"By changing the conditions in which we live, we might be able to improve our #health and reduce costs for #healthcare systems."
Greener, healthier, more sustainable: why cities of the future need more #biodiversity - read the article by @wef
weforum.org/agenda/2020/01/f…
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"In the paper titled, ‘How to Halt the Global Decline of Lands,’ the lead authors of the @IPBES ‘Assessment of #LandDegradation and Restoration’ present 5 systemic policy barriers to land restoration and propose 10 solutions for overcoming them." @IISDRS
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#ClimateChange
#Biodiversity loss &
#LandDegradation
These interconnected issues must be addressed together.
Improving land use decisions and supporting #NatureBasedSolutions is a crucial part of the solution.
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"We've got to get this right. It’s time to get more ambitious than ever & demand the kind of change scientists tell us is necessary to secure a vibrant future for the planet & ourselves: a fundamental, system-wide reorganization"
@NRDC #Biodiversity2020
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#Pulses (beans, lentils and peas) help to increase #biodiversity.
“Agriculture and food systems are the heart of the concept for sustainable development” - Qu Dongyu of @FAO @FAODG #GlobalAssessment
Food and Agriculture Organization
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If we are to avoid #climate disaster we must sharply reduce our carbon dioxide emissions starting today—but how?
🎥Sir David Attenborough, Dr @JaneGoodallInst & leading @Cambridge_Uni researchers talk about the urgency of climate crisis
phys.org/news/2020-02-video-…
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'The communication value of "no net loss" – just 3 words – is immense & for this it has great potential...the devil is in the details & whether all parties & stakeholders involved can rally around such a global goal'
@dobura #Biodiversity2020
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Le temps presse.
Nous devons agir maintenant.
Pour la nature.
Pour nous tous.
Dans 100 jours, la France accueille à @marseille le plus grand événement mondial pour la biodiversité. #IUCNCongress #WorldWildlifeDay #Biodiversity2020 #MobilisationGénérale
Ministère Écologie Territoires
Le temps presse.
Nous devons agir maintenant.
Pour la nature.
Pour nous tous.
Dans 100 jours, la France accueille à @marseille le plus grand événement mondial pour la biodiversité. #IUCNCongress #WorldWildlifeDay #Biodiversity2020 #MobilisationGénérale
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The #ocean is home to some of Earth’s largest and most diverse ecosystems, such as coral reefs. These are essential to the survival of all species, both under water and on land
wildlifeday.org
#WorldWildlifeDay #WWD2020 #SustainingAllLife
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Happy #WorldWildlifeDay!
🦁🐯🐻🦍🦘🐨🦊🐼🐰🦛🦏🐘🦒🐴
@WildlifeDay celebrates the 1973 signing of @CITES, which protects endangered plants and animals from illegal trade and helps safeguard #biodiversity
#Biodiversity2020
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🌳🌲🌳Forests are home to nearly half of all land-based species.
They provide the air we breathe and much of the resources to sustain the livelihoods of close to 1.6 billion people
wildlifeday.org
#WorldWildlifeDay #SustainingAllLife #biodiversity2020
@WildlifeDay
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New global nature coalition launched on #WorldWildlifeDay!
Zoos, aquariums, national parks, museums & botanical gardens ‘United for #Biodiversity’ to raise awareness of #NatureCrisis #Biodiversity2020
Check out @IPBES press release & coalition pledge:
ipbes.net/united-for-biodive…
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Happy #WorldWildlifeDay! A new day for #biodiversity as a new global coalition of some of the most respected global institutions is about to be launched!
Join @EU_ENV Commissioner @VSinkevicius live from @OceanoMonaco
🌊 youtube.com/watch?v=ElD3qwpW…
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#Wildlife in all its varied and beautiful forms is an essential component of life on this planet.
Every time a species goes extinct, the entire biosphere is made poorer
wildlifeday.org
#WorldWildlifeDay #WWD2020 #SustainingAllLife #biodiversity2020
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🌏The global #environment can be safeguarded through enhanced international cooperation & linked, locally relevant measures
Through transformative change, #nature can be conserved, restored & used sustainably – this is also key to meeting most #SDGs
—@IPBES #GlobalAssessment
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"In 2020 we must choose better, evidence-informed policies, & fundamentally transform our relationship with #nature to ensure a healthy planet for every person"
@IPBES Exec. Secretary Anne Larigauderie's message for #WorldWildlifeDay
#SustainingAllLife
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"A decade ago, the world’s governments pledged to stop subsidizing activities that drive species to #extinction. It sounded good—but in the years since, little has been accomplished. "
Opinion piece by @9brandon for @AnthropoceneMag
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Can clouds be made to just disappear?☁️
Before #ClimateChange does it for us, researchers at #Wayqecha Cloud Forest Biological Station are experimenting with a 'cloud curtain' to find out what might happen to the rich #biodiversity of cloud forests
pri.org/stories/2020-01-21/t…
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World leaders face pressure to deliver a strong #post2020 #biodiversity framework @TRF
"Key decisions throughout #Biodiversity2020 will have direct implications for our life & the life of the living beings we share our planet with." –Anne Larigauderie
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