The @BESNet_UNDP #RegionalTrialogue brings together academic scientists, policymakers and practitioners with #indigenous & local knowledge to jointly review the key messages of @IPBES Reports on #Pollinators and #LandDegradation.
#LDN @LDR #FoodSecurity
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"Nature...sustains the quality of the air, fresh water and soils on which humanity depends."
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According to the @NewYorker, the @IPBES #GlobalAssessment and the @IPCC_CH 5th Assessment Report similarly reinforce #nature's importance to human life.
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"Is it too late to save the world?"
Environmentalists and authors @billmckibben and @ElizKolbert discuss the #GlobalAssessment and its implications:
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Am 26 Mai haben Botanische Gärten zum Tag der #Artenvielfalt eingeladen. Den ganzen Tag konnten in #Bonn und der Umgebung 40 verschiedene Einrichtungen besucht werden.
@BonnGlobal @BonnGardens @UNBonn @AshokSridharan1 @BundesstadtBonn @gabonn
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"From the Australian Outback to the American Southwest, dry regions cover over 42% of the earth’s land surface and house over two billion people."
@Forbes outlines how the @IPBES #GlobalAssessment findings might impact the world's driest regions.
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#Biodiversity is the richness of life.
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Through transformative change, nature can still be conserved, restored and used sustainably. —@IPBES #GlobalAssessment
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As #ClimateChange displaces animals, cities can help to protect #pollinators like #butterflies 🦋.
After the launch of the @IPBES #GlobalAssessment Report, @CNN offers urban solutions to sustain #biodiversity.
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Inspired by the @IPBES #GlobalAssessment, @GemperleFarms is generously expanding their #philanthropic giving to help preserve #biodiversity and our #environment.
With #PreserveNatureDonations, they challenge other #businesses to protect #nature.
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Our #food systems, nutrition, #health, clean air, #climate, and freshwater depend on #biodiversity and healthy #ecosystems—an interdependent web of animal, plant, fungal and bacterial life.
#BiodiversityWeek
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The @guardian weighs-in on yesterday's United States congressional hearing on the @IPBES #Global Assessment.
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The @EU_Commission & @EU_CoR continue #BiodiversityWeek with a #Biodiversity and #Ecosystems conference
Josef Settele sets the stage with the @IPBES #GlobalAssessment
@KarmenuVella @EU_ENV keynote
Panel with @WWF_DG
Livestream at 14 CEST, more info:
cor.europa.eu/en/events/Page…
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Our #food systems, nutrition, #health, clean air, climate, and freshwater depend on #biodiversity and healthy ecosystems—an interdependent web of animal, plant, fungal and bacterial life.
#BiodiversityDay #IDB2019
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If #plastic ends up in the ocean it can do a lot of harm to marine #biodiversity.
Marine plastic pollution has increased 10x since 1980, affecting 86% of marine #turtles. —@IPBES #GlobalAssessment
On #WorldTurtleDay, consider using less #plastic to help #BeatPlasticPollution.
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"Humans have met the challenges of crises in our past history." –Harold A. Mooney
Prof Mooney, Review Editor of the @IPBES #Global Assessment, shares his hopes for a #sustainable future and a healthy #environment with @IAI_news
#IDB2019 #BiodiversityDay
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Reflecting on the findings of the @IPBES #GlobalAssessment, @DavidSuzukiFDN highlights the value of #biodiversity and the wonderful complexity of #nature.
#BiodiversityDay #IDB2019
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For #BiodiversityDay, @UNBiodiversity Exec Sec @CristianaPascaP explains why #NatureMatters for her, as well ass her lifelong need to #Connect2Earth.
#IDB2019
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Healthy #biodiversity is the essential infrastructure that supports all life on Earth, including human life. It also provides nature-based solutions for challenges such as #ClimateChange, sustainable development, water, health, & food security. —@CristianaPascaP
#BiodiversityDay
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⚠️We must act to halt and reverse the unsustainable use of #nature,
or risk not only the future we want, but even the lives we currently lead.
This is the defining challenge of our time.
#BiodiversityDay
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"Stabilizing the #climate is only possible over the long-term by ensuring the health and protection of #biodiversity and #ecosystems. " —Sir Bob Watson, former @IPBES Chair and former @IPCC_CH Chair.
#BiodiversityDay #StopExtinction
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