"It is our sincere hope that the @IPBES #GlobalAssessment will continue to place #biodiversity at the top of the global political agenda, w/ similar priority to that accorded to #climatechange"
—Launched in 2019, the report remains highly relevant today
📖ipbes.net/sites/default/file…
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Article in @PNASNews says 6th mass #extinction occurring too rapidly for evolution to keep pace.
The next 5 decades of mammal loss will require est. 3-5 million years for #biodiversity recovery
sciencedaily.com/releases/20…
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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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Registrations for the #MenaClimateWeek 2022 are open 🌍☀️
It is the first of a series of meetings this year designed to help turn the promise of #COP26 into reality.
📅28 February - 3 March 2022
📍Dubai Exhibition Centre
More via @UNFCCC & @COP26 👉unfccc.int/news/registration…
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🌾'Fewer and fewer varieties and breeds of plants and animals are being cultivated & raised around the world, despite local efforts by #Indigenous Peoples & local communities'🐄
—@IPBES #GlobalAssessment
🎥 #Foodheroes
w/ @FAO & @IFAD
Food and Agriculture Organization
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Humans make up only a small percentage of life on Earth
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...but have and continue to have, a disproportionate impact on other aspects of life
🔍@yinonbaron et al. in @PNASNews via @OurWorldInData
ourworldindata.org/mammals
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JOB OPPORTUNITY at @IPBES!
We are looking for an Associate Programme Management Officer - Scientific Affairs (P2), to be based in the IPBES Secretariat Office in Bonn.
Apply by 9 February 2022.
Learn more:
careers.un.org/lbw/jobdetail…
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How do people influence & depend on biodiversity?
People influence #biodiversity directly by changing land-use, climate and biogeochemical cycles &
introducing species—actions known collectively as #anthropogenic drivers
Learn more w/@IPBES Assessments ipbes.net/assessment-reports…
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Why do we need to care about wetlands?
🐟 🌱🌳🦆💧 #Wetlands protection & restoration is one of the pathways to improve #freshwater management identified by @IPBES #GlobalAssessment
🎥Learn more w/ @RamsarConv
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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
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The ocean is our life source...🌊✨
Yet @IPBES #GlobalAssessment found that overexploitation of organisms, land- & sea-based pollution, coastal development for infrastructure & aquaculture were some of the human activities with the largest impact on the ocean.
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Happy New Year from @IPBES!
🌺Bonne Année !
✨¡Feliz Año Nuevo!
🎉新年快乐
🐞С Новым Годом
سنة جديدة سعيدة🐙
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💡#DYK that the extent of tropical & subtropical forests is📈within some countries, as well as the global extent of temperate & boreal forests is📈
—@IPBES #GlobalAssessment
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Simply spectacular... 🦚✨
Nature offers limitless inspiration & beauty—from soils, wetlands, rivers, and ocean, through savannahs, forests & mountains—it hosts incredible and diverse species...
#ForNature
🎥@Alex_Verbeek @pattucheenu
PattuCheenu
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“It may be impossible to achieve win-win synergies or manage tradeoffs between climate & biodiversity actions in every patch of a 'scape
But achieving sustainable outcomes is easier at larger spatial scales"
—@poertner_hans
#BiodiversityClimateScience ipbes.net/BiodiversityClimat…
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The world in the 2030s will be a very different place if we take no action now on #ClimateChange... 🌡️🔥⛈️⚡️
Learn more about what could be expected with this video from🎥@WEF @WEFUpLink
World Economic Forum
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Animal pollination plays a vital role as a regulating ecosystem service in nature
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Building back better for bees means supporting #COVID19 recovery activities that decrease drivers of biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation.
#ForNature
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The biodiversity and climate crises are interlinked and need to be solved together. These planetary emergencies need to be addressed in tandem to succeed on both fronts.
#TogetherForOurPlanet
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What is a multifunctional ‘scape approach and what does it incorporate?💭
‘scape being shorthand for:
⛰️land-
💧freshwater
🌊seascapes
Learn more w/ #BiodiversityClimateScience from @IPBES & @IPCC_CH co-sponsored w/shop report
ipbes.net/biodiversityclimat…
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