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Last call! Monday is your chance to join the 2026 EXCELerator 🌍 Level up your leadership. Build lasting impact. Protect the planet. Apply here: wild.org/coalitionwild/… #NatureNeedsHalf #ClimateChange

As we enter our giving season, we’re reminded that none of our work happens alone. Your generosity defends nature, strengthens communities, and keeps wild places thriving. Join us today. #ProtectBiodiversity #Biodiversity #IndigenousRights #nature #wilderness #nature #50x30

If you’re passionate about making an impact in conservation, this could be for you! 💬 ‘‘[It] isn’t just about learning; it’s also about building confidence—in your project and in yourself as a leader.’ -Viviana, EXCELerator alumni 🔗 Learn more: wild.org/coalitionwild/…

📣 Motion 096 Passed at the @IUCN World Conservation Congress: Setting Area-Based Targets on Scientific Evidence and Reversing Historic Injustices! 🔗Learn more: wild.org/wp-content/upl…

📣 Join CoalitionWILD’s 2026 EXCELerator Program! The EXCELerator program is a six-month leadership and capacity-building initiative designed to help youth implement projects that drive lasting change in their communities or environments. 🔗 Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

🎧 Meet Viviana Solange Yanez Gomez, the force behind 18,000 Trees in Ecuador 🌳 She’s also a CoalitionWILD EXCELerator alum 🌎 Applications for the 2026 program open Oct 27 – Nov 24!🎙️ Listen here → smartlink.ausha.co/voices-of-wild…

🌿 Motion 107, passed at the @IUCN World Conservation Congress, calls for scaling up Indigenous leadership in protecting #biodiversity and the sacred.

📣 Motion 107 Passed: Scaling-up Indigenous leadership in the protection of biodiversity and the sacred! 🌿 Sacred sites and species are vital to #biodiversity, not just symbolic. Indigenous Peoples must lead #conservation on their lands, with full access to sacred places.

📣 Motion 097 Passed: Mainstreaming mentorship for young ecological stewards to enhance #conservation efforts! 🌍 This motion matters. Mentorship helps young professionals gain skills, networks, and real-world experience—things formal education alone can’t offer. @IUCN

This is why the terminology of ‘Indigenous Peoples and local communities’ is necessary even when it is conceptually distinct. @IUCN, what would you do to support correct terminology?

Shockingly, many national governments around the world do not recognize their Indigenous populations as Indigenous. In these instances, Indigenous rights are only extended through the terminology of ‘local communities.’ @IUCN #IUCNCongress #AbuDhabi2025

🎧 Today on Voices of Wilderness: Gwen Bridge, member of the Saddle Lake Cree Nation from Alberta, Canada, joins us to discuss Motion 107 & Motion 96 – advancing Indigenous leadership & area-based targets in conservation. @IUCN 🔗 Listen here: smartlink.ausha.co/voices-of-wild…

📣 Motion 123 PASSED! 🌍 Equitable youth empowerment is now at the heart of @IUCN. This motion ensures #youth shift from the sidelines to decision-makers shaping global conservation. 💥 Share + tag @IUCN to amplify!

📣 Motion 012 has PASSED! @IUCN members approved advancing the Green List for Effective & Equitable Conservation ahead of #IUCNCongress 2025. 🌍 This motion protects #biodiversity, boosts #climateresilience, sustains ecosystems & uplifts traditional knowledge.

#VoW 🎧 In today’s episode, Vivian Delgado discusses: Motion 107 – Scaling Up Indigenous Leadership in the Protection of Biodiversity and the Sacred & Motion 96 – Setting Area-Based Targets on Scientific Evidence and Reversing Historic Injustices. 📣 podcast.ausha.co/voices-of-wild…

🌿 'You cannot capture the sacred—it is experiential.' – Vivian Delgado. 📣 Motion 107 at @IUCN WCC calls for Indigenous leadership in protecting sacred sites & #biodiversity. 💥 Share & support: wild.org/wp-content/upl…

🚩 USDA plans to strip protections from 45M acres of roadless #forests—bigger than Alabama. ‼️ The issue isn’t #fire, it’s forest health. 🌲 Roads worsen #wildfires & waste resources. 📣 Comment by Sept 19: federalregister.gov/documents/2025…

🌗 Not protecting #Half of Earth will harm billions—today & in the future. 🌱 Climate chaos, species loss & ecosystem collapse threaten food, health & homes. 🌍 Join the #NatureNeedsHalf movement: protect 50% of land & seas. 💥 Support at WILD.org

🎧 New episode! Fátima Gigante, CoalitionWILD Program Coordinator, talks about @IUCN Motion 97: “Mainstreaming #mentorship for young ecological stewards.” 📣 The motion is heading to a vote at the 2025 IUCN World Conservation Congress. 🔗 Listen & share: smartlink.ausha.co/voices-of-wild…