Did you know that @ipbes is on #Instagram? 📷
We collect and share @ipbes and #biodiversity-related information and #photography from around the world.
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Europe’s biodiversity continues to be shaped by human activity. Pressures on habitats and species remain high and are expected to impact habitat quality and ecosystem condition.🌿🦜
What are the main pressures on nature in Europe? Find out in the infographic from @euenvironment
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How do #indigenous peoples support pollinators?
🦋Favouring heterogeneity in landscapes & gardens
🌳Conserving nesting sites & flowering resources
💡IPLC practices can be a source of solutions for pollinator declines
—@IPBES #PollinationAssessment
📗 ipbes.net/assessment-reports…
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The use of wild species involves both the practices associated with harvest or other direct interactions with wild species & the end purpose for which the species is used.
@ipbes #SustainableUse Assessment considers the following taxa, practices & types of use of wild species👇
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A fish that's 'walking'?🤔
🐠Frogfish aren't equipped with a swim bladder like most other fish. This makes it very difficult for them to swim. Instead, the frogfish uses its fins to move around the ocean floor.🌊
🎥@NatureIs_Lit
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The rate of global change in nature during the past 50 years is unprecedented in human history.
The @ipbes #GlobalAssessment found #pollution to be one of the top five direct drivers of change in nature with the largest global impacts.
📘 ipbes.net/global-assessment
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Plastic accumulation in the ocean severely impacts marine life, increasing the risk of disease in coral reefs & threatening overall ecosystem health and human livelihoods.🪸
- @IPBES #SustainableUse Assessment
On #WorldOceansDay & every day, let's protect the ocean.🌊
📷@UNESCO
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#DYK that the ocean... ?🤔
🌊Produces at least 50% of the planet’s oxygen
🌊Covers over 70% of the planet
🌊Absorbs about 30% of carbon dioxide produced by humans
#WorldOceansDay
🗞️📷 @UN
un.org/en/observances/oceans…
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The ocean connects, sustains, and supports us all⬇️
Yet its health is severely threatened and so is the well-being of all that depend on it. 🐳
#WorldOceansDay is a great occasion to raise awareness on the importance of protecting & restoring ocean #biodiversity. 🐟🌊
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