🌳🍲 #WorldWildlifeDay spotlights the links between forests & livelihoods & the experiences of #Indigenous peoples
Tune in for a virtual celebration event on 📅3 March 2pm CET
🎥@CITES @WildlifeDay
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"The living world is a unique & spectacular marvel"
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Ahead of the #WorldWildlifeDay, we recall #DavidAttenborough calling on humanity to work with nature, rather than against it🌏
#WWD2021
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🌊Webinar: Strengthening the Science-Policy Interface for #Ocean Sustainability
🎙️Join @Anamariamojita, @IPBES Chair, as she speaks about the mechanisms to strengthen the #SciencePolicy interface
Starting now: 9am EST/ 3pm CET 👉un.org/regularprocess/spiweb…
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🌳There is a small trend of an📈in the #Asia-Pacific region’s #forest cover, except in South-East Asia
🌱It is attributed to policies reducing #deforestation & promoting afforestation & restoration
🐅Despite this, #biodiversity is still at risk
—@IPBES #RegionalAssessment
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How are forests and #indigenous and local livelihoods linked?🔍
This #WorldWildlifeDay, we highlight the central role of #forests, forest species & ecosystems services in sustaining the #livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people globally
wildlifeday.org #ForNature
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📣We are hiring!
💻Multilingual social & online media consultant in Spanish, French & English
🌿Do you love #biodiversity & want to communicate science #ForNature?
🐦This opportunity is for you🦋
Apply by March 7➡️careers.un.org/lbw/jobdetail…
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❄️#NiagaraFalls covered in ice... a sight to behold
The falls themselves aren't actually frozen but the freezing temperatures result in ice formations and create an illusion of the “Frozen Falls”🌡️🧊
📽️ via @JoaquimCampa
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Did #ClimateChange help #dinosaurs migrate?🦖
A recent study suggested that a drop in CO2 levels may have helped sauropodomorphs🦕 migrate 1000s of kilometers north past once-forbidding deserts around 214 million years ago💡
🔍@PNASNews @ScienceNews
sciencenews.org/article/clim…
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Love and care for one another is by no means exclusively human behaviour 🐒💕
Baby monkeys are primarily cared for by their mothers & often you will find a young monkey riding on its mother's back or hanging from her neck🐵👶
📽️@unexplainnature
nitter.vloup.ch/unexplainnature/…
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Manta rays are among the most spectacular of ocean species🌊
They are also classified as vulnerable by @IUCNRedList & protected under the @BonnConvention 📖
📽️@MarineMegafauna / Jennifer Ward
Marine Megafauna Foundation
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This nudibranch is ready to shimmy into the weekend💃
The Spanish dancer is a spectacular species of sea slug widespread from the eastern coasts of Africa, incl. the Red Sea, to Hawaii & from Japan🇯🇵 to Australia🇦🇺
📽️@ScienceIsNew
nitter.vloup.ch/ScienceIsNew/sta…
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A recent study by the Chinese Academy of Sciences 🇨🇳 has found that the evolution of birds has been influenced mainly by #ClimateChange & also by the Cretaceous-Tertiary #extinction event #biodiversity
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via @physorg_com➡️ phys.org/news/2021-02-climat…
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Only 3 days left to fill in the @GYBN_CBD survey! 📢👇
💬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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🔍Register as a reviewer and join the webinar on the second-order draft of the @IPBES #ValuesAssessment🌿
🌱Sign up to become a reviewer: ipbes.net/registration/value…
🌱Join the webinar 📅1 March, 2pm CET ipbes.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
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It is estimated that nearly 200 million people across the #AsiaPacific🌏 region directly depend on the forest for their non-timber forest products, medicine, food, fuel & other subsistence needs🍲🌿
Forests are essential for livelihoods🌱
#ForestsPeoplePlanet #WorldWildlifeDay
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🦧🦧10 #orangutans have been released back into the wild in Indonesian Borneo🇮🇩
Helicopters were used to ferry the critically endangered great #apes deep into the forest from rehabilitation centers
#ConservationOptimism @guardian @Reuters
theguardian.com/environment/…
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Do you want to work #ForNature?
📖🌱@UNEP's #GEO6Youth is a one-stop-shop especially for young people to understand the state of the environment, from #sustainable markets to careers and in-demand skills
Access the interactive e-publication➡️unep.org/resources/geo-6-you…
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"As [...] more people look to the cause of #COVID19, I hope they look to a future where #pandemic prevention is a given, alongside sustainable environmental practices" 🦠🌱
—@MCeeP @unisouthampton reviewing @IPBES #PandemicsReport for @laboratorynews
👉labnews.co.uk/article/203118…
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Everyone say: "Invasive Alien Species"📸📸
The authors meeting to craft the summary for policymakers #SPM of @IPBES #InvasiveAlienSpecies Assessment is in progress💡
Learn more about the assessment 👉
ipbes.net/invasive-alien-spe… #PolicyRelevance
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3 March is #WorldWildlifeDay 🎉🦁
Join us in celebrating the central part #forests play in sustaining #livelihoods by changing your virtual background🌳🌴🌱
Download here👉trello.com/b/lZe9qKba/ipbes-…
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