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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
by Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Nov 5, 2019


The List
Due to “popular demand,” I am providing our readers with LoraKim’s list of which parrot species (living and extinct) she considers the most
by LoraKim Joyner and Gail Koelln
Oct 23, 2019


Wild Until Death: Praying to Birds
One can't get to heaven without death, but in this case it is the acceptance of death that is the gateway. By embracing death we erase a
by Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Aug 6, 2019


Trashed Oceans and Plasticity
So many people have been “sold a bill of goods,” in this case plastic-wrapped or plastic-bagged this or that, while their interests and need
by Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Jul 9, 2019


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
by Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Jun 26, 2019


Sleeping Under Parrots and Stars
What do you do when there aren’t many of a particular species left on the planet? You face the reality, dig into hope, team up, and do the
by Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Jun 19, 2019


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
by LoraKim Joyner
May 28, 2019


Seeding Conservation with Love
I don't know if human kind can ever avoid the tragedy and violence inherent in our species and societies, but there will always be ferti
Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
May 22, 2019


Take Them or Leave Them
As you know, One Earth Conservation works on a daily basis to help some of the most endangered parrots in the world. Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
by Gail Koelln
May 14, 2019


Making Time to Despair...and to Hope
Yesterday morning I freaked out. It doesn’t happen often, but it happens. I stumbled upon the headline, “UN Warns That 1 Million Species Ris
by Gail Koelln
May 8, 2019


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
Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Apr 11, 2019


The Ups and Downs of Parrot Nesting Season in Guatemala
These 6 areas are located where there are the most yellow-naped parrots in all of Guatemala, which is along the pacific coast of the country
Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Apr 2, 2019


Poachers and Protectors
The film demonstrates how and why community conservation can work, and must work. If the local people are not engaged and committed, then th
Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Mar 27, 2019


Parrot Conservation is a Team Sport
I wish you deep meaning in your love for parrots, and to all of us that have relationships to them, and I also know that we must face the ha
LoraKim Joyner
Mar 19, 2019


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
Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Mar 5, 2019


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
Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Feb 25, 2019


How To Keep Parrots Flying Free
In every country I work, I hear one story after another about how international buyers come to an area to buy adult birds, chicks and/or egg
Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Feb 20, 2019


Parrots and People Carry Messages
We are journeying up and down the Pacific coast of Guatemala in the range of the endangered yellow-naped amazon. What message do we deliver
Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Feb 12, 2019


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
Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner with Gail Koelln
Jan 14, 2019


Fostering Parrots Here and There
We at One Earth Conservation conduct all of our conservation work in collaboration with others. Today, as LoraKim is in the field in Guyana,
LoraKim Joyner
Jan 9, 2019
From the field, our Nurture Nature Program, and our staff!
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