"#Indigenous & Local knowledge important for applied #ecology:
🌬enrich understandings of #nature
🍂monitor ecosystem changes
🐾achieve biodiversity targets & SDGs
🖊️generate incl. & policy‐relevant options"
—New paper focused on @IPBES #GlobalAssessment
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"Carbon held in tropical soils is more sensitive to warming than previously recognized" - Andrew Nottingham, @EdinburghUni
Carbon cycling through soils worldwide is up to 10x greater than human-generated greenhouse gas emissions
@marlowehood @AFP 👉
phys.org/news/2020-08-global…
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Many thanks to the >1000 #IPBESStakeholders who answered our call for #stakeholder input
22% increase in respondents from 2016 survey📈
Register now to get our latest info, network & participate in the work of #IPBES
Register here🌼ipbes.net/stakeholder-regist…
@ONet_IPBES
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'For farmers close to an evergreen forest, there's a lucrative deterrent – a beehive fence'
-@noroadsbarred
Scientists & conservationists are coming up with safer ways to protect elephants & reduce conflict with humans 🐘
@TheWCS
theguardian.com/environment/…
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#DYK there are 8 different species #pangolin? Currently, all 8 are threatened with #extinction.
As @BBCEarth says: the pangolin could go extinct before more people even know it exists
Watch👇
BBC Earth
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"Everyone that @HuffPostImpact spoke to agreed on the importance of the #fashion & #beauty industries taking action to save #biodiversity"
w/@SophieBenson_ @wfen @KeringGroup
🎧Tune in to #ipbespod Ep. 5 for more on the topic👇
link.chtbl.com/cNKLPxsi
huffpost.com/entry/fashion-b…
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🎉Thank you for listening to Season 1 of @IPBES's #NatureInsight Podcast 🎉
This season we featured incredible individuals whose experiences helped us see solutions for the future. 🎙️
Listen to the first season now👇
link.chtbl.com/cNKLPxsi
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“Now is the time to recover better, by building more resilient, inclusive & sustainable cities”
-@antonioguterres
@UNEP, @c40cities, @WorldResources & @ICLEI are working to support multi-level governance for people & nature to live in harmony in cities
unenvironment.org/news-and-s…
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“The health of a forest ecosystem can often be attributed to how much noise it creates" - Professor Rob Ewers 🔊 🌳
Scientists from @imperialcollege, @UMS_EcoCampus & @SEARRP are using audio technology to listen to Borneo's rainforest, w/ @SAFE_Project
weforum.org/agenda/2020/08/s…
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"Valued introduced #species like deer🦌, tahr, chamois & wild pigs🐗 have been here for over 100 years & are extremely important to hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders"
—Tim Gale on #NewZealand new #biodiversity strategy
via @jimmyfyfe & @NewshubNZ
newshub.co.nz/home/rural/202…
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'When I think who I am, I have plenty of significant moments in my own story that usually go back to childhood, when I was in touch with #nature'
@Brigittelgb @IPBES #ValuesAssessment co-chair
🎧Hear the #NatureInsight finale now👇
link.chtbl.com/cNKLPxsi
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"Making up just 5% of the global population, #indigenous communities are stewards of up to 80% of the planet's #biodiversity" – New Nature Economy Report, @wef
🔎 Learn more about the importance of indigenous communities in protecting the planet👇
World Economic Forum
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'I'm not religious, but always thought other beings' lives are sacred. You can protect #biodiversity, but you cannot bring life back. That's part of my daily life w/ my own girls & behind our discussions on not wasting anything' @Brigittelgb
Full episode: link.chtbl.com/cNKLPxsi
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Thanks to everyone for the great response to #SpeedDatingwiththeFuture
@IPBES Podcast | #NatureInsight
All 6 podcasts out now!
Feat. @rspaull, @BritGarner,
Dr. P Daszak, @sustainabillyt, Dr. A Poelina, @KaiChanUBC, @dobura, Marie-Claire Daveu, @KeringGroup, @IAm_Samata, @RedCarpetGreenD, @Billy_Offland, @Brigittelgb & more
ipbes.net/podcast
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"Without a doubt, it's climate change"
- @Cryospheric, @uOttawa
Canada's last remaining intact ice shelf, the 4,000-year-old Milne Ice Shelf, has broken apart ❄️
@ECCC_CIS
phys.org/news/2020-08-canada…
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Thanks so much - the response to this pilot season has been wonderful. No dates yet for a second season but likely only next year. We will share more news on this once those plans are set - thanks again for #SpeedDatingwiththeFuture with us!
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🦎 "Native #lizards may have a powerful, very tiny, secret weapon when it comes to resisting invasion by invasive species — parasites" 🦎
New study on #Invasivespecies by @coxevolab of @FIUEnvironment & @EvoLoganLab of @stri_panama et al.
via @FIU
news.fiu.edu/2020/parasites-…
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🎉Thank you for listening to Season 1 of @IPBES's #NatureInsight Podcast 🎉
This season we featured incredible individuals whose experiences helped us see solutions for the future. Here are some highlights🌿🎙️
Missed an episode? Subscribe now👇
link.chtbl.com/cNKLPxsi
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“Marine heatwaves are having lots of effects on the ecosystem - we have seen species appearing far north of where we expect them”
-Michael Jacox,@NOAA in @NatureNews article
📖 @nresearchnews: ocean heatwaves force animals to find cooler waters👇
sciencenews.org/article/anim…
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#DidYouKnow the black-footed cat is the deadliest wild cat in the world?
See what makes this tiny but mighty cat so successful, from @BBCEarth 👇
BBC Earth
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