Water, wetlands & life — inseparable.
For #WorldWetlandsDay, join Anne Larigauderie, @IPBES Executive Secretary at @RamsarConv event highlighting the importance of wetlands for #freshwater security & #SDG6 achievement
📅Monday, 1 Feb, 3-4.30pm CET worldwetlandsday.org
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📉Biodiversity loss in the #Americas🌎is projected to continue to 2050 and beyond, with land-use change and #ClimateChange being the dominant drivers.
📖Learn more about the pressures driving #biodiversity loss in the @IPBES #RegionalAssessment
@Leefomgeving @GlobioModel
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🌎@IPBES #RegionalAssessment of #Biodiversity in the #Americas found that
🌱🦆Wetlands have been extensively transformed in the region, largely due to the expansion of agriculture, ranching & urbanization
#WorldWetlandsDay 👉worldwetlandsday.org @RamsarConv @martharojasu1
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🌱Growing
🌸Blooming
🌼Rooting
🐛Soil aeration
🦋#Pollination
🍃Enduring wind, rain & #pollution, dispersing seeds and growing anew
Follow the beautiful story of #flowers by @azumamakoto & @katiescottscott
➡️azumamakoto.com/1669/⬅️
AZUMA MAKOTO
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🌳🐸#Mangrove trees were "once abundant across [Jakarta's] coastline but the need for large container ports, housing & fish farms ha[s] caused the mangroves to disappear"
✍️@NivellCNA @ChannelNewsAsia
📅2 Feb is #WorldWetlandsDay @RamsarConv
channelnewsasia.com/news/cli…
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🏦 How to finance #biodiversity protection?
🌿 Julien Calas of @AFD_en explores options at the @oneplanetsummit
w/@gilleskleitz @globalcanopy
#FinanceInCommon2020 #ForNature
AFD_en 🇫🇷 🇪🇺
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🌳💻@Ecosia, a search engine which also invests in #tree-planting, is deploying its tech know-how to map and monitor the health of the #forest with satellite imagery and geo-tagging @auggwi
✍️@LouiseB_NY @Independent
independent.co.uk/environmen…
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How did some of the oldest #CoralReefs in the #Mediterranean develop?🐠🦀
A study by @ICMCSIC & @NOCnews offers new insights into the environmental constraints and climatic events that shaped the formation of these reefs
@sciencedaily
sciencedaily.com/releases/20…
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🏝️ In #Martinique, a #mangrove has turned a fairy pink 🦀
@UICNfrance explains that this natural phenomenon is due to an explosive multiplication of microalgae 👇
uicn.fr/mangrove-rose-en-mar…
#WorldWetlandsDay
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✏️Happy International #EducationDay🎉
🍏It's never too early or too late to learn how to act #ForNature
🌳 Environmental education can effectively support transformative change, according to @ipbes #GlobalAssessment
🎥@FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization
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Sunday #mood with🐨s
#DYK that koalas can sleep for 18 to 22 hours per day?
🎥@PhysicsAndAstr1
nitter.vloup.ch/PhysicsAndAstr1/…
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Move aside for this #Osprey flying through with a fresh catch🐟
This raptor will nest in any location near a body of water providing an adequate #food supply
🎥@marktakesphoto
Mark Smith Photography
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Be inspired by nature✨🌊
Here is an Eden's #whale feeding in the Gulf of #Thailand 🇹🇭🐋 #IncredibleNature
🎥@BertieGPhoto
Parveen Kaswan, IFS
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🇸🇪 Good news for 🦌in #Sweden!
'Sweden is to build up to a dozen bridges—Renoducts—so #reindeer can safely cross railway lines & major roads in the north of the country as global #heating forces them to roam further afield in search of food'
@jonhenley
theguardian.com/world/2021/j…
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Oceana
🦆🦢2 February is #WorldWetlandsDay - raising awareness about the vital role of #wetlands for people and our planet🌍
This year, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the @RamsarConv
#RestoreWetlands 👉worldwetlandsday.org @martharojasu1
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🏥🐠Researchers have found a novel way to identify heat-stressed #corals
It could help scientists pinpoint the coral species that need protection from warming #ocean waters linked to #ClimateChange, acc. to a @RutgersU-led study
@LCMS_Eric @ConettaDennis
scitechdaily.com/coral-hospi…
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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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🐘🛸Scientists are using satellite images to count African #elephants from space
This breakthrough could allow up to 5000 sq km of elephant habitat to be surveyed on a single cloud-free day🌤️
#ConservationOptimism
@Vic_Gill @BBCNews
bbc.com/news/science-environ…
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