Human beings aren't our world's only artists
Some of the 🌏's most beautiful masterpieces are created under the sea
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@BCCEarth shines a spotlight on "#nature's greatest artist"—the puffer fish
Mike Hudema
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Join millions of people around the world for @EarthHour 🌏🌍🌎
🕰️Saturday 27 March, 8.30 pm your local time - everywhere!
🎥 via @WWF
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We're part of the solution #ForNature
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#BiodiversityDay 2021 will focus on the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, which will be adopted at the upcoming #COP15
👉cbd.int/biodiversity-day
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A new analysis of the trade of pollinator-dependent crops suggests it's in the best interest of both developed economies and agriculture-dominated economies to preserve crop diversity & curb biodiversity loss🐝🦋
🔖@ScienceAdvances @UPI
upi.com/Science_News/2021/03…
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🇦🇺🌊Off the coast of #Australia, scientists have described a 45m-long siphonophore
The deep-sea predator resembles 'a spiral UFO'🛸👽
@SchmidtOcean @Ian_W_Evans
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What are the links btw #biodiversity & #SDGs?
🌾poverty
🍲hunger
🏃♀️health
✍🏾education
👩🎓gender equality
💧water security
💡energy
📈growth
🏥infrastructures
More in @IPBES #AsiaPacific #RegionalAssessment
➡️ipbes.net/sites/default/file…
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Land-use change creates synergistic effects with #ClimateChange🌊(forest loss, heat island effects, burning of forest to clear land🌲) and #biodiversity loss🦋that in turn has led to important emerging #diseases🦠
—@IPBES #PandemicsReport
➡️ipbes.net/sites/default/file…
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🌾"Many #food crops originate in #Africa, including #species of wheat, barley, millet and sorghum; teff; #coffee; rooibos tea; cowpea; and oil palm"
—@IPBES #RegionalAssessment on #Biodiversity for Africa
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2021 is the #FruitVegYear 🍊🍓🫑🌽
Listen to the remarkable story of Agnes Kalibata, @UN SG's Special Envoy to the @FoodSystems Summit in the recent episode of the UN #AwakeAtNight podcast
#IYFV2021
un.org/en/awake-at-night/S3-…
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How did forest trees respond to the last #IceAge?🌳❄️
Genomic studies infer that late Pleistocene glaciations might have had a great impact on most of the #forest plant species, impacting their population sizes
📰@sghstory @MongabayIndia
india.mongabay.com/2021/03/g…
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🦆💭#DYK that there are only 20k West Indian whistling ducks left?
Learn with @UNEP about the conservation project aiming to preserve the rarest duck species in the Americas🌎 unep.org/pt-br/node/28996
🎥via @TikTokForGood
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📢@NHM_London Annual Science Lecture is today
@AndyPurvisNHM, @IPBES #GlobalAssessment expert will join @KateRaworth @MarkJCarney @phylofacts & Ian Bateman for a panel discussing what biz, govs & citizens need to do to reach #netzero & why it matters 🌱
nhm.ac.uk/events/the-2021-an…
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🐙💜Some decapitated sea slugs can regrow hearts and whole new bodies—new research by @NaraWomensUniv shows
Learn more via @CurrentBiology 👉cell.com/current-biology/ful…
📽️Sayaka Mitoh via @CellPressNews
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📈🌿The economic benefits of conserving or restoring natural sites "outweigh" the profit potential of converting them for intensive human use, acc. to a study led by @Cambridge_Uni & @Natures_Voice
Learn more via @physorg_com
phys.org/news/2021-03-econom…
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We're often asked: 💬How do you say 'IPBES'?
Pro tip: not I.P.B.E.S. or I.P.-BES - we suggest standard English phonetical pronunciation 👇
So IP as in "hip" + BES like "best"⭐️ Even then, different ppl say it slightly differently - @IPBES diversity!
#ThanksforTalkingAboutUs!
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👁🗨Did you know: @IPBES has an #impact tracking database?
Its purpose is to record, document & share examples of the use of #IPBES outputs, such as Assessment Reports, in decision-making, policy etc.🔍
Explore & please add more impacts👉 ipbes.net/impact-tracking-vi… #crowdsourcing
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March is the #SDG5 month = #GenderEquality ♀️♂️⚧️
This month the world celebrates #IWD, #CSW65, #GenerationEquality Forum & more
Learn about initiatives spotlighting #SDG4 @GlobalGoalsUN ⭐️👉un.org/sustainabledevelopmen…
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Are we building back better?💡
Join the online @UN-@UniofOxford panel discussion with leaders from key countries & intl. institutions addressing major questions following the #COVID19 pandemic 😷
Registration: arewebuildingbackbetter.even…
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The #AsiaPacific region has the world’s highest mountains🏔️& deepest ocean floors🌊
It hosts a large number of endemic species🐅, unique ecosystems🏝️, containing 17 of the 36 global #biodiversity hotspots and 7 of the 17 megadiverse countries
—@IPBES #RegionalAssessment
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