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Marine #plastic pollution...
🐟has a devastating impact on marine life AND
🎣endangers the livelihoods of those relying on marine resources AND
🌊causes health issues for people who consume seafood infested w/ toxic micro & nano plastics—@UNEP
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Have you ever seen a murmuration of starlings?🕊️
It's still unclear why European starlings create such incredible patterns in the sky - defending against predators is one possible explanation
📰via @NatGeo
nationalgeographic.com/anima…
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We all depend on nature, but nature is declining faster now than ever before in human history.
What can we do #ForNature?🌱💧☀️
@BirdLifeEurope invites you to #RestoreNature 🌿
Learn more 👉restorenature.eu/en @BirdLife_News
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🌳🦜Special Call for Proposals by @Amazon_RJF & @pulitzercenter: The Destruction of the #Amazon during the #Pandemic
✍🏽Journalists, editors, & independent media organizations are invited to submit proposals for grants by 15 April
More info ➡️rainforestjournalismfund.org…
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The #G7 Science Academies: new approaches to value & account for #biodiversity needed to balance econ. growth & sustainability 📈
royalsociety.org/-/media/abo…
🌿@IPBES #ValuesAssessment will assess multiple values of nature & its contributions to people👉
ipbes.net/values-assessment
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'To halt & reverse #biodiversity loss by 2030, [...] #TransformationalChange across tech., political, cultural, econ. & social domains [...] is required'
Citing @IPBES #GlobalAssessment evidence, Science Academies urge #G7 to address nature's decline
royalsociety.org/-/media/abo…
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Science-Policy IMPACT: After @IPBES #GlobalAssessment & groundbreaking 2019 #G7 #MetzDeclaration, G-Science Academies have identified the urgency of tackling #biodiversity loss as 1 of the 3 most important priorities ahead of G7 leaders' summit in June
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BREAKING: 3 statements by G-Science Academies led by @royalsociety ahead of the #G7 leaders’ summit in the UK in June 2021 🇬🇧:
☀️Creating a net zero climate resilient world
🦋Tackling #biodiversity loss
📈Improving the use of data in pandemics
👉royalsociety.org/news/2021/0…
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2021 could be the year to transform #FoodSystems
🍏🍅🥕🌽🧅🌶️
How would this transformation look like? Watch this video from @FoodSystems 💭
#FarmToFork #FuitVegYear
UN Food Systems Coordination Hub
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The natural world is being damaged 100s of times faster than average over the last 10 million years🥀
Learn about the status of biodiversity worldwide from the @IPBES #GlobalAssessment🌎🌍🌏
👉ipbes.net/global-assessment
🎥@WEF
World Economic Forum
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'#COVID19 has shown that the loss and degradation of biodiversity undermines the web of life and increases the risk of disease spillover from wildlife to people'
Ahead of #WorldHealthDay on 7 April, read the interview w/ @mremae, @UNBiodiversity Chair
focusglobalreporter.org/inte…
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'Today, there are between 6-9 million hogs running wild across at least 42 states and 3 territories' 🐖🐽🐷
The cost of the damage they cause ~$2.5 billion annually, according to @USDA, is likely an underestimate
via @NatGeo
nationalgeographic.com/anima…
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Many rural populations in the #AsiaPacific region are very dependent on wild harvests from #nature for their subsistence, income & energy through:
🌳#forest enterprises
🪓woodcutting
🍯honey collection
🪵gathering fuelwood
—@IPBES #RegionalAssessment
ipbes.net/sites/default/file…
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#DYK that marine mammals are often considered indicators of ecosystem health?
🐋🦈🐟🐋🦈🐟
A recent study by @UniofExeter outlines key threats to marine mammals & their impacts, identifies knowledge gaps & recommends actions needed
int-res.com/abstracts/esr/v4…
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🐟🌱“If we don’t make the right investments for our #freshwater ecosystems, it’s going to be too late. The ship will have sailed, and we won’t be able to turn around.”
—Ian Harrison w/@FW_Conservation @ConservationOrg
via @NatGeo @stefanlovgren
nationalgeographic.com/envir…
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How is pollination linked to global dependence on the #biodiversity of developing countries?🦋🐝
New study in @ScienceMagazine proposes the concept of virtual biotic #pollination flow and provides an online tool to visualize trade flows📊
👉advances.sciencemag.org/cont…
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