Defending Paradise

The birds-of-paradise are one of the great wonders of the natural world and I am fortunate to have been able to document and study them in the wild through my work as a scientist at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. I am excited to be partnering with the EcoNusa Foundation to highlight the birds-of-paradise from Papua and Maluku as part of the Defending Paradise campaign. I hope these extraordinary birds inspire you to do what you can to help protect their native homelands because the forests of Papua and Maluku are not only essential for the well-being of the birds-of-paradise, they are essential for the well-being of the planet and people too.

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Let’s save these beautiful birds and wonderfully fruitful forests. The riches of wildlife far exceed the quick buck destruction for plantations and timber. I travelled all the way from England

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This is such an important work! Thank you for capturing beautiful photos of the birds.

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I hope by defending paradise, it may keep the paradise bird awake and not extinct… Thank you ☺️

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Birds are the real fascinating creatures by Nature. They have a main role to maintain our ecosystem e.g, they maintain the population of insects, helps in polination and many other

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I speak up in support of the rainforests of Tanah Papua and the Maluku Islands. The beautiful and unique beings of these islands must remain as they are for our

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I have been captivated by these marvelous, fantastical birds since I was a little girl, after discovering them in a National Geographic magazine. For me it’s as if like Mother

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I got the chance to be a guest in a jungle once. This world is one entirely different, it seems to be another planet – the air, the colour, the

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This is the time to do everything we can to save our planet and the beautiful creatures that inhabit it. We only have one Earth and we must protect it!

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It’s like someone goes to your house then walk into your family then just we claim it then your violence as trespassing on their land but your the bad person

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Tetap menjaga dan melindungi burung surga ini (burung cendrawasih), jangan memburu dan menjual-belikan???

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Thank you so much for your hard work! Thank you for protecting the beautiful forests where birds of paradise live. These birds are truly magnificent and incredibly special. My family

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Hello 👋 My name is Kahleo Thompson, I’m a 15 year old nature lover and Photographer. I’ve been amazed by the natural world since I remember when my mom would

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People of the world, think about what we have already lost, think about what we all have lost in our own countries.. And now think about what we are still

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