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Price premiums for certified sustainable seafood rarely reach small-scale fishers, but more transparency & fairer distribution of benefits across supply chains can make a difference.
We can work #TogetherForScience & find solutions that protect the ocean & people who rely on it
What can one unforgettable experience teach us about conservation? For Jennifer Howard of @ConservationOrg, a flight over Kenya’s mangroves reinforced a lesson: meaningful conservation takes people working #TogetherForScience.
In Huanchaco, Peru, generations of fishermen have continued the ancient art of reed boat-making.
Now, this unique tradition faces an uncertain future.
Learn more about the people keeping this heritage alive.
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In a groundbreaking effort, @KonservasiID researchers and partners worked from the AIR to humanely tag a pygmy blue whale using a drone-launched dart, giving us rare insights into how these majestic giants move and live in the ocean. conservation.org/news/how-sc…
In Australia’s Shark Bay, Indigenous knowledge, science, and innovation are coming #TogetherForScience to help restore vast seagrass meadows — an ecosystem that supports marine life, stores carbon, and helps protect the health of our oceans. 🌊
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One million species and countless unanswered questions.
What do you want to know about life on our planet? With #COP17 bringing biodiversity into focus, ask a @ConservationOrg scientist your pressing questions today! #TogetherForScience conservation.org/act/ask-a-s…
We can’t protect biodiversity while funding nature’s destruction, according to @ConservationOrg’s Patricia Zurita.
And our newest report provides a comprehensive review of the true costs of nature-harming subsidies.
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For Emily Pidgeon, @ConservationOrg Vice President of Ocean Science and Innovation, “you have to do everything you can” and come #TogetherForScience to protect the ocean for future generations. conservation.org/news/meet-a…
A new @ConservationOrg report puts a multi-trillion dollar price tag on governments mistakenly harming nature and finds that reform can shrink it.
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Government spending can work better for people, nature, and the economy.
As delegates at #COP17 examine nature-harming subsidies, reforming incentives can and must support biodiversity and climate goals.
Explore @ConservationOrg's latest report: conservation.org/projects/ac……
Governments are paying twice for nature-harming subsidies: first for the subsidies, then to repair the unintended damage.
@ConservationOrg’s new global analysis published today from #COP17 finds costs a hidden price tag of up to $24.7 trillion. reuters.com/business/environ…
Earlier this year, French Polynesia announced a marine protected area the size of France, safeguarding critical habitat for endangered sharks, whales, dolphins, and sea turtles.
A major step toward protecting 30% of the planet’s lands and waters by 2030. conservation.org/news/the-wo…
What sparked @conservationorg's Trond Larsen’s lifelong commitment to conservation? A hidden Andean stream filled with frogs — and years later, the loss of them. Curiosity and knowledge come #TogetherForScience.
Explore the questions shaping the #COP17 — from protecting nature to funding action over on @ConservationOrg’s guide to the global biodiversity summit. conservation.org/news/your-g…
As we prepare for #COP15 to bring the global community together around biodiversity, let’s celebrate the scientists whose work helps turn knowledge into action.
Show your gratitude to the people making advancements #TogetherForScience at the link below.
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Four years ago, the world committed to protect 30% of lands and seas by 2030. At #COP17, we’ll be working #TogetherforScience and for the future to accelerate action, invest in nature, and support the people protecting our planet.
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To date, no whale shark pupping ground has ever been confirmed anywhere in the world.
Collaboration & discovery come #TogetherForScience as newborn whale shark sightings & research led by @KonservasiID, @ConservationOrg’s in-country partner, offer clues to this ocean mystery. 🦈
Healthy oceans begin along the coast.
In Mexico's Ría Celestún Biosphere Reserve, @ConservationOrg Mexico is working with local community members, training them to help monitor and restore mangroves, supporting the health of coastal and marine ecosystems for generations to come.
For Ana Gloria Guzmán-Mora, “all roads led back to the ocean” — where communities and scientists come #TogetherForScience. conservation.org/news/meet-a…
The people who know the Amazon best have cared for it for generations. But climate change threatens the forest — and the knowledge passed down to protect it.
Supporting Indigenous leadership is essential to the Amazon’s future. #IndigenousPeoplesDay
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