Profile from @BBC_Future on the young minds solving the environmental crisis & interconnected problems such as #ClimateChange #Biodiversity loss #Poverty #GenderEquality etc
"we can create a new economy that is based on restorative and regenerative growth"
bbc.com/future/story/2019032…
1
2
3
🐸🔬 Some of the tiniest frogs discovered recently In Madagascar, and their names are just perfect!
nationalgeographic.com/anima…
17
2
58
"Over the weekend, the world will witness 24 of the most inspiring hours for the environment, as people around the world come together for @earthhour. Millions will unite, switch off their lights and speak up on why #nature matters to them." -@siddarthdas
7
2
12
GIF
Join millions across the world this Sat at 20:30 (local time) for #EarthHour and (Re)#Connect2Earth!
Before you unplug: Commit to protecting our common home by adding your #VoiceForThePlanet at: earthhour.org/voice-planet
1
8
0
"Small contributions by each of us will eventually have a huge impact and contribute to halting #biodiversity loss & #landdegradation and saving our planet."– Dr. Luthando Dziba, Co-Chair of the @IPBES #Africa Assessment
#ConnectToEarth on #EarthHour:
voice.ourplanet.com/globe
3
20
4
43
0
We are 30 days away from #IPBES7 in Paris!
In case you didn't know, our #StakeholderDay on April 28th is open to all @IPBES members, observers and stakeholders.
📝Register as a stakeholder: ipbes.net/stakeholder-regist…
📅Join us April 28th: ipbes.net/registration/ipbes…
21
2
31
"Now is the time, the world has never been at a more critical stage" – this #EarthHour, Prof Robert Scholes, Co-Chair of the @IPBES #LandDegradation and Restoration Assessment wants people to commit to protect #nature.
Make your pledge now: voice.ourplanet.com/globe/
@EarthHour
21
2
39
0
Always in your local time zone (i.e. it moves across the globe from time zone to time zone with the 8pm local time)
2
What a week! Congratulations to Prof. Sandra Díaz @sdiazecology, Co-Chair of IPBES #GlobalAssessment on being awarded the prestigious @Senckenberg 2019 Prize as well as the 2019 Gunnerus Award in #Sustainability Science.
📰: frankfurt-live.com/senckenbe…
📝: eurekalert.org/pub_releases/…
1
17
2
57
🌍 This #EarthHour, join millions around the world, turn off the lights 💡and speak up about why #nature matters. #Connect2Earth
Together we can set the planet on a path to recovery: add your #VoiceForThePlanet now to safeguard and restore nature.
voice.ourplanet.com/globe/
3
118
17
145
A new study by @UQscience maps out how disruptive human changes to the #environment affect the individual ranges of more than 5,400 mammal, bird and amphibian species around the world.
news.mongabay.com/2019/03/ne…
63
6
62
What's more fearsome than a venomous snake 🐍?
One that can stab sideways and even with their mouths closed!
Take a look at this new astonishing species of stiletto #snake, recently discovered in West Africa.
phys.org/news/2019-03-specie…
7
12
75% of world's food crops depend on pollinators but their population continues to decline globally.
Researchers from @UniofReading are exploring how #ArtificialIntelligence (AI) and machine learning can help save the world's #bees 🐝?
bbc.com/news/business-461312…
1
60
2
86
🎵Do you remember?🎵It’s not @EarthWindFire but 2019’s @WMO #WorldMetDay highlights Sun, Earth & Weather, appreciating the Sun's vital role in delivering the energy that makes possible all life on Earth and drives its weather, #Oceans & the water cycle.
World Meteorological Organization
7
2
11
0
Au revoir from the final meeting of the Knowledge and Data Task Force & key partners for the first @IPBES work programme!
Ideas brewing to support the start of the next work programme after #IPBES7 and launch of the #GlobalAssessment.
@Senckenberg @GEOBON_org @BiodivERsA3
7
11
GIF
Why care about freshwater ecosystem health?
💧Freshwater plays a fundamental role in support of the environment, society and the economy.
💧Ecosystems such as wetlands, rivers, aquifers and lakes are indispensable for life on our planet.#WorldWaterDay
unenvironment.org/es/node/62…
29
3
45
🌲Happy #InternationalForestDay!
🌳#Forests hold the majority of the world’s terrestrial species.
🌲To learn more about forest biodiversity, check out this article from @UNBiodiversity:
cbd.int/forest/about.shtml
@FAOForestry
1
25
1
46
Today is the #FirstDayofSpring and #InternationalDayofHappiness! It's also 40 days until the start of the #IPBES7 Plenary session in #Paris and the subsequent launch of the @IPBES #GlobalAssessment!
Preview the upcoming report: bit.ly/IPBES7Primers
34
87