🌊Look at this colourful & beautiful sea slug.✨
#DYK these opalescent nudibranchs are aggressive fighters? In a biting battle, if one catches the tail of another & gets the 1st bite, it usually wins the battle & eats the loser.
🎥Aron Sanchez-Baranda
Wonder of Science
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🪶8 Oct is #WorldMigratoryBirdDay
Migratory birds are wonderous creatures & provide many benefits to ppl, e.g.:
🌱Seed dispersal
🌺Pollination
🐛Pest control
But light pollution is a threat, causing disorientation when they fly at night.🌃
#WMBD2022 #DimLightsforBirds @WMBD
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Check out this video with 5⃣ takeaways from the @ipbes #SustainableUse of Wild Species Report.
📽️ by @mongabay👇
youtube.com/watch?v=ax6zkjh7…
🚨Coming out📅10 Oct: the full-length version of the report. Stay tuned!
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🚨Coming 10 October:📅
the full-length version of the #ValuesAssessment report
6 Chapters, 4 years of hard work by 254 leading experts from more than 50 countries from all regions of the world
Don’t miss it!
ipbes.net/the-values-assessm…
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Steve Polasky, Coordinating Lead Author of @ipbes #GlobalAssessment, will engage in digital dialogue with @ftlive 📺 & @wwf🐼 on Tackling #ClimateChange & Nature Loss.
📅7 Oct 1 p.m. BST 👇
tacklingnatureloss.live.ft.c…
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Climate change could cause lakes to turn from blue to green 🌊
Scientists are sounding the alarm about the consequences of #ClimateChange on species but effects on ecosystems can be quite visible too.
📰 by @malaymail ⬇️
malaymail.com/news/life/2022…
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Many penguin species are at risk of extinction🐧🐧🐧🐧
Do you know which #penguin species are nearly-threatened, vulnerable, or endangered?
Learn more via @LewisPughFDN 📚
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🚨 Happening today!
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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Nature is declining🌿
Direct and indirect drivers of change in nature have accelerated during the past 50 years.
The @IPBES #GlobalAssessment found #InvasiveAlienSpecies to be 1 of 5 direct drivers with the largest global impacts.
ipbes.net/global-assessment
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Monday was #WorldHabitatDay with @unhabitat
#Biodiversity supports the health and well-being of people living in cities, providing stress reduction, food security and opportunities for social connection. 🌱
For a #sustainable future for all. 🌎
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🌍Want to help shape more #NaturePositive business?
.@IPBES Executive Secretary Anne Larigauderie will be a keynote speaker at the European #BusinessNatureSummit.✨
📣Join @eu_env & @bizbioir on 18-19 October 2022 in Brussels.🇧🇪
Register here: environment.ec.europa.eu/eur…
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🐾“We must make important decisions, not always thinking about immediate profit, but what it will leave for future generations.”🤝
🇪🇸The Froxán community is replacing industrially planted trees with native species.🌲🌳
A Local Biodiversity Outlook 📽️: localbiodiversityoutlooks.ne…
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🐙Fishing is the main driver of marine #biodiversity loss.
—@IPBES #GlobalAssessment
🐟There are ways to ensure sustainable #food production from #oceans while protecting marine species & ecosystems.🪸
Learn more w/ @fao: 5 advantages of artisanal fisheries and aquaculture👇
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. #DYK that some soils can become so dry they can't effectively absorb water? A downpour can wash away valuable nutrients and lead to flash flooding. 🌊
🌿Plants can help prevent further soil loss while helping to replenish lost nutrients.
📰@dwnews 👇
dw.com/en/heavy-rain-not-nec…
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Drought is one of the striking consequences of #ClimateChange.🌡🌎
🌾Droughts can lead habitat loss, migration of local species & spread of invasive alien species and thus loss of #biodiversity.🦎
Protecting land helps to protect life.
📷 @un
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How can the experiences of @ipbes, @who, @ipcc_ch, @unepirp & @unepozone inform a new science-policy panel on #chemicals, #waste & #pollution?
IPBES ExecSec Dr. Anne Larigauderie will speak in @unep webinar
📅5 Oct, 3:00 p.m. GMT+2 👉 ggkp.org/ZTx
#ForNature
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New report from @wwfcanada stresses how #Indigenous peoples play a primary role in conserving ecosystems in protected areas and how their involvement provides opportunities for advancing community-led conservation.
More at wwf.ca/media-releases/wwf-ca…
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Countries are stepping up to act #ForNature but there is still work to do.
This year @unbiodiversity’s #COP15 offers an opportunity to reverse nature loss for a world where there is more nature tomorrow than there is today.🌴🌻🐆
#NaturePositive
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Global colour authority @pantone 🎨 has released a new tone inspired by the world's oldest pigment. The pink hue from marine sedimentary rocks dating back 1.1 billion years aims to draw attention to #biodiversity loss. 🌺🦩
More from @thedieline: thedieline.com/blog/2022/9/1…
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Healthy soil requires chemical balance⚖️
Some of the chemicals in soil are vital for plant growth, for example:
🌿Nitrogen promotes leaf growth
🌱Phosphorus helps roots to grow strong
🌼Potassium helps flowers and fruits to develop
Infographic from @fao 👇
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