What are the different ways in which nature is valued?🌳💭
@ipbes #ValuesAssessment finds that there is a dominant global focus on short-term profits & economic growth, often excluding the consideration of multiple values of nature in policy decisions
👉 ipbes.net/the-values-assessm…
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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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Increasing sustainable agricultural & forestry practices may include measures such as:
🌾Diversification of planted crop & forest species
🌳Agroforestry
🌿Agroecology
🐜Soil conservation
💦Reduction of fertilizer use
🦋🌡️#BiodiversityClimateScience ipbes.net/BiodiversityClimat…
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New study by @UNESCO & @IUCN shows that:
"Glaciers in World Heritage sites are melting at an accelerated rate. They are currently losing 58 billion tons of ice every year & are responsible for nearly 5% of observed global sea-level rise." 🧊
🗞️@UNESCO
unesco.org/en/articles/unesc…
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🌊🦑 Some days you just get tired of blending in!
This bigfin reef #squid tries out a range of colourful shades on the Great Barrier #Reef
Which colour would you pick up? 💙🤎💗
🎥 @projectzero Jacinta Shackleton
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This week, @SBT_Network has launched their first corporate #ScienceBasedTargets #ForNature.
This should help companies understand their impact on nature & set science-based targets.
Find out more ⬇️
bit.ly/41ZZXHH
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The sustainable use of wild species is central to the identity and existence of many Indigenous Peoples and local communities.
Find out more in the @ipbes #SustainableUse Assessment. 📘
Summary for Policymakers now available in all 6 UN languages⬇️
ipbes.net/sustainable-use-as…
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🚨Deadline approaching🚨
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.
📆Deadline: 31 May
➡️ipbes.net/ilk-global-survey-…
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#DYK Africa is the last place on Earth w/ a significant assemblage of large mammals?🐘🦒🦓
@IPBES #RegionalAssessment for Africa highlights the continent's extraordinary #biodiversity.
ipbes.net/assessment-reports…
This #AfricaDay, let's remember that our solutions are in nature.🌍
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