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🍄 The Big Puma Fungus—lost to science for 36 years—has been rediscovered by
@fungifoundation
! It's the first fungi rediscovery for the
#SearchforLostSpecies
. And the story behind the rediscovery is delightful! (1/7)
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It’s time to
#EndTheTrade
. We have formed a coalition with
@TheWCS
&
@wildaid
to permanently end commercial trade & sale in markets of terrestrial wild animals. We can stop pandemics, save wildlife and save ourselves. Join us.
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FOUND: What is related to an elephant but the size of a mouse, has hindlimbs built like a gazelle, & was lost to science since 1968? The Somali Sengi, an adorable elephant-shrew was recently rediscovered in Djibouti.
@DukeLemurCenter
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Calling
#TeamRewild
! We need your help. Act now to
#SaveTheOkavango
—an ecological wonderland relied upon by nearly 1 million people and endangered species now threatened by oil drilling—by adding your name to this open letter.
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FOUND! After more than 170 years, the 🐦 Black-browed Babbler has been rediscovered in Borneo with the help of two local men.
#BlackbrowedBabbler
#SearchforLostSpecies
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Happy International
#OrangutanDay
! 🦧 For 20 years
@socp_tweets
has done orang rescue, rehab & reintroduction, research & habitat protection. SOCP's work has resulted in tangible impacts including 2 new populations of reintroduced orangs in Sumatra! 📷 Kike Arnal/
@arcusgreatapes
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You all know our beloved lonely,
@RomeoTheFrog
, well we have fantastic news- he’s lonely no more! We have found Juliet. She’s not ready for her blind date yet, but she will be soon. Stay tuned for more as the story of our two love-frogs unfolds!
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Just days from a key court ruling in the Amazon that could bring justice for 27K+ Indigenous pple affected by an oil spill in Ecuador that also overlapped w/Bajo Napo
#KeyBiodiversityArea
, a site of global importance to the planet's health.
@AFrontlines
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After Hurricane Dorian, our partners at
@BNTBahamas
feared for the survival of local birds. Thanks to a recent survey, we now know that many of the birds survived the storm. We're grateful for their tireless work to protect the wildlife of The Bahamas!
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Let Bosnia and Herzegovina’s rivers run free! Unless the gov. turns into law a resolution to ban small hydropower projects, 1,000s of km of the country’s wild rivers—& the people & wildlife that depend on them—will be at grave risk.
#BiHRunsFree
#jaBiHdatecem
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What future do you choose? ✅ Choose to protect wild animals and the 🌎 planet, which will protect us from 🦠pandemics.
@Global_Wildlife
is joining with
@SeaLegacy
to say
#ExtinctionEndsHere
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The new Search for
#LostBirds
, a collaboration between Re:wild,
@ABCbirds
&
@BirdLife_News
is looking for some of the rarest birds on the planet & hope conservationists and birdwatchers might be able to find the top 10 most wanted lost birds.
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The future of
@gorillacd
, home to the iconic mountain gorilla, is at risk as it deals w/ Ebola, COVID-19 & a recent attack on rangers. Today, w/ the help of GWC,
@EmCollective
&
@leodicaprio
, along w/ support from
@europeaid
, Virunga announced a new fund.
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A recent survey shows 94% of Albanians want to see the Vjosa River—one of Europe’s last wild rivers—designated a national park. Yet the river is threatened on multiple fronts, alarming activists & conservationists alike.
#VjosaNationalParkNow
#rewildrivers
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Let’s work together to save the Okavango Delta and protect it from the threats of oil drilling and other extractive industries.
#SaveTheOkavango
Learn more via Archewell Foundation, founded by Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex:
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Convention on Biological Diversity is critical for interconnected climate, biodiversity, and human health crises. US is the only country besides the Vatican not in the treaty. We must show leadership.
@potus
@senategop
@senatedems
@housegop
@housedemocrats
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US must get behind the Clean Electricity Performance Program. The clean energy program can help to put the US on a path to cut US greenhouse gas emissions by 50-52% relative to 2005 levels by 2030.
@potus
@senategop
@senatedems
@housegop
@housedemocrats
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They’ve been lost, some have been found, and today we’re rotating 8 new wild & whimsical
#LostSpecies
onto our 25 most wanted! We’re also sharing our lost legends list—lost species that live on in our collective imaginations (think Thylacine!).
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Join Re:wild, Reinhold Mangundu and Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, by signing the open letter calling for a moratorium on oil and gas drilling in the critical Okavango River Basin.
#SaveTheOkavango
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In order to prevent future pandemics, our message with
@TheWCS
to policymakers is clear: stop the trade in wild animals. In particular, the highest risk taxa, mammals and birds.
#COVID19
#coronavirus
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TY
@glblctzn
for signing our open letter calling for a moratorium on oil & gas drilling in the Okavango River Basin!
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Celebrate the Okavango River Basin with this poem by Namibian activist Reinhold Mangundu who is helping lead efforts to
#SaveTheOkavango
from oil drilling.
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Restoring 9 key animal groups could be the solution to tackling global warming, according to new research.
@newscientist
Study supported by Re:wild,
@globalrewilding
@wildfoundation
@oneearth
@rewildingeurope
. Journalist inquiries > press
@rewild
.org
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President Paul Biya
@PR_Paul_BIYA
of Cameroon:Please help
#SaveEboForest
by reconsidering the decree to move forward w/plans to log Ebo Forest, destroying the home of the only Chimpanzees that fish for termites using stick tools & crack nuts, & a special population of gorillas.
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It’s
#WorldRangerDay
! Wildlife rangers will be responsible for protecting 30% of the planet by 2030. That’s a big job, much bigger than you might realize.
#RangersDeserveMore
#URSA
(📷:
@robindmoore
)
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FOUND: The Voeltzkow’s Chameleon had been lost to science since 1913...but no longer! An expedition team rediscovered the colorful species during an expedition in Madagascar. This is the 6th of our most wanted lost species found! (Video: Frank Glaw)
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The people have spoken and the message is clear: 'No' to oil and gas drilling in the Okavango River Basin, 'yes' to sustainable, green energy. Sign our open letter to put an end to drilling in this sensitive & critical ecosystem:
#SaveTheOkavango
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BREAKING: President
@PR_Paul_Biya
and the government of Cameroon cancelled a logging concession in Ebo Forest, saving the ancestral land of 40+ local communities and the habitat of gorillas!
#SaveEboForest
📸
@SanDiegoZoo
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#SaveTheOkavango
| As oil and gas drilling continues in the
#OkavangoRiverBasin
,
@TheNamibian
investigates the concerns of people on the ground:
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Wild-born Tasmanian Devil joeys! A baby boom like this hasn't happened in more than 3,000 years.
@aussie_ark
, with Re:wild and
@wildarkglobal
, are celebrating 7 Tasmanian Devil joeys born to adults released last year. Support
#rewilding
#Australia
!
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Keeping the world wild! Today we join
@europeaid
&
@LeoDiCaprio
to launch 2 new initiatives: 1st to respond rapidly to emerging threats to biodiversity, the 2nd to support
@gorillacd
. Thanks to the EU &
@JuttaUrpilainen
for the amazing commitment!
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In the second installment of our
#DevilOnTheDelta
series, we look at the imperiled species that make the Okavango River Basin so special & that could be under additional threat without an immediate moratorium on oil and gas drilling to
#SaveTheOkavango
.
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(1) In Brazil, I stood face-to-face with a living being taken from the imagination of a child with colored pencils. One of the rarest and most incredible varieties in the amphibian world is the pink version of the Hoogmoed Harlequin Toad (Atelopus hoogmoedi). 📸:
@Jaime_Culebras
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During the final hours of an expedition searching for the Black-naped Pheasant-pigeon, camera traps captured photos and video of the bird, which had been long-lost to science for 140 years.
#LostBirds
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Let's celebrate rewilding the Rheas (ñandus)! The Rhea rewilding program at
@Parquepatagonia
is the 1st of its kind in Chile. The national park saw the most successful release season with 14 more Darwin Rheas roaming free on the steppe. Now there are 70 Rheas living in the wild.
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As a science-based organization, we felt it our duty to
#UnscienceAnAnimal
, starting with our friend Romeo!
#AnatomyofaSehuencasWaterFrog
@romeothefrog
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(1/2) The 2nd Global Amphibian Assessment published today in
@Nature
reveals climate change is emerging as the major driver of amphibian declines. Scientists assessed 8,000+ species for
@ASG_IUCN
#SaveAmphibians
#SaveSalamanders
🐸 🌎
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#WILDFACT
: You can help protect African Savanna Elephants and a
#KBA
by signing the open letter calling for a moratorium on oil and gas drilling in the Okavango River Basin. Together, we can
#SaveTheOkavango
. For all wildkind.
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One of our Wildlife Ambassadors, Sean Graesser, captured this photo of a Blue-necked Tanager while conducting wildlife surveys in Tesoro Escondido Reserve in Ecuador. Already showstoppers because of their vibrant colors, these birds can also hang upside down on thin branches!
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Good news folks, researchers now have a new objective- making sure Romeo and Juliet hit it off on their first date!
#Match4Romeo
#ConservationOptimism
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BREAKING:
@NatGeo
reported that oil & gas company ReconAfrica cleared forest inside Kapinga Kamwayle Conservancy in Namibia without receiving permission from the communal land board.
#SaveTheOkavango
(1/3)
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How does it feel to see the Earth from outer space? National boundaries vanish and differences dissipate when we see our “pale blue dot."
@Cmdr_Hadfield
invites us to share a clarity of perspective from outer space. Happy 50th Earth Day!
#EarthDay2020
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🧵(1/4) Exciting news! A first-of-its-kind study led by Re:wild,
@iucn
,
@dice_kent
, and
@oxford_uni
, published in
@sciencemagazine
, reveals conservation efforts are effective at slowing biodiversity loss. 🌿
#ConservationWorks
#Biodiversity
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BREAKING: Cameroon's government issued a decree to move forward with plans to log Ebo Forest, destroying the home of the world's only chimpanzees that fish for termites and crack nuts, & a small population of gorillas. Ask the government to
#SaveEboForest
! 📹
@sdzglobal
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WILD WINS! We are thrilled to announce that we have helped secure 30,000 acres of Belize's Maya Forest Corridor! This is a vital wildlife pathway, including for Jaguars & Baird’s Tapirs, which use the corridor to move throughout their home ranges. (Photo: Steve Winter)
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Here’s some great news to end the week (and just in time for
#WorldFrogDay
🐸!)! Researchers have discovered TWO new glassfrogs in Ecuador, Nouns’ Glassfrog and Mashpi Glassfrog, according to a study published in
@thepeerj
today. Look at these beauties! (📷 :
@jaime_culebras
)
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Canadian oil company ReconAfrica's controversial oil exploration project in Namibia & Botswana has come under scrutiny from international media outlets
@RollingStone
and
@NatGeoMag
this week—and now
@gazettebw
.
#SaveTheOkavango
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The Okavango Delta is a wetland and marshy oasis in Botswana that seems almost mythical (but it isn’t!). This
#WorldWetlandsDay
, sign the open letter calling for a moratorium on oil and gas in the
#OkavangoRiverBasin
to
#SaveTheOkavango
>>
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BREAKING:
@TompkinsRewild
president
@KrisTompkins_
&
@RewildingChile
met w/Chilean President
@GabrielBoric
yesterday & agreed on the creation of a new national park made possible via a large land donation from Tompkins Conservation & Rewilding Chile.
📸: Mercela Quiroz
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Scientists estimate that there are 10 million species on 🌎 but only ~1.6 million are known to science. In honor of
#WorldWildlifeDay
, here’s a 🐸 face we thought you might like to know. The Black-eyed Leaf Frog lives in low montane forests, usually near streams in Mesoamerica.
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4 Kākāpō have a new home on Pearl Island. As a part of the Kākāpō expansion project with
@docgovtnz
, more than 60 Kākāpō will be trans-located between islands over the next year as part of the ongoing management of the Critically Endangered parrots.
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In an op-ed in the Botswana Gazette, our partner, SOUL argues that Canadian oil and gas company ReconAfrica, which has been exploring for oil in neighboring Namibia should not be permitted to explore in Botswana.
#SaveTheOkavango
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Congrats to our partners
@parquegalapagos
, who have found several juvenile & hatchling Pink Iguanas on Isabela Island for the 1st time since the Critically Endangered species was discovered in the 1980s!
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Exciting
@COP26
#ocean
news today from
#Colombia
#CostaRica
#Ecuador
&
#Panama
, which announced plans to create a biosphere reserve linking up marine protected areas in the 4 countries. A big step toward fully protecting at least 30% of the ocean by 2030.
📷 :
@shawnheinrichs
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Arandu & Jasy are already 3 months old! They're the first Jaguar cubs born in the wilds of Argentina's Iberá wetlands in 70+ yrs! These cubs now bring the population of Jaguars in the park to 10—thanks to the work of Re:wild’s close partner
@rewildingarg
🎥 : Sebastián Navajas
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1/3 The only habitat for the Endangered Lear’s Macaw is in a small area of Brazil's Canudos region—which also happened to be the site for a large wind-power project. It’s also an AZE site and a Key Biodiversity Area.
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The spread of the
#COVID19
#coronavirus
is exacerbated by wildlife trafficking, habitat destruction &
#climatechange
. We join our partners
@TheWCS
in calling for the permanent closure of markets that trade in live animals.
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Congratulations to Ecuadorian 🇪🇨 President
@LassoGuillermo
on the creation of a new 23,166-square-mile Marine Protected Area near the Galápagos and the new debt swap to help manage it, announced today at
#COP26
! (📷::
@shawnheinrichs
)
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🦍 The Bageni family has grown by TWO! Rangers in Virunga National Park have confirmed the birth of two new Endangered Mountain Gorilla babies in the Bageni family troop. These little ones now bring the family to 48 individuals!
@gorillacd
#Virunga
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🧵Canada-based oil company ReconAfrica, which has been exploring for oil in Namibia, is pausing operations until 2024. Local communities have repeatedly said they weren't consulted about oil exploration & their rights have been violated. (1/6)
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We're excited to share that
@rewild
received a $30m grant from the
@BezosEarthFund
to support our vital work w/partners in the Tropical Andes & Eastern Tropical Pacific Seascape. Thanks to Jeff Bezos & Lauren Sanchez for working to address the connected nature and climate crises!
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#LostSpecies
FOUND 🧵 songbird rediscovered in Madagascar after eluding scientists for 24 yrs. The Dusky Tetraka is one of the top 10 most wanted species by the Search for Lost Birds. Connect w/ the experts via press
@rewild
.org
@ABCbirds
@BirdLife_News
@peregrinefund
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(1/2) Attenborough's Long-beaked Echidna (known in the local Tepera language as ‘Payangko’) has been rediscovered in the Cyclops Mountains. It was one of the most wanted lost species in the world & had been lost to science for 62 years.
#SearchforLostSpecies
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Are you ready for a global celebration? Featuring inspirational addresses, musical performances & appearances from your favorite leaders, celebrities & creators, don’t miss the premiere of
#DearEarth
🌎 starting NOW!
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Yasuní Ntl. Park is a wildlife sanctuary. There, Indigenous communities champion biodiversity. Yet, Big Oil threatens deforestation, wildlife loss. On Aug 20, Ecuador's vote decides Yasuní's fate. We celebrate this chance to protect Yasuní. We say
#YEStoYasun
í!
#S
íAlYasuní
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🏔 Happy 4th anniversary to Chile's Patagonia National Park 🎉
After nearly 20 years, our close partners
@rewildingchile
&
@Tompkinsrewild
transformed one of the largest cattle ranches in Chile into a national park! Talk about a
#rewilding
success story!
📸 : Linde Waidhofer
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Reintroduced
#Galapagos
Land Iguanas on Santiago Island are breeding!
@parquegalapagos
removed invasive species, allowing the iguanas to reproduce–a first since Charles Darwin visited. The iguanas are
#rewilding
the island!
@Ambiente_Ec
@GustavoManriq_M
📸: Johannes Ramirez
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🚨Breaking News🚨 western monarch butterfly population reaches highest number in two decades. Native habitat restoration from our partners
@SantaMonicaMtns
is key to their recovery. Reach out👉press
@rewild
.org and read more from
@lizkimbrough_
&
@mongabay
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Here they are! The dream team that found
@romeothefrog
’s beloved Juliet in the heart of the Dromne Forest!
#Match4Romeo
@MuseodOrbigny
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Looking for a great story for
#WorldWetlandsDay
Thursday that is about
#climatechange
, people &
#biodiversity
? Our partners
@rewildingarg
&
@rewildingchile
are preserving
#peatlands
- which store 2x as much carbon as all the world’s forests combined. Reach out for more info.
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The time to introduce
@romeothefrog
’s lady love is here- meet Juliet, a female Sehuencas Water Frog! Juliet has to wait for her first date with Romeo but it’s safe to say, both frogs (and houses) are thrilled over the match!
@MuseodOrbigny
#Match4Romeo
#ConservationOptimism
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Re:wild, w/ local activists & civil society orgs in Namibia, renews the call for a full moratorium on oil & gas exploration in the Okavango River Basin after Canadian co. ReconAfrica paused operations in Namibia until 2024.
#SavetheOkavango
@SOUL_Okavango
>
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#TeamRewild
, join us to call on Ecuador’s courts to uphold the rights of nature this week as a municipal court determines the future of a copper mining project in the Intag-Toisan
#KeyBiodiversityArea
, only home of the Longnose
#HarlequinToad
.
#SalvemosIntag
(📷: Gustavo Pazmiño)
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In our mission to protect & restore the wild, we are proud to be part of a $200m commitment to the Indigenous peoples and biodiversity of Amazonia! Reach out to press
@rewild
.org for more info:
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Don't forget to tune into Leonardo DiCaprio's Instagram account (
@leonardodicaprio
) this Monday, Nov. 1, as Namibian activist & biology student Veruschka Dumeni takes over the space! Veruschka is a passionate leader in the fight to
#SaveTheOkavango
.
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FOUND! This charming little snaggle-toothed ‘mouse-deer’--called a Silver-backed Chevrotain--has been lost to science since 1990. Until now! This is the first mammal rediscovery from our list of 25 most wanted lost species!
@IZWberlin
#SearchforLostSpecies
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Peatlands can store 30x more carbon than rainforests, making them an unsung
#climatechange
hero! Our partner
@RewildingChile
is working to create a new national park in the southernmost tip of the Americas, to protect more than 25,000 acres of peatlands.
#WorldPeatlandsDay
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New study from
@Nature
, led by Re:wild, reveals climate change as a leading driver of amphibian decline. Over 300 species have been pushed closer to extinction between 2004-2022. Salamanders are particularly vulnerable. Join us to
#SaveAmphibians
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Another of the world's most wanted
#lostspecies
has been FOUND! After 2+ years of searching, our partners at
@TheEWT
have found De Winton’s Golden Mole, which hadn't had a confirmed sighting since 1936. More:
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We join our local Namibian partners in condemning actions by oil & gas company ReconAfrica, which continues to put the Okavango River Basin, local people and wildlife at risk of serious harm.
#SaveTheOkavango
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@miss_elasmo
is a group of Black female
#shark
researchers striving to be positive role models for the next generation of Women in Color in science. The Rising Tides Mentorship Program, supported by Re:wild, pairs mentors with students for a 1 yr on a research project.
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Join us in the petition to award Jane Goodall, the renowned wildlife activist, a Nobel Peace Prize! W/out her work the world’s understanding of wildlife--& how we’re interconnected--would not be what it is today. Thank you, Ms. Goodall!
@JaneGoodallInst
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What looks like a tiger, hops like a bunny and is found only in the Annamite mountains on the border of Vietnam and Laos? It’s the Endangered Annamite Striped Rabbit, one of GWC’s priority species and one of the most elusive rabbits on the planet.
#InternationalRabbitDay
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The world’s largest
#bee
, Wallace’s Giant Bee (Megachile pluto), has been rediscovered! This marks the 2nd rediscovery of a species from our top 25 most wanted lost species. Read more here: . via
@mashable
#ConservationOptimism
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“It's been incredibly inspiring & empowering to be the 1st of many
@MISS_Elasmo
fellows at the Shark Lab, where I will get to see myself being represented in shark sciences every single day & where I have not only been accepted but rejoiced for who I am.”
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(1/2) 🚨 Breaking news from the world's largest jaguar reintroduction program lead by
@rewildingarg
. Connect with the
#rewilding
experts via press
@rewild
.org
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It’s
#WorldRainforestDay
! 🌿 Although much of the world’s rainforests are fragmented and degraded, we have an opportunity to restore what’s been lost — for all wildkind. 🟢
#rewild
@UNEP
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New protected area in
#Cuba
shelters Critically Endangered Hawksbill Sea Turtles & migratory bird pathways 👏 This latest conservation success brings Cuba to 28.5% protection of their marine continental shelf. More:
@TheWCS
@BloombergDotOrg
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"Without fungi, the world as we know it would not exist." -
@Giulifungi
. Learn more about the reasons we all need to start thinking about macroscopic diversity as a triumvirate of wild kingdoms: fauna, flora AND funga.
READ:
@fungifoundation
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For more than 500 days, the Brave Women of Kruščica peacefully blocked a bridge, preventing construction equipment getting through that would build 2 small dams and destroy the Kruščica River.
#BiHRunsFree
#jaBiHdatecem
#ExtinctionEndsHere
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