'Billions of #cicadas that have spent 17 years underground are set to emerge across large areas of the eastern US'
✨This is a rare opportunity for millions of people to witness a remarkable biological phenomenon✨
📰@olliemilman @GuardianUS
theguardian.com/environment/…
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🐸💧#Wetlands & water consumption:
We will need to consume 55% more water by 2050 for a global population of 10 billion people
#RestoreWetlands—indispensable for freshwater
#WorldWetlandsDay worldwetlandsday.org @martharojasu1 @RamsarConv
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📢Breaking:
@KeringGroup & @ConservationOrg just launched a Regenerative Fund #ForNature
The fund aims to transition 1 million hectares of current crop and rangelands to #regenerative farming practices over the next 5 years🚜🌽
Learn more 👉kering.com/en/sustainability…
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"#Nature provides valuable
🍅material
🐝regulating
💭non-material contributions to people
They are essential for people’s quality of life as they have substantial economic, social & cultural values"
—@IPBES #RegionalAssessment of Europe & Central Asia👉
ipbes.net/sites/default/file…
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2 Feb is #WorldWetlandsDay 🎣🌱🦀🦤
#DYK that #mangroves have supported human uses for thousands of years because of their accessibility and high productivity, for example for fishing, natural products, tourism & coastal development...
#RestoreWetlands👉worldwetlandsday.org
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How do people directly influence #biodiversity?
By changing land-use, climate and biogeochemical cycles & by introducing new species — actions known collectively as #anthropogenic drivers.
Learn more w/@IPBES Assessments ipbes.net/assessment-reports… #RegionalAssessment #DYK
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🌾Do you have experience working in business & #biodiversity and in academic writing?
@IPBES is looking for a consultant to help finalize the scoping report for the assessment of the impact & dependence of business on biodiversity
Apply by Feb 5➡️ careers.un.org/lbw/jobdetail…
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💧More than 85% of wetlands have been lost, according to @IPBES #GlobalAssessment
🌱@IPBES Executive Secretary Anne Larigauderie will participate in a #WorldWetlandsDay event on 1 Feb at 15-16.30 CET
➡️Join her & find events worldwetlandsday.org/en/even…
Image: @RamsarConv
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A glimmer of hope for the northern white #rhino🦏
Scientists working to save the species from extinction have produced 2 more embryos, bringing the number of viable embryos produced so far to 5🔬
#ConservationOptimisim
📰@Reuters
reuters.com/article/us-kenya…
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💚🌳@UNDP surveyed 1.2 million ppl from around the 🌎 about #ClimateChange & found the world DOES want a greener future!
Climate change is one of the top 5 direct drivers of change in #nature according to @IPBES #GlobalAssessment
Learn more from the 🎥
UN Development
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🌳🐸#Mangrove ecosystems are at particular risk of being polluted by plastic carried from rivers to the sea
Learn more from a recent study by🔍@PeterHarrisGRID @GRIDArendal @UiB via @physorg_com
#RestoreWetlands @RamsarConv
📖phys.org/news/2021-01-mangro…
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🌍😷'If we don't urgently act to protect nature, the next #pandemic will be around the corner'
—@vonderleyen, @EuropeanCommiss President at @wef @Davos
via @CGTNOfficial
newseu.cgtn.com/news/2021-01…
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📷#DidYouKnow that @IPBES is on #Instagram?
We collect and share #pictures and facts about #biodiversity and #ecosystemservices from around the world🦋
👇Follow us and for some #nature inspiration:
instagram.com/ipbes_
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Good question! Authors of all IPBES Assessment Reports are strongly encouraged to communicate the findings of the Reports (once published) through as many channels and mechanisms as possible to help widen both reach & uptake. Leading journals are among those channels.
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🦓Are the zebra's distinctive black and white stripes in danger?
🔍Learn more from Brenda Larison's research @UCLAEEB @UCLA
📰@_lindsayp @NatGeo
nationalgeographic.com/anima…
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What are the main causes of extinction risk to animal & plant species in the #Americas?🔍
🐸#Invasive & other problematic species
🦠Genes & diseases
🚜Agriculture & aquaculture
🏭Biological resource use
🌎📖@IPBES Regional Assessment of #Biodiversity: ipbes.net/assessment-reports…
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🎙️ Listen to the incredible vocalizations of Weddell seals in #Antarctica
🌊 Scientists at @MOOAntarctica cite 2 possible reasons: communication and echolocation
w/@uoregon @UO_OIMB @NSF
McMurdo Oceanographic Observatory
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🐒 a monkey
🦋 a moth
🐍 snakes
🌱... @NHM_London scientists described 503 species new to science in 2020.
"It feels like a race to document what we are losing"
—@phylofacts
nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2020…
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🌍's ice is melting 57% faster today than in the mid-1990s as #ClimateChange nudges global temperatures ever higher - a study published in @EGU_TC suggests
🔍@CPOM_news @UniversityLeeds via @Reuters
👉reuters.com/article/us-clima…
🎥via @_tslater
nitter.vloup.ch/_tslater/status/…
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