Today is #WorldLionDay! 🦁
Learn more about the 'Lion King myth' & social structure of a lion pride via @BBCEarth
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“We’re looking for ways to shift behaviour to benefit #biodiversity & reduce #health risks”
—@PeterDaszak on @IPBES workshop & @ProfKateJones @ucl's study showing that species hosting diseases grow as biodiversity decreases
via @jefftollef @nresearchnews
nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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'When I think who I am, I have plenty of moments in my own story that are completely significant which usually go back to being a child when I was in touch with #nature' @Brigittelgb
🎧Hear the #ValuesAssessment co-chair on the #NatureInsight finale 11.08
link.chtbl.com/cNKLPxsi
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"Empowering #Indigenous women is key to achieving #ZeroHunger."
On #IndigenousPeoplesDay, @FAO shows why the knowledge of Indigenous Peoples and local communities is essential to #foodsecurity and the protection of our #environment.
#IndigenousDay
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🎉💐Happy International Day of the World's #Indigenous Peoples🌺🎉
🐾Much of the world’s terrestrial wild & domesticated #biodiversity lies in areas managed by #Indigenous Peoples🌵
—#GlobalAssessment
Indigenous & local knowledge is key to @IPBES assessments on #biodiversity🦚
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Planting urban forests can boost #biodiversity & fight #climatechange
Learn more from @wef about why the planting of miniature urban forests is growing in popularity.
🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳
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Hi Diana, thanks again for engaging with the evidence. In the Global Assessment, GDP & the consumption of materials are viewed as connected, yet de-coupled issues w/ separate variables
More complete picture of the dynamics available in SPM/sections noted: ipbes.net/sites/default/file…
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"It's good news because there are now more penguins than we thought" –@PeterTFretwell, @BAS_News
Satellite has found new #EmperorPenguin breeding sites in the Antarctic, which could lift the global population by 5-10% 🐧
More from @BBC 👇
bbc.com/news/science-environ…
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Have you heard the @IPBES #podcast? 🌿
#NatureInsight features conversations w/ leading experts & incredible individuals focused on solutions for #SustainableDevelopment – like #SpeedDatingWithTheFuture
Subscribe👉link.chtbl.com/cNKLPxsi
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It’s time to focus on the other two 'R's of waste management: reducing & reusing. ♻️
“We really need to #recycle better, but also recycling is one of the last steps you should be taking.”
–David Ayer, @EarthDayNetwork
earthday.org/the-recycling-p…
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The #food web just got a little more complex!
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Some links in the underwater food chain have been invisible to scientists—until recently
@natgeo uses footage from remote-operated vehicles to explore a complex network in the #ocean depths
National Geographic
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🐦#Indigenous Peoples own, manage or occupy
🌵25%+ of the global land area
🌴35% of all remaining terrestrial areas w/ very low human intervention
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🍂72% of their indicators show negative trends in #nature that underpin local livelihoods & well-being
—@IPBES #GlobalAssessment
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New study shows #freshwater invertebrates are breaking down #microplastics into even smaller nanoplastics
"This is not ideal"
@AliciaMateos_ of @UCC explains the role of biological fragmentation of #microplastics👇via @ScienceAlert
sciencealert.com/tiny-crusta…
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🎙️Join @RSpaull, @Iam_Samata & Marie-Claire Daveu, #Sustainability Chief @KeringGroup, for a conversation about business & #biodiversity and industry leaders who see the many of values of #NaturesContributions to People (NCP)
🎧#NatureInsight #podcast
👉link.chtbl.com/cNKLPxsi
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“The #GreatGreenWall promises brighter future for rural youth in #Africa & chance to revitalize whole communities” - Monique Barbut, past ES @UNCCD
African-led initiative @GreenWallAfrica, is an ambitious project to grow an 8000 km tree wall across Africa
euronews.com/living/2020/08/…
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#DidYouKnow that since 1980, greenhouse gas #emissions have doubled & avg global temps have risen at least 0.7℃? #ClimateChange
At the same time, global average per capita consumption rose 15%
@IPBES #GlobalAssessment #sciencepolicy; video via @WEF
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Thanks for helping spread the word about the importance and value of #biodiversity and the urgent need for #transformativechange
More info on the #podcast & social media: trello.com/b/agpU1p11/ipbes-…
Listen here:
link.chtbl.com/cNKLPxsi
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New study: “very little chance that polar bears would persist anywhere in the world, except perhaps in the very high #Arctic in one small subpopulation” if greenhouse-gas emissions continue at business-as-usual levels. –lead author Dr. Péter Molnár @UofT
theguardian.com/environment/…
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12 August is International #YouthDay! People around the world are striking to #ActNow on #ClimateChange & #Sustainability💪
#Youth4GlobalAction:
14m people 👫
80,000 events 📆
214 countries 🌍
👉un.org/en/actnow/index.shtml
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New study published in @nature links human dynamics of #LandUseChange ('conversion of natural habitats to agricultural, urban or other anthropogenic #ecosystems') to significant increases in richness & abundance of species known to carry pathogens
Access👉nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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