🧵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 saracannon.ca/2023/01/23/dec… Follow along w/ #30x30EarthMonth

🧵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 American Progress's @taotaotasi, a leader in the #30x30 and #DecolonizeConservation discussion on the ocean #30x30AAPI americanprogress.org/article/5-ways…

2/ Dr Steven Mana‘oakamai Johnson, Ph.D. is a professor at Cornell University He's a guitar playing, MPA analyzing social scientist with Jamaican and Hawaiian roots, but raised on the island of Saipan American Progress met up with him at #IMPAC5 and talked with him about #Justice40 x.com/CAPenergypolic…

3/ Dr. @DivaAmon is a deep diving marine biologist, National Geographic Society emerging explorer, and Pew Environment marine fellow from Trinidad & Tobago #AAPIHeritageMonth youtu.be/J1bpyEJNIxw

4/ @CrChilds22 works on international climate policy at American Progress, focusing on #climatejustice. She is Filipino American and was born and raised in the Bay Area #30x30AAPI #AAPIHeritageMonth news.climate.columbia.edu/2023/02/08/fro…

5/ Brian Chou specializes in seafood supply chain engagement w/ WWF Oceans 🌊 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.

6/ Rachel Ramirez is a Filipino-American climate justice reporter for CNN #AAPIHeritageMonth #30x30AAPI cnn.com/interactive/20…

7/ Rachel Chang is a research associate for Domestic Climate Policy at American Progress. She works on equitable implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act and the power sector #ClimateAction americanprogress.org/article/the-in…

8/ R works for Pew Environment to improve ecosystem conservation and fisheries governance. She helps to modernize oversight of high seas fisheries and protect shark and ray populations #AAPIHeritageMonth #30x30AAPI youtu.be/WA_jIj_w12U

9/ @humnaSharif is resilient coasts climate adaptation manager at TNC Climate She moderated this panel on #IndigenousConservation at #2022NDiSTEM youtube.com/watch?v=J0pPbD… #AAPIHeritageMonth

10/ Ash V. works on climate and justice issues in coastal management, and I’m the program director of Coastal States Organization #AAPIHeritageMonth #30x30AAPI

11/ Priya Nanjappa is the VP of conservation programs at National Parks Conservation Association and the Public Lands co-lead with the America The Beautiful For All Coalition coalition sciandtell.org/episode/priya-…

12/ @julian_aguon is a Chamorro human rights lawyer from Guam He's also a writer and a climate change activist #AAPIHeritageMonth #Chamorro #AAPI theatlantic.com/culture/archiv…

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

A great American Progress recap of #Upwell2023--an ocean month symposium that centered #OceanJustice voices. Urban Ocean Lab was proud to sponsor with Azul & American Progress with support from Earthjustice NRDC 🌎🏡 @DiverseGreen & Ocean Defense Initiative americanprogress.org/article/cap-co…