#فعالان_محیط_زیستی

[goodbearblind]

Posted @withrepost • @franslanting Photos by @FransLanting and friends, Eight conservationists in Iran have been in prison now for 18 months, wrongfully accused of using wildlife camera traps for espionage. I worked with them in Iran on assignment for @NatGeo, and with their help I was able to make this portrait of the highly endangered Asiatic cheetah, which occurs only in Iran. Fewer than 50 remain. These scientists are not spies. They are patriots dedicated to saving from extinction one of the most powerful symbols of Iran’s rich natural heritage. Many conservationists around the world and many other people inside Iran have spoken up for these scientists, but they remain in Tehran’s Evin prison without conviction and have spent months in solitary confinement. In protest, two of them, both women—Niloufar Bayani and Sepideh Kashani (shown after the cheetah photo)—started a hunger strike in prison on August 3. Tomorrow, Friday August 9, @ChristineEckstrom and I will join their hunger strike for 24 hours, to show solidarity and draw attention to their plight. Please consider joining us for a day or even just skipping a meal, and posting or tweeting about it. You can sign a petition at the Scholars at Risk Network to show support for Niloufar. The link is in my bio. #FastForAnyHopeforNature #AnyHopeForNature #HungerStrike #Iran_Conservationists @hrouhani @jzarif_ir @hediyehtehrany @Reza_Kianian_Official @mitra.hajjar @raisi_org @richardbranson @leonardodicaprio @hope4nature #ConservationIsNotaCrime #Free_Iran_Conservationists #hope4nature⁩⁩ #ConservationNeedsCameratraps #cheetahs اميد_براى_طبيعت #امید_برای_طبیعت #فعالان_محیط_زیست #فعالان_محیط_زیستی #امیرحسین_خالقی #هومن_جوکار #طاهر_قدیریان #نیلوفر_بیانی #سام_رجبی #سپیده_کاشانی #مراد_طاهباز #عبدالرضا_کوهپایه #کاووس_سیدامامی #اميد_براى_طبيعت #فعالان_محيط_زيست #اميرحسين_خالقي #سپيده_كاشانى #اميرحسين_خالقي #هومن_جوكار #سپيد (presso Iran) https://www.instagram.com/p/B07hZSmFsIg/?igshid=x54iqv8xqxk9

[afebrahimi]

#ایران_بریفینگ / دور جدید بازداشت #فعالان_مدنی و #فعالان_محیط_زیست در #کردستان: #فرانک_جمشیدی، فعال محیط زیست کُرد توسط #سازمان_اطلاعات_سپاه در #سنندج بازداشت شد. #کردستان_ایران #فعالان_محیط_زیستی #فعالان_محیط_زیست_را_آزاد_کنید #ازبازداشتیها_بگو @irbriefing https://www.instagram.com/p/CCGcoF4pnzg/?igshid=1fmlq7a8uoa3i

[instapicsil3]

Photos by @FransLanting The best way to document endangered animals like the Asiatic cheetah, which occurs only in Iran, is to use camera traps. It took the combined expertise of Iranian scientists and local wildlife rangers along with the permission of Iran’s Department of Environment and the support of an @NatGeo assignment to enable me to make this rare image of a male cheetah crossing a mountain pass. The second photo shows the teamwork that is required in the field. I am thankful to my friends in Iran for their help and devastated that two of the people shown in this photo have been in jail for more than a year now, accused of using camera traps for espionage: One of them may face a death penalty. But camera traps are not spy tools. Houman Jowkar and Amirhossein Khaleghi Hamidi worked with the government, not against it, and local rangers worked with them in the field. They were not operating on their own. They are patriots dedicated to saving one of Iran’s most powerful natural symbols from extinction. Yet they are on trial now along with six of their colleagues shown together in the third photo. Please spread word about this injustice and sign the Care2 petition by clicking on the link in my (@FransLanting) Instagram bio. @hrouhani @jzarif_ir @hediyehtehrany @Reza_Kianian_Official @mitra.hajjar @raisi_org @richardbranson @leonardodicaprio @hope4nature #ConservationIsNotaCrime #Free_Iran_Conservationists #anyhopefornature #hope4nature⁩⁩ #ConservationNeedsCameratraps #cheetahs #bigcats اميد_براى_طبيعت #امید_برای_طبیعت #فعالان_محیط_زیست #فعالان_محیط_زیستی #امیرحسین_خالقی #هومن_جوکار #طاهر_قدیریان #نیلوفر_بیانی #سام_رجبی #سپیده_کاشانی #مراد_طاهباز #عبدالرضا_کوهپایه #کاووس_سیدامامی #اميد_براى_طبيعت #فعالان_محيط_زيست #اميرحسين_خالقي #سپيده_كاشانى #اميرحسين_خالقي #هومن_جوكار #سپيده_كاشانى #سام_رجبى #طاهر_قديريان #مراد_طاهبا #عبدالرضا_كوهپايه #اميد_براى #اميد_براى_طبيعت http://bit.ly/2FTXmqt

[kamran0913]

اژه ای: وزارت اطلاعات حق اظهار نظر در مورد #فعالان_محیط_زیستی رو نداره. تنها نهاد تخصصی در جاسوسی میگه اینها جاسوس نیستند ولی دیگران میگن هستن و وقتی اونها رو جاسوس جا بزنن میتونن پای برخی دولتی ها رو وسط بکشن! کاش لااقل بگن مستند به کدوم قانون حق اظهار نظر نداره؟#دولت_پنهان

— Hadi Mousavi (@smhadimousavi) June 3, 2018

[instapicsil3]

Photo by @FransLanting The Asiatic cheetah is facing a death sentence. Fewer than 50 survive—and only in Iran. But some of the best people dedicated to saving these unique cats from extinction are now in jail for their work and may even face the death penalty. They’ve been accused of using camera traps for espionage. But camera traps are only good for one thing—to capture images of animals at close range just like you see here. This rare image of a cheetah in Iran was captured by one of my camera traps while on assignment for @NatGeo. I worked there with permission and support of Iran’s Department of Environment, and with several of the excellent Iranian scientists who have been arrested. They belong to the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation, but they worked closely with the government, and yet they are now on trial—for charges that are politically motivated. This is horrible for the individuals involved, but it is also a tragedy for the animal which faces extinction. And that is a great loss for everyone in Iran because the Asiatic cheetah is a powerful symbol for Iran’s unique natural heritage. If you care about cheetahs in Asia and the plight of the people whose mission is to protect them, please go to the link in my Instagram profile (@FransLanting) to read the story @NatGeo just published and spread the word about it. You can also sign a petition to express your concern at Care2. Search for “conservationists face death penalty in Iran.” @hassanrouhani @jzarif@hediyehtehrany @Reza_Kianian_Official@mitra.hajjar @raisi_org @FedericaMog @leonardodicaprio @hope4nature #ConservationIsNotaCrime #FreeIranianConservationists #anyhopefornature #hope4nature ⁩⁩#wildlife #conservation #cheetahs #bigcats #اميد_براى_طبيعت #امید_برای_طبیعت #فعالان_محیط_زیست #فعالان_محیط_زیستی #امیرحسین_خالقی #هومن_جوکار #طاهر_قدیریان #نیلوفر_بیانی #سام_رجبی #سپیده_کاشانی #مراد_طاهباز #عبدالرضا_کوهپایه #کاووس_سیدامامی https://ift.tt/2Wctnkh