💥 #HappeningNow💥
Annual @IPBES fellows training workshop - hosted by @UNDP in Nairobi 🇰🇪
The fellowship programme provides an opportunity for outstanding early-career scientists to participate in IPBES assessments. 📚
Learn more about the programme: ipbes.net/ipbes-fellowship-p…
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#DYK Health of humans, domestic and wild animals, plants, ecosystems & the wider environment are closely linked and interdependent?⚕️
The #OneHealth approach helps us balance human, animal and ecosystem health and build a #HealthierTomorrow.
🎥@theGEF
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🚨Deadline approaching!
Do you have cutting-edge social media skills & creativity?
Are you ready to help take @IPBES social media to the next level?
Join our team as a #SocialMedia Manager & make an impact!🔔
⏰Apply by 13 MAY 2023 ⬇️
careers.un.org/lbw/jobdetail…
#UNCareers
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Protecting mountains = protecting #biodiversity 🌏🏔️
According to the @IPBES #GlobalAssessment, mountains also have great cultural significance for many #indigenous & #local cultures⛰️
📙ipbes.net/global-assessment
📷@FAO & @FAOForestry
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Melting glaciers ➡️ rising sea levels ➡️ coastal erosion & elevated storm surges. As temperatures & #ClimateChange intensify, hurricanes & typhoons become more frequent & destructive.❄️🌡️
🎥See the view of Vadret da Tschierva & Piz Roseg in 1935 (left) vs 2022 (right) w/ @WMO 👇
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🏔️Mountains face huge challenges.
#ClimateChange is melting glaciers & driving species toward extinction. But in Uganda, Rwanda, Serbia & Kyrgyzstan rare animals are bouncing back.
Watch RESTORE, a documentary on restoration success stories by @UNEP👇🏽
youtube.com/watch?v=GqdXzNTN…
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Without #IndigenousPeoples, we cannot effectively halt & reverse #biodiversity loss.
@IPBES has issued a call for Indigenous & local knowledge around the 🌏to contribute to its 3 ongoing assessments.
📆New deadline: 31 May
➡️ipbes.net/ilk-global-survey-…
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Have you ever seen a cormorant basking in the sun with its wings spread?
They most likely do so to help dry their feathers after diving and fishing. 🌊🪶
🎥@leedsbirder
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#DYK that the Black Sea is home to more than 5,000 species? 🤔
From algae to seals, discover the #biodiversity of the Black Sea with this infographic by @EmblasProject & @CousteauTCS 🦭🪸⬇️
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