🌳🌴Forests provide essential #ecosystem services🌱🌲
A project in the #Philippines🇵🇭shows how #agroforestry can help #forests continue to fill their vital roles
"It has potential to meet the needs of the most vulnerable sectors of society"
@ICRAF @CGIAR
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"The nightingale, a much-celebrated small bird with a beautiful song, may be increasingly #endangered"
@patrick_barkham on how natural selection driven by #ClimateChange is causing the birds to evolve with shorter wings
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"Feeding a growing population is one of the biggest challenges we face. But #nature provides solutions."
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For #BiodiversityDay, @UNBiodiversity shows why #biodiversity is essential for #agriculture, and reminds us that "our solutions are in nature".
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🌳 “We’re changing the narrative from degradation to energetic restoration.”🌳
#Australia 🇦🇺 plans to restore and reconnect 1000km of bushland in southern WA. The region is a #biodiversity hotspot, but is under pressure due to vegetation loss.
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Protecting & maintaining Earth’s #biodiversity is important for the future of humanity
"That's why we're building a Planetary Computer to help scientists monitor, model & maintain the planet’s natural resources" @BradSmi @Microsoft President
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Our environmental practices make pandemics like the coronavirus more likely
The story we tell about pandemics casts us as victims of nature. It’s the other way around.
@soniashah @voxdotcom
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Sorry @ed_averill we are not entirely sure we understand your question. The policies of each publisher vary greatly - some don’t offer the option for open access, others do at significant cost etc.
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"Now is the time to redouble our efforts to build more inclusive & #sustainable economies & societies that are more resilient in the face of pandemics, #ClimateChange & other global challenges"
@antonioguterres on recovery from #COVID19
#Biodiversity2020
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"From livelihoods to #foodsecurity and human health, healthy ecosystems can help solve many of our sustainable development challenges"
@UNBiodiversity spotlights a cornerstone of #biodiversity conservation—protected areas
#BiodiversityDay #Biodiversity2020
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"We study how plants are able to solve problems, how they memorise, how they communicate, how they have their social life and things like that"
@amy_fleming shines a spotlight on what was once considered laughable—plant neurobiology
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"Sharing knowledge is critical for safeguarding #biodiversity"
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For #BiodiversityDay, @UNBiodiversity draws on insights from the @ipbes_ #GlobalAssessment to highlight the importance of embracing diverse knowledge systems
#Biodiversity2020
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'The chemotherapy did its job, but the researchers who experimented with the compounds derived from #nature could not have developed the drugs that saved my life without #biodiversity"
@SandyKnapp explains why plants are indispensable to human health
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In #Canada 🇨🇦, a partnership between #Indigenous groups and #conservation officers has saved the life of a young grizzly bear
The partnership raises hopes of "a more holistic approach to #wildlife management with greater Indigenous input"
@LeylandCecco
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🌎@Microsoft is launching a bold new #biodiversity initiative: a networked 'Planetary Computer' using #AI & data to enhance decision-making & public policy
@BradSmi: 'One of the most important steps in this field was the @IPBES #GlobalAssessment'
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A special enzyme found in #Yellowstone’s springs is a key ingredient in #COVID19 tests @NatGeo
Did you know that 70% of cancer drugs are derived from or inspired by nature?
We risk erasing some of #NaturesContributions before even discovering them
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#Biodiversity and healthy #ecosystems are the insurance plan that we must prioritize, as it protects us against a variety of risks—including pandemics"
@sonysalz and Rebecca Sands explain how human activity in #nature contributes to disease emergence
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"This year is more critical than ever for halting #biodiversity loss. The better we manage our ecosystems, the better we manage human health"
For #BiodiversityDay, @UNDP looks at how decision-makers can champion #nature as they #BuildBackBetter
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"The conservation and restoration of #forests is a necessary component of a future where humanity is better able to manage and cope with the emergence of new infectious diseases"
@WWF explains why protecting #nature is so essential in light of #COVID19
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"The assault on ecosystems that allowed #COVID19 to jump from animals to humans went far beyond hunting and selling #wildlife"
"#Biodiversity can restrain pathogens before they ever leave the wild"
@eroston on why protecting #nature will protect people
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❄️ #ClimateChange and human development are driving changes to #biodiversity that threaten the health of Arctic #freshwater systems ❄️
@ArcticCouncil lists 5⃣ top takeaways from the @CAFFSecretariat State of the Arctic Biodiversty Report
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