Pulses are the edible seeds of plants in the legume family.🫘
They grow in pods in a variety of shapes, sizes & colours, making them one of nature's most nutritious foods.
But how do they play a key role in our sustainable future?
Find out w/ @FAO 👇
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Is the @IPBES #InvasiveAlienSpecies Report a longer read than you have time for?🤔
We can help!📢
We're launching a series of factsheets that spotlight key #IAS issues - each is only 4 pages to digest.
Check out the 1st one on: Data on Trends & Impacts➡️ipbes.net/ias
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📢 HAPPENING NOW 📢
The 21st @IPBES MEP & Bureau meetings have started in Bonn 🇩🇪.
Discussions underway on the IPBES work programme, ongoing assessments & uptake of the #InvasiveAlienSpecies Report📗among others
Wishing all a fruitful week of exchanges #ForNature! 🌿
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Grasslands play a significant role in the global carbon & water cycles.
They can also play a crucial role in mitigating climate change, achieving land degradation neutrality & eradicating hunger.
Learn more about the state of #grassland #soils👉🏼 doi.org/10.4060/cc3981en
#COP28
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🌍Help shape global #MonitoringBiodiversity assessment!
@IPBES seeks Fellows from academia, govnt & civil society!
Contribute on #biodiversity modelling, AI, citizen science & more.🌊🌳🔍
Apply by 19 Dec :
ipbes.net/application/monito…
Early-career? Step up #ForNature!🌟
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Without biodiversity there would be no food.
And yet biodiversity is being lost at an alarming rate due to our actions and the #ClimateCrisis.
We must take #ClimateAction to protect our planet's precious biodiversity before time runs out!
#COP28
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Billions of people depend on mountain ecosystems for water, food and income.
Yet, 84% of mountain species are at risk of extinction.
More on UNEP #GenerationRestoration efforts on Monday’s International Mountains Day: decadeonrestoration.org/type….
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🏔️ It’s #InternationalMountainDay!
Did you know?
Farmers and pastoralists are stewards of mountain ecosystems.
Find out more about mountain #EcosystemRestoration
👉 ow.ly/TaBp50Qgcxv
#MountainsMatter #GenerationRestoration #COP28
@UNEP @UNMountains
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On #InternationalMountainDay, let's pledge to protect fragile mountain ecosystems. 🌄
Mountains are vital for freshwater, #biodiversity, and are also home to nearly 1 billion people.⛰️
They face many threats such as #ClimateChange & habitat loss.
—@IPBES #GlobalAssessment
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Mountains provide __________.
Share the first 3 words you see in the comments below 👇
#MountainsMatter #IMD2023 #COP28
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It’s #InternationalMountainDay!
Here are 6 ways to protect mountain biodiversity 👇
#MountainsMatter #GenerationRestoration #COP28
@UNEP @UNMountains
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📢 Concerted interventions are needed to implement & scale up policy actions to promote the sustainable use of #WildSpecies.
Explore the 7️⃣ prerequisites from @IPBES' #SustainableUse Assessment to help address pressures on #biodiversity & secure the future of wild species. 👇
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#DYK that forests cover 39% of global mountain area?
Mountain forests & grasslands…
⛰️cool local temperatures
⛰️increase water retention
⛰️store carbon
⛰️reduce risk of erosions & landslides
Let’s recognize the importance of our mountain ecosystems!
#MountainsMatter #COP28
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Forests do more for the climate than store and sequester carbon.
For example, they:
✅ regulate rainfall
✅ provide cooling benefits
✅ protect coastal areas
✅ provide forest products for local communities facing climatic threats
#COP28 #ClimateAction @FAOClimate
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Mountains are home to 15% of the world's population and a quarter of land animals & plants.
Their conservation is key for achieving the #GlobalGoals.
Monday is International Mountain Day. fao.org/international-mounta…
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Today is the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights!📢
The perfect occasion to recall that a clean, healthy & sustainable environment IS a human right.🌿🌍
#HumanRights75 #ProtectBiodiversity
📷🗞️More on this vital day with @UN 👇
un.org/en/observances/human-…
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