“It’s absolutely vital to get white #rhinos spread across the continent, where they have safe habitats, and not necessarily only where they used to be” 🦏
—Jes Gruner, @AfricanParks
📰@greengraeme @guardian #ConservationOptimism
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The science is clear.
The data is here.
The solutions are known.
We need whole-of-society action for whole-of-society problems.
2022 will mark 50 years since @UNEP was established💡
Learn more: unep.org/unep50 #UNEP50
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In 2020, the amount of human-made mass exceeded the weight of all global living biomass.
Explore this infographic breaking down the composition of all human-made materials and the rate of their production.
Credit: @markabelan 🎨
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The #InternationalMountainDay theme for 2021 is sustainable tourism 🌼🚆🚶
Mountain tourism, particularly when linked to nature and rural tourism, can promote sustainable food systems and value local products.
Learn more: fao.org/international-mounta…
#MountainsMatter ⛰️
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“This [Autumn] is not just a...one-off exceptionally warm event. It’s part of a...trend we’ve seen over the past several decades.
That’s what #ClimateChange is about—individual events that are part of a longer-term trend”
✍️@Sarah_Gibbens
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Can trade play a role in reducing #BiodiversityLoss? 📉🦋
Join @UNCTAD's #6BTCongress to learn more about #BioTrade
📅⏰9 December
Register here: bit.ly/3p8IQ51
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📖👀#NowReading
A guidance document from @unepwcmc & @UNBiodiversity: National Ecosystem Assessments to support the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Watch the recording of the launch and access the document here 👉 ecosystemassessments.net/res…
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A Russian town 🇷🇺 in the Arctic Circle recently recorded its highest ever temperature. The Arctic is heating twice as quickly as the global average.
@WMO highlights that this drastic warming will have global repercussions.
Learn more via @SCMPgraphics @scmpnews @KalizLee
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Through his photography, entomologist Andy Murray reveals the hidden & fascinating world that exists under our feet.
Here he tells @FAO his story 🎥
#SoilBiodiversity #WorldSoilDay
Food and Agriculture Organization
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Today is #WorldSoilDay!
For this day, @FAO raises awareness of the importance of maintaining healthy ecosystems & human well-being by addressing the growing challenges in soil management.
📷@_jumata_
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Meet the scarab beetle (Chrysina resplendens) ✨ 🪲
Their metallic color is a result of ~70 microscopic chitin layers of decreasing thickness that reflect light to produce a metallic effect.
🎥@wonderofscience via IG insecthaus_adi
Wonder of Science
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✨This firefly is taking off for the #weekend - are you?
🌿Isn't #nature magical?
🎥@scitechnature9
nitter.vloup.ch/scitechnature9/s…
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To solve the world’s future food supply, we need to look into the possibilities – and challenges – that blue and green foods can provide.
The 2022 @winwinaward theme is:
𝑺𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝑨𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆🐟🐠🐡🦐🐙
Learn more & nominate here: winwingothenburgaward.com/th…
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'Vast networks of underground fungi – the “circulatory system of the planet” – are to be mapped for the first time, in an attempt to protect them from damage and improve their ability to absorb and store carbon dioxide.'
🍄✍️@fionaharvey @guardian
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🐜 What are salt-affected soils (SAS)?
🕷️ Is your soil salt-affected?
🐞 What can you do about SAS?
This #WorldSoilDay, learn more about SAS w/@FAO fao.org/soils-portal/en
📷by Andy Murray
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"#OneHealth is an integrated, unifying approach that aims to sustainably balance and optimize the health of people, animals & ecosystems"
—@FAO, @OIEAnimalHealth, @UNEP & @WHO welcomed the new operational definition of One Health
⚕️🔁🙋🐷🌊
unep.org/news-and-stories/st…
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From Alaska to Mexico, the sunflower sea star was once a common sight on the seabed. But btwn 2013-2017, ~91% of the population was wiped out.
Now scientists are breeding the sea stars in an attempt to revive the species—and combat #ClimateChange.
🎥@wef
World Economic Forum
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What is soil? Where does soil come from? What is special about soil in Africa?🌍🌱
For #WorldSoilDay on 5 Dec, explore the incredible diversity of the African soils.
🎨via @EU_ScienceHub
esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/conte…
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Researchers at @UQ_News🇦🇺 used modern portfolio theory to identify the 50 reefs or #coral sanctuaries around the world that are most likely to survive the #ClimateCrisis & be able to repopulate other reefs, if other threats are absent 🐠
📰@karenmcveigh1
theguardian.com/environment/…
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💭#DidYouKnow...
Soil organisms contribute to the remediation of soil pollution by breaking down contaminants.
They play a key role in #ClimateChange adaptation and mitigation by storing carbon in the soil.
#WorldSoilDay fao.org/soils-portal/en
📷by @_jumata_
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