#BRICS countries 🇧🇷🇷🇺🇮🇳🇨🇳🇿🇦are home to a large proportion of the world’s #biodiversity.
To protect these @AfriHerp calls for a global network of scientists who specialize in #InvasiveSpecies within and between the BRICS countries.
theconversation.com/brics-sc…
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#Vultures play a vital ecological role!
Week 3 of Billy's #Conservation Journey shows why the last species of #vulture in #Albania faces severe threat from poisoning
Watch here and learn more with @sustainabillyt and local ornithologist @MirjanTopi.
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While the @IUCNRedList focuses on #extinction risk, a #SpeciesGreenList is being compiled to measure recovery and #conservation success and to index #species that have come back from the brink.
Read about the methodology behind the list @ConversationUK:
theconversation.com/how-do-w…
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Across an entire desert or ocean, #migratory birds make some of the most extreme journeys found in nature.
@StuBearhop of @UniofExeter examines how #ClimateChange affects their migration and breeding patterns.
@BonnConvention @unep_aewa
phys.org/news/2019-11-climat…
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#DidYouKnow that right now @IPBES is preparing an assessment of the #SustainableUse of Wild Species?
Read the op-ed from the scientists leading the research & see why sustainable use of #biodiversity is key to achieve #SustainableDevelopment & the #SDGs
bit.ly/SustUseOpEd
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#Biodiversity is the foundation for human #health.
New research points to a microbial link showing how exposure to a biodiverse soil may improve #MentalHealth by raising levels of a bacterium with anxiety-relieving effects.
@CraigLiddicoat @UniofAdelaide
medicalnewstoday.com/article…
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"Is #TransformativeChange for a Sustainable Planet Achievable?"
@IPBES #GlobalAssessment author @KaiChanUBC will present key management and legal interventions that can help restore and protect #nature.
🗓️ Nov 12, 7:30 PM
📌@OkanaganCollege
educationnewscanada.com/arti…
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#Italy 🇮🇹 to become the first country to make it compulsory for schoolchildren to study #ClimateChange and #SustainableDevelopment, announced Education Minister Lorenzo Fioramonti.
@lofioramonti
@MiurSocial
nytimes.com/2019/11/05/world…
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#Industry and businesses are major drivers of ecosystem change.
While transformations in some sectors have started to address #ClimateChange considerations, #biodiversity & #EcosystemServices have been less of a focus.
-@IPBES #GlobalAssessment
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🌊Shelf #ecosystems are of great cultural significance to #Indigenous Peoples & #Local Communities🐙
🐠Commercial over-exploitation & decline of shelf ecosystems contributes to a loss of local #traditions🐚
How to conceptualize & measure this?
#ValuesAssessment coming soon!
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Vultures play a vital ecological role - Week 3 of Billy's #Conservation Journey shows the severe threat posed by wolf poisoning to the Egyptian Vulture, the last species of #vulture in #Albania
Learn more w/ @sustainabillyt & ornithologist @MirjanTopi
youtube.com/MlA8b6AXt9A
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The @IPBES #GlobalAssessment identified over-exploitation of #WildSpecies as one of the main drivers of #biodiversity loss.
New IPBES #SustainableUse Assessment to focus on status and trends of wild species and provide solutions and policy options.
bit.ly/SustUseOpEd
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As ever more companies strive for #sustainability which stretches beyond the confines of a separate CSR department, they will need to explore ways to define success beyond monetary value.
-@Mark_Gough @NatCapCoalition
#susleaders20 #NaturesContributions
edie.net/news/12/-To-truly-e…
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#Internship opportunity with @IPBES at @UNBonn!
We're looking for a #Development intern to help research, identify and develop #biodiversity partnerships.
Studies in #environmental policy, sciences, #KnowledgeManagement or #marketing are desired.
careers.un.org/lbw/jobdetail…
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#BusinessNatureSummit Day 2 starting now!
@EU_ENV Director @DCallejaEC welcomes @WWF_DG & @wbcsd to kick off a day focused on investing in green infrastructure, #NatureBasedSolutions & bringing business to the table for #biodiversity
Follow along live!
youtube.com/watch?v=DcCxZSI8…
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Recent @OECD Report on the #business case for biodiversity
🌱Benefits from #biodiversity are >1.5 times the global GDP
💸Costs of inaction on #BiodiversityLoss are high & growing
❗#TransformativeChange is needed to address #BiodiversityLoss
@OECD_ENV
news.globallandscapesforum.o…
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New species of #tarsier discovered in #Indonesia 🇮🇩.
#FunFact: these small nocturnal creatures have the largest eyes👀 relative to body size of any mammal on Earth, each typically larger than their brain🧠.
@SciNewsCom
sci-news.com/biology/niemitz…
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Hi @eliiterra, the event page: eventbrite.co.uk/e/european-… lists that the link for tomorrow is here: youtube.com/watch?v=DcCxZSI8… and I would also keep an eye on the @FBiodiversidad YouTube channel.
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#ClimateStrike was just chosen as 2019 word of the year – congrats to students, scientists & people everywhere who spoke up for #nature!
For #SuperYear #Biodiversity2020 – how can our words reflect that #Biodiversity must be addressed w/ #ClimateChange?
theguardian.com/books/2019/n…
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