🌿'@IPBES #Scenarios Assessment highlighted the relevance of using scenarios & models for making informed decisions to address environmental risks such as #biodiversity loss'
—@IPBES Exec. Sec. A. Larigauderie in her foreword to K. N. Ninan's new book
🆕 Environmental Assessments edited by K.N. Ninan. International experts examine the use of environmental scenario analysis and long-term modelling in environmental assessments @andreaghe @federica_ravera @IPBES #ClimateChange
🆓 content + shop link ➡️ doi.org/10.4337/978178897687…
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💐 Congratulations to @BiotaFAPESP for 20 years of contributing to public policy on #biodiversity in #Brazil 💐
🌿 Several @BiotaFAPESP researchers are collaborating w/ @IPBES
💻Join the celebration webinars (in English) 👇
fapesp.br/eventos/webinarsbi…
#BIOTA20anos
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🌊“Coral reefs are the most biodiverse ecosystems in the #ocean, housing ~25% of marine species, but unfortunately they are also the most vulnerable ecosystem to #climatechange"
—L. Carvalho @UNEP Marine & Fresh Water
w/ @ICRI_Coral_Reef
🐠#ForCoral
📖unenvironment.org/news-and-s…
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Peatlands are vital in the fight against #ClimateChange
How do we keep #peatlands safe? Here are some key pointers for peatland conservation from @CIFOR 👇
@FTA_CGIAR @unredd @noradno #seeingREDD
CIFOR
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Major Opportunity:🌿Do you have exceptional crosscutting expertise in #biodiversity w/ outstanding academic & technical credentials?
📣@STAPGEF is looking for a new Panel Member to advise @theGEF on biodiversity
📖More info via @UNOPS_jobs👇
jobs.unops.org/Pages/ViewVac…
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🌿Season 1 of @IPBES's #NatureInsight Podcast is complete 🌿
🎙️All 6 episodes are now available for you to access at any time👇
link.chtbl.com/cNKLPxsi
#speeddatingwiththefuture
"Nature Insight: Speed Dating with the Future"
It is a new podcast series from @IPBES where you can meet experts from different areas that bring solutions for the future of humans and nature in this planet🌏
1rst podcast is now available! - ow.ly/tLel50B8OLv
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A mouse-sized elephant shrew that had been lost to science for 50 years has been discovered alive and well in the Horn of Africa
“It was serendipitous that it happened so quickly for us.”
- Steven Heritage, @DukeU
More from @dpcarrington 👇
theguardian.com/environment/…
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"We seem to have entered a realm of more and more extreme melt in Greenland" - Dr Ingo Sasgen, @AWI_Media
According to a calculation by @MartinStendel, the 2019 losses would be enough to cover the entire UK with around 2.5 metres of meltwater 🧊
bbc.com/news/science-environ…
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🌐 There is no planet B
🌱 Yet, there is a plan B
Circular economies were identified in @IPBES #GlobalAssessment as a pathway for #transformativechange towards #sustainability
Some tips by @UNDP you can follow to make things better & consume responsibly
sdgs.undp.org/2020-sustainab…
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Studying fungi has long been overshadowed, but @MerlinSheldrake is trying to change that
“Fungi weren’t seen as their own kingdom until the 60s. This had huge impact – if you’re not training researchers, it will be neglected”
More from @msrachelcooke 🍄
theguardian.com/science/2020…
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The marginal ice zone is a blind spot of knowledge in our climate system, says Sebastiaan Swart of @uniofgothenburg
In order to study this area, scientists turn to a unique 'instrument' to gather data: southern elephant seals🦭
More from @oliverwhang21👇
nytimes.com/2020/08/14/scien…
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🎉@IPBES congratulates the three winners of the 2020 MIDORI Prize for #Biodiversity 🎉
🌱@GYBN_CBD co-founder @MelinaSakiyama
🌱#Cameroon Gender & Environment Watch founder W. E. Binyuy
🌱@uofg Prof. Paul Hebert
w/ @UNBiodiversity & @mremae
For more: cbd.int/doc/press/2020/pr-20…
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🚢"Seaports are key transit gateways for illegal #wildlife products"
@UNDP ecosystems & #biodiversity explains how targeting these maritime transit points & strengthening law enforcement can disrupt trafficking networks👇
undp-biodiversity.exposure.c…
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We need urgent action on #biodiversity as it
🏭suffers from our actions
💧is interconnected w/ our #health
☀is key to fight #climatechange
🌾& to sustainable development
🦋its loss affects disproportionately poor & #Indigenous communities
—@unfoundation
unfoundation.org/blog/post/w…
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📣 Don't forget to send us your comments on @IPBES #TransformativeChange Assessment Scoping Report by
⏰ Friday August 28th, 12:00 CEST ⏰
📖 Register as a reviewer & access the document & instructions on how to submit comments:
ipbes.net/transformative-cha…
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🐝 90%+ of the leading global crop types are visited by #bees
🪰 ~30% by flies
🦋 6% by each of the other taxa
Crop yield and/or quality depend on both the abundance & #diversity of pollinators🌻
— @IPBES #Pollination Assessment
ipbes.net/sites/default/file…
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🦟@evolambert explains new finding: compound emitted by locusts could inform a new way of controlling the swarms
“It’s a significant & exciting study. We don’t have great ways of baiting locusts, this compound has potential”
- Baldwyn Torto, @icipe
sciencenews.org/article/locu…
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A team of marine scientists has discovered 30 new invertebrate species in the Galapagos
"The deep sea remains Earth's last frontier & this study provides a sneak-peek into least known communities of the Galapagos" - Pelayo Salinas de Leon, @DarwinFound
aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/s…
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Ranchers and conservationists from @nature_org are working together to find the best ways to preserve #biodiversity in the American grasslands
"If I can't make a living, the whole thing falls apart"
-Dan Probert, rancher
Learn more from @guardian 👇
theguardian.com/environment/…
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🌱#LandDegradation impacts the well-being of 3.2+ billion people & is a main driver of #biodiversity loss, says @IPBES Assessment👇
ipbes.net/sites/default/file…
📽️@UNCCD highlights that the #GreatGreenWall offers a solution to these challenges in the #Sahel🌱
UN Land and Drought
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