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"Based on the scientific publications & on indigenous and local knowledge, the @IPBES#GlobalAssessment found [...] that 1 million of plant and animal species are threatened with extinction."
—Anne Larigauderie, IPBES Exec Secretary at the HL Segment of the 1st phase of #COP15
The High-Level Segment of the 1st phase of #COP15 will take place on 12-13 Oct📅
Anne Larigauderie, @IPBES Exec. Sec., will outline the main findings of the IPBES #GlobalAssessment report & provide the scientific background to the discussions of HLS
➡️cbd.int/COP15
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"#COP15 is the single most important chance for global decision-makers to use the evidence and expertise that has been so widely shared to tackle both the direct and indirect drivers of biodiversity loss—for people & #ForNature."
— Dr. Anne Larigauderie, @IPBES Exec Sec
Solutions #ForNature exist.
Nature can be conserved, restored and used sustainably.
@IPBES#GlobalAssessment outlines options for better evidence-informed policy decisions and action at the local, national, regional and global levels.
ipbes.net/global-assessment#COP15
The rate of global change in nature during the past 50 years is unprecedented in human history.
But what are the drivers of that change?🌿
As the world is coming together #ForNature at @UNBiodiversity's #COP15, we explore key factors driving #BiodiversityLoss worldwide.
IPBES #GlobalAssessment: Drivers of change in nature
Just ahead of the first part of the @UNBiodiversity Conference (#COP15), @CGTNOfficial has launched the “I am the guardian” global media campaign
Explore #biodiversity protection in China and around the world, and be part of the action #ForNature🦋
Nature holds so many wonders🌿✨
This is Clione limacina, better known as the sea angel, hovering under the ice in the White Sea in Russia.
🎥@MikeHudema#ForNature
The first part of the @UNBiodiversity Conference (#COP15) will take place 11-15 October.
This critical meeting will include:
✅A High-Level Segment
✅Ministerial roundtables
✅The adoption of the Kunming Declaration
✅And more
#ForNature
Today 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✨
Soils host a quarter of our planet's biodiversity🐛
Soil is one of nature's most complex ecosystems: it contains a myriad of organisms that interact and contribute to the global cycles that make all life possible.
Learn about soils & biodiversity w/@FAO#SoilBiodiversity
The High-Level Segment of the first phase of #COP15 will take place on 12 & 13 October
The HLS will bring Parties to @UNBiodiversity together to build political momentum #ForNature and for a transformative #post2020 global #biodiversity framework.
➡️ cbd.int/COP15
Workshop to advance the summary for policymakers of the @IPBES#SustainableUse of wild species assessment was held from 5-7 Oct.
The Co-Chairs — Marla Emery, Jean-Marc Fromentin and John Donaldson — and the Technical Support Unit, met in Paris 🇫🇷
ipbes.net/sustainable-use-wi…