Today is #EarthDay ๐๐๐
Letโs remember that a shift to a more sustainable economy would benefit people and the planet
Let's act together #ForNature
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On #EarthDay, tune in to watch a film about the #Amazon presented by Carlos Nobre
The film is raising awareness of key issues around the sustainability of the Amazon, circular economy & #NatureBasedSolutions๐ณ
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Food affects every aspect of our lives
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From health, longevity & well-being, to the condition of environmental resources, socio-economic development, culture & even social stability
#NowReading: #OneHealth Approach to Food Report by @BarillaCFN
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'World leaders fully recognize that the continued deterioration and degradation of Earthโs natural ecosystems are having major impacts on the lives and livelihoods of people around the world' ๐ฟ
โ@mremae, @UNBiodiversity Chair via @mongabay @rhett_butler
news.mongabay.com/2021/04/moโฆ
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8 May is #WorldMigratoryBirdDay
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#DYK that marine #PlasticPollution has increased tenfold since 1980, affecting 44% of seabirds?
(source: @IPBES #GlobalAssessment)
#SingFlySoar #ForNature
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๐ฃ Registrations for #IPBES8 plenary session, regional consultations & #IPBESStakeholders days are open๐ป
๐7-11 June: Regional consultations
๐3-9 June: Stakeholder Days
๐14-24 June: #IPBES8 Plenary Session
Find out more & register by 17 Mayโฌ๏ธ
ipbes.net/sites/default/fileโฆ
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"Rapid economic #growth, globalization, urbanization & infrastructure development are profoundly modifying #consumption & production patterns and adversely impacting #biodiversity & #Natureโs contributions to ppl"
โ@IPBES Asia-Pacific #RegionalAssessment
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How deep does the ocean go? ๐ญ
We've only just begun to understand the deep, dark world that flows beneath us... ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ก
Learn about the ocean depth from the video by @BusinessInsider ๐ก
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@BonnGlobal is in its full #CherryBlossom bloom right now
Join us in celebrating 25 years of @UNBonn where @IPBES HQ are located!
#ForNature #UNBonn25
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The rescue of giraffes from a flooding island and a California Sea Lion playing with a medical mask are just a few of the highlights of this year's @WorldPressPhoto
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Trees are among the most impressive organisms that live on our planet & one of our greatest natural resources ๐
@wef suggests 10 golden rules for restoration - for planting trees in the right places๐ก
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Today is @UN Chinese Language Day!๐ข
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๐ญ#DYK that the Summary for Policymakers of the @IPBES #GlobalAssessment was translated into 8 languages, incl. Chinese?
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Women and girls play key roles in sustainability
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Hear from @vanessa_vash how educating girls and young women can work #ForNature ๐ฑ
via @TIME
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๐ฆ๐ฆ8th of May is #WorldMigratoryBirdDay๐ฆ๐ฆ
@BonnConvention invites us to connect with nature and celebrate #MigratoryBirds
Let's act together for migratory birds & #ForNature
#SingFlySoar
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@IPBES now has 70,000 followers๐
Thank you for joining our community!
Tag your networks & friends (@) if you think they should join us online #ForNature ๐ฟ
Looking for news in Spanish & French? Follow our other channels: @IPBESes & @IPBESfr ๐ฑ
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In nature, everything is interconnected: food, fresh water, temperature & ocean ๐
'If we continue on our current path, we will face the collapse of everything that gives us our security'๐ฅ
โSir David Attenborough at the @UN Security Council
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๐ค#DYK that @IPBES Conceptual Framework is a highly simplified model of the complex interactions between #Nature & human societies?
๐ฟNature, natureโs contributions to people & good quality of life are inclusive categories
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โKeep soil alive, protect soil #biodiversityโ
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More info: fao.org/about/meetings/soil-โฆ
w/@UNFAO @vargasfao @theGSBI @UNBiodiversity @UNCCDD #ForNature
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There are many reasons to understand ants better
Whole ecosystems are built around them & large numbers of species depend entirely on their relationships with ant colonies to survive
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Story via @brookejarvis @nytimes
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๐ถ๐"We are family, I got all my sisters with me"๐ถ๐
Watch this close-up with beautiful Tokwe, the matriarch of the Jabulani Herd, while all the elephants take to the dam ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ
Video via @HERD_Elephants
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