Most snakes slither in similar ways, but for those living in deserts, getting around can be a real challenge🐍
A close-up🔍on snakeskin helped scientists work out what may help certain snakes to better navigate sandy surfaces
📰@asher_elbein @NYTScience
nytimes.com/2021/02/01/scien…
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🦗What is it?
🐒Can I touch?
👀We are not the only ones curious about the wonders of #biodiversity
🎥@FBiodiversidad @neuroecology
Adam J Calhoun | neuroecology@mastodon.social
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From @Cop15Y: Happy Chinese (& Lunar) New Year!
As @UNBiodiversity #COP15 host #China🇨🇳 is raising awareness re. the #Kunming conference
Here's to a year w/ an ambitious global #biodiversity f/work & better policies & decisions for ppl and #ForNature
COP15 in Yunnan
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🦠@MensHealthMag asks: Are we ready to prevent the next pandemic?
@DebMacKenzie1, highlighting @IPBES #PandemicsReport, argues for more resources in pandemic prevention, 'hoping this obvious bargain might inspire Govs & industry to find necessary funds'
menshealth.com/uk/health/a35…
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💡🔍It's unlikely that there will be sufficient decent jobs for the millions of #youth entering the labor market in this decade
Are you 15-35? Join the webinar series by @UNCCD & @DeutscheWelle to learn about sustainable jobs in the #land sector
👉unccd.int/issuesland-and-you…
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In the 'Bridgetown Declaration', Ministers of Env. of Latin America & Caribbean recognize that:
"[T]o reduce the risk of future zoonotic diseases, both the immediate & underlying pressures of #biodiversity loss & ecosystem degradation must be addressed"
wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/ha…
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'7 of the most biodiverse countries in the world are in Latin America & the Caribbean, from
🌳temperate biomes in #Mexico to Patagonia's austral forests🦌
🐟sea bottom to tropical #ecosystems in the Andes🏔️'
—The #EcosystemRestoration Action Plan referring to @IPBES assessments
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Young people around the world are already acting #ForNature! 🌍🌎🌏
The Restoration Stewards of the @GlobalLF and the @YIL_Initiative invite you on a journey around the world!
➡Read their stories: bit.ly/2MHvIol
#GenerationRestoration #ThinkLandscape
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🔝📈#Trending now
We are grateful to have a community that values the contributions of women to all fields of science ✨
Thanks for joining the conversation on #WomenInScience Day!
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🌱Key @UN Environment Assembly #UNEA5 facts:
🟢It’s the world’s highest environmental decision-making body
🟢It aims to galvanize international action on climate change, pollution and ecosystem loss
🟢🗓️ 22 -23 February 2021
🟢Learn more environmentassembly.unenviro…
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It's #WomenInScience Day!
Nature and its contributions are relevant to the @GlobalGoalsUN for education, #GenderEquality, reducing inequalities & promoting peace, justice and strong institutions 💡🌿
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Today we want to say: thank you
👩🔬👩🚀👩⚕️👩💻👩💼
Thank you to all #WomenInScience, from biology to biodiversity, physics & social sciences & to those who are on the frontlines of the global #COVID19 response.
Join us in saying THANK YOU.
@UNESCO @UN_Women
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'@IPBES has an important role in communicating the urgent need for improving our relationship w/ #nature to achieve @GlobalGoalsUN
#IPBES offers academics a chance for real impact in the work we do' @LauraP18
#IPBESStakeholders Spotlight bit.ly/LauraPereiraSpotlight
#WomenInScience
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📖📚@IPBES Assessments are made possible thanks to the work of experts from around the world
On #WomenInScience Day (and every day), we recognize the invaluable contributions of women scientists contributing their expertise #ForNature 👩🔬👩🎓🧕👩
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‘In some images, the rhinos overflow the frame, looking geological – cracked, folded, like frozen flows of mass and gravity’
Najin & Fatu are the only 2 rhinos of their species🦏
See this powerful photo story by @JackDavison_ from @OlPejeta in Kenya🇰🇪
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'As #nature declines, so does human quality of life'
'As #ecosystems have been damaged thru econ. growth & other human-driven change, the global poor suffer a decline in their quality of life while the rich can find ways to counter some effects' @mongabay
news.mongabay.com/2021/02/as…
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🎉Happy #WorldPulsesDay !🥘
🌱Pulses are genetically diverse, nutritious and so delicious!🍲
Learn more about the benefits of pulses for #health & sustainable #FoodSystems w/@FAO
➡️fao.org/world-pulses-day/en/…
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GIF
💬18-30? Have you filled out the @gybn_cbd survey yet?
Submit your views and priorities about #biodiversity for the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework💡✍️
Youth coming together from around the🌏#ForNature: bit.ly/gybnsurvey
#BiodiversityNeedsYouTH
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