Sandra Owusu-Gyamfi

Conservationist, ecologist, environmentalist and women's rights activist

[Sandra Owusu-Gyamfi @Abena2015]

@Trisha_0405 "Demeaning " is such a perfect way to describe it.

[Dr Charlie Gardner (also on the blue place) @CharlieJGardner]

This is shocking, but all in-person academic conferences are inherently exclusionary

- to academics from Global South
- to caregivers, women, people with disabilities
- to those without funding
- to those who won't fly on ethical grounds because this is a Planetary Emergency

[EJ Milner-Gulland @EJMilnerGulland]

Imagine you're a research organisation keen to invite Global South researchers to spend time collaborating with your staff and students. The red tape, uncertainty, expense turn what should be a positive exchange into a nightmare, and make you embarassed for your country

[Sandra Owusu-Gyamfi @Abena2015]

@IndraOverland I concur. That is why these embassies need to understand why we are calling for a different type of application and checklists for conference attendance.

[Sandra Owusu-Gyamfi @Abena2015]

As a #globalsouthscientist share your experiences with #visarefusals and what this experience communicated to you. I share mine here https://t.co/OKq1596wPl in @Nature
Tag the embassy to let us start the conversation to improve the situation @NLinGhana @CIFOR @ICCS_updates

[Sandra Owusu-Gyamfi @Abena2015]

We need to tear down one of the main barriers to science #visarefusals. This is a paper https://t.co/OKq1596wPl I just published in @Nature. In the paper, I talk about how scientists from the global south are prevented from participating in global north conferences. @NLinGhana

[Sandra Owusu-Gyamfi @Abena2015]

@Nature Thank you for the feature

[Sandra Owusu-Gyamfi @Abena2015]

Are we not seeing this still in the 21st century? Hmm

[Jack Ashby @JackDAshby]

One way museums can #decolonise their collections is to celebrate the true diversity of the people who were ultimately responsible for making them.
My piece about the Malay teenagers who collected many of Wallace's specimens in museums worldwide. @Nat_SCA
https://t.co/9BBEneQrI6

[Sandra Owusu-Gyamfi @Abena2015]

What is stopping us from supporting FLEGT? I want to know that my timber is ethically and sustainably sourced.

[EcoCare Ghana @ecocareghana]

Issuing a FLEGT license will solidify the position of Ghana’s timber industry as a legitimate industry player and will enjoy the “green lane” with respect to EU timber regulation due diligence requirements.@GhanaParliament @FAO @FAOGhana
#ConvertExtantLeaseNow #GhFLEGTLicensing

[Sandra Owusu-Gyamfi @Abena2015]

@julianbrans This is an issue not discussed within our local circles. It's a bit sensitive and no one was to be pinned down as being vocal. We love being on the sideline.

[Sandra Owusu-Gyamfi @Abena2015]

I might get into a little bit of trouble for supporting this but I don't care

[Sandra Owusu-Gyamfi @Abena2015]

It's unacceptable dat rape is glorified & victims are shamed. Take action. Stop de spread of this man's false & wild statements including this latest dat rape victims do enjoy it.
Ban George Lutterodt From media in Ghana - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/XLY4Ls4l7l via @Change

[Sandra Owusu-Gyamfi @Abena2015]

Amazing. Just AMAZING!!!!

[Jodi Rowley @jodirowley]

Wow- that was not the noise I expected this #frog to make!!!

[Sandra Owusu-Gyamfi @Abena2015]

It is always a proud moment to be recognised for your hardwork as a female conservation scientist. Congratulations @jodirowley

[Jodi Rowley @jodirowley]

SOOOOOOO very honored that this little tree #frog from #Vietnam was just given the name Jodi’s Treefrog/Ếch cây jô-đi (Zhangixalus jodiae)!! 🐸

Thank you to my friend and colleaugue Tao Thien Nguyen and his co-authors!

[Sandra Owusu-Gyamfi @Abena2015]

@jodirowley Congratulations @jodirowley

[Sandra Owusu-Gyamfi @Abena2015]

Even better would have been these lumber not cut in the first place illegally. Forestry Commission of Ghana needs all the support to function proactively to protect our trees

[EcoCare Ghana @ecocareghana]

Forestry commission has seized 400,000 pieces of illegal lumber worth 350,000GHC
https://t.co/RUGWG4niFL

[Sandra Owusu-Gyamfi @Abena2015]

Join me in supporting this important cause to rid our TV screens of of all these unregulated and unproven spiritualists who promise get-rich-quick-schemes at iPetitions. #BRINGBACKSOMESANITYONOUR SCREENS https://t.co/6WCIrfd9ac via @ipetitions

[Sandra Owusu-Gyamfi @Abena2015]

I just signed the petition #ShutdownwildlifemarketsNOW! You too can do same here: https://t.co/PATJsAxHbe via @RainforestResq

[Sandra Owusu-Gyamfi @Abena2015]

What more needs to be done for the Ghana Government to listen to the other side of the conversation? #Atewa & its communities deserve better. If we loss it, we will have to answer to +5 million who need its water. Sometimes it's not always about the money, put the environment 1st

[A Rocha Ghana @arochaghana]

Demo underway!
We go, We go!
Quest: What do we want?
Ans: Govt must say NO to mining in the #AtewaForest
@LeoDiCaprio @JeremyLindsell @IUCNNL @NAkufoAddo @AusAmbGHA @Global_Wildlife @WWF @simonstuartSE @skak60 @wanlov @gyemgh @foe_gh @ForestWatchGh @Joy997FM @arochaint @UNEP

[EcoCare Ghana @ecocareghana]

Save the 18% left, save #Water, save #Biodiversity, save the #future, save #Ghana.
#SaveAtewa