🎧Have you listened to the key messages from @IPBES #GlobalAssessment Report?
Now available as an audiobook!
We thank @AndyPurvisNHM, one of the CLAs of the Report, who generously offered to lend his voice for #biodiversity.
youtube.com/rCiqij0dIGM
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The road to the @IUCN #IUCNCongress, the #CBD #COP15 and a new post-2020 @UNBiodiversity #biodiversity framework continues in #Rotterdam this week.
#IUCNRCFRotterdam more info 👇
iucn.org/regions/eastern-eur…
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“If we see on our camera trap that the cat has survived another day...it's a day to celebrate."
Fishing cats remain a rare, elusive species—but we know that they depend on their #wetland habitats, which are threatened by human activity.
@bioGraphic
biographic.com/posts/sto/fis…
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“As far as #environmental problems go, #ClimateChange is large & yet only the tip of the iceberg.”
In Canadian Parliament, @IPBES #GlobalAssessment Author @KaiChanUBC outlined the transformative changes needed for a sustainable future.
@HoCCommittees
youtube.com/3CtcupC5ffQ
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An innovative solution for the #shipping industry is using #wind to create air bubbles under the boat's hull to reduce friction and the energy needed for #transportation.
bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06vcj4…
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The 80% increase in the article above refers to sustainably feeding and meeting the caloric needs of an estimated 10 billion people in the year 2050. Bioenergy does not seem to be taken into consideration directly. However, large-scale bioenergy risks further biodiversity loss.
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Currently, up to 95% of applied micronutrients & 99.9% of applied pesticides are wasted. Nanoparticles can change that.
"We've got to grow 80% more food on the same amount of land with less #pollution resulting...
That's going to take a paradigm shift."
engineering.cmu.edu/news-eve…
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Happy #WorldTropicsDay!
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The #tropics host 80% of all #biodiversity, on just 40% of Earth's total land.
However, they are threatened by human-induced phenomenons like #ClimateChange and #LandDegradation.
#TropicsDay #WeAreTheTropics
State of the Tropics
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Ahead of #TropicsDay, #Norway launches satellite imagery program tracking #deforestation & commits $3.5 Billion over 10 years
“The catastrophic loss we’re seeing now simply can’t continue,” Climate and Environment Minister Ola Elvestuen told Reuters.
reuters.com/article/us-clima…
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Only 39% of global land remains primary vegetation, in contrast to 50% of #Indigenous land in the #tropics.
Indigenous People help to conserve threatened #species in #tropical forests through ways of controlling and maintaining their land.
#TropicsDay #GlobalAssessment
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#Insects, esp. in the #tropics, are critical for all #biodiversity
#TropicsDay
#Conservation efforts must go beyond the iconic bees and butterflies species
To protect insects:
Halt habitat loss & fragmentation
Reduce pesticide use
Limit #ClimateChange
science.sciencemag.org/conte…
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🌴Today is #TropicsDay!🌴
~60% of annual #fossilfuel emissions are stored by nature.
Places like tropical forests are solutions for #ClimateChange.
However #deforestation & #LandDegradation can release this stored carbon & destroy our natural #carbon sinks.
#GlobalAssessment
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"We should conserve #biodiversity, not just because we like to see 🐯 & 🦁, but because it's also an important input for production."
A @UBC study shows several ways that #biodiversity can protect tropical farms from extreme #weather.
#WorldTropicsDay
eurekalert.org/pub_releases/…
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"We should conserve #biodiversity, not just because we like to see 🐯 & 🦁, but because it's also an important input for production."
A @UBC study shows several ways that #biodiversity can protect tropical farms from extreme #weather.
#WorldTropicsDay
eurekalert.org/pub_releases/…
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#Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities manage 25%+ of the Earth’s land and 33%+ of all formally #ProtectedAreas
The tropics host 80% of global #biodiversity but more people here experience undernourishment than in the rest of the world
@UN #TropicsDay: un.org/en/events/tropicsday/
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Happy #WorldTropicsDay!
🐠🌴🍍
The #tropics host 80% of all #biodiversity, on just 40% of Earth's total land.
However, they are threatened by human-induced phenomenons like #ClimateChange and #LandDegradation.
#TropicsDay #WeAreTheTropics
Celebrate the first @UN International Day of the Tropics! - June 29 #TropicsDay2016 youtube.com/watch?v=vANxKi8j…
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Hi John, the best practices require far more space than 280 characters. Experts have painstakingly addressed questions such as that in the Global Assessment and previous assessment such as that on Land Degradation and Restoration: ipbes.net/global-assessment-…
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer?
Researchers reveal a remarkable way that #tropical #forests maintain #biodiversity & a balanced #ecosystem, some trees' natural 'enemies' fungi and arthropods kill seedlings in the #soil.
#TropicsDay
earth.com/news/soil-composit…
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Priorities for sustainable #ResilientCities:
limit urban sprawl
manage for ecological connectivity
expand vegetation
promote urban gardens
low impact pub. transport
nature-sensitive roads
sustainable water & waste mgmt
#GlobalAssessment Co-Chair Josef Settele, @ICLEI_ResCities
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