Naomi Longa

A marine biologist working with the Coral Sea Foundation and Sea Women of Melanesia with a BSc Degree in Biology at the University of Papua New Guinea

[Australian Institute of Marine Science @aims_gov_au]

Happy 100th birthday, Sir David Attenborough!

As a bunch of marine science enthusiasts working next to one of your favourite places on Earth, it’s fair to say your career has had a profound impact on the team at AIMS.

Not least your visit in 2014 😊

[Naomi Longa @LongaNaomi]

Full video here:
https://t.co/v20OW6HIk4

[Naomi Longa @LongaNaomi]

The last Sea Women Great Barrier Reef (SWGBR)Training Program for the year 2024. I'm so happy to be with this group.

✅️PNG
✅️TSI
✅️Australia

https://t.co/C4TUa54auR

Sea Women GBR signing off🤙

#seawomenofmelanesia #seawomengreatbarrierreef #magneticisland #queensland

[Naomi Longa @LongaNaomi]

https://t.co/BOJmXXJB5T

[Naomi Longa @LongaNaomi]

Beautiful orchids

[Whitley Fund for Nature @WhitleyAwards]

🌊 Big news from @NaomiLonga in #PNG! With @WhitleyAwards support, she's:
•Created 4 new LMMAs in #KimbeBay
•Trained women to monitor #coralreefs 🐠
•Secured a new LMMA for Harengan Island
Her work is protecting critical #ecosystems & empowering local #communities! 💙

[Australian Institute of Marine Science @aims_gov_au]

Your Tuesday inspo.

Do yourself a favour and tune in to the @WhitleyAwards podcast with #ReefCloud superuser @LongaNaomi of @seawomenofmela1

🎧Apple: https://t.co/Bo8sJWu8Pi

🎧Spotify: https://t.co/OzTFxVsdAh

[Whitley Fund for Nature @WhitleyAwards]

🌊 New Episode Alert! 🌊

Explore the Coral Triangle with biologist @LongaNaomi and discover how she's leading an all-female team in #PapuaNewGuinea to protect the world’s most diverse #coralreefs.

Listen now: 🎧 https://t.co/GjJ8QHIA03 #Changemakers @seawomenofmela1

[SPREP @SprepChannel]

The Pacific region has taken a significant step forward in its #ClimateAction action efforts with the Nationally Determined Contributions 3.0 Regional Forum & Regional Workshop on Article 6 and Carbon Pricing
➡️https://t.co/uwbOj8ToAL

[Whitley Fund for Nature @WhitleyAwards]

🎧 Coming Aug 23: How to Save It – a new podcast that explores ingenious solutions to save endangered species worldwide. First up: The inspiring story of the
🪶Greater Adjutant Stork in India. 🪶
#Changemakers #ConservationHeroes #EnvironmentalLeadership

[Naomi Longa @LongaNaomi]

Thank you @WBPubs for sharing the @seawomenofmela1 work.
Combining traditional knowledge and science is the backbone of what we do to drive conservation work in Melanesia🙏

@WhitleyAwards
@coralseafound

#marineconservation #grassrootlevel

[World Bank Group Publications @WBGPubs]

What does AI mean for the developing world? Listen to the #DevelopmentPodcast to learn more, hear from:

➡️@LongaNaomi
➡️Brigitte Hoyer Gosselink @Googleorg
➡️@_PMolnar
➡️@WBG_DigitalDev's Christine Zhenwei Qiang
➡️ and more!

https://t.co/ovXCAs5flD

[Whitley Fund for Nature @WhitleyAwards]

This year marks the 25th anniversary of HRH The Princess Royal joining the #WhitleyFundforNature as Patron. For the Award winners, her impact is clearly visible. Photos of Her Royal Highness presenting their trophy at the Ceremony often makes the front page of national newspapers

[Whitley Fund for Nature @WhitleyAwards]

2024 Whitley Award winner Naomi Longa leads an all-female team of Indigenous divers and snorkellers who use AI to protect coral reefs in Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea. Here, she speaks to Roland Pease of @bbcworldservice’s Science in Action about the work of @seawomenofmela1.

[Whitley Fund for Nature @WhitleyAwards]

"The recent 2024 award ceremony was a rare opportunity to stand in the same room as a group of people from the Global South making significant change in their community, and for us to feel the positivity of real change happening."

Read more from SEEd: https://t.co/zbimj3l3nz

[Naomi Longa @LongaNaomi]

Thank you @Oceano_mag for sharing the @seawomenofmela1 story✨️👏🇵🇬🌍💙🌊🪸

[Whitley Fund for Nature @WhitleyAwards]

Fantastic piece by @Oceano_mag about Whitley Award winner Naomi Longa and the @seawomenofmela1 🌊

[Benedict Allen @benedictallen]

So much GOOD NEWS at last night's @WhitleyAwards at @RGS_IBG - celebrating and championing those who work with local communities to bring about conservation solutions. Eg inspiring marine biologist @LongaNaomi leading indigenous women to save PNG reefs: 'we have the power to make change!" As the Princess Royal said, "we can go away with a smile on our face and hope in our hearts."

[Princess Anne & Sir Tim Laurence ✨ @TheLaurences_]

Princess Anne presenting the @WhitleyAwards to the winners, today! ✨

[Positive News @PositiveNewsUK]

How much difference can one person make? Just ask these grassroots conservationists, who’ve won an award for saving species
https://t.co/e2XVXI97Jt

[Whitley Fund for Nature @WhitleyAwards]

This time last week, the 2024 Whitley Award winners enjoyed a home-cooked meal courtesy of the WFN Friends Committee and a chance to meet donors and supporters at a special pre-ceremony networking event. Together, the Friends of WFN sponsor the Whitley Gold Award worth £100,000.

[Naomi Longa @LongaNaomi]

This award is for all the hardworking sea women back home in PNG 🇵🇬 Super proud to represent all of you in this foreign land 🥹🪸🌊🩵

#seawomenofmelanesia in London! 🇵🇬🇬🇧

[Whitley Fund for Nature @WhitleyAwards]

Join us in congratulating the 2024 Whitley Award winners; outstanding conservation leaders working to protect communities, wildlife and landscapes!
Meet this year's winners & learn more about their projects helping to safeguard our planet's #SharedFuture:
https://t.co/xQjOGNVN8c