Elly Pepper

Deputy Director, International Wildlife Conservation Initiative, Natural Resources Defense Council

[Elly Pepper @EllisPepper]

@GENetwork @CITES @ciel_tweets @NRDC @melissabluesky @IUCNRedList @IUCN @unredd @selc_org @NRDC

[Darren Jones MP @darrenpjones]

High carbon emitting and fossil fuel based companies need to be investing in low carbon and renewable energy as much as possible. We need more transparency from companies getting subsidies and tax breaks.

[Elly Pepper @EllisPepper]

You can make a real difference in Nasiba ’s life. Join me on @Kiva https://t.co/UdvQc7wOm1

[Elly Pepper @EllisPepper]

What a bunch of garbage. These changes are a handout to industry—NOT a way to improve the #EndangeredSpeciesAct. And that’s why we’re suing.

[Department of the Interior Press Secretary @DOIPressSec45]

Read today's @CNN op-ed by @SecBernhardt and @SecretaryRoss re. the changes being made to the endangered species act by @Interior and @CommerceGov https://t.co/Zz54mlcglm

[Ian Welsh @iwelsh]

In a sane world, every major government would be moving firefighting equipment and men to the Amazon, and if Bolsonaro didn't like it, we'd tell him it's that or war.

No, I am not exaggerating.

[Elly Pepper @EllisPepper]

An important step for giraffes today as @CITES listed the species on Appendix 2. More at https://t.co/fGnYhu6p36…. #CITESCoP18

[NRDC 🌎🏡 @NRDC]

Today, NRDC and our partners sued the @Interior to block their dangerous rollback of the Endangered Species Act (ESA)—one of our most effective environmental laws. In the face of an extinction crisis, our imperiled species need more protection, not less. https://t.co/y90bhWUlno

[Elly Pepper @EllisPepper]

Safari Club International CEO confirms Trump's #EndangeredSpeciesAct rollbacks will allow more trophy hunting https://t.co/COjwYGN7Fh @NRDC_Wild

[Elly Pepper @EllisPepper]

@EIAEnvironment says 28 tons of ivory and 58 tons of pangolin scales (equivalent to 85,000 pangolins) have been seized in Vietnam this year. Vietnam has GOT to step it up. #CITESCoP18

[Elly Pepper @EllisPepper]

"Arctic rhino situation" is on the horizon if Canada doesn't stop the out-of-control killing of #polarbears for the international market in skins, which can retail for $78k in China #CITESCoP18 @NaturfokusPhoto @NRDC @NABU_de

[Elly Pepper @EllisPepper]

CITES Parties vote to almost double South Africa's hunting quota of Critically Endangered black rhinos to 9/year. There are only around 5,000 black rhinos left, less than 2,000 of which are in South Africa. #CITES #CITESCoP18

[Damian Carrington @dpcarrington]

ICYM South Africa gets go-ahead to increase black rhino trophy hunting

- Move passed at international wildlife summit #CITESCoP18

- EU voting mistake means ban on exporting elephants to zoos is passed

Story by me
https://t.co/J5qhM9qpOb

[Elly Pepper @EllisPepper]

My thoughts exactly. Time for #transformativechange people! @smithzak @NRDC_Wild @IPBES

[Environmental Investigation Agency U.S. @EIAEnvironment]

The #IPBES Global Biodiversity Assessment is a CTA to prevent mass species loss. Will #CITES come with the bold, game-changing ideas that are required? EIA and our colleagues at @CenterForBioDiv & @NRDC comment from #CITESCoP18 Day 2. @ts4biodiversity

[Elly Pepper @EllisPepper]

Great news! This practice is sickening. #CITESCoP18 #CITES

[Humane World for Animals News @humaneworldnews]

CITES GOOD NEWS! Our wildlife experts @irislovesdc & @back2wild at #CITESCoP18 in Geneva give us their reactions as Parties vote against wild capture & export of wild African elephants for captivity! An historic vote we hope will be endorsed at next week’s plenary.

[Elly Pepper @EllisPepper]

The situation for vaquita is worsening. And, just months ago, during riots, poachers in Mexico destroyed enforcement equipment and took seized gill nets. The area where Mexico must strictly enforce against gill nets is very small. #savethevaquita @CITESCoP18 @NRDC_Wild @smithzak

[Elly Pepper @EllisPepper]

Word.

[Andrew Wetzler @aewetzler]

“These changes should come as no surprise to anyone who has paid the least bit of attention to this administration’s environmental and energy policies over the past two years.“ https://t.co/Jp4otOmfhQ via @NYTOpinion

[Elly Pepper @EllisPepper]

Don’t overlook them just because they’re slimy. Sea cucumbers are declining rapidly due to demand as a luxury food item in Asia. And they’re essential to seabed ecosystem functioning, acting similarly to earthworms! @USFWS @CITES #CITESCOP18

[USFWS International @USFWSIntl]

DYK teatfish are among the most fished and poached sea cucumbers in the tropical Indo-Pacific region? We co-sponsored a proposal @CITES #CoP18 to include 3 species of #teatfish in Appendix II, to ensure legal, sustainable trade. https://t.co/eoVwO29HcJ #USatCoP

[Zak Smith 🐋🌎🌹 @smithzak]

Speaking on #vaquita, on brink of extinction because of illegal fishing and trafficking in its habitat, "She said the area of sea involved was just a quarter of the size of Los Angeles: “If we can’t protect this, what hope is there for anything else?”” https://t.co/jq8hBkblfL

[Elly Pepper @EllisPepper]

With the @IPBES report estimating that nature-based solutions must provide 37% of climate change mitigation until 2030 needed to meet 2°C goals, this is especially fantastic news!

[National Wildlife Federation @NWF]

Huge win for wildlife: Peru just agreed to a zero-deforestation agreement. The Peruvian #Amazon is one of the world’s most biologically diverse areas & this agreement will help the chestnut-eared aracari & other species thrive in their natural habitat.
https://t.co/6BvVBk3qxS

[Elly Pepper @EllisPepper]

Crazy to think that with only 10 vaquita left on earth, at the next #CITES meeting in 3 years they’ll be extinct unless we (and by “we” I mainly mean Mexico) does something about it. #CITESCoP18 #ValeriaTheVaquita #CITESCoP18