Today is #WorldAnimalDay! While the outlook for #biodiversity is at times dire, it's important to celebrate the joys of #nature. #NaturesContributionsToLaughter
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Our #knowledge of the ‘Gnat’tural world continues to grow! Scientists from the Estonian University of Life Sciences, @UniTurku and Universidade de São Paulo discovered 20 new gnat species in #Brazil. #GnaturesContributions #WorldAnimalDay sciencedaily.com/releases/20…
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A new species of hummingbird 🐦 has been spotted and identified in Ecuador by a multinational team of ornithologists. Rich in #biodiversity, 🇪🇨 is home to 132 hummingbird species out of the more than 300 in the 🗺️. #WorldAnimalDay
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Home to a variety of creatures, #MarineForests support rich #ecosystems and absorb CO2 from the atmosphere. New research explores untapped potential and contribution to #ClimateChange mitigation and #biodiversity protection
#BlueCarbon #Conservation
sciencenordic.com/how-nordic…
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RT @UNBiodiversity:
RT @CristianaPascaP "The current narrative on #climatechange is focused on the #energy sector when #nature based solutions have the potential to be 1/3 of the solutions by 2030. Excellent discussion with @President_Heine on how a New Deal for Nature in 2020 can support #SIDS
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IMPACT: @IPBES report cited in the concept note as @Sanchezceren, President of El Salvador urges support for proposed "@UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration 2021 – 2030" to promote the restoration and rehabilitation of degraded landscapes
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Millions of #birds die every year from collisions with planes. Researchers at Purdue @LifeAtPurdue are making headway on testing LED lights to steer birds and reduce #avian impacts with the built environment : buff.ly/2DKc8SY
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#Brazil is home to 150 critical sites that are the last frontiers for 200+ #endangeredspecies. New #biodiversity protection initiative to identify and map sites holding the last known populations of highly threatened species: surfbirds.com/community-blog…
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#Colombia has started the first author meeting of its national assessment of #biodiversity and #ecosystemservices based on the @IPBES methodology.
En este momento damos inicio al lanzamiento oficial y primera reunión de autores de la Evaluación Nacional de Biodiversidad y Servicios Evosistémicos con metodología #IPBES
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On this #WorldHabitatDay, let’s work for cleaner and greener cities, by reducing and reversing the human impact on #biodiversity and #ecosystems. At @IPBES we believe in thinking global while acting local, which starts by each of us taking a look around.
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Happy #InternationalCoffeeDay!
#Didyouknow that thriving plant and animal communities can be key to better (and more) coffee?
#Biodiversity #NaturesContributionsToPeople
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Is your question about the numbers/profile of experts who engage or the specific opportunities to engage?
Also worth a look is the Summary Guide to IPBES Assessment process: ipbes.net/guide-production-a…
They are often among the thousands of expert sources drawn upon by the authors in creating the @IPBES assessment reports and are themselves often inspired/influenced by the IPBES conceptual framework (see biodiversity.de/sites/defaul… for example)
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#SneakPeek at the main Plenary Hall - this will be the venue for #IPBES7 from 28 April-4 May 2019 in #Paris #BehindTheScenes @UNESCO
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200 critically endangered frogs released in 🇿🇦. Amphibians crucial 4 #ecosystems and most threatened class of vertebrate. "Without concerted proactive conservation intervention...highly likely that the species will become extinct." @Ezemvelo
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Interesting well written story How a dream tree from China became a nightmare on US soil sc.mp/2QDHXiy via @SCMPNews
🔬 Scientists from @UChicago have been working on a database of fossils of marine bivalves that allows them to review the history of extinctions & develop a set of predictors for evaluating extinction risks of hard-to-track species.
news.uchicago.edu/story/scie…
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Hong Kong's Largest Restaurant Group Agrees to Stop Serving Shark Fin By 2020 buff.ly/2xKN9IY
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