"We need to ensure that actions being taken to reduce impacts of the pandemic aren’t amplifying the risks of future outbreaks & crises."
Read priorities for #COVID19 recovery, from @IPBES experts @sdiazecology, J. Settele, E. Brondizio & @PeterDaszak
➡️ipbes.net/covid19stimulus
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📄New study by @earthinstitute & @E3BColumbia found that the relative carbon-storage benefits of diverse natural #forests are higher than those of monocultures
Protecting #biodiversity of these forests should be prioritized, said Anand M. Osuri🌳
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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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#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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"Without a healthy ocean, we know we cannot have a healthy planet"🌊🌏
In honour of #WorldOceansDay and the virtual @wef #OceanDialogues, @ThomsonFiji calls on leaders to #BuildBackBetter with a blue-green recovery from #COVID19
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Congratulations to new @UNBiodiversity Executive Secretary Elizabeth Mrema!
@MremaE was appointed today by @UN Secretary General @AntonioGuterres, after having been part of the @UNEP family since 1994 and most recently serving as Acting CBD Exec. Sec.
#Biodiversity2020
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Today we celebrate #WorldOceansDay 🌊 🎉
Oceans play a major role in everyday life. Today, we encourage the population to work towards the sustainable management of the world's #oceans.
#ProtectOurHome
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Our economies, livelihoods and wellbeing all rely on #nature. 🌎
“From now on, protecting and enhancing our #environment must be at the heart of how we achieve economic prosperity“ - Prof Partha Dasgupta & @andersen_inger @UNEP
#COVID19 @Independent
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What you can do to #SaveOurOcean:
🧴 Stop using disposable plastic
🚬Don’t throw cigarette butts on the street
🐟Make better seafood choices
✈️Lower your carbon footprint
🐕Be a responsible pet owner
🏖️Organize a beach clean-up
More tips👇
w/@UNDP @Medium
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New @UNEP #Seagrass Report on #WorldOceansDay:
unenvironment.org/news-and-s…
Seagrass is one of many powerful #NatureBasedSolutions, storing up to 18% of oceanic #carbon while covering just 0.1% of the #ocean floor
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Today is #WorldOceansDay! 🌊🐟
To celebrate the #ocean and to help #ProtectOurHome, @IPBES has created a collection of ocean themed #VirtualBackgrounds to help make your video conferences more fun 💻
Download freely 👇
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TOMORROW Join @IPBES Exec. Sec. Anne Larigauderie for #VirtualCHOW, hosted by @marinesanctuary🌊
With leaders from across the UN system, Anne will speak on Global Action for Ocean, Climate & #Biodiversity
Register now 👇
marinesanctuary.org/capitol-…
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🌊Marine #ecosystems from coastal to deep sea now show the influence of human actions, w/ coastal marine ecosystems showing both large historical losses of extent & condition as well as rapid ongoing declines🐙
—@IPBES #GlobalAssessment👇
ipbes.net/global-assessment
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Happy #WorldOceansDay! 🌊🐟🐙🦈🐚🌊
#DidYouKnow that 66% of the marine environment has been significantly altered by human actions? - @IPBES Global Assessment
Today, we celebrate and honor the #ocean, which connects us all
#ProtectOurHome
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#Oceans, like land, have been dangerously degraded by human activity
66% of the marine #environment is severely altered by human actions
On #WorldOceansDay learn more about the status of nature & options for action in the @IPBES #GlobalAssessment ➡️ipbes.net/global-assessment
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Humankind's unhealthy relationship w/ #nature is the root cause of the #COVID19 pandemic, according to a recent @IPBES guest article
@wef echoes the #IPBES experts—stimulus measures must protect nature AND people
Article➡️ipbes.net/covid19stimulus
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"Our activities are putting pressure on the natural world, making outbreaks more likely"
@UNBiodiversity explains that human actions increase the risks of pandemics like #COVID19—and shows that we can #BuildBackBetter to prevent future outbreaks
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"Thanks to DNA sampling the Grenadines pink rhino iguana & Saint Lucia iguana recognised as endemic subspecies
Both threatened with extinction"
@timknightwriter, @FaunaFloraInt & @DurrellWildlife tell a tale of 2 (possibly 5!) iguanas & invasive species
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The @IPBES team would like to thank all #IPBESStakeholders 🌍for taking part in our 2020 Stakeholder Survey
We have received ➡️ >1000 completed responses
Results will help:
➡️better align communication & outreach
➡️ strengthen collaborative processes
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🌏"For you and me, & the rest of the world's wondrous #biodiversity, it is very apparent that the world needs to act right now to save a common environmental heritage"🌎
@NickClarkAlJaz highlights the web of life on Earth—& the importance of protecting it
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