'Reducing the gap between what we demand of #nature & what it is able to supply on a sustainable basis requires that we reduce our demand and help increase nature's supply.
It will require measured and #TransformativeChange.'
—Prof. Sir Partha Dasgupta at #DasguptaLaunch📖
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"Our economies, livelihoods & well-being all depend on Nature"
The @hmtreasury #DasguptaReview on the Econ. of #Biodiversity is out now: bit.ly/DasguptaReview
Here's what experts like #GlobalAssessment author @AndyPurvisNHM are saying: bit.ly/DasguptaReviewReactio…
Via @SMC_London
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🌱🌍'Conserving and restoring our planet's unique web of life is not only vital for reasons of ethics and common sense, but also for economics.'
—HRH The Prince of Wales at the #DasguptaLaunch @ClarenceHouse
Read the full #DasguptaReview here gov.uk/government/publicatio…
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🌱'Our economies, livelihoods & wellbeing all depend on our most precious asset: #nature. We are part of nature, not separate from it.'
💡What are the recommendations of the newly published #DasguptaReview?
📰@dpcarrington @guardian
theguardian.com/environment/…
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"The loss in #freshwater ecosystems has been driven primarily by
🐸Agriculture
💧Unsustainable water extraction & hydrological disturbance
🎣Over-exploitation
🏭Pollution
🌊#ClimateChange
🦟#InvasiveAlienSpecies"
—A. Larigauderie of @IPBES at @RamsarConv #WorldWetlandsDay Panel
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Thank you for amplifying the message about the #DasguptaReview launch - please note this is not an IPBES publication but an independent, global review commissioned by the UK Government & led by Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta. gov.uk/government/publicatio…
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Good question! The draft of the 3-year @IPBES #ValuesAssessment report tackles these questions directly (and many more) - you can have your say in the ongoing external review until 19 March:
📢Call for external reviewers📢
The second-order draft of the chapters of @IPBES #ValuesAssessment and the first-order draft of the summary for policymakers is now open for external review ✍️
Find out how to get involved👉 ipbes.net/registration/value…
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The @IPBES #GlobalAssessment found that #TransformativeChange is needed to conserve & restore nature🌱
The #DasguptaReview published today highlights that transformative change is possible💡
Join #DasguptaLaunch today @ 2pm CET royalsociety.org/science-eve…
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🐸'#Wetlands have been losing #species up to 5x faster than other ecosystems, in spite of many efforts, including under @RamsarConv'🌱
—@IPBES Executive Secretary Anne Larigauderie on #WorldWetlandsDay panel
For more➡️youtube.com/watch?v=v36wnjsp…
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🐸"The degradation & loss of #freshwater ecosystems negatively affects their contributions to people
The @IPBES #GlobalAssessment concluded that it is not too late to act but that transformative change is necessary"💧
—A.Larigauderie of @IPBES 4 #WorldWetlandsDay w/@RamsarConv
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🌏#DYK that #AsiaPacific region has more than HALF of the world's remaining mangrove areas?
It is one of the most diverse regions in the world in social, cultural, biological, climatic & geo-morphological terms
Learn more from @IPBES #RegionalAssessment ipbes.net/assessment-reports…
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⏰📢Join the #DasguptaLaunch tomorrow at 2pm CET
The Economics of Biodiversity: #DasguptaReview 📖
It will present a new economic framework for our engagement with #nature & identify the options humanity has to enhance #biodiversity and prosperity🌏📈
royalsociety.org/science-eve…
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"#WaterSecurity depends on regulation of water quality & quantity by ecosystems, this is impaired by
🏭Pollution
🌱Decreasing floodplains & wetlands
🎣Overexploitation of freshwater bodies
💦#ClimateChange"
—@IPBES #RegionalAssessment for Europe & Central Asia
#WorldWetlandsDay
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🌳📉Wetlands & water availability are linked
#RestoreWetlands to prevent the looming water crisis
@RamsarConv's key message for the #WorldWetlandsDay is that water, wetlands and life are inseparable💚
worldwetlandsday.org
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Did you observe the #WolfMoon this week?🧐
The 1st full moon🌑in 2021 was named after howling wolves
🐺howl to bond, to communicate their location to other pack members & to ward off rival packs
🎥@NorthwestTrek watch with the sound on🔊
Northwest Trek Wildlife Park
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💭#DYK that #cephalopods have not one but 3 hearts? 💚💙💛
Just one of the many reasons to admire these unique marine animals🐙🌊
🎥@animalIife
nitter.vloup.ch/animalIife/statu…
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Pure #nature in all its shades and colours...🎨💧
This spectacular lagoon was once this pink and may be again. Can you guess where it is?
A couple of hints: 🦘🐨🏄☀️
🎥via @Amazing10030
nitter.vloup.ch/Amazing10030/sta…
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💧Wetlands & water quality💧
Clean water is critical for a healthy life and yet 2.2 billion people do not have access to safe drinking water
For #WorldWetlandsDay @RamsarConv raises awareness about pollution in #wetlands
#RestoreWetlands 👉 worldwetlandsday.org
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📢Call for external reviewers📢
The second-order draft of the chapters of @IPBES #ValuesAssessment and the first-order draft of the summary for policymakers is now open for external review ✍️
Find out how to get involved👉 ipbes.net/registration/value…
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