'Some fly 11 days nonstop.
Others trek 8,000 miles.
Each year, thousands of bird species leave home in search of food.'
Ahead of #WorldMigratoryBirdDay, learn more about bird migration w/ @NatGeo @priyanka_runwal
nationalgeographic.com/anima…
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Following distinct paths, known as flyways, #migratory waterbirds cover vast distances between their breeding & their wintering or non-breeding areas every year💡🐦
Learn more about the flyways of AEWA species w/ @unep_aewa
#WMBD #SingFlySoar
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Tomorrow is #WorldMigratoryBirdDay
Birds can be found everywhere:
🐦cities
🦉countryside
🦅parks
🦜backyards
🦚forests
🦆mountains
🦃wetlands
🦢along the shores
They connect all these habitats & they connect us✨
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The impact of birds 🐦 on people's happiness is invaluable. Inspiration and beauty are just some of nature's many contributions to people #NCP
But #DYK that #birds are also a good indicator of healthy #biodiversity 🦉?
🎥Learn more from @wef #WMBD2021
World Economic Forum
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🏆#WetlandsConservationAwards 2021
Call for Nominations in three categories:
💧Award for Wetland Wise Use
💡Award for Wetland Innovation
😊Award for Young Wetland Champions
More information via @RamsarConv @martharojasu1 ramsar.org/activities/2021-a…
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The 2021 #WorldMigratoryBirdDay theme is an invitation to people everywhere to connect and reconnect with nature by actively listening to & watching birds
🐦🔍🦉🔍🦩
Join @WMBD & @BonnConvention in celebrating #MigratoryBirds this Saturday, 8 May #WMBD
worldmigratorybirdday.org
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A new study on glaciers & microplastics in Iceland
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Published by @reykjavikuni @goteborgsuni @Vedurstofan in @MDPIOpenAccess, the study found traces of #microplastics in Europe’s largest (by volume) glacier
via @Independent @JoeSommerlad
independent.co.uk/climate-ch…
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Kilimanjaro National Park in Tanzania has been inscribed on the World Heritage List since 1987 🐘☀️🇹🇿⛰️🦒
Learn more about this majestic site w/ @UNESCO
UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳
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'During a bird evolution study on the island of #Borneo in May 2016, a research team discovered an owl that hadn't been seen in the wild since 1892'🦉🔍
What could that mean for other 'lost birds'?
via @EcoWatch @EmilyDenny14
ecowatch.com/rare-owl-redisc…
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Altiplano is one of the harshest regions of the #Andes Mountains, seeming to have more in common with Mars than other parts of the Earth.
Surprisingly however one species thrives there: flamingoes
Learn more from @NatGeo 🦩👇
National Geographic
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#InvasiveAlienSpecies are 1 of the 5 most important drivers of #biodiversity loss
They impact native species, ecosystem functions, nature’s contributions to people, economies & human health
What can we do #ForNature?💭
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'Across time, we can see that we, all of us, are changing this place faster than ever before...'
🌎🚶🌍🧍🌏
A new @googleearth tool is showing how humans are impacting the Earth's atmosphere & surface
🎥via @UNFCCC
UN Climate Change
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Join our comms team at @IPBES!
We're recruiting for a temporary G5 Programme Management Assistant to support IPBES communications & #IPBESstakeholder engagement
Apply by 17 May - to start ASAP, ends 31 Dec 2021
Read more and apply here: careers.un.org/lbw/jobdetail… #UNjobs
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WEBINAR on the review of the Summary for Policymakers & the chapters of the @IPBES #SustainableUse of wild species assessment
🍄🐍🦀🦜🐾
Register as a reviewer to join the webinar ipbes.net/sustainable-use-wi…
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🍃"Naturally occurring species in local terrestrial #ecosystems worldwide are estimated to have lost 20%+ of their original abundance on average, as a result of human-caused changes" 🍃
—@IPBES #GlobalAssessment
📽️@UNDP
ONU Développement
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💭#DYK that the direct & indirect drivers of change in nature have accelerated during the past 50 years?
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Learn more from @IPBES #GlobalAssessment, available in 9 languages ipbes.net/global-assessment
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22 May is the International Day for Biological Diversity
🌊🐋🐠🐙🦎🐢🦋🦒🐦🐨🌿🍅
Celebrate by joining @GlobalBioFest featuring scientists, explorers & conservationists from across the globe
globalbiofest.com/
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_____Sing Sing_____
Fly Soar Soar Fly
Fly
𝙇𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝘽𝙞𝙧𝙙!
🐦🦅🦩🦚🐧🦢🐧🦜🦉🦅
On 8 May, join us in celebrating #WorldMigratoryBirdDay #ForNature @WMBD
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Graph theory, a discrete mathematics sub-branch, is at the highest level the study of connection between things.
For more information, you could read the awesome blog post by Vegard Flovik.
link.medium.com/XJohaRrCXfb
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Today on the @UNBiodiversity SBSTTA-24 Plenary agenda:
🔸Item 3: Post-2020 global #biodiversity framework - continued
🔹Item 6 Marine and coastal biodiversity
🔸Item 8: Programme of work of @IPBES
Start at 1pm CET ⏰
Watch the livestream here: youtube.com/watch?v=X54UQdGZ…
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