The 1 million species threatened with #extinction cannot be ignored.
As the @IPBES #GlobalAssessment shows, it's not at all too late to face the direct and indirect drivers of #biodiversity loss.
gocomics.com/tomtoles/2019/0…
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NEW @BonnConvention fact sheets on 'Connectivity' as key in the #Post2020 #biodiversity framework:
Connectivity at level of:
Landscape
Ecology
Habitat
Evolution
Introduction:
bit.ly/CMSConnectivityFactSh…
Inclusion for goals and science-based targets:
bit.ly/CMSConnectivityFactSh…
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Action is needed now
We need to add our voices to those of young people
Protecting #biodiversity and protecting us against #ClimateChange is exactly what's needed
—Bob Watson, former Chair of @IPBES and @IPCC_CH
Are you with Bob?
voicefortheplanet.org/add-vo…
#ShapersSummit
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Just 8️⃣ months ago the @GlobalShapers launched 'Voice for the Planet' — a campaign reflecting the growing demand for a #NewDealforNature
Now, more than 200,000 people have made sure their #VoiceForThePlanet is heard
Take action at voicefortheplanet.org
#ShapersSummit
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RIGHT NOW:
The first negotiations for a #Post2020 global #biodiversity
The framework aims to address the multiple #environmental crises as identified by @IPBES & @IPCC_CH and set the world on a sustainable path for Living in Harmony with #Nature by 2050
UN Biodiversity
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"To address the indirect drivers of #biodiversity loss, measures are necessary to enable transformative change...in social, economic and technological structures within and across nations."
—@IPBES Chair @Anamariamojita at the @UNBiodiversity #Biodiversity2020 #Post2020 #OEWG1
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In May this year the @IPBES #GlobalAssessment put the world on notice.
From fear to frustration, readers of the @NYT shared their reactions to #nature’s dangerous decline and the unprecedented, human-driven loss of #biodiversity.
Here is some of what they said.
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"It is crucial that bold decisions are taken towards transformative change, while rapidly implementing existing instruments."
—@IPBES Chair @Anamariamojita at the first @UNBiodiversity Open Ended Working Group for a #Post2020 #biodiversity framework.
#Biodiversity2020
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The @IPBES #GlobalAssessment estimated "the likely state of nature, which is different than the current state of knowledge" -@AndyPurvisNHM
How many species are threatened because of human activity?
mashable.com/article/how-man…
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“I do believe there is a glimmer of hope for them."
#ClimateChange threatens coral reefs—which house much of the 🌏's vital #biodiversity. But a new six-nation study finds that tropical coral are migrating in search of cooler waters.
@YaleE360
e360.yale.edu/features/as-oc…
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Amidst the devastating #AmazonFires, @ConservationOrg responds to four frequently asked questions.
🐸Where exactly are the fires?
🌳 Is there any hope for #restoration?
🐍 Are some in protected areas?
🌱 Is there any hope of stopping them?
conservation.org/blog/four-q…
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Congratulations to #GlobalAssessment Co-Chair @sdiazecology and Coordinating Lead Author Lucas Garibaldi!
They will receive the Bunge y Born Scientific Awards in #Ecology, two of #Argentina's 🇦🇷 most important prizes, for their outstanding scientific work
fundacionbyb.org/cck-premio-…
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Biodiversity is a #SustainableDevelopment issue
Current decisions on #biodiversity affect future generations and poor people are most vulnerable
Achieving the 2050 vision for people & planet through the #SDGs requires transformative change
—@Anamariamojita, @IPBES Chair
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"This is a first."
@EmmanuelMacron: "the United States is with us" on biodiversity and the #Amazon
Macron welcomed the signing of the #G7 #Biodiversity charter adopted in the wake of the @IPBES #GlobalAssessment by all the countries present in #Biarritz
lesechos.fr/monde/enjeux-int…
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“It’s not an option, it’s now a duty of running a global company.”
On the occasion of the #G7Biarritz, 32 leading companies have joined the #FashionPact.
Among other #environmental goals, it aims to bend the curve on #biodiversity loss within 10 years.
theguardian.com/fashion/2019…
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Thanks Jane - it has been and continues to be a greatly effective team/community effort.
Congratulation @IPBES - on the success of all your efforts to raise awareness of #biodiversity following on from the first meeting to establish @IPBES in 2008 and the first @IPBES report in 2016: Pollinators, Pollination and Food Production
#G7BiodiversityCharter
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“Sharks are vulnerable #wildlife too, & again #CITES member governments have stepped up & recognized that via inclusion in @CITES Appendix II."
@mcmsharksxx @Forbes examines a major decision at #CITESCoP18 to protect #sharks 🦈 from illegal trafficking.
forbes.com/sites/melissacris…
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The #Post2020 @UNBiodiversity framework for protecting #biodiversity is underway, with the first Open-Ended Working Group meeting in #Nairobi this week
The Group is preparing the basis of the global #Biodiversity2020 framework
Read the CBD documents here
cbd.int/conferences/post2020…
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Hi Ginny - thanks for your engagement. IPBES has a very specific mandate to include as many expert voices/perspectives from as many knowledge systems as possible, so don't miss your chance to formally comment on the 1st draft of the new #ValuesAssessment: ipbes.net/values-fod
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