Is 2021 the year we finally ensure #nature is central in our economies, societies, and daily lives?
🌿@nature_org spotlights 5 crucial ways nature is at the heart of our wellbeing—and our future.
nature.ly/3mEcD1U #NatureNow
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🦏🍼It's a girl!
Good news for the rhinoceros family from #Poland🇵🇱
An endangered Indian #rhinoceros was born last week in Poland’s Wroclaw #Zoo, a hopeful development in efforts to preserve the rare animals
via @APNews
apnews.com/article/endangere…
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🌊☁️ Sea meets sky...
This is #nature in a perfect sync✨
nitter.vloup.ch/scitechnature9/s…
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'Nature-based solutions are
Local actions that provide human well-being & #biodiversity benefits by protecting, sustainably managing & restoring #ecosystems & address #ClimateChange
They must become a priority'
—@UNEP #AdaptationGap report
unep.org/news-and-stories/pr…
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🌴'Protecting #TropicalForests at scale offers an outsized—and indispensable—economic return on #climate investment.'
📰📰Read the full story via @EnvDefenseFund @AmericanU @MCC_Berlin
blogs.edf.org/climate411/202…
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Anne Larigaudiere, @IPBES Exec. Secretary will give a virtual keynote speech at the opening of Norway’s🇳🇴 1st ever national #SciencePolicy conference on restoration of ecosystems and #biodiversity organized by @NINAforskning
Tune in 18 Jan at 9.20 AM CET👉nina.no/V%C3%A5re-fagomr%C3%…
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🌿📗'@IPBES #GlobalAssessment concluded that #nature is deteriorating at a rate and scale unprecedented in human history
1 million species of plants & animal out of a total of ~8.1 million species are at risk of extinction'
—Anne Larigauderie of @IPBES at @Europarl_EN hearing
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🌍The @oneplanetsummit saw the launch of #PREZODE, the intl initiative to prevent future #pandemics
🦠It places emphasis on early detection and monitoring, and on building bridges between the medical, veterinarian & #conservation communities
👉cirad.fr/en/news/all-news-it…
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'We will not achieve a real balance with our planet unless we protect nature.' 🌍🌱
—@BorisJohnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom🇬🇧 at the @OnePlanetSummit
Watch the recording of the summit to hear about commitments to #biodiversity protection👉oneplanetsummit.fr/en/news-1…
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The best way to protect #biodiversity remains to support & expand a protected area network that is:
🐟Ecologically representative
🌲Effectively managed
🌐Better connected to plan for #ClimateChange & species migration
—Anne Larigauderie of @IPBES at @Europarl_EN hearing
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The new @UNEP #AdaptationGap report places a special focus on #NatureBasedSolutions as cost-effective options that:
✅ Reduce climate risks
✅ Restore and protect biodiversity
✅ Bring benefits for communities and economies
More on the gap ⬇️
bit.ly/3nzBTqz
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'Once you realise the scale & imminence of the environmental crisis, it becomes clear that we need much more than individual actions... We need big systematic changes & fast." @TeamMarmot
@phoeb0 @guardian highlight new article by @PaulREhrlich et al.
theguardian.com/environment/…
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📣@IPBES call for experts to assist scoping a methodological assessment of business & #biodiversity
Interested? Find out more about the process and how to apply/be nominated:
ipbes.net/sites/default/file…
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✨'We need to leverage the power of citizens as engines of change.
🔬What we need is a shift towards science-based planning, which takes into account #biodiversity & nature in a big & integral manner.’
#IPBESStakeholders Spotlight: @SunandanT @ICLEI
🟢youtube.com/kPCnuhR4FtA
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Join the @Europarl_EN @EP_Environment public hearing on 'Facing the sixth mass extinction & increasing risk of pandemics: #EUBiodiversity Strategy for 2030' w/ @IPBES Exec Sec Anne Larigauderie
LIVE 9:00 CET 14 Jan: bit.ly/3oGDV9Y
More info👇
europarl.europa.eu/news/en/p…
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🤖Drones, robots & autonomous systems can transform #nature in & around cities for people and #wildlife
🔍What do you think about the growing use of robots and automated systems #ForNature?
@NatureEcoEvo @MartinDallimer @SRILeeds @SEELeeds
phys.org/news/2021-01-roboti…
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💧#Aquaponics serve both fish and the growth of crops. It allows us to produce more food with fewer resources. 🐟
#SustainableFisheries #FisheriesInnovation
Find out more from @FAO 👇
FAO Knowledge
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🧐How are the @IPBES scenarios on Nature Futures developed?
The development of positive #scenarios on the future of #nature and nature’s contributions to people follows an iterative process & includes iterative #stakeholder consultations
🔍Learn more: ipbes.net/scenarios-modelsc
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🍃Facing #biodiversity loss & increasing risk of #pandemics: what role for the EU Biodiversity strategy to 2030?
🎙️Anne Larigauderie & @PeterDaszak will participate from @IPBES in @Europarl_EN hearing on 14 January from 9-11.15 CET #PandemicsReport
➡️europarl.europa.eu/committee…
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