'The @theflipflopi expedition offers a simple but critical message – save Lake Victoria before it is too late'
– @Kjulybiao, @UNEP
Learn about the vessel made entirely from waste plastic collected on Kenya’s beaches👇
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Great #scicomm video on the #carbon cycle, #climatechange and impacts of fossil fuels on #nature
'This carbon cycle has chugged along for tens of millions of years with nearly balanced flows, until burning of fossil fuels began ~150 years ago'
@NMNH
youtube.com/watch?v=lWEvBLlU…
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#Aquaponics combines fish rearing with the growth of crops. Done right, it can produce more food with fewer resources. 🐟
#SustainableFisheries #FisheriesInnovation
Find out more from @FAO 👇
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"The scale and intensity of the wildfires burning across the western U.S. right now is staggering”
-@PhilipHiguera, @umontana
@NatGeo explains how #ClimateChange has driven huge increases in wildfire area burned over the past few decades 🔥👇
nationalgeographic.com/scien…
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“It doesn't matter if there’s a wildfire right next door. Beaver-dammed areas are green and happy and healthy” -@EmilyFairfax, @csuci
Study says that beavers building dams & ponds can create fire-resistant refuges
Learn more 🦫
nationalgeographic.com/anima…
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#Biodiversity is in sharp decline, driven largely by human behavior.
@IPBES warned we're exploiting nature more rapidly than it can renew itself. If we don’t change course, 1 million species could disappear'
@nature_org 'Finance Plan for the Planet'
nature.org/en-us/what-we-do/…
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Join @IPBES Chair @Anamariamojita on the #NatureForLife hub
On 28 Sept, 11-12:30 EDT, she will be speaking in the session on 'Creating a Nature-Based Planetary Safety Net'
#StandForNature
Learn more👇
natureforlifehub.org/
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A deeply personal look at the damage done by #COVID19 to lives & livelihoods - and some of the efforts to help #BuildBackBetter in ways that are positive for ppl and planet. Shoutout to @VisualPersist & everyone trying to make a difference.
Watch the @ReefScan donations update to see how you have helped Gilly & Felimar get back to #fishing after #tourism collapsed on the island where they live.
youtube.com/DkTNxXqt4Es
Thanks for all your help sharing & donating!
#fisheries #foodsecurity #Philippines
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To find out more, read @IPBES Guest Article by @PeterDaszak & the co-Chairs of the #GlobalAssessment: ipbes.net/covid19stimulus
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Also see the @IPBES Assessment Report on Scenarios and Models: ipbes.net/assessment-reports… and subsequent work such as
PBL researchers contributed to the recent @IPBES work on scenarios and models presenting the development of the Nature Futures Framework: a heuristic tool that captures diverse, positive relationships of humans with nature.#NatureFutures 🌱
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
This has been done extensively - see Chapters 4&5 of the @IPBES #GlobalAssessment ipbes.net/global-assessment or listen to Ep3 of the IPBES #NatureInsight podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
TODAY: Join @PeterDaszak, Chair of @IPBES #Biodiversity & Pandemics Workshop & President @EcoHealthNYC at #NatureForLife Hub w/ @UNDP
'Nature for Health and Security' session: 11am New York / 4pm CEST
Learn more, watch online & stand #ForNature👇
natureforlifehub.org/
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#Biodiversity is the vital thread that ties together all life on 🌏
But how did living #organisms become so diverse and complex?
From the primordial puddle to the modern day, @techinsider animates the history of life over 3.8 million years
Insider Tech
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🌿@IPBES Exec Sec Anne Larigauderie, @mremae of @UNBiodiversity & @andersen_inger of @UNEP will make opening remarks on #Biodiversity2020 & beyond at the ministerial roundtable of the Ministry of #Ecology & Environment & Ministry of Foreign Affairs of #China 🇨🇳
#BuildBackBetter
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"Bending the Curve on Biodiversity Loss Requires Nothing Less than Transformational Change"
"We must place nature at the heart of #SustainableDevelopment"
@UNDP's @jamisonervin, #Nature for Development Global Programme
ipsnews.net/2020/09/bending-…
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Check out the #NatureForLife Hub 4-day virtual event placing nature at the heart of sustainable development & #GreenRecovery
TODAY: #IPBES experts @PeterDaszak & @KateBrauman & @IPBES Chair @AnaMariamojita on the 28th
#Biodiversity2020 #ForNature @UNDP
Jamison Ervin
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New study reveals nearly 2 million square km of intact #ecosystems lost from 2000 to 2013 - the size of #Mexico - w/ ‘profound implications’ for #biodiversity
'Findings show human pressure is extending into the last ecologically intact areas'
theguardian.com/environment/…
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"Keeping #nature and #biodiversity intact protects us against pandemics
We need to invest in a better scientific understanding of how human activity can affect potential future zoonoses" - @UNEP
#ForNature #COVID19
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If we want to halt #biodiversity loss and stop #climatechange, we need #naturebasedsolutions.
🌳🌴#Reforestation would be a key solution.🌲🌳
Here are some phenomenal examples of how countries around the 🌍 are planting trees to protect our #environment.
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The @IPBES #GlobalAssessment found that #Nature across most of the globe has now been significantly altered by multiple human drivers of change
The great majority of indicators of #ecosystems and #biodiversity show rapid decline
#Biodiversity2020 #ForNature
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