Nature has multiple values...
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A recent @WorldBank report lays out ‘win-win’ policies for countries to seek nature-smart recoveries from the #COVID19 pandemic
#InvestInNarture #ForNature
worldbank.org/en/news/press-…
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📌Save the date📌
World Summit of #IndigenousPeoples and Nature #IUCN_IPSummit organized by @IUCN’s Member Indigenous Peoples Organizations (IPOs)
📅3 September 💻Online
#IUCNcongress #ForNature @kuahawaii
iucncongress2020.org/program…
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We are living through a make-or-break chapter in the story of life on Earth🌏💥
A new action guide from @nature_org suggests options to save #NatureNow 👉nature.ly/3xVDBst
#TheRaceIsOn
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🎨“Emma” by Laurence Gervot-Rostaing
🐝European wool carder bees get their name from their behaviour of scraping 'hair' from leaves & carrying it under their bodies
🖼️Check out the artist's homage to pollinators presented at @museedegrenoble here:
1011-art.blogspot.com/p/vous…
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@IPBES will start 2 new assessments
🟢The interlinkages among biodiversity, water, food & health (#NexusAssessment)
🔵The underlying causes of biodiversity loss, determinants of #TransformativeChange & options for achieving the 2050 Vision 4 Biodiversity
sdg.iisd.org/news/ipbes-to-p…
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Biodiversity matters.
'At its simplest, biodiversity is about living nature or life on Earth - different genes, species and ecologies and, as a consequence, the varying landscapes, regions and habitats in which they exist'
via @royalsociety
royalsociety.org/topics-poli…
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'This report by @IPBES seeks to lay out the threats, especially from increased land use, wildlife trade & consumption, and what can be done to contain the danger'
📰@NaandikaT via @forbes_india feat. @IPBES #PandemicsReport
forbesindia.com/article/news…
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'Increased acidity in the atmosphere is disrupting the ecological balance of the oceans'🌊📉
—from new research led by the @uniofeastanglia
🔍@MKanakidou @LAPI_epfl 📰@physorg_com
phys.org/news/2021-07-atmosp…
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Our connection to nature has always been vital.
It’s now critical.
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Join the #IUCNcongress, 3-11 September 2021 to unite #ForNature, for change, and for the future.
iucncongress2020.org/
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🎨“Anthropocène” by Laurence Gervot-Rostaing
💭#DYK ammonites were shelled cephalopods that died about 66 million years ago?
Fossils of them are found all around the world🐙
🖼️Check out the artists' fossils drawings presented at @museedegrenoble here:
1011-art.blogspot.com/p/plan…
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🚨Call for nomination of experts🚨
🔄#NexusAssessment (interlinkages among biodiversity, water, food & health)
&
🌱#TransformativeChangeAssessment (underlying causes of biodiversity loss and determinants of transformative change)
Apply by 13 September👉ipbes.net/sites/default/file…
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#DYK plants make up 80% of the food we eat?
@FAO provides tips for protecting #PlantHealth — from raising public awareness to ensuring the implementation of @ippcnews standards.
.#FoodSecurity
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Food and Agriculture Organization
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💭#DYK that the pink oyster mushroom or pleurotus djamor has a shelf life of only about a day?
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This member of the Pleurotaceae family is an edible mushroom that has a meaty and chewy texture.
Via @ScienceChannel
Science Channel
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#Biodiversity is the vital thread that ties together all life on 🌏
But how did living #organisms become so diverse and complex?
From the primordial puddle to the modern day, @techinsider animates the history of life over 3.8 million years
Insider Tech
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Kelp forests are home to thousands of species—and are vital in the fight against #ClimateChange
@Oceana shows that these ecosystems can store large amounts of carbon, making our #oceans and our 🌏 more climate-resilient
#NatureBasedSolutions
Oceana
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🐛#DYK that up to 90% of living organisms live or spend part of their lifecycle in the soil?
Join the discussion at the Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity about the benefits of soil #biodiversity #GSOBI21
See the infographic from @FAO to learn more 🔍
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"It's sad to think that nature speaks & humanity does not listen"🌿
Read the article about the urgent need for a change in our relationship w/ nature & #ForNature
by @Anamariamojita @AAzoulay @ThomsonFiji @JaneGoodallInst @CNN
edition.cnn.com/2021/03/24/o…
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📖@IPBES Assessment Report on #LandDegradation and Restoration aims to enhance the knowledge base for policies for addressing land degradation, desertification & the restoration of degraded land.
Learn more👉ipbes.net/assessment-reports…
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#NaturesContributions to people are invaluable.
Protecting these precious gifts will be the defining challenge of decades to come.
Learn more w/ @IPBES #GlobalAssessment
ipbes.net/global-assessment
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📖The @IPBES #GlobalAssessment found ~1 million #species of plants & animals face extinction, many within decades unless #biodiversity loss is reduced.
The @UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres highlighted this message in his #StateofthePlanet speech
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