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Jack Trá

@jack_tra

Wildlife Biologist & Environmental Communications Expert.

 IRELAND
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Joined July 2011
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We're feeling cautiously optimistic after Iceland’s Fisheries Minister, Svandís Svavarsdóttir, wrote there is little justification for whaling when the current permits expire in 2023 🤩 Is this the beginning of the end for whaling off Iceland? Read more ⬇️uk.whales.org/2022/02/15/is-…
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This is amazing! 😍 The Irish for "predator" is "creachadóir". 🐳🦈 #OceanAsGaeilge #BonusOceanAsGaeilge
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A silenced fact about the dumping of 100,000 fish by #Margiris in the Bay of Biscay: it happened in a #MarineProtectedArea This #MPA protects harbour pourpoise & dolphins who feed & rely on fish like #bluewhiting We must ban #supertrawlers in protected areas #OneOceanSummit
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When you went in to speak to the Russian Ambassador, what did you say to him? Well, first of all, we gave him some prawns. How Irish fishermen turned diplomats.
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Voilà ce qui se passe en ce moment dans le golfe de Gascogne au large de La Rochelle. Quatre navires-usines opèrent dans la zone, dont le Margiris, le deuxième plus grand chalutier du monde (banni en Australie).
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Finally 🙌🙌🙌 Today we have seen a step in the direction of a truly GREEN FUTURE, but there's a long way to go yet. We need ministers to secure a strong #Taxonomy to #StopFakeGreen funds for good 🌍 @VDombrovskis @BasEickhout @itinagli @spietikainen @EU_ENV #europeangreendeal
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THIS IS HUGE: EU reaches groundbreaking compromise to stop greenwashing of finance The EU’s green standard will mean people can no longer be sold fake green investments. #StopFakeGreen #taxonomy transenv.eu/387k4Zy
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The $9.78bn pledged for @theGCF enables us to continue helping the most vulnerable countries fight #ClimateCrisis and protect livelihoods. Big thanks to all of the contributors and participants of the 1st GCF Pledging Conference for your commitment to #ClimateAction

GCF Pledging Conference - October 2019

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Brilliant launch of @Greenpeace 30x30 campaign, sailing from the home of the polar bears in the Arctic, to the penguin populated Antarctic, asking the world to protect 30% of our ocean by 2030. Great chatting to @Prof_CallumYork briefly and excited for a bight blue future 🌊
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If anyone works in #digitalmedia / #campaigning, come along tomorrow morning. Register here: bit.ly/yoyoengage @yoyodesign @mcsuk #Londonevents #conservation #digital #TuesdayThoughts
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Happy #WorldSeagrassDay This critical habitat and climate store is under threat by ocean acidification and human impact (our anchors specifically). Time for Eco Moorings and as regards that warming thing....... 🌅 @JeanLucSol @RJLilley @ProjectSeagrass – at Jervis Bay Territory, Australia
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This young man, Jack O' Donovan (Jack Trá on Facebook), is from Clonakilty. His younger brother Thady is also passionate about our environment. Fair play. facebook.com/story.php?story…
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This may be Planet Earths last great wilderness. Do not let it slip away and into the hands of industry. @BBKelpForest - are fighting the toughest battle as the government have already blindly approved a mechanical harvest licence for Bantry Bay. #helpthekelp
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We can stop this ⚠️ Can you take 1 minute to write to your Member of Scottish parliament and ask to protect our native kelp forests? The UK's most biodiverse ecosystem is at stake, a hunting ground for sea #birds and #seals and a juvenile fish nursery. mcsuk.org/news/kelp_dredging
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Canadian coast guard crew made rare sighting of a North Pacific right #whale earlier this month, only 3rd time the endangered species has been seen off Canada since 1951. CBC News cbc.ca/news/canada/british-c…

Coast guard crew makes rare sighting of right whale off Haida Gwaii | CBC News

For the third time this decade, one of the world’s rarest whales has been spotted off the B.C. coast, but scientists say it’s too early to say if the species is recovering from being hunted to...

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Researchers fear that Africa's ancient Baobab trees are parched by drought and rising temperatures linked to climate change, and this is causing them to die. Read: bit.ly/2JBf8Ul @nytimes
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Not good news from down south. bbc.co.uk/news/science-envir…
Antarctica loses three trillion tonnes of ice in 25 years

Antarctica loses three trillion tonnes of ice in 25 years

Satellites observing the White Continent detect a jump in the rate of ice being lost to the ocean.

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Inspiring discussions on #oceanplastic hosted by @IES_UK and panelled mcs ambassador @DougAllanCamera . Time to #GOplasticfree and sign up to the plastic challenge 🌊🎉🌊🎉🌊🌊🌊 @EdKosior #WDC
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Human #noise - Are we too noisy for the sea life? rviv.ly/13kgv #marineenvironment #marinenews #marinepollution
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WOOSH 🌊 Rising to new heights in London and excited for an inspiring new position @mcsuk so watch this space and lets #stoptheplastictide mcsuk.org/appeal/stop-fast-f…
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