East Africans are experiencing an extreme threat to their lives and livelihoods: locusts.
"As terrifying and as dramatic as they are, there is a deeper message, and the message is that we are changing the environment." - @dinomartins
@GlobalLocust
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🎧Listen to the first episode of #NatureInsight, TOMORROW!
“Science tells us that we should treat each person equally in the face of this pandemic, or we’re at risk. That’s exactly it.” - @PeterDaszak, @EcoHealthNYC
#IPBESPod
#SpeedDatingwiththeFuture 👇
link.chtbl.com/cNKLPxsi
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“There was a magical moment when two swans flew alongside my wingtip, surfing on the big vortex”
- @sachadench, @UN Ambassador for Migratory Species
Conservationist to follow ospreys migrating across Europe & Africa
#FlightOfTheOffsprey
@BonnConvention
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🐝🦋#DYK that your delicious chocolate bar depends on the hard work of #pollinators?🦇🐦
Next bite, think of the #biodiversity that makes our tasty indulgence possible & let's all consume wisely🍫
#WorldChocolateDay
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🍫Happy #WorldChocolateDay🍫
Transforming cocoa beans into chocolate requires many natural resources🐄
🌴Be mindful of the plant to palate journey by sourcing sustainably & consuming thoughtfully
#Connect2Earth
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2️⃣ 4️⃣ hours until the @IPBES podcast launch 🎉
Tomorrow at 9 CEST, @IPBES presents: "Nature Insight - Speed Dating with the Future" 🍃
Subscribe now👇
link.chtbl.com/cNKLPxsi
#SpeedDatingWithTheFuture
#IPBESPod
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.@UNEP #ZoonosesReport recommends:
🔬Study links btw envi, animal & human health
🌾Monitor & incentivize sustainable food systems
🐄Improve biosecurity in animal husbandry
🐍Reduce destruction of wildlife habitat
🌐Implement a "One Health" approach
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"Where wild animal trade is unsustainable & wildlife population is made locally extinct, that ecosystem loses not only its #biodiversity but also a protective “biodiverse buffer” against the emergence of zoonotic diseases"
— @UNEP #ZoonosesReport
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Have you heard? 🎧
🔊 @IPBES is launching a new podcast: "Nature Insight - Speed Dating with the Future" on Wednesday 8 July 🌿
#IPBESPod
#SpeedDatingWithTheFuture
Listen to the trailer now👇
link.chtbl.com/cNKLPxsi
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The @IPBES virtual dialogue for National Focal Points begins on Mon July 6, 2020 🍃
The meeting will strengthen involvement by Governments in the production of the @IPBES #Nexus and the #TransformativeChange scoping reports 📖
Learn more ⬇️
ipbes.net/dialogue-NFP-IPBES
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White-throated sparrows across Canada are abandoning an old song for a new one, leaving ornithologists confused. 🐦
“There is nothing that we know of that’s spread like this,” - Ken Otter, lead author of the study, @CurrentBiology
@UMassAmherst
@NatGeo
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Report says global warming is causing #forests to lose older trees, leaving forests younger & shorter 🌳
“Reductions in average forest age & height are already happening, & they’re likely to continue to happen.”
- Nate McDowell, @PNNLab
@WEF
weforum.org/agenda/2020/07/m…
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🚨 @IPBES #TransformativeChange Assessment Draft Scoping Report now open for review!
It looks at underlying causes of biodiversity loss, determinants of transformative change & options to achieve the 2050 vision for #biodiversity biodiversity
Register ⬇️
ipbes.net/transformative-cha…
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"Whilst we support the need for PPE [...], we're concerned about how these single-use masks & gloves are being disposed"- @Jo_Morley, @CitytoSea_
The growing number of masks & gloves found in nature add to this unprecedented pollution
@oceansasia1
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“Beyond being a #biodiversity hotspot & its value as a provider of ecosystem services, the #Leuser is also an important carbon store” - @DiannaKopansky, @unep
Partners are working to tackle the threats facing the Leuser 🐒
@LionsShareFund @MidoriPaxton
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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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📖 Researchers from @unisiena, have discovered microplastics inside tiny animals living in Antarctica
This data shows that #microplastics are becoming an integral part of the soil food web.
@wef
@RSocPublishing
weforum.org/agenda/2020/07/m…
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🦋 What is the role of biodiversity in our lives? 🌿
🌊 What are the impacts of @IPBES work? 🕊️
🔊 Tune in to #natureinsight podcast on July 8 & learn more about @IPBES and #biodiversity2020
Listen to the trailer now👇
link.chtbl.com/cNKLPxsi
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“Tropical trees die standing. They bear no scars,”
- @SYanoviak, Ecologist at @uofl
@newscientist looks at the profound & underappreciated effects that lightning has on forests, and how this damage will increase due to #climatechange ⚡
newscientist.com/article/mg2…
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💝July 7th is #WorldChocolateDay💝
🍫Chocolate depends on #biodiversity🦋
🌴There are 10+ domesticated indigenous varieties of cocoa, many of them managed by #Indigenous People & Local Communities in the #Amazon
—@IPBES #GlobalAssessment
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