"We need to start working alongside local communities to protect this...incredible #biodiversity."
Following the scientific discovery of a new "glass" frog 🐸 in #Colombia 🇨🇴, researchers credit the #Indigenous People who protect their #ecosystem.
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The world's #forests make up a diverse set of habitats for plants, animals and micro-organisms and host the majority of the world’s terrestrial species, but are increasingly threatened, largely due to human activity.
#WorldRainforestDay #GlobalAssessment
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#Brazil #Deforestation Aug '17–July '18 7,900sq Km cleared, from @mmeioambiente satellite data, equivalent to 987,000 football pitches
#LandDegradation worsens #ClimateChange and leads to further loss of #Biodiversity and #Ecosystems
#WorldRainforestDay
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The #Amazon isn't just a hotbed of #biodiversity—it also supports the lives of millions of people.
On #WorldRainforestDay, we highlight the threats against #rainforests, like #LandDegradation and #ClimateChange.
#Savetherainforest
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"Deforestation is generating additional warming, which is making #ClimateChange's impact even worse in the tropics for #biodiversity & the forest itself."
A new study explores the ripple effects of #deforestation in #Madagascar 🇲🇬.
#WorldRainforestDay
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Rainforests 🌴 house vital #biodiversity, but are under threat.
The leading drivers of #rainforest #deforestation are:
1) Large-scale commercial agriculture
2) Local subsistence agriculture
3) Urban expansion
4) Infrastructure
5) Mining
#WorldRainforestDay #GlobalAssessment
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"From Buddhism to Christianity to Hinduism to Islam, various faiths acknowledge the need for #environmental stewardship & their holy texts urge adherents to be caretakers of the 🌎and its #biodiversity." –@UNEnvironment
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The Government of #Catalonia kicks off the #biodiversity and #GlobalAssessment conference today in #Barcelona.
Report author and #ValuesAssessment Co-Chair @unaipasku presents key findings and implications for the region.
#IPBESCat
@mediambientcat @arnauqueralt @catsostenible
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"For many of the smaller #species...this is the only time they’re ever going to have their stories told to a global audience."
@joelsartore's 25-year #PhotoArk collection w/ @NatGeo puts the spotlight on #conservation efforts to protect #biodiversity.
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"I'm not sitting on the solutions for #sustainability. No single individual is. This issue is too big & we have to solve it together."
Congrats @sdiazecology!
The @IPBES #GlobalAssessment Co-Chair received the Gunnerus Award in Sustainability Science.
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Would you like to gain #UnitedNations / international experience with the @IPBES #communications team?
The #IPBES secretariat is seeking a social media intern for up to 6 months in Bonn, Germany.
Apply by 7 July: bit.ly/socialmediaipbes
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#LandDegradation negatively impacts 3.2 Billion people and totals a loss of 10% of annual global gross product
🏞️ Restoration:
makes economic sense
improves food and water security
improves gender equality
increases employment
helps avoid conflict and migration
#WorldRefugeeDay
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A fenceless farming project is preserving #biodiversity, boosting #LandRestoration & supporting commercial livestock keeping in #SouthAfrica.
"To recreate the great migrations of the past the project employs shepherds to lead livestock over the plains."
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RT @fbiodiversidad: .@unaipasku afirma que debemos proteger la naturaleza y la #biodiversidad porque nos hace humanos. Nuestra identidad, el sentido de justicia y de equidad no se podría entender sin entender nuestra relación con la naturaleza.
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"This is the 1st global report since...2005 to try to identify trends in #nature and #ecosystems, so in terms of content it is a needed update."
@IPBES #GlobalAssessment Author @PamMcElwee discusses its findings & relevance w/ @RutgersNJAES @RutgersSEBS.
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Call for experts!
Until 24 June, Governments & interested stakeholders are invited to nominate experts for 5 @IPBES Task Forces on:
Policy tools & methodologies
Scenarios & models
Capacity building
Knowledge & data
#Indigenous & Local Knowledge
Details: bit.ly/TaskForceCall
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Russian #sturgeons are extremely vulnerable to overfishing and poaching, but @wwf_bulgaria offers new hope to the population by releasing 20,000 babies into the #Danube.
@WWF @wwf_media
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Could #naturebasedsolutions replace #fossilfuel based #plastic? Sandra Pascoe Ortiz @SistemaUNIVA thinks so.
The #Mexican researcher is creating #biodegradable plastic from cactus leaf juice, using #plants native to #Mexico to help solve a global issue.
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Research shows that enjoying #nature for just two hours per week significantly boosts mental and physical #health.
#Connect2Earth
#NaturesContributions to People
@dpcarrington in the @guardian:
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More than 22 million trees were planted in #Scotland last year to help mitigate #climatechange
Of the new #trees planted, around 40% are broadleaves, supporting greater #biodiversity than traditional plantations of conifers
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