🦜@JohnsHopkins researchers suggest that increasing natural spaces and tree canopy while reducing impervious surfaces has significant effects on improving biodiversity, specifically of birds🐦🦜
Learn more via @JHUNewsLetter @susannah_lerman @MeghanAvolio
jhunewsletter.com/article/20…
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"The warmer the world gets, the less food, drinking water & other key contributions nature can make to our lives” 🌡️💧🌽
—Prof. Hans-Otto Pörtner, @poertner_hans Co-Chair of the Scientific Steering Committee of the @IPBES & @IPCC_CH #BiodiversityClimateScience workshop
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JOB OPPORTUNITY! 💻🌿📰📸
Join @IPBES Information Management Team as an Information Management Assistant (G6).
Apply by Tuesday, 23 Nov
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#BiodiversityLoss and #ClimateChange are both driven by human economic activities and mutually reinforce each other 🌡️🦋💡
How can we successfully resolve both crises?💭
Learn more with #BiodiversityClimateScience from @IPBES & @IPCC_CH co-sponsored workshop report.
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From ants feasting on honeydew to zebras drinking in the savannah, take a look at the highlights of the @RoyalSocBio photography competition 2021.
🐜🦓🐦🐍🍄
Learn more: rsb.org.uk/get-involved/rsb-…
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"The new field of bioacoustics allows us to study biodiversity at a very large scale
The research team from @argonne & @UWMadScience is deploying autonomous recording equipment in natural areas—including the Morton Arboretum—to eavesdrop on the animals.
phys.org/news/2021-11-ai-spe…
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Insects account for an estimated 75% of animal life on Earth and are an invaluable and integral part of all life on our planet.
🐝🦋🐞🐜🪰🪲🦟🦗
Explore the diversity of the blaberoid cockroach via @Roach_Brain 🪳
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Mangroves have multiple values 🐸🌿💧
These ecosystems are crucial to creating a #NaturePositive world for all.
Learn more about mangroves' contribution to local economies in the Western Indian Ocean region: bit.ly/3wfGcgR
via @MangrovesNow @IUCN @WWF @WetlandsInt
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Anne Larigauderie, @IPBES Executive Secretary, was a guest at @TV5MONDE #Internationales program, talking about #BiodiversityClimateScience and #COP26.
Watch the conversation with @antoinegenton and @mvalo (in French) 📺
tv5monde.com/programmes/fr/p…
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"As Secretary-General of the @UN, I have many battles, but the fight against the climate crisis is the most important battle of my life," said @antonioguterres
#MondayMotivation #ForNature 🌿✨
🎥via @UN
United Nations
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#BREAKING 📢
"Recovering key species for ecosystem restoration" announced as the theme of #WorldWildlifeDay 2022 🐵🐯🦓🐘🐋🐆🐍🐸
#WWD via @CITES
cites.org/eng/Recovering_Key…
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We are hiring!📢
Join @IPBES Media team as a Social and Online Media Consultant, and help us run @IPBESfr & @IPBESes channels💻
Spanish & English: careers.un.org/lbw/jobdetail…
French & English: careers.un.org/lbw/jobdetail…
Apply by 25 November!
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'1.2 billion people in tropical countries (30% of their population) are highly dependent on nature for basic human needs & they are most sensitive to environmental changes'
Explore a new study on nature-dependent people in @sciencedirect💡
doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.… @IvanBornacelly
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Nature is ever-inspiring and, at times, hilarious!
Explore some of the finalists of this year's @ComedyWildlife Awards
From a surprised otter to a giggling seal, #ComedyWildlife’s photos aim to highlight the important message of nature conservation🌿
comedywildlifephoto.com
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#DYK 💭
Pollinators provide an essential service for key nutrient-rich crops, providing vitamins and minerals essential for human and livestock health.
👉@IPBES #PollinationAssessment ipbes.net/assessment-reports…
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One of #nature's many contributions to human well-being is natural beauty - like the amazing lights of the #Auroraborealis
These dancing lights are actually collisions between electrically charged particles from the ☀️ that enter the earth's atmosphere
Aurora Borealis Observatory
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Nature...
🌽 provides a diversity of nutritious food, medicine & water
💦 regulates diseases and the immune system
☁️ reduces the levels of certain air pollutants
🌳 improves #physical and mental health
—@IPBES #GlobalAssessment
📽️ @unep
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The rapid decline of biodiversity & changes in climate are tightly intertwined💡
They share underlying direct & indirect drivers, they interact & can have cascading & complex effects that impact ppl's good quality of life & compromise societal goals
#BiodiversityClimateScience
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Research from @ProjectDrawdown shows that select individual climate actions, performed at scale, can drive 25-30% of global emissions reduction.
Learn more about the #BreakingBoundaries + @CountUsInSOCIAL initiative #ForNature 👉bit.ly/3G8XjWk
#takeastep
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