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Intergov. Platform on Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services.

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Jul 11, 2022

The way nature is valued in political and economic decisions is both a key driver of the global biodiversity crisis AND a vital opportunity to address it, acc. to the newly released

@IPBES

#ValuesAssessment 🌱📗 Access the report & media release👉 bit.ly/IPBES_VA

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Jul 8, 2022

'Billions of people worldwide rely on some 50,000 wild species for food, energy, medicine & income' 'Humans must make dramatic changes to hunting & other practices to address an accelerating biodiversity crisis' 📰

Biodiversity Crisis Affects Billions Who Rely on Wild Species, Researchers Say (Published 2022)

The latest global assessment of the decline in plant and animal life found some bright spots but recommended significant changes to hunting and other practices to address the risks.

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Sep 12, 2022

Life on Earth depends on healthy soil. 🌿🌦️ Healthy soil is fundamental for: 🌱Biodiversity 🌽Agricultural productivity 💧Clean water and flood prevention 🌡Climate change mitigation 🌏& more... 👇Find out more with

@fao

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May 6, 2019

What are the 5 direct drivers of change in nature with largest relative global impacts? 1: Change in land & sea use. 2: Direct exploitation of organisms. 3: Climate Change 4: Pollution 5: Invasive Species. — Newly launched

@IPBES

#GlobalAssessment #IPBES7

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Oct 29, 2020

“There is no great mystery about the cause of #COVID19 – or any modern pandemic”

@PeterDaszak

"The same human activities that drive #ClimateChange & #BiodiversityLoss also drive pandemic risk through impacts on our environment"

@IPBES

#PandemicsReport👉ipbes.net/pandemics

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#PandemicsReport shows that the same human activities driving #biodiversity loss and #ClimateChange are also making #pandemics more frequent, more costly and more deadly The Report also shows how we can escape the era of pandemics Read more 👉 ipbes.net/pandemics

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Jul 19, 2022

'Humans use about 50,000 wild species routinely and 1 out of 5 people of the world’s 7.9 billion population depend on those species for food and income, the report said. 1 in 3 people rely on fuel wood for cooking, the number even higher in Africa' 📰

@AP

apnews.com

Wild species relied on by billions at risk, report warns

Every day billions of people depend on wild flora and fauna to obtain food, medicine and energy. But a new U.N.

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Jul 18, 2022

'From the 10,000 known wild species that humans harvest for food to the firewood that 1 in 3 people need for cooking, nature is key to the livelihoods and survival of billions of people in developed & developing countries' 📰

@pgreenfielduk

#SustainableUse

theguardian.com

Wild species support half of world’s population, report finds

New UN study says increasing sustainability is vital to livelihoods of billions of people in developed and developing countries

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says 6th mass #extinction occurring too rapidly for evolution to keep pace. The next 5 decades of mammal loss will require est. 3-5 million years for #biodiversity recovery sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/

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@IPBES

Apr 17, 2021

🐖 🍃 🐝 🍓 🌸 🐶 🦉🐘 🌿 🐨 🦠 🐜 🍄 🐺 🦆 🐚 🐟🌱🌳 Biodiversity matters. That's it. That's the tweet.

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@IPBES

Feb 13, 2021

🦗What is it? 🐒Can I touch? 👀We are not the only ones curious about the wonders of #biodiversity 🎥

@FBiodiversidad

@neuroecology

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@IPBES

Jul 9

Fungi are among the most important and beautiful soil organisms 🦠🍄🌱 Explore the fungal tree of life, with an emphasis on the macroscopic diversity of fungi. 📷

@laszlognagy

@Uni_Szeged

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#Nature is speaking. Are we ready to listen? #MotherEarth is a living system of relationships, of ecosystems, plants, animals, insects & other lifeforms that have evolved over millions of years #EarthDay2020 is a call to evaluate our relationship with 🌍

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@IPBES

Sep 19, 2019

"We are living in the beginning of a mass #extinction. Our #climate is breaking down."

@GretaThunberg

"#Nature is a tool we can use to repair our broken climate."

@GeorgeMonbiot

But 1000x more is spent on fossil fuel subsidies than #NatureBasedSolutions

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@IPBES

May 6, 2019

Think that #ClimateChange is the only crisis facing #Nature? The

@IPBES

#GlobalAssessment Report is the first to rank the relative impact of drivers of #biodiversity loss. 1. Land/Sea Use Change 2. Direct Exploitation 3. Climate Change 4. Pollution 5. Invasive Species

IPCC and 9 others

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💥#BREAKING💥

#ValuesAssessment: decisions based on a narrow set of market values of nature underpin the global #biodiversity crisis More than 50 methods & approaches exist to make visible the diverse values of nature bit.ly/IPBES_VA

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@IPBES

May 22, 2021

On this #BiodiversityDay take 5 minutes to listen #ForNature

Quote

Greta Thunberg

@GretaThunberg

May 22, 2021

”Our relationship with nature is broken. But relationships can change. When we protect nature - we are nature protecting itself.” Thank you @MercyForAnimals for sponsoring this film by @tommustill and me. #ForNature #BiodiversityDay

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@IPBES

Jul 16, 2022

Approved by representatives of the 139 member States,

@IPBES

#ValuesAssessment pointed out that ways of preventing power irregularities and embedding nature into policymaking are “in short supply” 📰via

@UN

news.un.org

UN report: Value of nature must not be overridden by pursuit of short-term profit

The values that we ascribe to nature are vital parts of our cultures, identities, economies, and ways of life, all of which should be reflected in policy decisions surrounding our natural world,...

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@IPBES

Jul 22, 2022

"Assessing nature in purely monetary terms can (...) be harmful to people and the environment, according to the world’s largest assessment of the environmental valuation. 📰

@EhsanMasood

@nature

about

@IPBES

#ValuesAssessment nature.com/articles/d4158

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@IPBES

Jan 1, 2020

A true winter spectacle! ✨Watch this starling murmuration arrive from all directions and take on incredible shapes, contracting & expanding in the sky 📷Richard Sykes,

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@IPBES

Jan 13, 2022

The global rate of plant and animal species extinction is already at least tens to hundreds of times higher than the average rate over the past 10 million years and it is accelerating 📈 Learn more from

@IPBES

#GlobalAssessment: ipbes.net/global-assessm

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@IPBES

May 6, 2019

📝: Media Release: Nature’s Dangerous Decline ‘Unprecedented’; Species Extinction Rates ‘Accelerating’ 📲: bit.ly/GlobalAssessme

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@IPBES

Mar 24, 2020

'Speculating which creature originally had the #coronavirus obscures a more fundamental source of our vulnerability to pandemics: the accelerating pace of habitat loss' Habitat loss increases likelihood species will come into contact w/ humans

@thenation

thenation.com

Think Exotic Animals Are to Blame for the Coronavirus? Think Again.

Scientists have fingered bats and pangolins as potential sources of the virus, but the real blame lies elsewhere—with human assaults on the environment.

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New article in

: '#EcosystemRestoration can help mitigate #ClimateChange at low costs' 'Conserving ecosystems & restoring 30% of converted land could mitigate 71±4% of extinction debt & sequester 465±59 gigatonnes CO2—49% of CO2 since Indus. Rev.' nature.com/articles/s4158

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@IPBES

Oct 16, 2019

🍅 😍 😍 😍 🍅 #Biodiversity is our food, health and the spice of life!

@maria_albeniz

shows us 700 different varieties of #tomatoes in 1 minute! Happy

@FAO

#WorldFoodDay!

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@IPBES

Jun 10, 2021

BREAKING: #BiodiversityClimateScience from

@IPBES

@IPCC_CH

co-sponsored workshop report identifies key options for solutions to address #biodiversity & #climate crises together w/ their combined social impacts 👉ipbes.net/BiodiversityCl

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@IPBES

Jan 10, 2021

#Nature is full of surprises💭 Is it a🍃 or a 🦋? 🎥

@naturevirals

twitter.com/naturevirals/s

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@IPBES

Sep 30, 2020

#BreakingNews: Media reporting

@IPBES

nominated for #NobelPeacePrize for "invaluable contribution to world peace & global development" 'recognition for experts around the world who contributed to IPBES w/ hope that science will be foundation of politics'

sueddeutsche.de

Weltbiodiversitätsrat IPBES für Friedensnobelpreis nominiert

Das Gremium hatte mit seinem Bericht die weltweite Aufmerksamkeit auf das katastrophale Artensterben gelenkt.

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@IPBES

Dec 4, 2021

Meet the scarab beetle (Chrysina resplendens) ✨ 🪲 Their metallic color is a result of ~70 microscopic chitin layers of decreasing thickness that reflect light to produce a metallic effect. 🎥

@wonderofscience

via IG insecthaus_adi

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@IPBES

Jul 12, 2020

Planting urban forests can boost #biodiversity & fight #climatechange Learn more from

@wef

about why the planting of miniature urban forests is growing in popularity. 🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳

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@IPBES

Jun 3, 2022

5 June is #WorldEnvironmentDay 🌎 2022 marks 50 years since the 1972

@UN

Conference on the Human Environment, widely seen as the first international meeting on the environment. Today and every day, let's celebrate, protect and restore our planet.

@UNEP

worldenvironmentday.global

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@IPBES

May 22, 2020

#Biodiversity is the richness of life 🍓 🌱 🌎 🐒 🐛 This #BiodiversityDay, we recognize the essential variety of all life on Earth

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Jul 30, 2019

🌳#Ethiopia 🇪🇹 just broke an unbe-leaf-able record.🌳 In 12 hours, the country planted 350 million trees to counter the effects of #ClimateChange and #deforestation. They aim to plant 4 billion indigenous trees in total. We are rooting for them—are you?

bbc.com

Ethiopia 'breaks' tree-planting record to tackle climate change

More than 350 million trees have been planted in a single day to tackle deforestation, officials say.

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Germany has asked

to gather #science for policy options to prevent pandemics & protect people & nature "After the crisis, there will be a chance to adopt a new global #biodiversity strategy & show that we've learned from past pandemics"

@SvenjaSchulze68

#Biodiversity2020

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@IPBES

Jul 8, 2022

⚡️ #BREAKING⚡️ 50,000 wild species meet needs of billions worldwide, finds new

@IPBES

Assessment on #SustainableUse of Wild Species. Global experts offer options to ensure sustainable use of wild species of plants, animals, fungi & algae. ipbes.net/media_release/

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@IPBES

Jun 7, 2021

The ocean covers >70% of our planet. It's our life source, vital for people and every other organism on earth. 🦠🌊🐠🌊🐡🌊🐬🌊🦈🌊🐳🌊🐙🌊🦀 8 June is #WorldOceansDay, let’s celebrate and protect our oceans every day. twitter.com/Oceandiversity

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#GlobalAssessment Report identifies changes in land and sea use as the most significant direct driver of changes in nature. To halt and reverse #biodiversity loss and the degradation of nature, we need more sustainable #agricultural practices and food systems.

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May 8, 2019

#Nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history . The

@IPBES

#GlobalAssessment ranks, for the first time at this scale, the 5 direct drivers of change in #nature with the largest global impact. So what are the culprits behind nature's destruction 📹⤵️

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May 3, 2019

At 1pm (CET) on Monday 6 May, the key findings of the

@IPBES

#GlobalAssessment - the definitive global synthesis of the state of #biodiversity, ecosystems and #nature's contributions to people - will be launched via live webcast. 📹: Watch here: bit.ly/IPBESWebcast #IPBES7

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Aug 30, 2021

"Today, we overfish, we cut down forests, we destroy nature. And it counts as positive economic growth, when, in fact, it is profligate waste...that is undermining our society's viability." —

@antonioguterres

@UN

Secretary-General at the #BiodiversityPreCOP2021 #ForNature

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@IPBES

Jul 25, 2019

“We are facing what is quickly becoming the greatest moral crisis of our time.” A long time ago, Harrison Ford was best known for saving lives in a Galaxy Far Far Away... But his focus now is life on Earth 🌎.

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Sep 28, 2020

These countries are uniting for #biodiversity & committing to 10 key actions #ForNature: 🇦🇩🇦🇹🇧🇩🇧🇪🇧🇿🇧🇹🇧🇴🇧🇦🇧🇬🇨🇦🇨🇴🇰🇲🇨🇷🇨🇾🇨🇿🇩🇰🇩🇯🇫🇯🇫🇮🇫🇷🇬🇦🇬🇪🇩🇪🇬🇷🇬🇹🇭🇳🇭🇺🇮🇸🇮🇱🇮🇹🇰🇪🇱🇻🇱🇸🇱🇹🇱🇺🇲🇹🇲🇽🇲🇦🇳🇵🇳🇱🇳🇿🇳🇴🇵🇰🇵🇼🇵🇦🇵🇾🇵🇪🇵🇹🇲🇭🇲🇰🇸🇲🇸🇨🇸🇰🇸🇮🇪🇸🇱🇰🇱🇨🇸🇪🇬🇲🇹🇱🇬🇧 &🇪🇺 Read more about the Leaders' Pledge: leaderspledgefornature.org

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Apr 3, 2020

"The #coronavirus pandemic is a wake-up call from nature. "We cannot go back to business as usual. We must rebuild by working with #nature, not against it. "We must stop #ClimateChange and #biodiversity loss." 🌎🌏🌍

@UNEP

#ForNature

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@IPBES

May 16, 2022

Soil is fundamental to life on Earth 🌿🌦️ If you eat food, if you wear clothes, if you take medicines, if you drink water, you depend on the soil. 📷

@the_Soil_Life

#SaveSoil via soillife.org

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Dec 22, 2020

🦠 If we don't address #biodiversity loss, #pandemics will be more frequent, costly and deadly than #COVID19 📖

@IPBES

#PandemicsReport offers options for policy and action 👉 ipbes.net/pandemics

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Jan 16, 2021

🌊☁️ Sea meets sky... This is #nature in a perfect sync✨ twitter.com/scitechnature9

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May 21, 2021

Ahead of #BiodiversityDay on 22 May, we explore: 🍄 What is #Biodiversity? 🦁 Why do we need diverse plants and animals? 🌿 What can we do #ForNature? Follow

@IPBES

to learn more💡

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Aug 8, 2020

Planting urban forests can boost #biodiversity & fight #climatechange Learn more from

@wef

about why the planting of miniature urban forests is growing in popularity. 🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳

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@IPBES

Jan 20, 2022

How can we identify and differentiate between the 7 different marine turtle species?🐢 Learn more from this infographic🎨by

@PaigeStrudwick

@ICRSreefstudent

@ICRSCoralReefs

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@IPBES

Sep 18, 2019

"How is it possible that the most intellectual being that ever walked the planet is destroying its only home?" Jane Goodall & #SirDavidAttenborough are speaking up for #Nature & joining #VoiceForThePlanet, speaking truth & science to power. Join them at voicefortheplanet.org

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Nov 29, 2021

Our planet supports an incredible diversity of species. 🐾🐄🐸🐛🙋🦑🐝🕷️🐘🐧🐠🐦🦈🐌 Explore the composition of the living world in terms of biomass via 🎨

@markabelan

@Sheril_

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Nov 24, 2021

These countries are united to reverse biodiversity loss. 🇦🇱🇦🇩🇦🇬🇦🇲🇦🇹🇧🇩🇧🇧🇧🇪🇧🇿🇧🇹🇧🇴🇧🇦🇧🇬🇨🇻🇨🇦🇨🇴🇰🇲🇨🇷🇭🇷🇨🇾🇨🇿🇩🇰🇩🇯🇪🇪🇪🇹🇫🇯🇫🇮🇫🇷🇬🇦🇬🇲🇬🇪🇩🇪🇬🇷🇬🇹🇬🇾🇭🇳🇭🇺🇮🇸🇮🇪🇮🇱🇮🇹🇯🇲🇯🇵🇯🇴🇰🇪🇱🇻🇱🇧🇱🇸🇱🇷🇱🇹🇱🇺🇲🇬🇲🇻🇲🇹🇲🇭🇲🇽🇲🇩🇲🇨🇲🇳🇲🇪🇲🇦🇳🇵🇳🇱🇳🇿🇳🇬🇲🇰🇳🇴🇵🇰🇵🇼🇵🇦🇵🇾🇵🇪🇵🇹🇨🇬🇷🇴🇷🇼🇸🇲🇸🇨🇸🇰🇸🇮🇰🇷🇪🇸🇱🇰🇱🇨🇻🇨🇸🇩🇸🇷🇸🇪🇨🇭🇹🇱🇺🇬🇬🇧🇻🇳🇪🇺 #LeadersPledge4Nature

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Jul 20, 2022

Globally, deforestation is generally lower on #indigenous territories. Bringing scientists & #IndigenousPeoples together to learn from each other will strengthen the #SustainableUse of wild species. 📘 bit.ly/IPBES_SUA

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Apr 20, 2022

1 million out of an estimated 8 million species of plants and animals globally are threatened with extinction. What are the most endangered species in Europe? Find out in this infographic by

@Europarl_EN

🐌🌿🌽

IUCN and 9 others

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Jun 1, 2019

It's (almost) official. The Anthropocene Working Group proposed 'the Anthropocene' as a geological epoch starting in 1950, part of a formal 2021 submission to the International Commission on Stratigraphy overseeing the geologic time chart. In

@nature

: nature.com/articles/d4158

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@IPBES

Mar 3, 2021

Happy #WorldWildlifeDay from

@IPBES

🎉 🐱🐯🐨🦁🐍🦓🐗 Today we celebrate all #wildlife but especially forests and forest species sustaining people & planet🌳🌲🌴 #ForestsPeoplePlanet #DoOneThingToday wildlifeday.org (PS watch with the sound on🔊)

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Aug 7, 2019

If we want to halt #biodiversity loss and stop #ClimateChange, we need #naturebasedsolutions. 🌳🌴#Reforestation would be a key solution.🌲🌳 Here are some phenomenal examples of how countries around the 🌍 are planting trees to protect our #environment.

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May 20, 2021

Happy #WorldBeeDay! Bee Engaged🦋🐝🐦🦇🐜🐞 Let's celebrate bees & other pollinators, today and every day🌻

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@IPBES

Aug 21, 2022

🌡️🦋💡#Biodiversity loss & #ClimateChange are both driven by human economic activities & mutually reinforce each other How can we successfully resolve both crises?💭 Learn more w/ #BiodiversityClimateScience from

@IPBES

@IPCC_CH

co-sponsored w/shop Report

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@IPBES

Jan 19, 2022

Planting the right trees in the right places has multiple benefits #ForNature and for people. 🌲💚🌳📗🌴 Learn about some of these benefits via

@Greenpeace

#GreatGreenWall and 9 others

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Oct 19, 2021

What is #Nature for you?🌿 "Nature embodies different concepts for different people, including #biodiversity, ecosystems, Mother Earth, systems of life and other analogous concepts." —

@IPBES

#GlobalAssessment 🎥@MarineGOfficial

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Jan 5, 2020

🦆What are ducks doing in rice fields?🌾 Helping to make farming more #sustainable! Watch to learn more about an effective #NatureBasedSolution 🍃

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@IPBES

Jan 26, 2022

Here are 7 reasons to BEE grateful for #pollinators - they: 🐝increase food production & security 🐝maintain biodiversity 🐝improve our diets 🐝some are a source of honey 🐝make foods taste better 🐝have a great work ethic 🐝are a source of inspiration via

@FAO

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Jun 8, 2020

#Oceans, like land, have been dangerously degraded by human activity 66% of the marine #environment is severely altered by human actions On #WorldOceansDay learn more about the status of nature & options for action in the

@IPBES

#GlobalAssessment ➡️ipbes.net/global-assessm

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May 22, 2019

On #BiodiversityDay it's important to remember that #biodiversity loss and #ClimateChange are environmental, development, economic, security, social and equity issues that must be addressed together to achieve a sustainable future, for people and for nature. #IDB2019

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Apr 15, 2020

"We talk about #ClimateChange a lot, but #biodiversity loss is as important an issue" "How do we stop this loss of life?" Sir David Attenborough

@WWFEU

highlights the vital need to protect biodiversity and reverse the dangerous decline of #nature

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@IPBES

Dec 7, 2021

In 2020, the amount of human-made mass exceeded the weight of all global living biomass. Explore this infographic breaking down the composition of all human-made materials and the rate of their production. Credit:

@markabelan

🎨

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@IPBES

Nov 9, 2021

What are the climate gaps that the world is facing? And why are they important?💭🌡️ Explore the new infographic from

@UNEP

, bringing together key messages from the latest Emissions Gap, Adaptation Gap & Production Gap Reports 2021 & from

@IPCC

’s #ClimateReport (AR6).

UN Climate Change and 9 others

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@IPBES

May 4, 2019

BREAKING: The Summary for Policymakers of the

@IPBES

#GlobalAssessment of #Biodiversity and Ecosystem services and the individual chapters of the Assessment are officially approved at #IPBES7 in Paris, France 🇫🇷!

UNESCO

#Education #Sciences #Culture

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@IPBES

Jan 14, 2022

Soil biodiversity reflects the variability among living organisms including a myriad of organisms not visible with the naked eye, such as micro-organisms, meso-fauna and the more familiar macro-fauna. How can we conserve this precious resource?💭🐛 📷

@FAO

@EU_Commission

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🚨Just released

#ClimateReport🚨 Scientists are certain that human-caused emissions have dangerously & permanently changed our planet The last time atmospheric CO2 levels were this high was millions of years ago 🌡️ #ClimateCrisis Learn more👉 bit.ly/WGICC2021

UN Climate Change and 9 others

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@IPBES

Jul 16, 2022

A new #OpenAccess book argues that to bring about transformative biodiversity governance, we must prioritize 'ecocentric, compassionate and just sustainable development' Read 'Transforming Biodiversity Governance' via

@nlenvironagency

cambridge.org/core/books/tra #Post2020 #COP15

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Aug 23, 2019

🌲#Deforestation contributes around 10% of human-induced greenhouse gas emissions.🌲 If we want to prevent further #LandDegradation, halt #ClimateChange and protect #biodiversity, we cannot continue with business-as-usual.

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Jun 15, 2020

If we want to halt #biodiversity loss and stop #climatechange, we need #naturebasedsolutions. 🌳🌴#Reforestation would be a key solution.🌲🌳 Here are some phenomenal examples of how countries around the 🌍 are planting trees to protect our #environment.

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Nov 22, 2020

🌿What is #Nature for you? "Nature embodies different concepts for different people, including #biodiversity, ecosystems, Mother Earth, systems of #life & other analogous concepts" —

#GlobalAssessment 🎥

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Sep 21, 2019

🍃Nature can provide >1/3 of the solutions to the #ClimateCrisis by 2030 We need #NatureNow: to protect, restore and fund #ecosystems & #biodiversity🌼 1.5 degrees won't be achieved without #NatureBasedSolutions And without raising our collective #voicefortheplanet

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Jan 10, 2020

This heroic dog has already rescued 15 koalas injured in #BushFireCrisisAustralia Almost a third of koalas in #NewSouthWales may have been killed in the #bushfires, and a third of their habitat has been destroyed

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Sep 27, 2019

"We need to defund the mechanisms...that fuel deforestation" -Harrison Ford, #ClimateActionSummit Former

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Chair Bob Watson agrees: "We need to eliminate harmful agricultural, energy & transportation subsidies and incentivise sustainable production."

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Oct 12, 2020

"The living world is a unique & spectacular marvel. Yet the way we humans live on Earth is sending it into a decline" We need to work with #nature, rather than against it. #DavidAttenborough wants to show ppl how, as he lays out his vision for the future

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Apr 7, 2021

🦠 🌱 🌿 🌳 🐾 🐓 🐄 🌾 🚜 🏭 💉 💊 🤧 😷 Our health depends on nature's health. Today and every day. #WorldHealthDay

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Aug 2, 2020

August 9th is International Day of the World's #Indigenous Peoples🌺 Comprising less than 5% of the world's population, #indigenous peoples protect 80% of global #Biodiversity. Learn more from

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#IndigenousPeoplesDay 👇

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Indigenous peoples defend Earth’s biodiversity—but they’re in danger

Comprising less than 5% of the world's population, indigenous people protect 80% of global biodiversity. Their role is under discussion by world leaders this week.

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Jul 29, 2019

🌎Today is #EarthOvershootDay.🌍 That means that in just 7 months all of humanity has already consumed more natural resources than #nature can renew in one year. See which countries consume at a higher rate and which are closer to #Sustainability. 🌏 overshootday.org/newsroom/count

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Jan 4, 2020

Exposure to #nature can improve both physical and mental health -

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#GlobalAssessment Take a moment to brighten your day with these sights and sounds of nature #NaturesContributions

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#GlobalAssessment Summary in all

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languages! Arabic: ipbes.net/system/tdf/ipb Chinese: ipbes.net/system/tdf/ipb English: ipbes.net/system/tdf/ipb French: ipbes.net/system/tdf/ipb Russian: ipbes.net/system/tdf/ipb Spanish: ipbes.net/system/tdf/ipb

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Mar 29, 2022

Soil pollution is invisible to the human eye, but it compromises the quality of the food we eat, the water we drink, and the air we breathe and puts human and environmental health at risk. Learn more about #soil #pollution w/

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Oct 1, 2021

Here are 7 reasons to BEE grateful for #Pollinators - they: 🐝increase food production & security 🐝maintain biodiversity 🐝improve our diets 🐝some are a source of honey 🐝make foods taste better 🐝have a great work ethic 🐝are a source of inspiration via

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Aug 8, 2019

#ClimateChange #Biodiversity loss & #LandDegradation These interconnected issues must be addressed together. Improving land use decisions and supporting #NatureBasedSolutions is a crucial part of the solution.

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May 22, 2019

#Biodiversity is the richness of life. 🍓 🌱 🌎 🐒 🐛 This #BiodiversityDay, we recognize the essential variety of life forms on Earth. #IDB2019

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Oct 10, 2021

Nature holds so many wonders🌿✨ This is Clione limacina, better known as the sea angel, hovering under the ice in the White Sea in Russia. 🎥

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May 17, 2020

22 May is #BiodiversityDay! 🎋🍎🐛🌲🐦🌳🐿🌴 This year's theme, "Our solutions are in nature," reminds us that #biodiversity is the basis for a #sustainable future The logo shows that people are part of #nature—not separate from it Learn more⬇️ cbd.int/idb/2020

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Nov 10, 2020

These countries are uniting for #biodiversity & committing to 10 key actions #ForNature: 🇦🇱🇦🇩🇦🇲🇦🇹🇧🇩🇧🇧🇧🇪🇧🇿🇧🇹🇧🇴🇧🇦🇧🇬🇨🇦🇨🇴🇰🇲🇨🇷🇨🇾🇨🇿🇩🇰🇩🇯🇪🇪🇫🇯🇫🇮🇫🇷🇬🇦🇬🇪🇩🇪🇬🇷🇬🇹🇭🇳🇭🇺🇮🇸🇮🇪🇮🇱🇮🇹🇯🇴🇰🇪🇱🇻🇱🇧🇱🇸🇱🇹🇱🇺🇲🇻🇲🇹🇲🇽🇲🇩🇲🇨🇲🇪🇲🇦🇳🇵🇳🇱🇳🇿🇳🇬🇳🇴🇵🇰🇵🇼🇵🇦🇵🇾🇵🇪🇵🇹🇲🇭🇲🇰🇨🇩🇷🇴🇸🇲🇸🇨🇸🇰🇸🇮🇪🇸🇱🇰🇱🇨🇸🇪🇨🇭🇬🇲🇹🇱🇬🇧🇺🇬&🇪🇺 #LeadersPledge4Nature

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Oct 16, 2020

#Biodiversity is our food, health and the spice of life! Happy #WorldFoodDay! 🍅😍😍😍🍅

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Mar 2, 2020

1 million animal and plant species are threatened with extinction, many within decades, more than ever before in human history. #Biodiversity can be restored with comprehensive #conservation efforts wildlifeday.org @WorldWildlifeDay #WorldWildlifeDay #WWD2020

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Nov 1, 2021

The science is clear. Unprecedented changes in climate and biodiversity, driven by human activities, have combined and increasingly threaten nature, human lives, livelihoods, and well-being around the world.

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Aug 9, 2022

How do different worldviews and knowledge systems influence the way people interact with and value nature?🚣🙏🌿

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#ValuesAssessment proposes a new typology of values. Learn more: bit.ly/IPBES_VA

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Jan 7, 2020

🍂 Did you see it? Meet a master of camouflage, hiding in areas from India to tropical Asia and Japan: Kallima inachus, or the orange oakleaf🦋

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🦋 🐸 🦀 🐞 🐙 🐒 🐘 🦉 🌿🐨🐯🦁🐮🐵🐼🐻🐍🐪 Biodiversity is the web of life... RT if you agree🔁

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suggests: "The cost of preventing further pandemics over the next decade by protecting wildlife and forests would equate to just 2% of the estimated financial damage caused by #Covid19"

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Cost of preventing next pandemic 'equal to just 2% of Covid-19 economic damage'

World must act now to protect wildlife in order to stop future virus crises, say scientists

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