The evidence is clear for #Post2020 #Biodiversity:
@IPCC_CH
@IPBES #GlobalAssessment
@UNEnvironment
@UNEPIRP
"These reports tell us...that we are losing species and the land & marine spaces that support them at terrifying rates."
—@andersen_inger
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Do selfies & intrusive social media influencers bother you?
'Welcome to our world!' say 🐧🐨🦘🐅
⬆️292% increase in # of wildlife selfies on #Instagram (2014–17)
40% were “bad” – meaning hugging, holding or inappropriately interacting with a wild animal
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The role of @IPBES is specific to #biodiversity and ecosystem services - our excellent colleagues @IPCC_CH are the climate experts and their models inform the climate elements of our analyses, scenarios and projections.
IPBES has done no such thing - in fact quite the opposite: our assessments specifically recognise the diverse values of nature and our #ValuesAssessment currently underway and open for review right now takes that further than ever before.
"For many years we, the #indigenous peoples of the #Amazon, have been warning you...[who have damaged] our #forests.
What you are doing will change the whole world & will destroy our home – and it will destroy your home too."
Raoni Metuktire, Kayapó Chief
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#ThingsWeShouldCancel:
A denial of #Science meant to "obfuscate & debase scientists & conservationists trying to save the🌎"
"Amidst a very real #extinction crisis affecting species around the globe, that’s the type of mindset that needs to go extinct."
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“My expectations for #UNCCDCOP14 with respect to the #science...are that the countries adopt actionable decisions.
...now its time to do what we need in countries to solve #LandDegradation, #Desertification and #Drought"
—@UNCCD Lead Scientist @Barron0rr
UN Land and Drought
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Thanks for your query. Please see ipbes.net/news/million-threa… for answers to these types of questions. Also science.sciencemag.org/conte… and mashable.com/article/how-man… Regards - the IPBES Comms Team
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Alongside raging fires, blistering droughts and devastating storms - the world has come together to foster international cooperation on these environmental crises
LandDegradation, #ClimateChange & #Biodiversity loss know no borders
@UNCCD #UNCCDCOP14
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#UNCCDCOP14 starts today!
Be sure to catch @IPBES Chair @Anamariamojita and #GlobalAssessment Co-Chair Josef Settele at the #IPBES side event and during the @UNCCD #COP14 (2-13 September)
Join the conversation and see your posts on the social media wall: walls.io/unccdcop14
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The @GlobalShapers #ShapersSummit is a wrap!
The network addressing local and global challenges "believes in a world where young people are central to solution-building, policy-making and lasting change"
Do you?
Hear their #VoiceForThePlanet:
youtube.com/watch?time_conti…
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Reconnecting people and #nature is crucial.
"Ranking our own groups at the top of the hierarchy is the source of racial, ethnic and nationalistic clashes — and, as it turns out, mistreatment of other species as well."
Mark Moffet @DoctorBugs in @latimes: bit.ly/Moffet-Op-Ed
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"I call 2020 the ‘super year’ because for nature, and therefore for us humans, this is the year it could all change."
From the urgency of #biodiversity loss to #COP15, @baernadette explains why 2020 will be a critical year for #nature.
@WWF
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49% of young people think #ClimateChange and the destruction of #nature is the most serious global issue and just 3% of young people disagree that humans are responsible
Read more from @wef and the @GlobalShapers on the youth revolution
#ShapersSummit: weforum.org/agenda/2019/08/t…
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#Dugongs are gentle giants, but are threatened by human activity.
A recent @sciencemagazine article found that #they are at risk of extinction due to #pollution, fishing, habitat destruction and coastal economic development.
Read more in Science:
science.sciencemag.org/conte…
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The #UNCCDCOP14 in #India (2-13 Sep) will be informed by the most authoritative science to-date on #ClimateChange & Land, #LandDegradation and #LandDegradationNeutrality
"We have no excuse for further delay."
—@ibrahimthiaw, @UNCCD Executive Secretary
sdg.iisd.org/news/ipcc-speci…
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“A shifting of paradigms is definitively part of what will need to happen.
"The question is whether [it] will shift before the damage is done, or if it will occur as a consequence.”
@KaiChanUBC discussed the @IPBES #GlobalAssessment w/ @mcgilltribune.
mcgilltribune.com/sci-tech/h…
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Insects are critical for all #biodiversity
'#Conservation efforts must go beyond the iconic #bees and #butterflies species
To protect insects:
Halt habitat loss and fragmentation
reduce pesticide use
limit #ClimateChange'
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In Bengaluru, #India, native #species of plants & animals thrive at sacred sites
"The dominance of species with religious, medicinal and ornamental values in these unconventional green spaces is linked to the cultural #EcosystemServices"
@MongabayIndia
india.mongabay.com/2019/08/s…
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The #SustainableDevelopmentGoals cannot be achieved without transformative change.
What does that mean? How do we live in harmony with #nature?
We know 1,000,000 species are threatened with #extinction, but have you read the #GlobalAssessment solutions?
ipbes.net/global-assessment-…
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