"Companies have taken for granted the #ecosystems on which production and consumption are based. While corporate leaders have begun to factor #biodiversity into their business models, many more need to follow suit." — @IPBES Chair Sir Robert Watson
Op-ed: project-syndicate.org/commen…
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#Insects everywhere are declining at an alarming rate.
If they were to disappear, the consequences for #agriculture and #wildlife would be dire.
theconversation.com/what-hap…
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A bittersweet homecoming: thought to be extinct on Oahu for centuries, two endangered seabird species were found using acoustic monitoring, but "establishing a new colony would be many years away" - scientists say. @audubonsociety
audubon.org/news/confirmed-t…
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What does it take to discover a new great ape #species?
Geneticists, morphologists and behavioral scientists reveal the inside story of how their research led to the description of the Tapanuli #orangutan.
news.mongabay.com/2019/02/wh…
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🆕@FAO report: #Biodiversity is critical for global food security.
We need to use biodiversity in a sustainable way to better respond to rising #ClimateChange challenges & produce food in a way that doesn’t harm our #environment — @grazianodasilva #SDG2
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Merci @ONUenvironmt! We look forward to #IPBES7 in Paris and the launch of the first @IPBES #GlobalAssessment. Read more about the report (in all @UN languages): ipbes.net/ipbes7-primers
Les chercheurs de l’@IPBES , la plate-forme scientifique mondiale sur la biodiversité, sont attendus du 29 avril au 6 mai à Paris.
Ils remettront un rapport crucial sur l’état des espèces et des écosystèmes.
bit.ly/2E4nAG0
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Gardens in urban areas can harbor a remarkable species #biodiversity.
This has been found by researchers from the @UniBasel_en in a field study carried out with the support of private garden owners from the #Basel region. @UniBasel
sciencedaily.com/releases/20…
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In @Forbes today: "Wild #pollinators are in danger, according to a widely cited 2016 report by @IPBES. Bumblebees and hoverflies are diminishing in northwest Europe, and the same thing is happening in North America to #bats, #hummingbirds, and #bees."
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Home to 90% of global aquaculture but also up to 95% of #ocean plastic pollution
#Biodiversity in #AsiaPacific provides >4.5bn people with food, water, energy and health security
Rapid growth lifted millions from poverty, but surviving the century will require saving the planet
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New @IPBES #Asia-Pacific #RegionalAssessment Report is out, with key messages, policy options and evidence for all decision-makers
"governance options have potential to reverse negative trends and reduce impacts of drivers on #Biodiversity and #Ecosystems"
bit.ly/IPBESAsia-PacificRepo…
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Unable to differentiate between predators and tourist boats, seals react as soon as they sense a potential threat, putting themselves at the risk of injury and even death
#Australian study into how seals react to boats prompts new #ecotourism regulations
sciencedaily.com/releases/20…
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Executive Secretary Anne Larigauderie and the @IPBES Secretariat warmly congratulate current @IUCN Director General @andersen_inger for her new post of Executive Director at @UNEnvironment and greatly look forward to working with her.
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New Climate Resilient Flyway (CRF) project by @WetlandsInt and partner Governments, universities and #conservation NGOs to assess vulnerability of sites along African-Eurasian Flyway
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#ClimateChange increases the intensity and frequency of extreme events across the world but what are the implications of these events for #wildlife and #conservation efforts?
@IPBES Expert James Watson @cyclonewatson and Sean Maxwell @smaxwe11 explain:
theconversation.com/when-ext…
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Some #ecosystems are used to droughts, which have shaped the behaviour of animals that migrate or disperse to find water, but in an era of rapid global change, #droughts are becoming more common and severe.
theconversation.com/how-drou…
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A group of more than 1,400 iguanas have been reintroduced to an island in the #Galápagos archipelago nearly two centuries after they were wiped out by feral pigs.
theguardian.com/world/2019/j…
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Listen now: @IPBES Exec Sec Anne Larigauderie @BBCRadio4 live interview on new @IPPR report on 'the age of environmental breakdown'
Segment begins at 1:22:22: bbc.co.uk/radio/player/bbc_r…
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Do you know someone with strong #SocialMedia and #communications skills who would be interested in a full-time #internship with @IPBES - @UNEnvironment in Bonn #Germany? Please help us spread the word.
Apply by this Monday February 18th: bit.ly/InternshipIPBES
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Researchers from @sunyesf in New York and the @USDA @USDA_ARS analyzed 42,755 animals deaths as reported in 1,114 published studies, finding that 28 percent of these deaths were directly caused by humans.
Study published in @GEB_macro: phys.org/news/2019-02-one-qu…
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Congratulations @ggmace for @FundacionBBVA award:
'people depend on ecosystems for things we take for granted, energy from the sun nutrient cycling, the water cycle. Those are very hard to put a number on...so fundamental we wouldn’t be here without them' youtube.com/watch?v=su7Z_g9w…
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