Ruth Spencer has a message about community involvement & #IPBESStakeholders engagement that everyone should hear #StakeholderSpotlight
"We have to support each other and work together - and we'll get the work done!" 🇦🇬 @GEF_SGP
📺 See her story youtube.com/qbRLpckgbW8
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"Conserving 30% of land in strategic locations could safeguard 500Gt of carbon & reduce the #extinction risk of ~9/10 threatened terrestrial species"
—New report by @unredd @Unep @unepwcmc on #biodiversity conservation & #climatechange
w/@andersen_inger
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Main direct drivers of marine #biodiversity loss:
🎣#Fishing
🐙Changes in the uses of the sea & coastal land
Other drivers:
🏭#Pollution from land sources
🌊#Ocean mining
🐟Ocean acidification
🛍️Plastic micro- & nanoparticles
—@IPBES #GlobalAssessment
👉bit.ly/GASPMEN
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🦠'There are 1.7 million undiscovered #viruses lurking in mammals & birds, half of which may have the ability to infect people.
#Pandemics are growing in number as human activities place more stress on the #environment'🌿
—@Sarah_Gibbens via @NatGeo
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'We have the increasing ability to prevent pandemics – but the way we are tackling them now largely ignores that ability.'
'Our approach still relies on containment & attempted control after diseases emerge.'
—@PeterDaszak @IPBES #PandemicsReport Chair
👉ipbes.net/pandemics
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Kelp forests are home to thousands of species—and are vital in the fight against #ClimateChange
@Oceana shows that these ecosystems can store large amounts of carbon, making our #oceans and our 🌏 more climate-resilient
#NatureBasedSolutions
Oceana
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🦋What are the links btw pandemic risk, its drivers & potential relevance for pollinators & #pollination?
💻 Join @BESNet_UNDP & Promote Pollinators' webinar on Dec 1, 15:00CET
w/@hienngo of @IPBES, @Shike_ade, @UNDP_GCRED, @PlanningTT, @Shike_ade & more
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⚖️'Inequalities, especially regarding #income and #gender, undermine the capacity for #sustainability'
— @IPBES #GlobalAssessment
@ConservationOrg recommends books and podcasts that explore the link between gender and the #environment 📗⚧️
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"One Planet, #OneHealth, One Future: Moving forward in a post-#COVID19 world"
17 & 18 Nov: Free online conference on reducing risk of future pandemics & promoting a healthy future & recovery by @TheWCS & @AuswaertigesAmt
Join here today 16:00 CET 👇
hopin.com/events/one-planet-…
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"#COVID19 provides an unfortunate but essential opportunity to demonstrate the fundamental importance of the #OneHealth approach & make connections w/ important #biodiversity targets"
Annie Mark, @TheWCS on human, animal & ecosystem health | @Mongabay
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🌍🔭More #Sentinel satellites will be built for the @CopernicusEU Earth observation network
Satellites will be able to provide info on a range of parameters: from the extent of #Arctic sea-ice to the condition of soils in drought-hit regions of the world
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🇳🇿 It can’t fly and it hides during the day but a critically endangered large #parrot is back in the limelight having been named #NewZealand’s bird of the year.
The green and fawn #kākāpō is the world’s heaviest, longest-living parrot🦜
via @guardian
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#Indigenous #Mexican communities are reclaiming their role as stewards of the pine forests 🌲
Learn more about how they are transforming lives through the power of trees from @WEF 👇
World Economic Forum
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📢Call for expert nominations!
@IPBES business & biodiversity methodological assessment of the impact & dependence of #business on biodiversity & nature’s contributions to ppl
More info: ipbes.net/business-impact
Apply 4 assessment scoping by 25.01.2021👉
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IPBES #PandemicsReport lists critical knowledge gaps on:
🌐One Health science
🌲Ecosystem degradation
🏦Economic analyses
🍲Risk behaviors like consumption
🦋#Indigenous & traditional knowledge
🦠Microbial diversity in wildlife
🌊#Climatechange impacts
🐘Data on #wildlife trade
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IPBES has learned with great sadness that Prof. Olaf Weyl of @NRF_SAIAB passed away this weekend
Olaf was a lead author on the @IPBES #InvasiveAlienSpecies assessment and a scoping expert on the IPBES #NexusAssessment
We extend our deep condolences to his family and friends
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🗓️ #IPBES7 saw the launch of the @IPBES #GlobalAssessment and put the world on notice that #1MillionSpecies of plants and animals risk extinction
Now #IPBES8 is set for 14-24 June 2021 w/ Governments, observers & #IPBESStakeholders meeting online
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6⃣6⃣% of the marine #environment is severely altered by human actions
The @IPBES #GlobalAssessment showed that #oceans, like land, have been dangerously degraded by human activity
Learn more about the status of #biodiversity:
➡️ ipbes.net/global-assessment
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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
UN Environment Programme
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🇨🇷🌊🐟Good news for the #CoralReef in Costa Rica!
For 3 years scientists have been using tested techniques and experimental ideas to grow coral and revive ancient reefs in Golfo Dulce, southwestern Costa Rica.
📰@heysmartash via @mongabay
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