An important project to chart the ocean floor by 2030 is underway by @seabed2030 🌊
This could have some key benefits, including preparing for tsunamis, protecting marine habitats & monitoring deep-sea mining
@OceanConference
@guardian
theguardian.com/environment/…
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📣Ongoing Calls
🦋Contributions of #Indigenous Peoples & Local Comm. by July 10👉ipbes.net/fr/ilk-global-surv…
🌳External reviews for the scoping drafts reports for the #TransformativeChange by 28.8 & the #NexusAssessment by 31.7
💻Webinars on July 14 & 16👉ipbes.net/node/37157
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📣 @IPBES #TransformativeChange Assessment draft Scoping Report now open for external review!
What levers & leverage points are there to support the conservation & wise use of #biodiversity?
Help shape the scope of the report⬇️
ipbes.net/transformative-cha…
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Pink manta rays, walking fish & glowing sharks!
🐳 🐡 🐙
@OurOcean explores ocean oddities & the research behind why they are there in the first place
@laurakatharyn
@AlaskaPacificU
Dive in ⬇️
oceanconservancy.org/blog/20…
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Nature Insight will feature short and impactful stories from people on the frontlines of biodiversity research, policy and action, to illustrate the incredible importance of nature and its contributions to people.
#ipbes
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🔊We are launching our own @IPBES podcast on Wednesday 8 July!
We will be featuring incredible individuals whose experience can help us see solutions for the future 🌿
Learn more👇
trello.com/b/agpU1p11/ipbes-…
.#speeddatingwiththefuture
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🔊 @IPBES is pleased to announce the first-ever IPBES podcast: Nature Insight - Speed Dating with the Future, launching on Wednesday 8 July 🌿
Listen to the trailer now👇
link.chtbl.com/cNKLPxsi
#SpeedDatingWithTheFuture
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For the first time, soft corals have been found in the
deep waters of #Greenland
The discovery highlights how little we understand the deeper regions of the ocean 🔬
"Greenland's seafloor is virtually unexplored"
- Martin Blicher, @GCRC_GINR
sciencealert.com/a-vast-gard…
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Scientists argue #COVID19 is unprecedented opportunity to study how humans affect animal behavior #Anthropause
“There is an amazing research opportunity, which has come through really tragic circumstances"
- Christian Rutz, @univofstandrews, @Harvard
wired.com/story/the-anthropa…
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.@CAFISecretariat & @FAO will assess drivers of #deforestation in #CentralAfrica 🌳
"National experts, global research & civil society will [...] reach a common view on the direct drivers of forest disturbances" - Astrid Agostini, @unredd
Read more👇
fao.org/redd/news/detail/en/…
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Some experts have proposed a species extinction limit as #biodiversity equivalent of the 1.5 degree target for #ClimateChange
@nature suggests @IPBES & @UNBiodiversity be asked to assess science: could 1 numerical target work for #biodiversity?
go.nature.com/3dWegnD
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A team of divers is building an artificial #coralreef in the #UAE
“It’s a fertile environment for coral reefs, and this diversity has started spreading and has helped bring back sea life”
- Saeed al-Maamari, diver
@WEF
🐠 🐙
weforum.org/agenda/2020/06/d…
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Scientists have reported the second known case of dolphins using tools in the wild 🐬
“It adds another technique to the incredible range of specialized foraging tactics used by dolphins, killer & sperm whales"
- Richard Connor, dolphin expert, @UMassD
sciencemag.org/news/2020/06/…
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🦋@KeringGroup offers a media masterclass that "takes a sharp look into one of the #fashion industry’s most important, yet also most difficult #sustainability issues: #Biodiversity"
Register to attend today at 15:00 CEST👇
zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_…
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Some monkeys in the Caribbean are putting pressure on native species & decimating crops 🐒
📖 @UNEP is working with @skngov to research the impact of green monkeys on #biodiversity, #agriculture & #tourism
@theGEF
@CABI_News
unenvironment.org/news-and-s…
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Efforts to stabilize #giantpanda populations in the face of global warming have been successful, says a group of researchers 🐼
- @royalsociety
China has been increasing bamboo cover as temp. continue to rise due to global warming #ConservationOptimism
phys.org/news/2020-06-offset…
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"Halting biodiversity loss and restoring nature are essential to Europe’s economic recovery", explains @MDerdevet of @ScPoResearch
After #COVID19, #biodiversity will be a key consideration in the economic equation
@EURACTIV
euractiv.com/section/energy-…
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Arctic foxes hunt by leaping into the air and burrowing into the snow.
Learn more about Arctic fox hunting techniques from @BBCEarth #LifeStory
🦊 ❄️
BBC Earth
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📖 Study reveals that wolf spiders are adapting to warming Arctic, the result? A spider 'baby boom' 🕷️
“The data show how small animals in the Arctic change their life history in response to climate change“
- @TokeHoye, @ARC_AU
independent.co.uk/environmen…
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"This pandemic has made one thing abundantly clear: Nature needs us now."
- Vikash Tatayah, Conservation Director of the @mwfWildlife
Conservationists working in #biodiversity hotspots, face even steeper challenges as #COIVD19 continues
conservation.org/blog/despit…
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