🌿#LandDegradation has reduced the productivity of 2⃣3⃣% of the global land surface
One year ago, the @IPBES #GlobalAssessment showed that transformative change is necessary to halt and reverse the dangerous decline of #nature
Read the full Report ➡️ ipbes.net/global-assessment
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6⃣6⃣% of the marine environment is severely altered by human actions
One year ago, the @IPBES #GlobalAssessment placed a spotlight on #biodiversity
It showed that #oceans, like land, have been dangerously degraded by human activity.
Full Assessment ➡️ ipbes.net/global-assessment
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On #BiodiversityDay, learn more about the work of @IPBES
It gathers the best-available evidence for better-informed decisions #ForNature, incl. assessments on
🐝#Pollination
🌐Scenarios
🌱#LandDegradation
🦁Biodiversity in Africa, the Americas, Asia & Europe
🌳#GlobalAssessment
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𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 #𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲𝐃𝐚𝐲!
🌿🐜🥕🍍
🌾 🦇
🌻 🐵
🐸 🦀
🍄 🍌
🐰
𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 #𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞💡
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On this #BiodiversityDay take 5 minutes to listen #ForNature
”Our relationship with nature is broken. But relationships can change. When we protect nature - we are nature protecting itself.”
Thank you @MercyForAnimals for sponsoring this film by @tommustill and me.
#ForNature #BiodiversityDay
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Today is #BiodiversityDay🦁
#Africa is home to an extraordinary diversity of animals & plants
🌳🐘🦏🐠🐆🦓🌴
This biodiversity is key to sustainable development & to addressing climate change🌊
Let's act together #ForNature🌺
Follow @IPBES to learn more⬇️
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Happy World #BiodiversityDay!
💭@IPBES #GlobalAssessment found that biodiversity worldwide is declining at an unprecedented rate
Today, and every day, let's remember that we are part of the solution #ForNature 💡🍀
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“More species of plants & animals are threatened with extinction now than at any other time in human history”
@LeahLeopold, @IPBES #GlobalAssessment Lead Author & Director of @BiodiversityASU, at the Capitol Hill Hearing examining #Biodiversityloss 🌿
defenders.org/newsroom/capit…
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The @UN has just released the #ProtectedPlanet Report assessing the world's progress on #biodiversity conservation🔍🦋
In this video by @Quicktake, @nevilleash @unepwcmc explains where #conservation efforts have succeeded & the challenges that remain
Bloomberg Originals
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The Americas region hosts 7 out of the 17 most biodiverse countries of the world🌎🦋
@restoreforward highlights 5 projects under Initiative 20x20 aimed at safeguarding native species & biodiversity by protecting and restoring 50 million hectares of land💡
initiative20x20.org/news/5-p…
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🦍@IPBES #GlobalAssessment highlights that the global rate of species extinction is 'at least tens to hundreds of times higher than it has averaged over the past 10 million years.'
#EndangeredSpeciesDay
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Today is marked as #EndangeredSpeciesDay in a number of countries around the world
🦎🌳🌿🌺🦍🐘🐬🐋
The @IPBES #GlobalAssessment shows ~1 million species of plants & animals face extinction, many within decades.
Let’s protect endangered species, today and every day!
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Ahead of #BiodiversityDay on 22 May, we explore:
🍄 What is #Biodiversity?
🦁 Why do we need diverse plants and animals?
🌿 What can we do #ForNature?
Follow @IPBES to learn more💡
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'#AngelinaJolie talks about connections between a healthy environment, food security, women’s empowerment & the estimated 20,000 species of bees
Protecting life-sustaining pollinators is a challenge well within our grasp'
@NatGeo #WorldBeeDay
nationalgeographic.com/envir…
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The health of #pollinators like #bees is "directly linked to our own well being." —Prof. Vera L. Imperatriz-Fonseca
This #WorldBeeDay, revisit the 2016 @IPBES #Pollination Assessment.
🐝 ➡️ 🥔🌻🍓
ipbes.net/assessment-reports…
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🔵bees
🟣flies
🟡wasps
🟠butterflies
🟢moths
🔴beetles
🟤weevils
⚫️thrips
🟢ants
🔵midges
🟣bats
🟡birds
🟠primates
🔴marsupials
🟤rodents
⚫️reptiles
& other pollinators work every day #ForNature
Let's celebrate them on #WorldBeeDay & every day 🦋🐝🐞🐜🐦
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🐝➿Happy #WorldBeeDay➿🐝
#DidYouKnow that pollinator-dependent food products are important for human diets and nutrition?
Pollinator-dependent species encompass many fruit, vegetable and seed crops that supply major proportions of micronutrients, minerals & vitamins 🍎
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On #WorldBeeDay, here are 7 reasons to BEE grateful for pollinators - they:
🐝increase food production & security
🐝maintain biodiversity
🐝improve our diets
🐝some are a source of honey
🐝make foods taste better
🐝have a great work ethic
🐝are a source of inspiration
via @FAO
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💡#DYK that 3 out of 4 of the leading crop types across the globe depend on pollinators?
This #WorldBeeDay, let’s build back better #ForNature
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Learn more w/ @IPBES #PollinationAssessment
ipbes.net/sites/default/file…
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