📢Happening now (virtually)
2nd authors meeting of the @IPBES #InvasiveAlienSpecies assessment
🗨️70+ experts will assess the current status & trends of #IAS, their impacts, drivers, management & options for policy to deal with the challenges they pose
ipbes.net/invasive-alien-spe…
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🦭❄️Researchers from the @LivUni's School of Environmental Sciences have made an important finding that could help assess the impact of #environmental and human-induced changes on #ecosystems at pan-#Arctic scales.
Learn more via @MirageNewsCom👇
miragenews.com/new-research-…
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RT @BfNCoalition 👉The Japan Business Federation (@keidanren) issues revised "Declaration of Biodiversity" - a compilation of ambitious action policies for Japanese businesses to protect #biodiversity.
💡Find out more: keidanren.or.jp/en/policy/20…
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We need to understand the consequences of:
📱#technology
🌐#migration
🍃#climate shifts
🏙️#infrastructure &
📈a growing #middleclass
on #forest-dependent people🌳
✍️@madasascientist @rasmussen_vang via @GlobalDevInst @TRF_Stories
news.trust.org/item/20201130…
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Trees alone cannot reverse the dangerous decline of #nature, but the @IPBES #GlobalAssessment showcased their many invaluable contributions #naturebasedsolutions
🎋Reduce air pollution
🌴Mitigate #ClimateChange
🌲Create green infrastructure
🌳& many more!
BBC Ideas💡
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"#Soil is a living resource, home to more than 25% of our planet's #biodiversity"
🌱 December 5 is #WorldSoilDay🌾
The 2020 theme is "Keep soil alive, Protect soil #biodiversity"
Learn more & find events w/@FAO & @UNEP
➡️un.org/en/observances/world-…
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🐜 Up to 90% of living organisms live or spend part of their lifecycle in soils, according to @FAO
🌾Soil #biodiversity is a key to healthy soils
Ahead of #WorldSoilDay on December 5th, learn more about the benefits of healthy soils
➡️ fao.org/soils-portal/soil-bi…
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🐟 What is #biodiversity?
🐦 Why do we need diverse plants and animals?
🌿 What can we do #ForNature?
🔬 Thousands of scientists work with @IPBES to provide answers to these questions
Learn more ➡️ ipbes.net
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💡🏭“The @AfricanUnion recognizes that #geothermal development requires regional cooperation, capacity development, private sector participation & intl institutions to invest in geothermal in the region" said @HEDrAbouZeid
📰@The_EastAfrican
theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/new…
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On 2 Dec, @UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres will speak on the state of the #planet at @Columbia University 🌎
Tune in at 8.45 am EST to watch as he outlines some of the most pressing global challenges and solutions that are still within our reach 👉webtv.un.org
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Unfortunately not possible - @IPBES author meetings are internal for the experts crafting the draft reports. Anyone else who is interested is urged to sign up as either an IPBES Stakeholder (ipbes.net/stakeholders) or to subscribe to the IPBES media list via media@ipbes.net
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Unfortunately not - all @IPBES author meetings are internal to the authors who are preparing the draft reports - but there will be another opportunity for expert review of the draft next year. Thanks for your interest!
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🐸🌿Invasive alien species are 1 of the top 5 direct drivers of #biodiversity loss
The 2nd author meeting of @IPBES #InvasiveAlienSpecies assessment starts on Nov 30th, & gathers (virtually) a team of 70+ experts from 40+ countries📚🌍
Learn more👉 ipbes.net/invasive-alien-spe…
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The bioeconomy is an economic model based on the consumption of biological #resources for the production of food, feed, products & energy
📚See the new report by @wbcsd & @TheForestGroup highlighting the opportunity #bioeconomy brings to diff. industries
wbcsd.org/Programs/Circular-…
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The sunflower star is capable of moving 200 ft per hour—making it a terrifying predator ⭐
More from @NatGeo👇
National Geographic
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🐯📅Happy #InternationalJaguarDay!
Join us in celebrating the Americas’ largest #wildcat as a potent symbol of the need for #conservation and #SustainableDevelopment & of the centuries-old cultural heritage of Central and #SouthAmerica 🌎
internationaljaguarday.org
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🇬🇳🦍 Good news for a chimp-family from #Guinea
'A dwindling tribe of #chimpanzees in Guinea that gained global fame for uncanny abilities to use tools has a glimmer of hope after its last fertile female gave birth'
📰via @CGTN Africa
africa.cgtn.com/2020/11/26/b…
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🦈Research by @Macquarie_Uni found that while #shark populations from different parts of #Australia could adjust their thermal limits, the metabolic rate & swimming activity depended on where they were originally collected from
@CulumBrown @walking_sharks
theconversation.com/how-will…
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🍂🌡️ Leaves may fall earlier & #forests may store significantly less #carbon than expected as temperatures rise, with knock-on effects for insects and other species
🔍@ConstiZo @ETH_en
📰@adamvaughan_uk @newscientist
newscientist.com/article/226…
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