New @wef #Risks21 Report shows environmental risks like #biodiversity loss & #climatechange are leading threats to business on 5-10 year timeline
Along w/ extreme weather & human environ. damage, these threats are top 10 global risks
📚 weforum.org/reports/the-glob…
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📅The scope of 2 new @IPBES assessments to be decided at #IPBES8 in June:
🍅#NexusAssessment on interlinkages btw #biodiversity, water, food & health in the context of #ClimateChange
🌊#TransformativeChange on causes of nature loss & ways to achieve the 2050 biodiversity vision
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📢Call for external reviewers📢
The second-order draft of the chapters of @IPBES #ValuesAssessment and the first-order draft of the summary for policymakers is now open for external review ✍️
Find out how to get involved👉 ipbes.net/registration/value…
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😍 Sit back and enjoy this incredible #WhaleShark 😍
via @OceansBeauties
R For ReImagination
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📢Good news for #seabirds in #Namibia!🇳🇦
'A cheap and simple change to equipment used by Namibian #fishing boats saving tens of thousands of vulnerable seabirds'
#ConservationOptimism
🔍@sciencedirect @SteffOpp @SPrinceWare @BirdLife_News @AlbyTaskForce
theguardian.com/world/2021/j…
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🦒"#Africa’s natural richness, coupled with the wealth of #Indigenous & local knowledge on the continent, is central to, and constitutes a strategic asset for, the pursuit of #SustainableDevelopment"
—@IPBES Africa's Assessment on #Biodiversity
➡️ipbes.net/sites/default/file…
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🚜🌽Transforming natural ecosystems into human-oriented production ecosystems—i.e. #agriculture or managed forests—creates benefits to society but can also result in losses of #biodiversity and some ecosystem services.
📗@IPBES #LandDegradation Assessment ipbes.net/assessment-reports…
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🌊'To better understand the mysteries of the world’s #oceans, scientists @AllenCoralAtlas use satellite imaging to map out one iconic type of underwater #ecosystem: the shallow #coral reef'
w/ @VulcanInc @ICRI_Coral_Reef @UNEP
#OceanScience
unep.org/news-and-stories/st…
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24 January is Intl #EducationDay🧑🎓
On this occasion, we remind you about a range of IPBES Assessments available for download at ipbes.net/assessing-knowledg…
📗#GlobalAssessment of #Biodiversity & 4 Regional Assessments
📙#LandDegradation
📘#Scenarios and Models
📕#Pollination
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🎣 The @IPBES #GlobalAssessment found that #ClimateChange and business-as-usual fishing scenarios are expected to worsen the status of marine biodiversity
🐟What is the main threat to #marine #biodiversity?
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🐝Wild #bees are more affected by #ClimateChange than by disturbances to their habitats, acc. to researchers from @penn_state
The findings suggest that addressing land-use issues alone will not be sufficient to protect these #pollinators
@PSUPollinators
sciencedaily.com/releases/20…
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The 1st regional online meeting in preparation for #IPBES8 with the #Africa group is in progress💻🌍
✅The objectives incl. presenting the progress on the @IPBES scoping reports underway & task force work plans
More on the schedule of regional meetings 👉ipbes.net/events
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Anne Larigauderie @IPBES Exec. Sec. gave remarks at #Norway's🇳🇴Restoration Conference today
📗IPBES #GlobalAssessment found 5 main direct drivers of biodiversity loss:
🌳Land & sea-use change
🎣Overexploitation of organisms
🍃#ClimateChange
😷Pollution
🐸#InvasiveAlien Species
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📉🌳'The IPBES #GlobalAssessment & the IPBES #LandDegradation Assessment showed that 75% of the land surface has been degraded around the world'
—Anne Larigauderie, IPBES Exec. Sec. at #Norway's 🇳🇴#SciencePolicy Restoration Conference org by @NINAforskning @kldep
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The Great Barrier Reef—the 🌏's largest #coral reef system—has suffered its third mass bleaching event in three years
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From sheltering marine #biodiversity to nourishing the #ocean food chain, @wef highlights 5 essential contributions of reefs
World Economic Forum
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