This week Billy's #Conservation Journey explores North #Macedonia's Mount Shar and follows one local conservationist's quest to create a national park so that wildlife like the Balkan lynx can be protected from #extinction & ecotourism can help local communities
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#DidYouKnow: Virtually everything on your dinner plate🍽️ started with or needed a #seed🌱?!
It's true!
Watch this short film📽️ by @planttreaty to see how #ItAllStartsWithTheSeed🌱:
👉 youtube.com/watch?v=yzLsofnX… 👈
#Biodiversity2020
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#ClimateChange and #BiodiversityLoss are interconnected issues.
In preparation for @UNFCCC #COP25Madrid, Chair of the SBSTA, Paul Watkinson @pwatkinson published a "reflections note", recognizing the growing need to address these challenges together.
sdg.iisd.org/commentary/poli…
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This humble vegetable🥔 comes in every colour and texture
With climate changing faster than most crops can adapt and #FoodSecurity under threat around the world, #potato #biodiversity and ancestral knowledge of farmers in Peru could offer new solutions
theguardian.com/environment/…
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.@IPBES Chair @Anamariamojita introduced the upcoming #SustainableUse assessment at @UNBiodiversity #SBSTTA23:
Assessment aims to identify and address drivers affecting and scenarios related to #SustainableUse as well as the challenges faced by #PolicyMakers, among others
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“The science and economics are clear.
We can no longer ignore the strong economic case for restoring #nature.
Inaction will cost us far more than actions aimed at protecting #NaturesContributions to the economy.”
@GTAP_Purdue @wwf_uk @NatCapProject
aboutmanchester.co.uk/failur…
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Acknowledging the links between #ClimateChange and #Biodiversity, @UNFCCC #SBSTA50 Chair @pwatkinson in a video message to #SBSTTA23 highlighted the joint briefing on @IPBES #GlobalAssessment earlier this year, stressing the need to seek synergies and solutions together
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New study: #Climate tipping points "too risky to bet against"
'Threat of abrupt & irreversible changes must compel political & economic action'
Full article in @nature: nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
#GIF via author @owengaffney @GSI_Exeter @jrockstrom @PIK_Climate @sthlmresilience
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The co-chairs of the @IPBES #ValuesAssessment want policymakers to value #NaturesContributions to People
People value #nature differently but a healthy🌍 benefits everyone
Read expert analysis by @BalvaneraPatty @unaipasku @Brigittelgb @MikeChristieUni
project-syndicate.org/commen…
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A zebra #shark has stripes...right?
What about a zebra shark with no stripes? Is it a new species?
@mcmsharksxx explains how #marine biologists investigated one recently discovered shark & determined these distinct looking sharks to be the same species!
forbes.com/sites/melissacris…
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#DidYouKnow 🌍 is on track for 3.2°C temp rise? @UNEP
"Our collective failure to act early & hard on #ClimateChange means we now must deliver deep cuts to emissions – over 7% each year" @andersen_inger
Speak up w/ #VoiceForThePlanet!
Change is needed now voicefortheplanet.org
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bit.ly/GlobalAssessmentRepor… -Here's the summary of key findings of the @IPBES #GlobalAssessment, it represents the best available expert evidence from >500 experts from >100 countries drawing on >15k sources
nitter.vloup.ch/IPBES/status/119… - highlights of the public engagement it resulted
The @IPBES #GlobalAssessment Report and 1 million threatened species has inspired action across the world.
Environmental leaders engaged @EmmanuelMacron @JustinTrudeau @BernieSanders @AOC @GretaThunberg @LeoDiCaprio and ambition is high for #Biodiversity2020 #NatureMatters
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New toolkit announced in 🇳🇿 to support councils to give nature a helping hand to restore indigenous #biodiversity and halt further decline.
@NanaiaMahuta @jacindaardern @EugenieSage @mfe_news
devdiscourse.com/article/sci…
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Given the unprecedented levels of #BiodiversityLoss worldwide, as detailed by the @IPBES #GlobalAssessment and @SANBI_ZA, thirty @JSE_Group-listed 🇿🇦 companies embark on #biodiversity valuation assessments, supported by @WWFSouthAfrica
engineeringnews.co.za/articl…
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New article explains scientific findings of @IPCC_CH #SROCC on the impacts of #ClimateChange on Indonesia🇮🇩: from rising sea levels to ocean acidification, #BiodiversityLoss, coral reef bleaching, reduced #EcosystemServices of seagrass and #mangrove.
phys.org/news/2019-11-scient…
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New @UNEP #EmissionsGap Report: We "need to act now"
—On current unconditional pledges, the world is heading for a 3.2°C temperature rise
—Collective ambition must increase >5x for the 1.5°C goal
—Solutions (and pressure to implement them) are abundant
unenvironment.org/news-and-s…
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The Summary for Policymakers is available in all 6 official UN languages in plain text here: ipbes.net/global-assessment - formatted versions to follow soon in those languages.
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