May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

These are stories from my childhood growing up on Saipan, and I use them to explain what "Indigenous conservation" means to me

I humbly ask you to share it

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Want to follow #AAPI leaders in conservation?

Please follow @LaurenSwaddell, a CHamoru scientist and @UOGTriton's Guam Green Growth Coordinator

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@jah_waiian is my favorite Jewish Jamaican Native Hawaiian who grew up on Saipan

He's also a brilliant scientist and rock star (a literal rock star -- he sings and plays several instruments)

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@kathykijiner from the Marshall Islands is one of the leading #ClimateCrisis voices from the Pacific



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My good friend @julian_aguon is a writer/lawyer/activist standing up to the militarization of my islands

Follow him, and while you're at it, buy his new book!

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