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Last year, we said our solutions are in nature...
This year, we celebrate the fact that we are part of the solution #ForNature
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Here's a message from Anne Larigauderie, @IPBES Exec. Secretary, ahead of the #BiodiversityDay
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Nature offers endless inspiration✨
Ahead of #BiodiversityDay on 22 May, let's celebrate the multitude of incredible little things that happen in nature... 💧🐜
🎥Ajith Subramanyan via @ScienceIsNew #ForNature
nitter.vloup.ch/ScienceIsNew/sta…
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📢🌍Have you registered for the #RISEAfrica2021 Action Festival yet?
The event will bring together #Africa’s doers, thinkers & enablers to envision & explore urban innovation on the continent @ICLEIAfrica @ofuturecities
Register here👉 riseafrica.iclei.org/join/
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'Economic incentives have generally favoured expanding economic activity, and often environmental harm, over conservation or restoration'
—@IPBES #GlobalAssessment
💡@mremae calls for eliminating harmful subsidies #ForNature
@guardian @pgreenfielduk theguardian.com/environment/…
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What can we do for bees, today and every day?💛
Ahead of the #WorldBeeDay, join @FAO in promoting pollinators to encourage biodiversity, support agri-food systems, and build resilience🐝➰
Let's rethink our relationship with nature & #ForNature
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Our future depends on nature... and when it thrives, so do we🌿
A message from @ConservationOrg narrated by #JuliaRoberts ✨🟢#ForNature
Conservation Intl
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On 20 May, the President of the General Assembly @volkan_bozkir will convene a High-level Dialogue to assess the progress made in the fight against desertification, land & drought in the last decade🌿
Learn more: bit.ly/3xOET8Z
#RestorationLandRecovery @UNCCD
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The difference between the future we want and the future we fear isn’t always obvious.
Sometimes the smallest things can have the biggest impacts.
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#WorldBeeDay #SaveTheBees #ForNature
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We depend on bees & other #pollinators for our quality of life
🐝🦋🦇🐦
They play a vital role in maintaining our food security, contribute to biodiversity & support other ecosystem services, and much more!
#WorldBeeDay
Learn more w/ @IPBES #PollinationAssessment
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What gives snakes such a keen sense of smell?
@NatGeo says 'snakes may have the best sense of smell on earth thanks to two special organs'
Learn more🐍👇
National Geographic
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“The Great Green Wall promises a brighter future for rural youth in Africa & a chance to revitalize whole communities” - Monique Barbut, @UNCCD
African-led initiative @GreenWallAfrica, is an ambitious project to grow an 8000 km tree wall across Africa
euronews.com/living/2020/08/…
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🐘#Africa is the last place on Earth with a significant assemblage of large mammals & is rich in #biodiversity
🌳23% forests & woodlands
🌾27% arable land w/ ~1/5 cultivated
🌵50% savannah, grasslands, arid zones & deserts
—@IPBES Regional Assessment
ipbes.net/sites/default/file…
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The @IPBES #PandemicsReport shows that the same human activities driving #biodiversity loss and #ClimateChange are also making #pandemics more frequent, more costly and more deadly
The Report also shows how we can escape the era of pandemics
Read more 👉 ipbes.net/pandemics
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Global indicators of #ecosystem extent & condition have decreased by an average of 47% of their estimated natural baselines
...this trend is continuing
What can we start doing #ForNature?🌿
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Bees pollinate 75% of the leading global crop types
Here are 7 fruits & veggies that get ‘a buzz’ from 🐝pollination
🌰Almonds
🍎Apples
🔵Blueberries
🥒Cucumbers
🎃Pumpkins
🍓Strawberries
🥭Mangoes
via @FAO
fao.org/zhc/detail-events/en…
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Germany is home to 560 different types of #WildBees 🇩🇪 but protecting them is extremely challenging
Learn how @BfN_de is supporting their conservation by developing an app that will help identify 300 wild bee species
🐝🌸🐝🌳🐝🌻🐝🌿
#WorldBeeDay
deutschland.de/en/topic/envi…
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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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'Humanity has pushed Earth beyond the boundaries that have kept Earth stable for 10,000 years, since the dawn of civilization.'
Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet coming on 4 June on @Netflix feat. @jrockstrom @sthlmresilience & @IPBES
👉 youtube.com/Gb6wQtNjblk
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Have you registered for the #IPBES8 Stakeholder Days?🙋
Registered stakeholders are invited to submit e-posters showcasing @IPBES-related work, achievements, initiatives & information💡
Registration for #IPBESstakeholder days is open until 17 May
ipbes.net/ipbes-8/stakeholde…
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