Christina Ellis

Engineering conservation through social and political science analysis of underlying drivers while empowering civil society

[Christina Ellis @CEoutandabout]

‘In the tropics, our smallest network is located in Africa, with 51 people, but we're actively working to expand by establishing Mongabay Africa, which is slated to launch in late 2023. Mongabay Africa will initially publish content in French and English’ https://t.co/yziZSBZnTp

[Christina Ellis @CEoutandabout]

Boursier de 12 mois avec le PNUD pour CAFI - éligible uniquement pour les nationaux des pays partenaires de CAFI https://t.co/3Nx4ybmFm9

[Christina Ellis @CEoutandabout]

Tech is in all aspects of biodiversity conservation and sustainable development - in some obvious ways like GIS, apps and devices for data collection, but also in emerging ways with REDD+ carbon credit projects and circular economy initiatives repurposing…https://t.co/Nqcy4LKIjw

[Christina Ellis @CEoutandabout]

Systems thinking has become the practice to make sense of the world for me - aligning reality to my mental model is sometimes easy and sometimes shocking. It’s the foundation for my new organization addressing wicked problems in DRCongo élossuob équipe d'…https://t.co/p13qy941LQ

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Words matter !

And I am 100% behind this expose - as an expat friend in Congo once said (about another expat whose social media was askew with co-opting the local) ‘go off and live comfortably in USA or Costa Rica but don’t claim you are fucking doing c…https://t.co/qQ4DmKBkou

[Christina Ellis @CEoutandabout]

Building in another post I saw and can’t relocate (please add in comments if you know it). Every story is a climate change story, and every climate change story is a human labour story, and every human labour story is about women…

[Christina Ellis @CEoutandabout]

This is an amazing job description, with a large devoted team, with an office base in a cool climate and forest edge, in a complicated protected area. If I was geographically mobile I would hop on it ! https://t.co/61kufiWWTY

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élossuob équipe d'élaboration (tripleee) is

#OpenForBusiness

3 pillars of services for enviro / NR mgmt / conservation (including PA and REDD+) :

1 Design aligned strategic and operational systems;

2 Create and manage networks/ consortia to increase…https://t.co/sl7VTER3Kz

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@flyethiopian when will you restart flights to / from Kisangani DRC ?

[Christina Ellis @CEoutandabout]

Trying to get refund from @FlairAirlines since mid April for our return flight that they canceled ! Their email indicated the process to request refund - but it doesn’t get us anywhere - auto reply to eventually someone asking for our details again! Get it together !

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@Gov_NB FYI for those on the website - the booking page came up when using my phone but not my laptop.

[Christina Ellis @CEoutandabout]

@Gov_NB Website overload ? Appointment options not coming up…

[Christina Ellis @CEoutandabout]

@Rwandamigration Why is the immigration office in Gisenyi closed ? The border remains open and those of us living here need to have the most appropriate documents for crossing - as it is still permitted and in case of emergency. I need to renew the cepgl for myself and my son

[Christina Ellis @CEoutandabout]

@KenyaAirways we will make it easier for you - if you can rebook us for Saturday Kigali to Mauritius (how about an upgrade too?) and cover Kigali Marriot we will happily take our names out of the rebooking nightmare - KQ479 - please make contact !

[Christina Ellis @CEoutandabout]

@KenyaAirways nightmare in Kigali with canceled KQ 479 03:40 flight - seems extra cruel at this time of night! Waiting for more than 2 hours to learn about our flight reallocations...

[Christina Ellis @CEoutandabout]

Recommendations for how to measure ’soft’ skills - #1 stop calling them soft skills ! and refer to them as universal competences to reinforce that we all need to increase our capacity and application of these skills in conservation #CB4C2019

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We all love these lamps ⁦@OfficialZSL⁩ #CB4C2019

[Christina Ellis @CEoutandabout]

Conference break (⁦@OfficialZSL⁩) - breathe in some silverback gorilla. along w socioecol. & cultural diversity of chimpanzees & diversity and connectivity of habitat, are the targets of my work and bring about goosebumps, despite internal conflicts re zoos #CB4C2019

[Christina Ellis @CEoutandabout]

Donor approaches to design and measure success for capacity building. The Arcus Foundation presented an innovative new initiative using co-design approach#CB4C2019

[Christina Ellis @CEoutandabout]

Panel and speakers for big challenges and big thinking for capacity building - donors are approaching this need directly with targeted training as well as building capacity-building into programs and projects - we have almost discussed all 360 degree angles #CB4C2019