LISTEN: Great interview w/ @StuartPimm & @PamMcElwee exploring the importance of the @IPBES #GlobalAssessment
It reminds us about choice: to continue on the path of #biodiversity loss or to change.
We are drivers of the #NatureCrisis
kalw.org/post/one-planet-mas…
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It's #WorldAnimalDay! 🐅
What is lost due to #extinction and why are humans the largest threat?
"A species’ genome is a sort of manual; when the #species perishes, that manual is lost. We are, in this sense, plundering a library—the library of life"
nationalgeographic.com/anima…
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28% of global lands are managed by #Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
These lands are under increasing pressure, but are generally declining less rapidly
Local knowledge & practices can enhance #nature conservation, restoration & sustainable use🦙
—@IPBES #GlobalAssessment
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🌳Forests provide benefits beyond the #Climate battle🌲
• collecting & filtering drinking water
• supporting agriculture across all continents by regulating weather
• buffer against natural disasters
• prosperous livelihoods & economic sustainability
—@UN SG @antonioguterres
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#SouthAfrica is a biodiversity hotspot & #NaturesContributions to People are a bedrock of the 🇿🇦 economy
Each job protecting #biodiversity supports 5 other jobs that depend upon biodiversity
@SANBI_ZA just launched the 🇿🇦 Biodiversity Assessment results: biodiversityadvisor.sanbi.or…
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"Environmental education of people is important"
400,000 #trees have already been planted #Russia🌳thanks to the mobile game "Plant the Forest"
Its inventor, Marianna Muntianu was announced today as Young Champion of the Earth 2019 for Europe!
youtube.com/O53Dr6dEsjc
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"That’s what @JaneGoodallInst does these days.
She talks. To anyone who will listen. To children, chief executives & politicians.
Her message is always the same: The forests are disappearing. The animals are going quiet. We’re running out of time."
Read nytimes.com/2019/09/12/busin…
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#DidYouKnow that about 11% of all people are undernourished?
How are #biodiversity & #ClimateChange connected w/ #foodsecurity? And vice versa?🍏
🐝Join the FINAL day of the @IPBES #NexusAssessment online conference to learn more & share your perspective
bit.ly/IPBESNexusConference
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Not missing at all - a very important element in the Report - BUT population is an 'indirect driver' of change in nature - this video is listing the top 5 ranked 'direct' drivers.
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"#Nature is not only 'out there', it has made us what we are today, literally, and continues to do so daily, despite what dominant narratives can lead us to believe."
—@sdiazecology, #GlobalAssessment Co-Chair, Bunge & Born Fdn Scientific Award recipient
clarin.com/opinion/sandra-di…
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1 million species face #extinction and we are living in an unprecedented #ClimateEmergency
"We cannot let this happen on our watch"
"millions of people around the🌍...are demanding our leaders listen to #science & act"
@billieeilish & @WoodyHarrelson
billie eilish
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The eConference on #NexusAssessment scoping is in full swing!
Tuesday explores how #SDG3 #Health can be achieved alongside climate & biodiversity #SDG13 #SDG14 #SDG15
Join at 14:30 CEST
bit.ly/IPBESNexusConference
Review Day 1 on the @IPBES YouTube channel
youtube.com/dcSCqCVCtQU
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The deterioration of #biodiversity & #ecosystems has direct & indirect implications for public #health & can exacerbate inequalities in access to heath care & healthy diets
Join today's #NexusAssessment eConference on health, biodiversity & #ClimateChange bit.ly/IPBESNexusConference
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Exec Sec Anne Larigauderie and the @IPBES team getting ready to start the 3-day scoping E-Conference
Today's #NexusAssessment focus is #Health and its linkages to #Biodiversity and #ClimateChange
Learn more and get involved: bit.ly/IPBESNexusConference
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Day 2! #Health #SDG3 experts invited to inform scoping of @IPBES #NexusAssessment
E-Conference today explores connections between health, protecting #biodiversity on land and in the oceans, & combating and adapting to #ClimateChange.
Share your knowledge bit.ly/IPBESNexusConference
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Not missing at all - a very important element in the Report - BUT population is an 'indirect driver' of change in nature - this video is listing the top 5 ranked 'direct' drivers.
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Overpopulation is an important element covered by the Report BUT it’s an ‘indirect’ driver of change in nature - among a number of other very relevant indirect drivers. The ones listed in this video are the top 5 direct drivers.
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📣 Happy Int'l #TranslationDay! Translators are unsung heroes supporting international cooperation & scientific progress
@IPBES is pleased that the #GlobalAssessment Summary is now online at bit.ly/GlobalChapters in all UN languages:
عربي
中文
English
Français
Pусский
Español
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HAPPENING NOW! @IPBES Webinar w/ Exec Sec Anne Larigauderie!
All stakeholders are invited to participate and contribute to the scoping of the #NexusAssessment – analysing the links of #biodiversity to food, water and health
Join here: bit.ly/IPBESNexusWebinarRegi…
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