#Colombia 🇨🇴 is the global host of #WorldEnvironmentDay!
Colombia is one of the most biodiverse countries in the 🌎 and is home to over 51,000 species
On 5 June, join @UNEP and @MinAmbienteCo to celebrate #biodiversity and take a stand #ForNature
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Celebrate #biodiversity and add some fun to your next video meeting 💻🌍
Download your free @IPBES #VirtualBackground ⬇️ #biodiversity2020
dropbox.com/sh/92slx62i8nzzg…
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#LandDegradation is a silent crisis, affecting more than 3 billion people
Driving #extinction and loss of population abundance
Contributing to conflict and migration
Costs about 10% of total global GDP
Reduces crop yields by up to 50% in some regions
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🌎This #WorldEnvironmentDay, it's time #ForNature🌏
#Nature is declining at an unprecedented rate, with 1 million species at risk of extinction
On 5 June, join @BillNye, @billieeilish and @carlosvives:
#StayHome and raise your #VoiceForThePlanet🌍
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#WorldEnvironmentDay is on June 5th!
#Nature is sending us a message: To care for ourselves, we must care for nature
Register your online events & find practical guides to act #ForNature together w/ @UNEP 👇
worldenvironmentday.global/
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🌊"Loss of #biodiversity from lower to upper trophic levels reduces overall productivity and stability of coastal ecosystems in our #oceans"🏝️🌊
—New study by DiBattista et al. in @SciReports documents these changes across both time and space
nature.com/articles/s41598-0…
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"Returning to diets based on agricultural #biodiversity is critical for fixing our food systems
"The good news is we know what do to about this"
For #BiodiversityDay, @mremae of @UNBiodiversity & @jlucasrestrepo of @BiovIntCIAT_eng discuss food & health
independent.co.uk/voices/foo…
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📖 Now Reading: The Zero Draft of the @UN Anniversary Declaration📚
The draft includes 1⃣2⃣ commitments to action, including that we will protect our 🌏
"Without more determined action we will continue to impoverish our planet with less #biodiversty"
sdg.iisd.org/news/zero-draft…
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"Our study encourages everybody concerned with greenspace planning & management to engage in urban #biodiversity conservation🌳"
—Recent paper by @LNeuenkamp, @AnnaBucharova et al. in @Society4ConBio highlights environmental education in European cities
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.c…
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🌳“Tapping into local knowledge and allowing local communities to benefit from forest conservation and replanting schemes is the way forward"🌱
@CIFOR highlights a community in #Kenya that is using local knowledge to protect vital forests
stories.forestsnews.cifor.or…
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An ongoing backyard biodiversity challenge, launched by a group of nature enthusiasts in the wake of the #Covid19 lockdown, has already led to the spotting of as many as 1,330 species in the backyards of the houses of Kerala, India
via @NewIndianXpress
newindianexpress.com/good-ne…
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"We should perhaps recognise this as a mandate for change, and look at the alternative to normal, taking lessons from this catastrophe to create a better world"
@WanderingGaia looks at how we can #BuildBackBetter from #COVID19
theguardian.com/environment/…
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Cold War era spy images reveal the extent of #biodiversity loss from 50 years of agricultural expansion: @royalsociety study
'Instead of looking for nuclear weapons, researchers searched the images for marmot burrows'
Story by @newscientist @layallivs
newscientist.com/article/224…
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"It’s one distinct branch of evolution. If we lose #redpandas, it’s like losing all the entire cat family in the world in one fell swoop" —@RedPandaLady
For #BiodiversityDay, @GlobalLF showcases the "adorable, elusive symbol" of threatened #biodiversity🎋
news.globallandscapesforum.o…
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#GLFBonn2020 begins on 3 June!🍎🌾🥑
Join @GlobalLF and 100+ experts, activists, chefs and more for discussion about this year's theme—#food in the time of crisis
Learn more about current challenges in #FoodSecurity and discover innovative solutions
events.globallandscapesforum…
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Up to now, all 7 known species of pygmy seahorses were found in Asia
🌊A new species of pygmy seahorse, about the size of a grain of rice, was discovered in Africa for the 1st time
—Recent study by @Rich_Underwater et al. in @ZooKeys_Journal 👇
zookeys.pensoft.net/article/…
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"Biodiversity is critically important – to your health, to your safety and, probably, to your business or livelihood"
@wef breaks down 5 ways #biodiversity supports our economies & wellbeing – and has the potential to do even more
🦓🦚🐚🦠🦗🌵🌲
weforum.org/agenda/2020/05/5…
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The Natural History Museum of Vienna @NHM_Wien just joined the @EU_ENV-led 'United for #Biodiversity Coalition'!
"The threat to human well-being from the global biodiversity crisis has been on everyone's lips since the @IPBES #GlobalAssessment"
umwelt-journal.at/naturhisto…
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#Colombia 🇨🇴 is the global host of #WorldEnvironmentDay!
Colombia is one of the most biodiverse countries in the 🌎 & home to more than 51,000 species
On 5 June join @UNEP & @MinAmbienteCo to celebrate #biodiversity and take a stand #ForNature
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