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Christine Volker

@wingedadventure

Author of international mysteries in fragile places. Award-winning novel is a "riveting whodunit" - Kirkus Reviews. Now on to Peru and the Amazon!

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Amazon Watch (@amazonwatch) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨 The Peruvian Amazon is under siege. Drug cartels exploit Indigenous lands, clearing forests for illegal airstrips. 67 of 128 identified runways are tied to drug trafficking, harming Indigenous peoples & ecosystems. They need our #globalsolidarity. ✊️ portalamazonia.com/amazonia-inter…

Native Red Cloud🪶Maȟpíya Lúta~Hińhan Wakangli⚡️🦉 (@native3rd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“The earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of earth — If men spit upon the ground, they spit upon themselves.” ~ Chief Seattle (1786-1866)

“The earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of earth — If men spit upon the ground, they spit upon themselves.”

~ Chief Seattle  (1786-1866)
USFWS Pacific (@usfwspacific) 's Twitter Profile Photo

❤️😍💞 Wisdom, the world’s oldest known wild bird, returned to her nest on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge last week to care for her new chick! At an age of at least 74, the queen of seabirds is estimated to have produced 50-60 eggs and as many as 30 chicks that fledged.⤵️

Dr Tom Montgomery (@drtomontgomery) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Between 2013–2023, three countries alone account for over 90 % of krill landings: Norway (63.6 % of the total catch), China and Korea, also Russia & Japan, among others. We are taking food which is meant for them. How will we feel when they've gone?

Between 2013–2023, three countries alone account for over 90 % of krill landings: 

Norway (63.6 % of the total catch), China and Korea, also Russia & Japan, among others.

We are taking food which is meant for them. 
How will we feel when they've gone?
Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (@sheldricktrust) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In Angela Sheldrick's latest Field Notes, published online today, enjoy an introduction to a special new addition to our team: Bela. She has four legs, a heart of gold, a keen nose, and a tail that never stops wagging. A bundle of energy who is set to become one of our greatest

GO GREEN (@ecowarriorss) 's Twitter Profile Photo

They survived for millions of years but not much longer Collapsing bird numbers in North America Study using citizen data finds three-quarters of nearly 500 species in decline, with steepest trend in areas where they once thrived theguardian.com/environment/20…

The Explorers Club (@explorersclub) 's Twitter Profile Photo

GLEX: Canada, in partnership with Royal Canadian Geographical Society On September 12-14, explorers from around the world will gather in Ottawa, Canada for the Global Exploration Summit for an exciting weekend of science on the frontlines.

GLEX: Canada, in partnership with <a href="/RCGS_SGRC/">Royal Canadian Geographical Society</a> 

On September 12-14, explorers from around the world will gather in Ottawa, Canada for the Global Exploration Summit for an exciting weekend of science on the frontlines.
Christine Volker (@wingedadventure) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Illegal logging in the Amazon not only destroys the rainforest, and wildlife, but threatens Indigenous people. They’re dependent on the land, and are vulnerable to the ills, including crime, that logging brings.

Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (@sheldricktrust) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Today would have been the 91st birthday of our founder, the late, great Dame Daphne Sheldrick. Although no longer with us, her legacy lives on through the orphan elephants in our care and those reintegrated back into the wild. Before Daphne, no one had successfully raised an

Lyle Lewis (@race2extinct) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Insects are vanishing even in untouched reserves. Nothing is isolated—climate, chemicals, habitat loss, invasive species, even renewables. The web is unraveling everywhere at once. Ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects theguardian.com/environment/20…

Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (@sheldricktrust) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A sight to behold, as our Umani Springs herd enjoy a drink together at the waterhole.   This would never have been, were it not for lives saved many years ago: Orphaned elephants rescued and raised in our care, many with near fatal, and lifelong physical injuries. But here they

Mongabay Latam (@mongabaylatam) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🤩 #Fotorreportaje Las imágenes de más de 500 tortugas gigantes que regresan a su hábitat natural en Ecuador son asombrosas. En Argentina, Perú y México también están logrando la conservación de tortugas marinas. Los detalles en este fotorreportaje. tinyurl.com/5n8z9yv9