“The chorus of voices calling on governments to use their #COVID19 recovery packages to create sustainable economies is growing" - @andersen_inger
📖 New report shows an opportunity to prioritize clean energy in economic recovery packages
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New project in #Myanmar & #Finland allows monitoring of #forests in a manner that protects #humanrights 🌲
"This new project will ensure that the socio-political and cultural context is explicitly addressed" - Xiaojie Fan, @FAO
Learn more⬇️
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One extinction can cause ripple effects throughout an #ecosystem, leaving other species vulnerable to the same fate
“It’s similar to #climatechange; once it gets rolling, it gets harder and harder to unwind" - @Noah_Ark_757
.@umairfan
Learn more ⬇️
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"Rising temperatures affect all areas of nature - including the endemic #diversity & spider fauna of Madagascar"- Peter Jager, Arachnologist
New genus of huntsman #spider is named after @GretaThunberg, in honour of her commitment to #climatechange 🕷️
ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/new-spid…
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Why invest in #nature conservation?
🍞Help prevent poverty
🐆Help prevent poaching & illegal logging & mining
🔨Create jobs
🌴Safeguard nature's contributions to the economy
⛰️Fight climate change
🦜Recover #biodiversity
⚕️Guard against future pandemics
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"#Nature conservation must be a core element of the economic rescue plans to respond to the emerging global recession"
—#CampaignForNature Committee w/@IPBES former chair @ZakriZAH call to protect 30%+ of the planet’s land & ocean by 2030
w/@WyssCampaign
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📣We invite #Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities from all over the world to support the 3 ongoing @IPBES assessments on:
🍄The #SustainableUse of wild species
🌬️Diverse #ValuesOfNature
🐠#InvasiveAlienSpecies
Participate until 10 July 2020👇
ipbes.net/ilk-global-survey
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Experts say #COVID19 could spark food shortages around the world 🌍
@UNEP looks at the nation of #Georgia, with only 15% of the country cultivated and 70% forests, bush, meadows & pastures.
See what is being done there to improve #foodsecurity 🌾
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This map shows patterns in cultural diversity & patterns in biodiversity, using language diversity & mammal & bird species richness as a proxy indicators. Darker areas are more biodiverse, while the colour spectrum from green to magenta represents increasing language diversity.
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#Livestock is the world's largest user of land resources. Pasture & feed production occupy over 70% of all agricultural land. 🐓
We have an opportunity to restore this land.
#DesertificationAndDroughtDay
Learn more from @UNCCD👇
unccd.int/actions17-june-des…
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“Land degradation through human activities is pushing the planet towards a sixth mass species extinction.” —@IPBES #LandDegradation Assessment
#DesertificationandDroughtDay
#FoodFeedFibre
Learn more👇
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"The model for human-nature relationships offered by #Indigenous & local knowledge-holders is based on relational ethics rather than on technological progress or economic growth"
—@IPBES #LandDegradation Assessment👇
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"Cultural diversity and #biodiversity are spatially associated🦋
Many #Indigenous People & local communities consider land degradation to cause pronounced loss of their cultural identity"
—@IPBES #LandDegradation Assessment, Figure 8👇
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🐛Land-based ecosystem services are a life support system for human health, well-being and culture🌱
To build a better future for ourselves, we must invest in the future of land #BuildBackBetter #FooFeedFibre
w/ @UNCCD
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🌾☀️Today is #DesertificationAndDroughtDay☀️🌻
🚜Essential for our lives, #FoodFeedFibre come from healthy soils🐛
🌱Let's protect our soils🌱
Find pathways towards sustainable land management in @IPBES #LandDegradation & Restoration Assessment👇
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“It’s important that protection be focused on areas that will best increase the chance that #biodiversity will be able to survive #climatechange” - @Carlos_Carroll
Paper comes 1 year after @ipbes warns that 1 mil species are at risk of global extinction
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🌻Tomorrow is #DesertificationAndDroughtDay ☀️
🌾Changes in land-use patterns affect animal behavior, threaten habitats & may lead to the emergence of new diseases
We must invest in healthy land to rebuild our relationship with #nature
w/@UNCCD
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"As food production increases, there is a decrease in other ecosystem services & #biodiversity🐛
In extreme cases, land has been degraded to the point of abandonment, thus providing less of all ecosystems services"
—@IPBES #LandDegradation Assessment👇
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Possible pathways to address #LandDegradation
🦋 Safeguard #biodiversity
🍞 Low-consumption lifestyles
🚶♀️ Gender-equality & social welfare to reduce global pop. growth
♻️ Circular economy
🏭 Material-efficient & low-emission production systems
🌱 Sustainable land management
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