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Bonn, Germany
Joined May 2010
Meet the red knot, one of the greatest migrants in the animal kingdom!🐦 But their populations are in danger. #ClimateChange damages their nesting habitats, reduces food availability & could make predators more likely to prey on birds on the shore. 📷Emma Regnier (@falcofous)
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#DYK that penguins use body movements to send & receive messages?🤔 They tend to communicate through a combination of vocal and visual signals➡️ typically emitting vocalizations and making body movements at the same time.🐧 📸@wildcapturd
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A big thank you to all participants in the Indigenous and local knowledge dialogue workshop for the @ipbes #NexusAssessment, which took place in Chiang Mai, Thailand 🇹🇭 this week! These photos were taken during a field visit to the community of Hin Lad Nai. #FPIC
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Have you heard of the Pennant-winged Nightjar?🐦 The breeding males have extraordinary "pennants" extending from their wings. It is a #MigratorySpecies from Africa, found in many different habitats, breeding in wet savannahs and deciduous forests. 📷Emma Regnier (@falcofous)
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The land we depend on is under threat. 🍎⛈ Land degradation drives losses in agricultural production through: 🪨Erosion 🥀Soil fertility loss ☀️Salinization 💧& other processes This is a real risk to food security. — @ipbes #LandDegradation Assessment⬇️ ipbes.net/sites/default/file…
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📢Call for external reviewers📢 The 1st draft of the @ipbes #NexusAssessment on interlinkages among #biodiversity, water, food and health is now open for external review. ✍️ 📆Deadline: 19 February⬇️ ipbes.net/notification/live-…
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A study conducted as part of the Identidad Madidi expedition, has recorded 35 fish species possibly new to science in Bolivia 🇧🇴 🔎Study by @thewcs, @ird_fr & @umsainformacion 🗞️@TheWCS ⬇️ newsroom.wcs.org/News-Releas…
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What is soil fertility and how is it important?💭 Healthy soils sustain life. 🌿🌦️ But land degradation leads to, among other things, the loss of #soil fertility constituting a risk to food security. — @ipbes #LandDegradation Assessment 📷 @fao #GlobalSoilPartnership
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Looking for a new year's resolution? 🤔 Let’s change minds and not the climate! Find out more from @unesco about how protecting our planet starts with education: ⬇️ unesco.org/en/education/sust… #ForNature #ForOurPlanet
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Nature across most of the globe has been significantly altered by multiple human drivers, with the great majority of indicators of ecosystems and #biodiversity showing rapid decline.🥀 🪸And coral reefs are particularly vulnerable to #ClimateChange. —@IPBES #GlobalAssessment
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