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Nov 12, 2019
2 min

Four and Five on the Parrots List

Last week just got away from me, so I’m blogging today about both the fourth and fifth parrots on LoraKim’s list of the world’s most beautif

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Save a Species by Failing, and Admitting It

by Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner

Nov 5, 2019
2 min

Save a Species by Failing, and Admitting It

The greatest cause of conservation project failure was interpersonal relations, not external factors like politics, corruption, and violence

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by LoraKim Joyner and Gail Koelln

Oct 29, 2019
2 min

Beauty with a Yellow Face

Let’s talk, today, about the third bird on LoraKim Joyner’s list of the most beautiful parrots, which is the yellow-faced parrot. The conser

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by Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner

Jul 2, 2019
3 min

Going Forth in Conservation

Conservation is for us together, then, a prayer that we utter as we look up in awe at forest cathedrals, a silence partaken in mountain abbe

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by Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner

Jun 26, 2019
2 min

The Messenger Came to Tell Us

I work with an amazing and gifted man, Colum Muccio, Administrative and Development Director of ARCAS in Guatemala. Without his help our yel

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Conservation as Art and a Replicable Process (part 1)

by LoraKim Joyner

May 28, 2019
3 min

Conservation as Art and a Replicable Process (part 1)

We have always said that conservation is an art, and cannot be replicated across regions, cultures, habitats, species, organizations, or spe

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Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner

Apr 11, 2019
3 min

Parrot's Patience Wearing Thin

I was ushered quickly towards the school building where the leaders were meeting, when a scarlet macaw swooped over me to land in the trees

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Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner

Mar 5, 2019
3 min

What Would Berta Cáceres Say?

Often people imagine the life of a field conservationist as being exciting. It can be, but it’s also a march through discomfort and unexpec

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Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner

Feb 25, 2019
4 min

Ring of Fire

Surrounded by a ring of fire. All around us we see evidence of the destructive nature of nature. This includes human nature, for it is wide

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Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner with Gail Koelln

Jan 14, 2019
3 min

A List of Labor and Love

LoraKim is deep in the field in Guyana right now and I had not heard from her for a number of days. I've learned through the years not t

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Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner

Nov 5, 2018
3 min

Perfection in Parrot Conservation

Okay, first off, there is no such thing as "perfection" in conservation. It's an art that depends on so many factors, and the

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Rainbow Over Guatemala - Returning the Scarlet Macaw

Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner

Oct 30, 2018
3 min

Rainbow Over Guatemala - Returning the Scarlet Macaw

Our hope is that the colors that once flew here - the oranges, the reds, and yellows of the scarlet macaw - return to Southern Guatemala. T

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The Breath and Breadth of Forest and Parrot Protectors – La Miskito, Honduras

Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner

Oct 24, 2018
3 min

The Breath and Breadth of Forest and Parrot Protectors – La Miskito, Honduras

Our community coordinator in the village of Rus Rus told me that in this area trees, creeks, and birds are the lungs of La Miskito, because

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Nurture Nature for Our Lives: the 2018 IPCC Report

by Gail Koelln, Co-Director

Oct 10, 2018
3 min

Nurture Nature for Our Lives: the 2018 IPCC Report

The first paragraph of the just released IPCC report states, “Incheon, Republic of Korea, 8 Oct – Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees C w

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US Fish & Wildlife Service Shoots a Film of Our Honduras Project!

by Gail Koelln, Co-Director

May 22, 2018
3 min

US Fish & Wildlife Service Shoots a Film of Our Honduras Project!

One Earth Conservation and its partner organization in Honduras, INCEBIO, have been conducting a highly effective and unique parrot conserva

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by Gail Koelln, Co-Director

Mar 20, 2018
2 min

Climate and Connecting

A couple of weeks ago I blogged about how wildlife conservation work connects people on many levels. This week I’d like to explore how clima

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by Gail Koelln

Mar 6, 2018
2 min

Conservation and Connecting

It's quite inspiring to me how conservation work can bring people together. I experienced this firsthand last month when LoraKim convene

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by Gail Koelln, Co-Director

Feb 6, 2018
3 min

Nicaragua Musings

I can’t believe it’s been two months since I traveled with LoraKim and a small group of other people from the USA to witness first-hand, and

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Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner with Gail Koelln

Jan 31, 2018
2 min

A Dark and Stormy Night in Honduras

One thing for sure about wildlife conservation is that nothing is ever for sure. You just can't know when the miracles, or disasters, wi

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Parrots and People Fight for Freedom in Honduras

Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner

Jan 23, 2018
2 min

Parrots and People Fight for Freedom in Honduras

We work together to free not just ourselves from our imprisonment, but all of life, for none are free until all are free. What happens in H

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