💭#DidYouKnow... Soil organisms contribute to the remediation of soil pollution by breaking down contaminants. They play a key role in #ClimateChange adaptation and mitigation by storing carbon in the soil. fao.org/soils-portal/en 📷by @terra_aliens

💭#DYK that soils affected by salinity & sodicity undergo a rapid decline of health, losing their capacity for biomass production, natural filtration, carbon sequestration & other necessary ecosystem functions? Learn more about the salt-affected soils w/@FAO 🌱🤎

#Biodiversity loss & #ClimateChange: 🌐Are driven by human economic activities 🤝Reinforce each other 🌏Increasingly threaten nature, human lives, livelihoods & well-being worldwide Neither will be resolved unless both are tackled together. 🎥@UNDP

Although they account for an estimated 5% of the global population, #IndigenousPeoples steward at least 25% of the world’s land, which contains much of the planet’s biodiversity. Protect the rights of Indigenous Peoples.🌳 #ForPeopleForPlanet 📸@UNDPClimate

The deepest of the deep... 🤿 Meet 5 marine animals who dive to some of the deepest depths 🌊🐙 via @LewisPughFDN

#throwback ⤵️ 🌱🌍'Conserving and restoring our planet's unique web of life is not only vital for reasons of ethics and common sense, but also for economics.' —HRH The Prince of Wales at the #DasguptaLaunch Read the full #DasguptaReview 👇 gov.uk/government/publicatio…

🌲🌴 Forests are home to much of the 🌏's #biodiversity, but face a number of human-induced threats, including: 🌾Agricultural expansion 🏙Expansion of urban areas 🚗Expansion of infrastructure #ForNature

Turtles have to breathe within a rigid box. So how do some of them do it?💭🐢 #SciArt by @SecondNatureMB

#DYK Pulses are beneficial to people and the planet?🌎 🫘Pulses have a lower carbon & water footprint than many other food crops 🌾They are easy to store and highly nutritious 🌱Their nitrogen-fixing properties improve #soil fertility

📖🌿@IPBES #GlobalAssessment found that negative trends in biodiversity & ecosystems will undermine progress towards 80% of the assessed targets of the @GlobalGoalsUN #SDGs, related to poverty, hunger, health, water, cities, climate, oceans, and land. What can we do #ForNature?