A Broken Earth: We Must Re-parrot (repair it)!
Every parrot in every home is linked back to the devastating trade. This fact might elicit some shame or anger, but mostly it is a statement
top of page
WHAT'S
NEW
Search
by Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Jun 19, 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 Gail Koelln
May 14, 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
Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Apr 17, 2019
Merchants and Parrots: Selling Parrots is Selling Our Souls, Freeing Parrots is Freeing Ourselves
Only by diminishing our ego's need to dominate, can we live truly free. Love dissolves the bars of perceived separation. We live joined
Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Feb 20, 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 12, 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
Dec 18, 2018
Dreaming Big
I dream that for every homed bird in the world, which number, 249,651,000, the owners contribute $1.00 for conservation. That comes to near
Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Dec 12, 2018
Parrots Die by the Bucketful
This particular batch of ten scarlet macaw chicks were being transported in a bucket in the back of a truck traveling along the dirt road t
Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Dec 4, 2018
Breaking the Illegal Wildlife Trade Chain Through Economic Support
Every conservation project is an art, and a dance of relationships, so direct community employment may not work in every region, with every
Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner with Gail Koelln
Sep 4, 2018
Endangered Species Smuggled to Europe in a Suitcase
On a parrot conservation trip to Paraguay, LoraKim Joyner confirmed the heavy toll of poaching to supply the international illegal wildlife
Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Sep 26, 2017
Parrot Poaching Must Stop Now, and We’re Doing It!
With enough grit, perseverance, honest and empathetic relationships, and probably a bit of luck, we can decrease poaching, even dramatically
Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Jun 13, 2017
Liberating Wings: Stopping the Poaching Now!
I have an urgent sense that the poaching must stop, now, though the trapping of wild parrots for the pet trade has gone on for a long time.
Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Apr 11, 2017
Parrot Conservation Grows in Islands of Hope
On beautiful Ometepe Island, Nicaragua is an endangered parrot, experiencing heavy poaching that results in chicks devastated by the illegal
Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Oct 11, 2016
Poached Parrots Leaving Paraguay
Upon arriving in Paraguay in September I was told the news that only the week before a group of turquoise-fronted parrot chicks and eggs fro
Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Aug 29, 2016
Endangered, Precious, and Heroes - Conservationists of Latin America
This past week I attended the Mesoamerican Society of Biology and Conservation Conference in Belize City, Belize. Before I went I...
Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Aug 21, 2016
Conservation: Attaining the Good You Will Not Attain
Grace has its own way of shaping what our hearts bequeath it. Grace keeps fashioning and shaping our deeds, long after any hopes we had...
LoraKim Joyner
Aug 15, 2016
The Lives of Parrots and People - Part III
Today we continue our journey through the Valle Department of Southern Honduras. Last week we visited Tio's (Uncle's house) and this week...
From the field, our Nurture Nature Program, and our staff!
bottom of page