This week, @IPBES is joining @UNBiodiversity to celebrate #BiodiversityDay, as we highlight the theme: "Our Solutions are in Nature"
Here we showcase the #biodiversity theme➡️ #science & #knowledge 🔬
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🌳 The new #EUBiodiversity strategy cites the @IPBES #GlobalAssessment and aims to put "Europe’s biodiversity on the path to recovery by 2030 for the benefit of people, the planet, the #climate & our economy"🌼
w/@EU_Commission @EU_ENV
Read more 👉 ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info…
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🐝'According to @IPBES #Pollination report: #pollinators are in danger.
Pollinators are being driven to extinction by e.g. habitat loss, urbanization, pesticides, pollution, predators, parasites & #ClimateChange
@BernardMarr on tech helping save #bees
forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr…
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🌳 The new #EUBiodiversity strategy cites the @IPBES #GlobalAssessment & aims to put "#Europe’s biodiversity on the path to recovery by 2030 for the benefit of ppl, the planet, the #climate & our economy"🌼
w/@EU_Commission @EU_ENV
Read more 👇 ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info…
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#Bees🐝 are our #FoodHeroes
🍎🥦🍯🥜🍒🌻
Vital food crops depend on #bees and other pollinators, yet these tiny heroes are under threat due to human activity
On #WorldBeeDay, @FAO calls on all of us to do our part to #SavetheBees
Food and Agriculture Organization
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#DYK bees help advance the #SDGs?
@UNDP shows that these pollinators contribute to global development by helping to:
🐝Promote #biodiversity
🐝Fight hunger
🐝Secure livelihoods
🐝Counter poverty
On #WorldBeeDay make a 'buzz' for #bees & all pollinators!
bees.undp.org/
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Celebrate #WorldBeeDay with us!
🐝 #Bees & other #pollinators are vital for 75% of our food crops & nearly 90% of wild flowering plants
#Pollination is so important that governments asked @IPBES to assess this theme first!
Comb through more #bee facts:
ipbes.net/assessment-reports…
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🐝#WorldBeeDay 2020 focuses on "production & good practices adopted by beekeepers to support their livelihoods & deliver good quality products"🍯
—@UNEP underlines @IPBES #GlobalAssessment findings in the context of #COVID19
#BeeEngaged
unenvironment.org/news-and-s…
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"Without #pollinators, many of us would no longer be able to enjoy coffee, chocolate & apples, among many other foods that are part of our daily lives," - @SimonGPotts
👇Learn more in the @IPBES Pollination Assessment ipbes.net/assessment-reports…
#WorldBeeDay
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🐝Fascinating footage from @BBC shows how #honeybees claim the throne 👑🐝
But honey bees aren't the only essential pollinators—learn more about other #bee species in the @IPBES #Pollination Assessment⬇️
ipbes.net/assessment-reports…
#WorldBeeDay
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🎉Happy #WorldBeeDay!🎊🐝
The vast majority of pollinator species🌻 are wild, including 20,000+ species of bees🐝, some species of flies, butterflies🦋, moths, wasps, beetles🐞, thrips, birds🐦, bats🦇 & other vertebrates
—@IPBES Pollination Assessment👇
ipbes.net/assessment-reports…
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🐝Join Promote Pollinators' webinar on #WorldBeeDay, May 20 at 17:00 GMT🌼
Inspired by the @IPBES #Pollination Assessment, the 'Coalition of the Willing' collaborates to protect pollinating species and their habitats🦋
Sign up now👉promotepollinators.org/webin…
#savethebees
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20 May is #WorldBeeDay!
🌺🐝🍯
#Bees play an essential role in #pollination and are crucial for #foodsecurity
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"The pandemic has taught us the importance of preparation"
"Perhaps the upheaval of #COVID19 can inspire us to take much-needed preventive action for the #climate, biosphere & humanity"
—@KaiChanUBC, @IPBES #GlobalAssessment lead author
via @globalnews
globalnews.ca/news/6901087/c…
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In #Ireland advocates propose new 'wildlife crime unit' for #biodiversity crisis
'Since the @IPBES #GlobalAssessment revealed the extent of species loss globally, people have come to appreciate there is a crisis' –Dr @LiamLy
@KOSullivanIT @IrishTimes
irishtimes.com/news/environm…
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🚨Reminder🚨
@IPBES is organizing a virtual platform workshop on the link between #biodiversity and #pandemics, from July 27-31. We invite nomination of #experts to participate in this workshop
Deadline➡️ June 1, 2020
Learn more here➡️ mailchi.mp/ipbes.net/call-fo…
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Thanks Donat - but this poll is not about cited material - it is specifically about preferences for our Twitter feed.
New protected lands in #Canada 🇨🇦 show the scale of what can be achieved when #Indigenous Nations take the lead on #conservation
"We take care of the land, and the land takes care of us":
hewlett.org/we-take-care-of-…
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"4 principles of #naturebasedsolutions:
🏭 Cut emissions
🌺 Maintain #biodiversity & ecosystems
🤝 Engage #Indigenous Peoples & local communities
🌾 Be ecologically responsible"
—A global call by @PaulPolman, @CFigueres et al.
Read more via @Medium 👇medium.com/@naturebasedsolut…
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