"The Mar Menor becomes the first European ecosystem with its own rights.” 🇪🇺
This will allow the rights of the saltwater lagoon located in southeastern Spain 🇪🇸 to be defended in court, as though it were a person or business.
📰 @physorg_com
phys.org/news/2022-09-spain-…
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The world's smallest primate - weighing similar to a dormouse - may have quietly gone extinct. The Madame Berthe's mouse lemur's habitat in Western Madagascar 🇲🇬 became protected in 2015, but the area has already lost 30% of its forests. 🌳
📰 via @rfi_en
rfi.fr/en/africa/20220917-fe…
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Visit ipbes.net/impact-tracking-vi… and choose "Pollination Assessment" under Relevant IPBES Deliverable to view 20 indicative impacts of the #PollinationAssessment at different scales
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Pollinators are essential for food security, biodiversity and other ecosystem services!🦋🍎🐝🌻🐦🌽
But they face many challenges from intensive agriculture, to habitat loss and #ClimateChange & more...
📷@FAO
🔎@IPBES #PollinationAssessment ipbes.net/assessment-reports…
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The African-Eurasian Flyway🌍 is a route many migratory waterbirds take. Protecting it is one of the goals of @unep_aewa's #AEWAMOP8 taking place next week.
Learn more about the places the birds visit!
📽️by @cornellbirds 👇
youtube.com/watch?v=a2RaeUO9…
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Today is #WorldRhinoDay✨
#DYK there are 5 species of rhinoceros?
But these majestic species are endangered.
🦏🦏🦏Javan, Sumatran & Black Rhino are critically endangered
🦏The Greater One-horned Rhino is vulnerable
🦏The White Rhino is near threatened
—@IUCNRedList
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"Conserving #biodiversity, reducing carbon emissions, & climate resilience are key in building more productive & healthy food systems & ensuring food security for everyone."
📰@foodtank @timgbenton @chathamhouse @drrebeccashaw @wwf @mremae @unbiodiversity
foodtank.com/news/2021/08/wh…
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#DYK Plants make up 80% of the food we eat & produce 98% of the oxygen we breathe? 🌿🌽🍓🌬
Protecting #PlantHealth is protecting life.💚🌱
Join @ippcnews, @fao and @defragovuk to be part of the #PlantHealthConference 👉 bit.ly/3ugol9S.
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Healthy ecosystems can help to mitigate climate change.🌡🌎
Well-functioning habitats can absorb and store large amounts of carbon, reducing atmospheric CO2 levels & greenhouse gas emissions from land use practices.💨
📷 @unep
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Latin America is one of the most biodiverse subregions.
Join a Science Summit webinar during #UNGA & discover the impact of the IPBES #SustainableUse Assessment for Latin America.
📅21 September, 4 p.m. EST
💻 Free registration!👉🏽ssunga77.sched.com/event/1AK…
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📢Call for @ipbes Fellows to contribute to:
💡#BizBiodiversity assessment of impact & dependence of business on biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people: ipbes.net/application/busine…
📅⏰Apply by 1 November!
More about the Fellowship programme: ipbes.net/ipbes-fellowship-p…
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What are the different ways in which nature is valued? How can these values be measured? How can they be used to strengthen decision-making about nature?🌿🍅🌳
—📖@IPBES #ValuesAssessment: bit.ly/IPBES_VA
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World leaders to reaffirm commitments to #NaturePositive world. 🌱🌍
📆Today at #UNGA77, join high-level event by @hacfornaturean1, #GlobalOceansAlliance & #LeadersPledge4Nature, building momentum ahead of #COP15 later this year.
For more 👉hacfornatureandpeople.org/un…
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The #ocean is home to an incredible variety of #marine life.🐡
🤿How can we enjoy this #biodiversity while minimising pressure on key marine ecosystems?🌊
👇Learn more w/ @noaaocean about how some sunscreen chemicals endanger ocean environments & how to avoid these risks
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"Until recently, climate & ocean conservation efforts have been largely separate. [...] We must integrate the agendas of the Rio Conventions, on #climate, on #biodiversity & on #desertification." 🌊
- @andersen_inger/@UNEP ahead of #COP27
Read the speech👉 unep.org/news-and-stories/sp…
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#Biodiversity is the foundation of #HumanHealth⚕️
Biodiversity...
💧 Underpins the functioning of ecosystems we rely on for food & water
🌱Contributes to local livelihoods, medicines & economic growth
🦠Helps regulate climate, floods & disease
👇Infographic from @unbiodiversity
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Curious about the @ipbes Business and Biodiversity Assessment & expert nomination process?🔎🌱
💡Join our online dialogue meetings to find out more about #BizBiodiversity!
📅6 October 2022
👉 Register here: ipbes.net/notification/dialo…
#IPBESStakeholder
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