Dave Wilard

I am an ocean biologist and scuba enthusiast. My primary work deals with improving coastal estuaries.

[Convention on Wetlands @RamsarConv]

Wetlands are essential to human wellbeing, inclusive economic growth and climate mitigation and adaptation.

🔸They support biodiversity.
🔸They are the Earth’s greatest natural carbon stores.
🔸 They provide water for human consumption and agriculture.

Wetlands provide myriad benefits and services.

[FAO Climate Change & Biodiversity @FAOclimate]

"Recognizing & resourcing #Indigenous-led approaches is not only a matter of fairness, it's fundamental to achieving the vision of living in harmony with nature by 2050"

@KavehZahedi2030 spoke at the Global-Hub on #IndigenousPeoples’ Food & Knowledge Systems at @FAO HQ

#KMGBF⬇️

[Monica Piccinini @yourvoiz_org]

Why Brazil remains the world’s biggest consumer of pesticides?

In 2024 more than 17,000 Brazilian families, mostly Indigenous peoples, quilombola communities, agroecology settlers & small farmers, were victims of attacks involving pesticide spraying.

https://t.co/NL3NYx97jG

[Linda J. Crane @EarthKeeper22]

ENDANGERED
We're the ones who will suffer the choice
Of ignoring Global Warming's science voice
Caring not of a healthy life for us
Self-serving minds are narrow in focus
Adults, it's your duty to hand us a livable Earth
To pass on air, water & soil with life sustaining worth
🦋LJC

Photo by Goran Jovic

[Convention on Wetlands @RamsarConv]

Wetlands provide an array of valuable services for society and the environment.

Besides sustaining a huge number of plant and animal species, they improve water quality; reduce erosion and flooding and even moderate the effects of climate change.

#ValueWetlands #WetlandsMatter

[Oceanwire 🇺🇦🌻 @Oceanwire]

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The maritime lions hunting seals on the beach

https://t.co/EgTRzdDLjf

[The Wild Trout Trust @WildTroutTrust]

In winter, wild brown trout spawn in rivers across the country. The nests ("redds") can often be seen from the riverbank, but a great way to spot them is from above. Here @ProfJGrey takes us on a tour of a River Aire tributary - how many redds can you see?
https://t.co/MJRR5yN36F

[UN Biodiversity @UNBiodiversity]

Sustainable finance is a key theme at #UNEA7, highlighting the need to align economic decisions with environmental objectives.

Target 14 of the #KMGBF emphasizes the importance of ensuring that public and private financial flows support nature-positive outcomes.

[FACETS Journal @FACETSJournal]

FACETS is accepting papers on oceans and human health, covering climate change, blue economies, and Indigenous knowledge. Guest eds: @lotacreenciaGoh @gohhc @RadistiPraptiwi

Submit by Dec 31, 2025 ▶️ https://t.co/cm1OlUJzbA

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

This anthropologist systematically measures the total energy used per day by animals and people in various walks of life—with some surprising results. @NewsfromScience #ScienceMagArchives https://t.co/CYcc4BOXUe

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

Archaeologists find evidence that a wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture. #LongReads @NewsfromScience https://t.co/RtH6tA0QAK

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

A common vaccine meant to ward off shingles may be doing something even more extraordinary: protecting the brain.
https://t.co/WABr2mVIB1

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Previously unseen images of Epstein's island released https://t.co/nGZmxHCnua

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Oil, defence and geopolitics: Why Putin is visiting Modi in Delhi https://t.co/TTiTgQc2mR

[POLITICO @politico]

Texas exodus underscores the state’s fading relevance in the House GOP https://t.co/Hc00koCRvs

[Anna Kavanaugh @AnnaKavanaugh]

Love or hate. Build or break. Heal or harm. Rise or fall. #BeKind #HumanRightsForAllPeople #RacialJustice #Compassion #BigPicture #SaveEarth #ProtectWildlife #Environment #VotingMatters

[Anna Kavanaugh @AnnaKavanaugh]

Environmental #Racism claims lives and destroys Indigenous, Black, and other racialized communities disproportionately targeted by environmentally destructive practices that benefit big corp and political interest. #ClimateJustice is also #RaciallJustice. We must listen and act.

[Anna Kavanaugh @AnnaKavanaugh]

#Mercury pollution on tribal land and elsewhere is toxic in extremely small quantities. This neurotoxin disrupts brain development and weakens the immune system by endocrine interference. New regulation is urgently needed. #EnvironmentalJustice #Protect

https://t.co/MCBNInDm6C

[Anna Kavanaugh @AnnaKavanaugh]

"The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others." ~ Albert Schweitzer #Love #KindnessMatters #Justice

[Anna Kavanaugh @AnnaKavanaugh]

Industry mining of tribal land is destructive. The Katahdin region is ancestral home to Wabanaki Tribes. This proposal threatened pristine water sources. Protect and respect #Indigenous lands and communities as sacred. Not points of profit. #environment

https://t.co/CWYBf7eqQ5