Intergov. Platform on Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services. @IPBESes, @IPBESfr. Also on: bit.ly/3BPuRbm RT ≠ endorsements. Denialism/trolling/profanity may = ban.
Nature’s contributions to people embody different concepts, such as ecosystem goods and services and nature’s gifts.
Both nature and nature’s contributions to people are vital for human existence and good quality of life.
How can we restore nature?
#ForNature
The rate of global change in nature during the past 50 years is unprecedented in human history.
The @IPBES#GlobalAssessment found #pollution to be one of the top five direct drivers of change in nature with the largest global impacts.
ipbes.net/global-assessment
Environmental risks dominate the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2022 - for both the short and long term.
Biodiversity loss is one of them.
🎥@wef#risks2022
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.
Hi @honeykohan, @IPBES#GlobalAssessment found pollution to be one of the direct drivers of change in nature with the largest global impact. This includes #PlasticPollution.
You can find more information below⤵️
"That’s what @JaneGoodallInst does these days.
She talks. To anyone who will listen. To children, chief executives & politicians.
Her message is always the same: The forests are disappearing. The animals are going quiet. We’re running out of time."
Have you heard about the aye-aye?💭
It is a nocturnal primate from Madagascar 🇲🇬🌍 and it taps on trees with its middle finger. But why?
Learn more from @NHM_London 🎥
🌿 Nature provides...
🌊Physical & psychological benefits
🌸Learning & inspiration
🦒Sense of place and identity
Right now @IPBES#ValuesAssessment authors are examining how diverse ways of valuing #Nature can and should factor into decision-making.
Soil biodiversity reflects the variability among living organisms including a myriad of organisms not visible with the naked eye, such as micro-organisms, meso-fauna and the more familiar macro-fauna.
How can we conserve this precious resource?💭🐛
📷@FAO & @EU_Commission
🔔Call for nominations to the @IPBES Multidisciplinary Expert Panel (MEP)🔔
Deadline: 9 March 2022 ✅
Nominations should be made by IPBES National Focal Points or their representatives.
Learn more: ipbes.net/notification/nomin…
🐦💭#DYK that adult wrens weigh less than a £1 coin, but their song is 10x more powerful than a cockerel's?
Listen to their incredible song via @Natures_Voice 🎥🎶
How do we build climate data records of soil moisture (SM)?💧🐛💭
A new paper from @esaclimate explores "pathways towards the removal of model dependency in SM climate data records by using an L-band scaling reference"
🔍@CAlbergel@wouterdorigoieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/st…