biden to block oil drilling in ‘irreplaceable’ Alaskan wildlands
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Following the Willow decision, oil drilling would be banned in nearly half of the National Petroleum Reserve, with oil leases cancelled in a wildlife refuge.
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Colombia ha perdido a uno de sus grandes botánicos y científicos. Fue un honor trabajar con Enrique Forero en la construcción del @inst_humboldt y la Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Nos queda su legado a través de su trabajo en @ICNUNAL y el @NYBG.
Lamento mucho fallecimiento de Enrique Forero, ex director @ICNUNAL ex decano @CienciasUNALBog expresidente @acadcienciacol aprendí mucho de el, me enseño muchas cosas académicas, de administración, de colecciones científicas. Fue profesor del ICN. Nos deja una gran legado.
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