#Africa is home to an extraordinary diversity of animals and plants🦁
🌳🐘🦏🐠🐆🦓🌴
This biodiversity is key to #SustainableDevelopment & to addressing climate change 🌊
Let's act together #ForNature🌺
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"Run, little one!"🐧🏃
Watching this penguin escape from cracking ice will keep you on the edge of your seat❄️
🎥via @ScottDuncanWX
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🍃Genes, #species, #ecosystems, languages, practices, #traditions, #value & knowledge systems – these diversities are facing loss
Understanding of their interdependence underlines biocultural paradigm, adoption of which can contribute to #sustainability.
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Did you know that @IPBES is on #Instagram? 📷
We collect and share @IPBES and #biodiversity-related articles, short videos, and photography from around the world.
Follow our page!
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24 January is the International #EducationDay📚
Access a range of @IPBES assessments and workshop reports available for download at ipbes.net/assessing-knowledg…
Learn about #Biodiversity, #LandDegradation, #Pollination, #Pandemics and more🌾🐝🦠
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🌡️#ClimateChange
🐨#Biodiversity loss &
💧#LandDegradation
These interconnected issues must be addressed together.
Improving land-use decisions and supporting #NatureBasedSolutions is an important part of the solution.
#ForNature
UN Biodiversity
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Can geodiversity predict biodiversity and ecosystem functions? Is it relevant for conservation planning at the regional scale?🗺️🦋
A new article in @NaturePortfolio explores these questions & more
🔎@geo_wach @DA_Don_Oso @inclandj @mschleuni @BorisTinoco
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Urgent action to halt & reverse dangerous #BiodiversityLoss needed🦋🌿🐨
'Expanding national parks and protected areas will not be enough to halt the destruction of nature, warn leading scientists'
📰@pgreenfielduk @guardian
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A field trial found that levels of nitrogen oxides and ozone similar to those near roads led to a 70% drop in the numbers of bees and butterflies on mustard plant
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📰@adamvaughan_uk @newscientist
newscientist.com/article/230…
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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?🌿
Watch our video exploring key factors driving #BiodiversityLoss worldwide.
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🚨📉Biodiversity is declining 🚨📉
The @wef Global Risks Report 2022 #risks2022 lists biodiversity loss as one of the 3 most potentially damaging risks globally.
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How can we identify and differentiate between the 7 different marine turtle species?🐢
Learn more from this infographic🎨by @PaigeStrudwick @ICRSreefstudent @ICRSCoralReefs
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#Biodiversity loss is one of the top risks threatening our world in the next decade 🌎🚨
@UNBiodiversity's @mremae, @wef's Gim Huay Neo & @WWF_DG urge leaders to take bold steps for a #NaturePositive world.
Full story via @CNN
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Gilbert's potoroo is #Australia's most endangered #marsupial and one of the world's rarest critically endangered mammals 🇦🇺🦘
Learn how their population is being rebuilt off Western Australia’s South Coast with this video from @nowthisnews 🎥
NowThis
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You might also find useful information in the IPBES #LandDegradation and Restoration Assessment: ipbes.net/assessment-reports…
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What are the links between #WildlifeTrade and pandemics?🐸🐍
📖@IPBES #PandemicsReport found that it is a globally important risk for future pandemics
💭@MyFrogCroaked explores this question in the new article for @NatGeo
nationalgeographic.com/anima…
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⚡️#BREAKING
50+ scientists from 23 countries delivered to governments a synthesis of the science informing and underpinning 21 targets proposed in the draft #post2020 Global Biodiversity Framework being negotiated under the @UNBiodiversity
@physorg_com
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Current urbanization models put climate, nature and the economy at risk.
A new report by @wef & @inst_humboldt finds that increasing nature in urban areas can create significant economic and social value 💚💡
#BiodiverCitiesby2030 #NaturePositive bit.ly/31KbvFG
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Planting the right trees in the right places has multiple benefits #ForNature and for people.
🌲💚🌳📗🌴
Learn about some of these benefits via @Greenpeace
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