BreakingCoconutsin🇱🇰

Wildlife Scientist, of the arid zone jungles and elephant country. @EF_Fellows

[UNODC Environment Team @UNODC_ENV]

Next week in Vienna, crimes that affect the environment will be high on the agenda at #UNTOC2026, the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 🌍

Follow us for updates. Many sessions and events can be watched online.

[BreakingCoconutsin🇱🇰 @breakincoconuts]

@sanjiva https://t.co/Y9K3vyJYCH

[Ranga Sirilal @rangaba]

Pigeon couriers grounded: Sri Lanka Customs deports 56 globe-trotting pigeons that flew Italy–Dubai–Colombo in a cargo hold, after two men tried to smuggle in the “high-fliers”, valued at LKR 3.4 million. The men were fined Rs. 500,000, and the pigeons flown back to Italy.

[Mark Jones @fishvetmj]

'You need a licence to own a dog but not a crocodile': Lack of exotic animal laws puts public at risk https://t.co/h41TJz12dr

[Mark Jones @fishvetmj]

The most coveted trophy: Europeans and Asians embrace illegal jaguar hunting in Bolivia https://t.co/j9f22C5L75

[Environmental Foundation Ltd. @EFL_1981]

🌊 Refining Sri Lanka's MPA network map is key to safeguarding biodiversity and supporting industries such as fishing and tourism. 🌊

Follow for more. https://t.co/uMIslShv3z

#JusticeForNature #MarineConservation

[Taylor Tench @t_tench]

22 rhino horns, ~100 ivory bracelets seized in Qatar

Rhino horn trafficking issues will be discussed at #CITES SC78 in Geneva on Friday, including efforts by Qatar & others to scale up collaboration with other countries affected by rhino horn trafficking

https://t.co/KTvqsmIj0F

[Environmental Foundation Ltd. @EFL_1981]

Wetlands provide food, water, & carbon storage, and protect against disasters.
Protecting these ecosystems is vital for climate resilience, biodiversity, & human wellbeing.
Follow us for our conservation highlights.
#JusticeForNature #WWD2025

[Mark Jones @fishvetmj]

CITES secretariat urges suspension of Cambodian long-tailed macaque trade https://t.co/t2QJSCUbFw

[Maria Belo @maria_m_belo]

Is the Sumatran tiger being poached in one of Southeast Asia’s last wildernesses? New study raises questions

Analysis of camera trap data analysis revealed only one female, a cause for worry https://t.co/7Rc6R7uhlf

[Environmental Foundation Ltd. @EFL_1981]

Environmental Foundation (Guarantee) Ltd, with 4 other parties, filed Fundamental Rights Applications in the Supreme Court against the Mannar Wind Power Project (Phase II), citing threats to migratory birds, biodiversity, and protected areas in Mannar. #JusticeForNature

[Environmental Foundation Ltd. @EFL_1981]

Sri Lanka reaffirms its commitment to biodiversity at the 16th CoP to the Convention on Biological Diversity. EFL and the Ministry of Environment, have identified key conservation landscapes and ESAs, aiming to protect 30% of land, waters, and seas by 2030.
#JusticeforNature

[JustineShanti @SnowLeopardHope]

Paper alert! Excited to share work from a long term initiative on #snowleopard conservation across five countries I contributed to over the years. 🐾 The research explored how community-based efforts can reduce wildlife negative interactions & more!

👉🏼; https://t.co/iK3cNBLMBH

[JNCC @JNCC_UK]

We're delighted to support @EFL_1981 in Sri Lanka to map & analyse Sri Lanka’s current #MarineProtectedArea network as part of our work under the #OceanCountryPartnershipProgramme

Thanks to our Sri Lankan colleagues who attended the successful inception workshop #BluePlanetFund

[FLIGHT: Protecting Indonesia's Birds @ProtectingBirds]

Information gathered by FLIGHT on the illegal wildlife trade led to the seizure of 6 Goldie’s Lorikeets, 1 Moluccan Eclectus, 1 Chattering Lory, 54 eastern blue-tongued lizard and 4 Reticulated Pythons at Tanjung Priok Seaport by Jakarta Quarantine officers on September 26, 2024

[South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network @SAWENsec]

A #snow_leopard_cub sold on the black market has been recovered and moved to the Snow Leopard Rehabilitation Centre in Naltar Valley, Pakistan. Three people have been arrested. Read more at https://t.co/ZblSAOrUZH

[South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network @SAWENsec]

#BREAKING
Two foreign nationals arrested by the Department of Wildlife Conservation, Sri Lanka with more than 197 species of endangered and endemic amphibians and reptiles.
Source: https://t.co/7woHiRGdx5

[BreakingCoconutsin🇱🇰 @breakincoconuts]

@SAWENsec @ejfoundation @EFL_1981

https://t.co/HH3gqRup6b

[South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network @SAWENsec]

#BREAKING
195 #Indian_star_tortoises seized by the Border Security Force (BSF) at the Indo-Bangladesh Border. More at https://t.co/lrde8OCO9E

[Mark Jones @fishvetmj]

Stop Namibia's Largest Mass-Cull of Desert Elephants and Other Wildlife - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/ADZwZVPXY5 via @UKChange