Are we too selfish to save the planet?
What can we learn from the pandemic?
Why is it proving so difficult to stop climate change & #biodiversity loss?
@BBCGlobalQuest tackles these environmental Q's
w/ panel including past @IPBES Chair #BobWatson
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3cszt…
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🌱'While #biodiversity data are vital for change, there is a significant lack of #data from the intertropical zone'
Scientists from @ID4D @gbiffrance @ISYEB_UMR & @pgISYEB call for "all data publishers to share their data using the @GBIF platform"
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'However we describe it & however human-centric our judgement, this nudging, biting & ramming of boats is new, potentially dangerous behaviour for people & the whales'
@Vic_Gill dives into the 'biological puzzle' of 'rogue #orcas' in #Portugal & #Spain
bbc.co.uk/news/extra/buqvasp…
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Ahead of the @UN Decade on #EcosystemRestoration, commitments made by 115 countries to restore land add up to 1 billion hectares
#Forests & farmland account for ~75% of the area pledged
Report by @nlenvironagency
unep.org/news-and-stories/st…
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What is a sustainable, circular #bioeconomy?
🍏Reducing #food loss & waste
🛍️Tackling #plastic pollution
🍲Diversifying diets
🌾Promoting bio-based products
🐄Restoring degraded lands & improving livestock management
—@FAO
fao.org/fao-stories/article/…
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🌊 A study in @NResearchNews reveals how certain #marine animals protect other #species from viruses found in water 🌊
The findings of the study can likely be applied to reduce outbreaks at #aquaculture farms
@IBTimes
#WorldFisheriesDay
ibtimes.com/study-reveals-ho…
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Economic growth & profit should go hand in hand with protection of #ecosystems and collaboration w/ local communities:
@RaboFoodAgri & @WWF allied w/ salmon producers to show how #aquaculture can be both #profitable & #sustainable
#WorldFisheriesDay
eco-business.com/news/agribu…
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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 👇
#WorldFisheriesDay
FAO Knowledge
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A study in @ScienceMagazine has shown the impact of #ClimateChange on #fisheries
Since 1930, the rise in temperature of #oceans alone (controlling for factors like #overfishing) reduced #fish populations on avg by 4%, some up to 35%
#WorldFisheriesDay
nytimes.com/2019/02/28/clima…
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Home to 90% of global aquaculture but also up to 95% of ocean #plasticpollution
#Biodiversity in #AsiaPacific provides >4.5 billion people w/ food, water, energy & health security
Rapid growth lifted millions from poverty but surviving the century will require saving the planet
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Neonicotinoids, (a.k.a. neonics), are the most widely-used class of toxic #pesticide globally.
Research has linked the collapse of two key #fisheries in 🇯🇵 to the use of neonicotinoid insecticides by local rice farmers.
#WorldFisheriesDay
nationalgeographic.com/anima…
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"What we see here is an aquaculture project that cares about the #environment and about the development of the people who work here"
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At Lake Arapa in #Peru 🇵🇪, a group of #women are managing an innovative trout farm
@FAO #WorldFisheriesDay
Food and Agriculture Organization
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The world's #wetlands are disappearing all around us
87% of area has already been lost in the modern era
But @AP shows #WhatCanBeSaved and the optimism of large scale #EcosystemRestoration
The Associated Press
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BBC Earth
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"Science has told us that we still have a chance to achieve the #ParisAgreement”
@PEspinosaC @UNFCCC
"Looking at these announcements, I think that we should be also having even more hope.”
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🎣November 21st is #WorldFisheriesDay
🐙Fishing is the main driver of marine #biodiversity loss
🐟There are ways to ensure sustainable #food production from #oceans while protecting marine species & ecosystems
🐠Learn more w/ @IPBES #GlobalAssessment
👉bit.ly/IPBES_GAsummary
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🐙"Due to major pressures on coasts incl. water #pollution, implementing marine #conservation initiatives, such as integrated coastal planning, outside of protected areas is important for #biodiversity conservation"🌊
IPBES #GlobalAssessment
➡️bit.ly/GASPMEN
#OurOceans
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A big win for #biodiversity! A local #Malagasy community organization was recognized for taking action to restore Lake Andranobe in #Madagascar
For 16 years the grassroots initiative worked to revive the ecosystem on which they depend
@UNDP @equatorinit
news.mongabay.com/2020/11/a-…
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Join @IPBES Exec. Sec. Dr. Anne Larigauderie at session 1 of the @OECD #GreenGrowth & #SustainableDevelopment Forum on 24 Nov @ 3pm CET
Anne will discuss options for the transformative change needed to meet the #SDGs
Register here👉 bit.ly/32dhnVw
#GGSD @OECD_ENV
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The best available evidence from the science and Indigenous & local knowledge in the #GlobalAssessment supports this notion - #Indigenous Peoples are key stewards of global #biodiversity.
Inclusion & participation in environmental governance is key.
"The model for human-nature relationships offered by #Indigenous & local knowledge-holders is based on relational ethics rather than on technological progress or economic growth"
—@IPBES #LandDegradation Assessment👇
ipbes.net/sites/default/file…
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