Shark Defenders

Shark Defenders is dedicated to protecting shark and ray species through the creation of no-take marine reserves.

[Shark Defenders @SharkDefenders]

Our first #30EarthMonthHeroes is the late Canadian filmmaker Rob Stewart @teamsharkwater
Since 2006, Rob has been one of the most influential voices telling us we need to protect sharks
He is missed
#sharkfree
#SharkwaterExtinction
https://t.co/uxcntluKbt

[Craig Hooper @NextNavy]

Glad to see they are staffing up. Needs far better resourcing though.

[Jean Flemma 🦈 @jeanflemma]

A great @amprog recap of #Upwell2023--an ocean month symposium that centered #OceanJustice voices. @UrbanOceanLab was proud to sponsor with @AzulDotOrg & @amprog with support from @Earthjustice @NRDC @DiverseGreen & Ocean Defense Initiative https://t.co/fsdi2R7gsp

[CAP Energy Policy @CAPenergypolicy]

12/ @julian_aguon is a Chamorro human rights lawyer from Guam

He's also a writer and a climate change activist

#AAPIHeritageMonth
#Chamorro
#AAPI

https://t.co/WoF8DNhy4h

[CAP Energy Policy @CAPenergypolicy]

11/ @ToadallyPriya is the VP of conservation programs at @NPCA and the Public Lands co-lead with the @AtB4All coalition

https://t.co/JYG6A5cFZK

[CAP Energy Policy @CAPenergypolicy]

10/ @VeeBee123 works on climate and justice issues in coastal management, and I’m the program director of @Coastal_States

#AAPIHeritageMonth
#30x30AAPI

[CAP Energy Policy @CAPenergypolicy]

9/ @humnaSharif is resilient coasts climate adaptation manager at @Nature_Climate

She moderated this panel on #IndigenousConservation at #2022NDiSTEM

https://t.co/zv1kQDyjHA

#AAPIHeritageMonth

[CAP Energy Policy @CAPenergypolicy]

8/ @MobulaRae works for @pewenvironment to improve ecosystem conservation and fisheries governance.

She helps to modernize oversight of high seas fisheries and protect shark and ray populations

#AAPIHeritageMonth
#30x30AAPI

https://t.co/BgsXI1Y9g4

[CAP Energy Policy @CAPenergypolicy]

7/ @rachelchangg is a research associate for Domestic Climate Policy at @amprog. She works on equitable implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act and the power sector #ClimateAction https://t.co/1A5OHvJWS7

[CAP Energy Policy @CAPenergypolicy]

6/ @rachjuramirez is a Filipino-American climate justice reporter for @CNN

#AAPIHeritageMonth
#30x30AAPI

https://t.co/qYekk7TTXF

[CAP Energy Policy @CAPenergypolicy]

5/ @_BrianChou specializes in seafood supply chain engagement w/ @WWFLeadOceans

He works with partners to use sourcing data to advance ocean initiatives.

He's also a founding co-chair of WWF's APEX ERG, which supports AAPI staff at WWF and AAPI initiatives in conservation.

[CAP Energy Policy @CAPenergypolicy]

4/ @CrChilds22 works on international climate policy at @amprog, focusing on #climatejustice. She is Filipino American and was born and raised in the Bay Area

#30x30AAPI
#AAPIHeritageMonth

https://t.co/N61L0Z18ZH

[CAP Energy Policy @CAPenergypolicy]

3/ Dr. @DivaAmon is a deep diving marine biologist, @insidenatgeo emerging explorer, and @pewenvironment marine fellow from Trinidad & Tobago

#AAPIHeritageMonth

https://t.co/UMTLS350ml

[CAP Energy Policy @CAPenergypolicy]

2/ Dr @jah_waiian is a professor at @Cornell

He's a guitar playing, MPA analyzing social scientist with Jamaican and Hawaiian roots, but raised on the island of Saipan

@amprog met up with him at #IMPAC5 and talked with him about #Justice40

https://t.co/AUQq8OrXCD

[CAP Energy Policy @CAPenergypolicy]

🧵May is #AAPIHeritageMonth and every day this month we are going to introduce you to the best #AAPI conservation leaders we know

First up is @amprog's @taotaotasi, a leader in the #30x30 and #DecolonizeConservation discussion on the ocean

#30x30AAPI

https://t.co/EZB51Qo8Gz

[CAP Energy Policy @CAPenergypolicy]

🧵Every day in April we are going to introduce you to some of the best conservation leaders we know 🦈🦁🐯🐻🌎🍂

First up is Dr @secanno and we share her #DecolonizeConservation reading list

https://t.co/bDFkgNkfVu

Follow along w/ #30x30EarthMonth