Today is the 1st Int'l Day of #CleanAir for Blue Skies
☀️🌼Happy #WorldCleanAirDay!🌼☀️
🌳#Nature regulates air quality through retention & prevented emissions of air pollutants by ecosystems, as highlighted by @IPBES #GlobalAssessment🌱
More from @UN: un.org/en/observances/clean-…
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🌬🌼Happy #WorldCleanAirDay🌼☁
🌳#Nature regulates air quality through retention & prevented emissions of air pollutants by ecosystems, as highlighted by @IPBES #GlobalAssessment🌱
More on the 1st Int' Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies w/@UN: un.org/en/observances/clean-…
#BreathLife
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🌬🌼Happy #WorldCleanAirDay!🌼☁
Today is the 1st Int'l Day of #CleanAir for Blue Skies
🌳#Nature regulates air quality through retention & prevented emissions of air pollutants by ecosystems, as highlighted by @IPBES #GlobalAssessment🌱
More info w/ @UN
un.org/en/observances/clean-…
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🦋 "The key message is that your business can't continue to have negative impacts while still expecting to benefit from the positive aspects of #biodiversity" 🌿
—@cathtayleur of @cisl_nature
via @meganrowling, @postguam
postguam.com/entertainment/l…
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'There have been many notable #conservation successes'
Here are 5 species that have seemingly stepped back from the brink of extinction, from @WEF👇
-Elephant shrew
-Terror skink
-Cuban solenodon
-Bermuda petrel
-Australian night parrot
weforum.org/agenda/2020/08/l…
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🐘#Africa is the last place on Earth w/ a significant assemblage of large mammals & is very rich in #biodiversity
🌳23% forests & woodlands
🌾27% arable land w/ ~1/5 cultivated
🌵50% savannah, grasslands, arid zones & deserts
—@IPBES Regional Assessment
ipbes.net/sites/default/file…
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🌬 Tomorrow is Int' #CleanAirDay for blue skies ☁
Clean air is vital for our health and our daily lives @WHO
Let's 'listen to the sky', because #NatureIsSpeaking
🎥@ConservationOrg w/@joanchenchong
Conservation Intl
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"Preliminary findings indicate that entering into a hibernation-like state is not a relatively new type of adaptation. It is an ancient one"
-Megan R. Whitney, @Harvard
@Alex_M_Fox explains how a species was able to slow its metabolism during hard times
smithsonianmag.com/smart-new…
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'We call for a reduction in the use of plastics, as this may bring adverse ecological consequences on soil communities'
Researchers say #microplastic pollution causes damage to populations of soil-dwelling creatures
@jonathanwatts👇
theguardian.com/environment/…
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"In 2020, [the water] has come with a vengeance."
@C_SOI, on how #deforestation and climate change are disrupting ecosystems, and displacing people in the Great Rift Valley
via @AlJazeera
aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/k…
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ANNOUNCEMENT: Two senior positions have now been filled in @IPBES secretariat:
🌿Head of Work Programme: Simone Schiele
🌿Head of Operations: Frank Lankeit
Join us in welcoming them both to their key new roles to strengthen the work of #IPBES
👉ipbes.net/welcome-head-work-…
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First steps to "rethink #conservation" by @ProfAbigailYork @pilesofsquid, @LeahLeopold, @MichaelSchoon1 et al.:
🍲Put local communities at the center
🕸Diversify incentives
🤝Develop an integrated strategy for multifaceted collaboration
via @Mongabay
news.mongabay.com/2020/08/co…
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.@WHO's "prescriptions for a healthy, green recovery":
🌳Protect the source of human #health: #Nature
🏥Invest in essential services
⚡Ensure energy transition
🍲Promote healthy, sustainable #food systems
🏡Build liveable cities
🏭Stop funding #pollution
who.int/news-room/feature-st…
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Have you listened to Season 1 of @IPBES's #NatureInsight Podcast 🎙️
This season we featured incredible individuals whose experiences helped us see solutions for the future. Here are some highlights🌿
Missed an episode? Subscribe now👇
link.chtbl.com/cNKLPxsi
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"We, subnational govs, cities & local authorities are deeply concerned about the implications that the loss of #biodiversity & #climate change has on our livelihood & communities"
—Edinburgh Declaration w/@Scotgov & @ScotlandHouseEU
gov.scot/publications/edinbu…
#Biodiversity2020
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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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🌫️"Elevated tropospheric #ozone concentrations induce adverse effects in plants" & could threaten #biodiversity in some regions by by 2100🌿
—New study in @ScienceAdvances by @joseppenuelas of @CSIC, @elinaoksanen2, @pierresicard25, @davewardle, et al.
📖advances.sciencemag.org/cont…
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Study from @ScienceMagazine shows plan to decrease risk of future #pandemics, from @ConservationOrg's Lee Hannah, @jorahum & Patrick Roehrdanz
Plan includes:
🌳Reducing deforestation
🦏Limiting global wildlife trade
🦠Increasing early virus detection
conservation.org/blog/3-ways…
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📣Join the #1milliontomiss #biodiversity art challenge 🎨
🐾 Post every day btw Sept 6-12, 2020, or post when you can
📷 All artistic media are welcome
🍃 Don't forget the #1milliontomiss hashtag
🖼️ Every image helps🖌️
Find more w/@JenMBallesteros👇
1milliontomiss.com/
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Altiplano is one of the harshest regions of the #Andes Mountains, seeming to have more in common with Mars than other parts of the Earth.
Surprisingly however one species thrives there: flamingoes
Learn more from @NatGeo 🦩👇
National Geographic
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