Kelp forests are home to thousands of species—and are vital in the race against #ClimateChange
@Oceana shows that these ecosystems can store large amounts of #carbon, making our #oceans and our 🌏 more climate-resilient
#NatureBasedSolutions
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💻 At 3pm CEST Wed. 21 Oct join @GGBC_GU Gothenburg #Biodiversity lecture w/ @IPBES ExecSec Anne Larigauderie & #GlobalAssessment chair @SDiazEcology
Mark your calendar & spread the word for this livestream lecture on #biodiversity & #transformativechange fb.me/e/3pxRxVEWWfb.me/e/3px…
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📣Call for nominations of experts for @IPBES virtual workshop on modelling #NatureFutures scenarios, to be held 12-15 Jan 2021
Experts on models 4 biodiversity, #climatechange, food, water, health, energy & transformative change emphasized
Apply by 9 Nov bit.ly/NatureFuturesWkshopCa…
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🌱'1/3+ of modern drugs are derived either directly or indirectly from natural products, such as #plants, microorganisms & animals
🌿60%-80% of anticancer drugs originate from chemical compounds found in the natural world'
—@charlishld de @dw_environment
dw.com/en/medicinal-plants-f…
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On this #WorldFoodDay it's worth remembering how important pollinators and #pollination are for the availability of crops and wild plants that provide #food!
Find out more about how pollination affects #FoodProduction in the IPBES Pollination Assessment: bit.ly/2BdNuJ6
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🍲#Foodsecurity depends on #biodiversity🦋
The global loss of diversity of domesticated plants & animals undermines the resilience of agricultural systems to threats such as pests, pathogens & #climatechange
—@IPBES #GlobalAssessment
🎥@FAO #WorldFoodDay
Food and Agriculture Organization
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“2020 will be a year of reckoning for the world’s food systems”
In developing countries, @UNEP & @WFP expect that a “hunger pandemic” & a doubling of people starving may soon eclipse #COVID19, unless action is taken.
#WorldFoodDay 🥔🌽🍎
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#DidYouKnow plants make up 80% of the food we eat?
@FAO provides tips for protecting #PlantHealth — from raising public awareness to ensuring the implementation of @ippcnews standards.
#WorldFoodDay #FoodSecurity
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Happy #WorldFoodDay!
Today at 19:30 CEST @FAO is celebrating its 7️⃣5️⃣th anniversary w/ a special mapping show, live from Rome, at FAO's HQ & the Colosseum
Live:
bit.ly/3iYnAtD
#FAO75
Food and Agriculture Organization
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#Biodiversity is our food, health and the spice of life!
Happy #WorldFoodDay!
🍅😍😍😍🍅
@maria_albeniz shows us 700 different varieties of #tomatoes in 1 minute!
jesus m fernandez albeniz
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#Nature provides a broad diversity of
🍅nutritious foods
🌿medicines
💧clean #water
Sustainable agriculture can enhance #soil quality, improving productivity & ecosystem functions such as carbon sequestration & water quality regulation
—@IPBES #GlobalAssessment
#WorldFoodDay
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📖@IPBES #GlobalAssessment's pathways to produce & consume #food sustainably:
🚜Agricultural practices
🧬Use of genetic resources
🐸#Biodiversity-friendly management
🌲Areas of natural habitat
🍅Food market transparency
⚖️Equity in food distribution
🗑️#Foodwaste
🍲Healthy diets
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🍛Happy #WorldFoodDay🍲
🌾'#Biodiversity loss poses a serious risk to global #foodsecurity by undermining the resilience of many agricultural systems to threats such as pests, pathogens & #climatechange' 🍅
—@IPBES #GlobalAssessment
🎥@FAO
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Hi Kent, Read-only free access for the Nature paper can be found here: rdcu.be/b8v3A
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Great milestone @EU_ENV - congrats on the creation of such a vibrant Twitter community!
Thank you so much, dear 100.000 followers!
With @EUClimateAction, we work to solve
the #NatureCrisis 🌱 and
the #ClimateCrisis 🔥
We will never succeed without our partners
None of us will succeed without sound Science
We warmly invite you all to follow @IPBES & @IPCC_CH
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'Restoring 15% of strategic farmlands could spare 60% of extinctions & sequester 30% of atmospheric CO2'
'Restoration is critical addition to protecting existing #biodiversity' & sustainable choices
'Once consumers start changing companies react quickly'
nytimes.com/2020/10/14/clima…
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The Summary for Policymakers of @IPBES #GlobalAssessment of #biodiversity is now available in #Czech🎉
In 2019 it found that #1millionspecies of plants & animals face extinction🍃
📖Also in English, Arabic, Spanish, French, Russian, Chinese & Japanese👇
ipbes.net/global-assessment
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With many thanks to @Leclere_David, here is access to the paper: rdcu.be/b8v3A
@BiodiversitySoS, @Leclere_David, one of the paper authors, has helped provide access: rdcu.be/b8v3A
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'#LandDegradation-associated changes in ecosystem services can worsen income inequality since negative impacts fall disproportionately on people in vulnerable situations incl. #Indigenous & #ruralwomen'
—@IPBES Land Deg & Restoration Assess.
📽️@UN_Women
UN Women
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