BBC Earth📖 Emerging evidence shows it's possible to accelerate rock weathering rates 🪨
@BenHoulton, director of @UCDavisJMIE, on why an effective #ClimateChange solution may lie in the #rocks beneath our feet
theconversation.com/an-effec…
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The @IPBES #GlobalAssessment showed the need for transformative change to protect nature's contributions to people. So what does that mean & how can we make it happen?
Episode 3 of @IPBES #NatureInsight w/ @KaiChanUBC
🎧Listen now👇
link.chtbl.com/cNKLPxsi
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"Transformative change for a future that has harmonious relationships w/ nature is something we can all participate in"
"It's going to seem inconceivable beforehand, but don't worry. Be on the side of leading the charge" @KaiChanUBC
#NatureInsight Ep 3
🎧link.chtbl.com/cNKLPxsi
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“As a boy I read choose-your-own-adventure books, with 99 ways to die and 1 way to make it through. I feel a bit like that with #biodiversity"
🎧 Join @KaiChanUBC for 3rd episode of @IPBES #NatureInsight #SpeedDatingwiththeFuture
Listen NOW👇
link.chtbl.com/cNKLPxsi
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Sweet and delicious local genetic #biodiversity
Kannapuram of Kannur in Kerala to be declared ‘Indigenous Mango Heritage Area’ on July 22 — National Mango Day — receive support from Kerala State Biodiversity Board & Haritha Keralam Mission. The panchayat is home to over 200 different varieties of #mangoes. @KeralaTourism
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.@IUCNRedList changes N.Atlantic right whale's status to critically endangered 🐋
"This brings intnl. recognition. It’s an added layer of: we’re not just blowing smoke here, this animal is really in trouble.”
Moira Brown, @CanWhaleInst
@NOAASBNMS
@NEAQ
theguardian.com/environment/…
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"If we want to protect nature’s #biodiversity as efficiently as possible, we have to discover as many species as we can"
- Professor @ilarisaaksjarv
Researchers at the @UniTurku have discovered 40 new species this year
@ChrissydSexton
@EarthDotCom
earth.com/news/turku-scienti…
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"They're so black, they suck up all the light [...] Being so very black really helps these creatures to survive."
- Dr. Karen Osborn, @smithsonian
@Vic_Gill @BBCNews
Study shows why the blackest fish in the deep sea are so extremely black👇
bbc.com/news/science-environ…
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The @IPBES #GlobalAssessment showed the need for #TransformativeChange to protect nature's contributions to people.
So what does that mean & how can we make it happen?
Episode 3 of @IPBES #NatureInsight w/ @KaiChanUBC
🎧Listen from Wed morning👇
link.chtbl.com/cNKLPxsi
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“If people can’t see themselves in the solution, they can’t get on board
Seeing themselves as part of the solution means their voice has to be clearly represented in what is being proposed”
—@IPBES expert @KaiChanUBC
🎧 New episode TOMORROW 👇
link.chtbl.com/cNKLPxsi
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Beavers in the #arctic are massively changing the landscape
"Their methods are extremely effective - They often build their dams at precisely those points where they can achieve major effects with minimal effort"
- Dr Ingmar Nitze, @AWI_Media
sciencedaily.com/releases/20…
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🐋Some experts say whales are vital to curb #ClimateChange because they:
Absorb vast amounts of CO2
Support the growth of phytoplankton, which absorb 40% of all CO2
@wef
📕Read more: wef.ch/33qlwmk
World Economic Forum
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This is not an @IPBES report - but is shared with our community as a relevant and topical contribution to the vital global dialogue on #biodiversity. There is an ongoing IPBES #ValuesAssessment w/ is exploring the plural ways of valuing #nature: ipbes.net/values-assessment
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🦠@IPBES Virtual Platform Workshop on the links between #biodiversity & #pandemics will take place July 27-31
Big thanks to everyone for the very many excellent nominations received🌷
The list of participating experts is now available👇
ipbes.net/pandemics-workshop…
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“There is a large financial return if we protect 30% of terrestrial and marine nature” - @Tom_Lovejoy
📖 New report says protecting around 1/3 of land and sea could provide a staggering economic output
@ConservationOrg
conservation.org/blog/protec…
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“It is simply incorrect to think that moths are boring, brown, jumper-munching pests” - @RichardFoxBC, @savebutterflies
Moths are important as they:
🌼 aid pollination
🐦 are a food source for predators
Learn more about moths👇
bbc.com/earth/story/20150909…
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The journey to find the world’s southernmost tree 🌳
@natgeo & a group of scientists set out to the tip of South America in search for 'the tree at the bottom of the world'
@CraigAWelch
@CUDenver
@GeogPDX
Read more👇
nationalgeographic.com/scien…
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🔊Have you heard? @IPBES launched #natureinsight, our new #podcast
We feature incredible individuals whose experience can help us see solutions for the future 🌿
Listen to the first two episodes NOW👇
link.chtbl.com/cNKLPxsi
#SpeedDatingWithTheFuture
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“2020 will be a year of reckoning for the world’s food systems”
In developing countries, @UNEP & @WFP expect that a “hunger pandemic” & a doubling of people starving may soon eclipse #COVID19, unless action is taken.
@IMFNews
🥔🌽🍎
unenvironment.org/news-and-s…
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