'#Ecological restoration is a sensible and financially viable solution to address the global climate and #biodiversity crises.'
— @Pettorelli of @OfficialZSL, via @guardian
#NatureBasedSolutions 🦋🌎
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What is the relationship between #biodiversity and #tourism? ✈️
Hear from Prof. Josef Settele, Co-Chair, @IPBES #GlobalAssessment at the @FuturHospSummit
🔸Biodiversity & Tourism: Conflict or Symbiosis?
🔸26 Oct, 3.45PM - 4.30PM GMT+3
Registration👉futurehospitalitysummit.com
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'Only 3% of #ocean area can still be viewed as wilderness'
In her speech at the @WINWINaward ceremony, @IPBES Executive Secretary Dr. Anne Larigauderie highlighted key findings from the #IPBES #GlobalAssessment🌿
Read full remarks here: ipbes.net/winwin-award-cerem…
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'3/4 of the #land surface has been significantly altered'
In her speech at the @WINWINaward ceremony, Dr. Anne Larigauderie, Exec. Sec. of @IPBES highlighted key conclusions from the #IPBES #GlobalAssessment🌿
Read full remarks here: ipbes.net/winwin-award-cerem…
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Diseases like #COVID19 are caused by microorganisms that infect our bodies
#Pandemics, however, are caused by activities that bring people into contact with animals carrying these pathogens
👇@IPBES guest article on pandemics & safeguarding nature
ipbes.net/covid19stimulus
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"When criminal actors trade in endangered species, they weaken entire #ecosystems and they threaten essential links of the world's #biodiversity"
@CITES SG @IvonneHiguero on on the connection between the illegal wildlife trade & #COVID19
#ForNature @UNEP
UN Environment Programme
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Good news from #Australia! 🇦🇺
Victoria’s tiny population of rare brush-tailed rock #wallabies 🦘has increased!
Remote cameras revealed four new joeys in a family group at the Grampians National Park!
smh.com.au/environment/conse…
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100+ new #species have just been described by science!
We share🌍with +/- 8.1 million plant & animal species – 75% of those have not been described
But as #GlobalAssessment said, 'business-as-usual' threatens 1 million species of plants & animals
🎦@WWF
WWF
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'85% of #wetlands have been lost' 💧
Key conclusions from @IPBES #GlobalAssessment as presented at the @WINWINaward Ceremony
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"As with #climatechange, what will ultimately matter for #biodiversity, beyond approval of an ambitious #post2020 biodiversity framework, is the strong political will to implement such a framework"
Dr. Anne Larigauderie, @IPBES Executive Secretary at 2020 @WinWinAward Ceremony
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"The entire @IPBES community is assembled around the powerful idea that #science & knowledge are crucial to inform action
This is what IPBES is about: Science & knowledge for #biodiversity policy & action"
—#IPBES Chair @AnaMariamojita at 2020 @WinWinAward Ceremony
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"@IPBES is very grateful for this prize, on behalf of the scientists and other knowledge holders, the member States which have made our work possible, the @IPBES stakeholder community and the collaborative partners of #IPBES." @MarieStenseke @winwinaward
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🎙 #LIVE #NOW
@IPBES is about to officially receive the 2020 WIN WIN Gothenburg Sustainability Award @winwinaward 🎉
JOIN the livestream with Anne Larigauderie, @Anamariamojita & @MarieStenseke 👉hopin.to/events/winwin-2020
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Starting now! hopin.to/events/winwin-2020
Today is the day! 📅
@IPBES will receive the 2020 @winwinaward 💚
Connect with us at the Virtual Award Ceremony & stay for an online 'mingle' after the event!💬
The ceremony starts at 5PM CEST
👉hopin.to/events/winwin-2020b
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Numerous solutions and options for policy and action exist, and are a core feature of all @IPBES Assessment Reports: ipbes.net/assessing-knowledg…
See:
Pollinators, Pollination & Food Production: ipbes.net/assessment-reports…
Land Degradation & Restoration:
ipbes.net/assessment-reports…
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"When we talk about #agriculture, we need to place #biodiversity at the very center of policy"
'Important to think about harmful subsidies, e.g. overfishing, fossil fuels & pesticides. It's our entire model & all these drivers that need to be talked about'
Dr. Anne Larigauderie
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🔴 LIVE TODAY! 🔴
@IPBES experts will provide evidence, at the @HouseOfCommons 🇬🇧, about options to reverse #biodiversity loss
📺Tune in at 2.30 PM BST here: bit.ly/EAC_Bio
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What does @IPBES do?
It gathers the best-available evidence for better-informed decisions #ForNature
Check out Assessments of:
🐝#Pollination
🌐Scenarios
🌱#LandDegradation
🦁#Biodiversity in Africa, the Americas, Asia & Europe
🌳#GlobalAssessment
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ipbes.net/assessing-knowledg…
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Livestream starting 2:30pm London time! 👇
🇬🇧 is 1 of 77 #LeadersPledge4Nature countries that committed to reverse #biodiversity loss
The @HouseOfCommons has invited @IPBES to provide evidence on how to do just that
📺 Watch live Thu 22 Oct 230pm BST @CommonsEAC
Biodiversity & Ecosystems Inquiry: bit.ly/EAC_Bio
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