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Biodiversity matters.
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🔊 SOUND ON 🔊
💙❄️💙May your weekend be...
...as pleasant and fascinating as the dreams of this sleeping seal!💙❄️💙
#ForNature
🎥@OceanoMonaco
MuséeOcéanographique
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For certain adventurers, evening brings a whole new world of opportunity—each one with an epic view of Earth’s atmosphere and what lies beyond it.'
Ahead of #EarthDay, let's celebrate the beauty of our planet 💫🌠🌃
via @NatGeo
nationalgeographic.com/cultu…
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Earth is a place of magnificent splendour ✨
Ocean, clouds, ice, land and life
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@ClimateAd reminds us about the importance of working together #ForNature 🌿 #EarthDay
Undeniable: The Climate Emergency Network
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🐛#DYK that up to 90% of living organisms live or spend part of their lifecycle in the soil?
Join the discussion at the Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity about the benefits of soil #biodiversity #GSOBI21
See the infographic from @FAO to learn more 🔍
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📣 Registrations for #IPBES8 plenary session, regional consultations & #IPBESStakeholders days are open💻
🌎7-11 June: Regional consultations
🌍3-9 June: Stakeholder Days
🌏14-24 June: #IPBES8 Plenary Session
Find out more & register by 17 May⬇️
ipbes.net/sites/default/file…
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🐻🇺🇸 #ConservationOptimism news from Alberta!
'Efforts to help the Alberta grizzly bear population recover are working & the province now has between 856-973 grizzlies'
📰@YourAlberta @CBCNews
cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/…
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🐙🦋1 million plant & animal species are threatened w/ #extinction
—@IPBES #GlobalAssessment
🌲🪓The disruption of #biodiversity contributes to the emergence of #pandemics like #COVID19
—@IPBES #PandemicsReport
➡️What conclusions can be drawn?
🎥@UNDP
ONU Développement
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Have you heard about beaked whales?🐋💭
'The essence of how beaked #whales have escaped our attention is not how deep they dive, but how long they stay down there'
✍️@TheAtlantic @JB_MacKinnon @rwbaird99 @CascadiaRes
#ForNature
theatlantic.com/science/arch…
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🌊#OurOceans are home to a multitude of mysterious #species that are inaccessible to most of us
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Yet it's highly likely you've met and even touched this new marine predator featured by @GlobalGoalsUN
𝔾𝕦𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕒𝕦𝕞𝕖 𝔸𝕦𝕕𝕒
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Can ecosystems with high soil-carbon stocks help mitigate the effects of #ClimateChange?💡
A new study in @NatureNews says such ecosystems have great potential to accumulate more soil carbon but warns we should not overestimate their abilities.
👉nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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🌏📅 Ahead of the #EarthDay on April 22, follow #SpeakUpForNature by @nature_org to learn more about nature's heroes
#ForNature 🌿
The Nature Conservancy
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IPBES Assessments continue to drive better-informed decisions around the world🌎 #Impact
Citing, @IPBES #Pollination Assessment, @Walmart US recently announced a new policy to protect & restore pollinator habitats🐝👏
Read the full story👉 @WalmartInc
corporate.walmart.com/newsro…
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🐬Why are river dolphins important?
🐬How do they differ from marine dolphins?
🐬What are the differences between the species?
🐬Why do river dolphins & people depend on each other?
Explore these questions via a guide from @WildlifeMag🔍📖
discoverwildlife.com/animal-…
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"To lose the language implies losing our ancient traditional knowledge"🌵
#Indigenous knowledge is key to @IPBES assessments on #biodiversity👇
ipbes.net/sites/default/file…
Watch @UN short film on Mapuche language➡️youtube.com/watch?v=s8jeIcBf…
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'The future of Australia's 🇦🇺 green turtles is under threat from #ClimateChange
Warmer sand temperatures are leading to many more females being hatched than males'🐢♀️
Learn how conservationists are helping to save these reptiles
bbc.com/news/av/science-envi…
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📢The @UN4Indigenous #UNPFII 2021 session is happening over the next 2 weeks,19-30 April
Join the side event by the Network of the Centers of Distinction on Indigenous and Local Knowledge, @IPBES & @UNESCO
📅20 April 🕰️2.00-3.15pm CEST
zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0…
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Soil is a living, breathing web of life... 🌱🐞🐛
So what does the loss of topsoil in the US 'Corn Belt' mean for people, the planet & natural heritage?
@VerlynKlinkenborg explores these questions in an essay for @YaleE360
e360.yale.edu/features/how-t…
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🦋Key messages from @IPBES #GlobalAssessment...
...demonstrate the importance of #indigenous & local knowledge and the crucial role of indigenous peoples and local communities in the #conservation and sustainable use of #biodiversity🌿
➡️ipbes.net/ilk-publication-re…
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What benefits do people derive from #mangroves?
@WWF & @IUCN list the following contributions to people
🌳wood
📸tourism
🎣fisheries
💚livelihoods
💧water filtration
🌊coastal protection
🌡️climate regulation
& mangrove ecosystem services
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