We're often asked: 💬How do you say 'IPBES'?
Pro tip: not I.P.B.E.S. or I.P.-BES - we suggest standard English phonetical pronunciation 👇
So IP as in "hip" + BES like "best"⭐️ Even then, different ppl say it slightly differently - @IPBES diversity!
#ThanksforTalkingAboutUs!
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What are the benefits of fruits and vegetables for people?🤔
🍊🌶️🍏🥦🍋🥔🍍🧅🍒🥒
For Intl #FruitVegYear, learn more w/ @FAO
#IYFV2O21
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Last week, the @G7 Climate and Environment Ministers committed to raising ambition & intensifying action #ForNature at @UNBiodiversity & @UNFCCC #COP26
The Ministers’ Communiqué includes tackling the twin crises of climate change & biodiversity loss💡
gov.uk/government/publicatio…
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‘There is only one Earth, not one planet for nature and another for humans. However, we are inclined to think of our planet simply as scenery which runs contrary to local & #indigenous understanding’ #ILK
@UNESCO & @Sparknews Forum
Today at 3:30 pm CET en.unesco.org/news/unesco-fo…
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💭#DYK that #Africa hosts:
🐦1/5 of the world’s bird species
🌱1/6 of the world’s plant species
🦁1/4 of the world’s mammal species (& the greatest diversity of large mammals in the world too🎉)
🌍Learn more w/ @IPBES #RegionalAssessment ipbes.net/assessment-reports…
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'Biodiversity is declining at an unprecedented and alarming rate, and the pressures are intensifying'
@antonioguterres, @UN Secretary-General, is calling for us to be advocates #ForNature 🌿
António Guterres
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600+ registrations for #IPBES8 Stakeholder Days, 3-9 June - the most ever!
Translations will available for some sessions:
🎙️Opening & closing: ES & FR
🎙️The Americas: ES
🎙️Africa: FR
🎙️Europe: FR & RU
#IPBESstakeholder
Check the agenda & register here 👉ipbes.net/events/ipbes-8-sta…
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🐝#DYK that the vast majority of pollinator species are
wild?
That includes more than 20,000 species of bees🐝🐝
Learn more w/ @UConn uconnladybug.wordpress.com/2…
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The 8th Plenary Session of @IPBES will happen 14-24 June 2021 w/ governments, and observers meeting online
The session will be preceded by virtual #IPBESStakeholder Days & Regional Consultations🌎🌍🌏
Learn more about #IPBES8👉
ipbes.net/event/ipbes-8-plen…
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🌎👀#EcoWakening (noun): The growing number of people who think and act with nature & our planet in mind.
A @TheEIU and @WWF report shows growing global support #ForNature.
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Nature plays a critical role in providing food
🍊🌴🍎🌳🥦🌾🍅🌽🌴🌿
Here are 8 ways to eat better for the planet w/ @WWF
via @wef
World Economic Forum
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In celebration of #BiodiversityDay, join @UNESCO & @Sparknews as they join forces to write together—with experts, thinkers, artists, journalists & citizens—a new narrative of reconciliation between all humans & nature
🐯🌎🌿🌍🐛🌏🌻 #ForNature
en.unesco.org/news/unesco-fo…
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On #AfricaDay, explore the continent's #ecosystems incl.:
🏞️369 wetlands of intl. importance
🏛️142 @UNESCO World Heritage Sites
🐦1255 important bird & biodiversity areas
🚫158 Alliance for Zero Extinction sites
🌱8 of world’s 36 biodiversity hotspots
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“We are a fraction of a second in earth’s lifetime...
Yet she is our only lifeline.”
Get inspired by Jordan Sanchez’s beautiful words and join #GenerationRestoration w/ @UNEP this #WorldEnvironmentDay on 5 June.
📽️@GrippingFilms
UN Environment Programme
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For #AfricaDay, we highlight key facts about the continent's forests from the @IPBES #RegionalAssessment for Africa
🌍🌳🌍🌳🌍
ipbes.net/assessment-reports…
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‘Africa’s extraordinary richness in biodiversity & ecosystem services, and wealth of indigenous & local knowledge, comprises a strategic asset for sustainable development’
—@IPBES #RegionalAssessment
This #AfricaDay, let's remember that our solutions are in nature🌍#ForNature
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🌿At the @UNBiodiversity #SBSTTA24 Plenary yesterday, Anne Larigauderie, @IPBES Executive Secretary, gave an update on the work of IPBES since the 23rd SBSTTA meeting held in Nov 2019💡
Learn more: cbd.int/doc/c/0483/ab47/3783…
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💭@IPBES #GlobalAssessment found that biodiversity worldwide is declining at an unprecedented rate
Let's remember that we are part of the solution #ForNature 💡🍀
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'25% of all species, incl. 40% of amphibians & 30% of marine mammals, are threatened with extinction
And we’re not talking about just extinction, we’re also talking about the general decline of nature'
—@LeahLeopold
Full hearing via @Defenders👉 youtube.com/vl56M9S9S04
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Our pollinators need safeguarding🐝🌎
The new #Pollinators Challenge Badge by @FAO & @UN_YUNGA can help educate children & young people about the importance of pollinators for our planet
📽️via @FAOclimate
FAO Climate Change & Biodiversity
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