🏞️ @IPBES Executive Secretary, Anne Larigauderie, was among key experts joining President @EmmanuelMacron of #France as he announced new measures to increase protection of #MontBlanc and its #biodiversity
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"Our ecological future depends on the engagement of every global citizen.
Every government is needed, every organisation, and every citizen...everyone should be fully engaged"
@UNBiodiversity #OEWG chairs @BasilevanHavre @sabinofrancis #Biodiversity2020
theguardian.com/environment/…
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Another connection between #ClimateChange and #biodiversity science - ‘Steps 4 a Change’ dance premiered at #IPBES7 and gets a great encore at #IPCC52 - the #ClimateCrisis and #NatureCrisis - 2 sides of the same very challenging development coin! @IPBES @IPCC_CH
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At @UNESCO, a youth initiative surprises the #IPCC52 audience with a performance called Steps for a Change.
Here's a brief recap from the performance premiered at #IPBES7 last May in Paris.
@IPCC_CH @ird_fr @FRBiodiv @umontpellier @ceresproject_eu @Euromarine_tw @umrMARBEC
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🌷#Biodiversity comprises the number of #species, their genetic variation and the interaction of these lifeforms within complex #ecosystems
Why is it so important? And why must #BiodiversityLoss be halted?🍃
europarl.europa.eu/news/en/h…
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What would a transformative agreement look like at the #Biodiversity2020 negotiations in Kunming later this fall? Broad social and economic change, says @nature_org: nature.ly/38bqyFX #NatureNow
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🌿#Biodiversity loss inspires global poster contest for 2020 "super year" for nature and the environment
To harness the power of art 🎨to raise environmental awareness, artists around the world are invited to submit their posters until 15 May 2020
unenvironment.org/news-and-s…
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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…
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Will it rain cats & dogs?
@ACEMathStats research shows: ecological forecasts can be useful in #ecosystems management
"Mathematical models might be able to help you decide whether a certain action is going to be good or bad for a #species you care about"
phys.org/news/2020-01-ecolog…
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🎥LIVE NOW!
fao.org/webcast/home/en/item…
Want to follow the #Biodiversity2020 story? Join the media briefing webcast TODAY at 15:30 CET (Rome)
@IPBES presents science
@UNBiodiversity @mremae presents process
@BasilevanHavre & @sabinofrancis present draft #post2020 framework
Join live via @FAO! fao.org/webcast/home/en/item…
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Want to follow the #Biodiversity2020 story? Join the media briefing webcast TODAY at 15:30 CET (Rome)
@IPBES presents science
@UNBiodiversity @mremae presents process
@BasilevanHavre & @sabinofrancis present draft #post2020 framework
Join live via @FAO! fao.org/webcast/home/en/item…
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"Small but precious: small forest patches act as islands and corridors of biodiversity"
Article and 📷 by @sghstory for @MongabayIndia
india.mongabay.com/2020/02/s…
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NOW AVAILABLE: The laid out @IPBES #GlobalAssessment Summary in all @UN languages!
Arabic:bit.ly/GASPMAR
Chinese:bit.ly/GASPMZH
English:bit.ly/GASPMEN
French:bit.ly/GASPMFR
Russian:bit.ly/GASPMRU
Spanish:bit.ly/GASPMES
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The @UN must get its new #biodiversity targets right
Global goals to reduce #BiodiversityLoss will be revised this year. All eyes are on China, which must ensure the new targets are measurable and meaningful
@nature Editiorial on @UNBiodiversity #COP15
nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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Protected Areas are fundamental to conserving #biodiversity, to securing vital #EcosystemServices like clean water and storm protection, to local livelihoods, to #ClimateChange adaptation, and to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
— @ZakriZAH
nst.com.my/opinion/columnist…
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#Conservation stories:
To save the achoque from #extinction - an exotic (and adorable) salamander - scientists teamed up with an unexpected research partner:
...a group of nuns!
@BBC science journo @Vic_Gill shares this great story in her @TEDTalks.
ted.com/talks/victoria_gill_…
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196 countries are preparing negotiations for a new global agreement to transform our relationship with #nature
Read about the work facing decision-makers ahead of next week's @UNBiodiversity meeting in Rome in @ipsnews interview w/ Anne Larigauderie
#Biodiversity2020 #OEWG2
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1 million species face extinction but solutions to the nature crisis are still within reach
#Biodiversity2020 is an opportunity for decision-makers to act on #biodiversity & climate science
Must-read @ipsnews interview w/ @IPBES Anne Larigauderie
ipsnews.net/2020/02/planet-b…
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