The Global Environment Facility (@theGEF), with 1 billion US dollars to allocate for #conservation projects, is at the nexus of #NatureBasedSolutions and helping people #InvestInNature
Read their brief recap of the @WorldBank's recent #biodiversity event
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🚨 @GretaThunberg's message is clear:
“Listen to the scientists!"
Recent @IPCC_CH, @IPBES & new #science reports are sounding the alarm that this is 'not a problem for your grandchildren...the future came faster than predicted'
–@russellcris for @sciam
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Can you name the 👽-looking sea creature that has outlived the dinosaurs by hundreds of millions of years, has no brain, no heart but has even been to 🚀#space?
Yesterday was #JellyfishDay
Read some astonishing facts about #Jellyfish:
mnn.com/earth-matters/animal…
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In "historic achievement" #Indigenous San and Khoi Peoples win a share of #SouthAfrica’s rooibos tea profits
The agreement is the first industry-wide 'benefit-sharing' deal following the 2010 @UNBiodiversity #NagoyaProtocol
Full Story via @nresearchnews: nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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Get your start in #development with an #internship at @IPBES!
It's a great opportunity to hone your skills, get professional experience & work in an international environment.
📝 Deadline is just around the corner - apply by 11 Nov
careers.un.org/lbw/jobdetail…
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CGTN
#Nature plays a key role in shaping cultures - esp. in cosmological & social contexts
Many traditions and belief systems are linked to health, diet etc. through medicinal plants & horticultural/natural resource management practices
#ValueAssessment will🔎 #NaturesContibutions
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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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More than a 1/3 of the events of #ClimateWeek2019 were focused on #NatureBasedSolutions🌿
Countries are waking up to nature’s potential with new initiatives, coalitions and commitments to fight:
🌫️#ClimateChange
🐝#Biodiversity loss
🌳#Deforestation
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The Gobi #desert grows by >3000 km² /year, pushing millions from their homes, degrading landscapes & threatening food security
How to thwart a yellow dragon?🐉
#NatureNow! China is building the Great Green Wall
By 2014 66 billion #trees were planted🌳
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Watch episode 2 of Billy's #Conservation Journey now!
This week @sustainabillyt features marine biologist Ilija Cetkovic, exploring the importance of creating the first marine protected area (MPA) in #Montenegro and regulating the sustainable use of #biodiversity
@UN_Montenegro
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#ClimateChange
#Biodiversity loss &
#LandDegradation
These interconnected issues must be addressed together.
Improving land use decisions and supporting #NatureBasedSolutions is a crucial part of the solution.
@UNBiodiversity
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👻#DidYouKnow about ghost forests or zombie fires?🔥
🌬️These aren't #supernatural stories, but phenomena of the natural world in crisis🕸️
🕴️You can't trick #Nature, so treat it right!🍭
🎃Read more from @katemyoder @grist for #halloween2019:
grist.org/article/this-hallo…
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🌇Happy #WorldCitiesDay!🏙️
#NatureBasedSolutions can be cost-effective for meeting #SDG11, which is crucial for global #sustainability
Building #resilience is a task which involves all sectors of governance, the private sector & civil society
—@IPBES #GlobalAssessment
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Transformative change is already happening!
On #WorldCitiesDay take a look at what people are doing around the 🌏:
🚫No plastic
🚴Biking/public transport
♻️Recycling
🐄Giving up animal-based products
🌿Growing food
🗣️Sharing information about #biodiversity and the environment
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Happy #WorldCitiesDay!
#Sustainable and resilient cities are essential for good quality of life #SDG11
#Uppsala is an inspiring example which aims to:
🌻Become fossil fuel free by 2030
🏡Become #climate positive by 2050
🌳Contribute to global #biodiversity recovery
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If we want to halt #biodiversity loss and stop #climatechange, we need #naturebasedsolutions.
🌳🌴#Reforestation would be a key solution.🌲🌳
Here are some phenomenal examples of how countries around the 🌍 are planting trees to protect our #environment.
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A new camera trap study finds that by 2014 #tigers had vanished from #Laos due to snaring and poaching.
Millions of snares blanket Southeast #Asia’s protected areas.
Increasing #conservation efforts are crucial for #biodiversity protection🐅
news.mongabay.com/2019/10/ho…
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The @IPBES community welcomes Elizabeth Mrema as the Acting Exec.Sec of @UNBiodiversity - we look forward to working even more closely with you & your team on #biodiversity2020 and the #post2020 #biodiversity challenges
Delighted to inform of temp appointment of Elizabeth Mrema (Tanz) as Act. Exec. Sec. @UNBiodiversity. An env lawyer by training; former ES of @BonnConvention & current Director Env.Law @UNEP, Elizabeth brings immense knowledge & experience to the job.
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Our impact on #ecosystems began thousands of years ago w/ us reducing #biodiversity & starting a chain reaction that brought us to a #NatureEmergency & #ClimateEmergency
The good news: we can reverse this by enhancing #Nature
It's easy to contribute 🥦
theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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