A busy day at #IPBES9 featuring intense discussions in two working groups
Topics range from the value of #SustainableUse of wild species for people and nature to capacity-building, knowledge and data, and Indigenous and local knowledge
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Policy decisions about nature should take into account the wide range of ways in which people value it, so that they can more effectively address the biodiversity crisis and help achieve the #SDGs.
Learn more w/@IPBES #ValuesAssessment is scheduled to launch on Monday, 11 July
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"This #ValuesAssessment will help us better understand the different ways that people interact with and benefit from nature, and also help us grasp the way we can measure these"
—@mremae, Executive Secretary of @UNBiodiversity
💭Learn more: ipbes.net/values-assessment
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139 member States came together in Bonn🌏🌍🌎
Day 1 & 2 of #IPBES9 saw the initiation of the work on the @IPBES #SustainableUse Assessment📘 and the work of Working Group II: Task Force.
👉ipbes.net/events/ipbes-9-ple…
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Day 3 at #IPBES9 in Bonn 🇩🇪
🔎 Look below for the provisional agenda for the day's events 👇
Work continues for both Working Group I on the 📘#SustainableUse assessment and the Working Group II Task Force, both groups will meet from 10am-1pm & 3pm-6pm.
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#IPBESstakeholder Day on Saturday featured talks from @ONet_IPBES, @IIFB_indigenous & @CABES_iki & more 🌍🌏🌎
+ Presentations on current and upcoming @IPBES assessments, including the #SustainableUse Assessment & #ValuesAssessment scheduled to launch at #IPBES9 🌿
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"@SteffiLemke welcomed the important work done by @IPBES esp. its focus this week on values and the #SustainableUse of wild species—as a vitally important contribution to the global, regional & national efforts to protect biodiversity more effectively"
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✨#IPBES9 started yesterday✨
In the opening session, remarks were delivered by @IPBES Chair, @Anamariamojita, Executive Secretary, Anne Larigauderie, @andersen_inger @UNEP, @ivonnehiguero @CITES & regional groups 🌍🌏🌎
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"Today one million species [of plants & animals] are at risk of extinction. And the unsustainable, illegal & unregulated use of species is a large part of the problem"
—@andersen_inger, Exec Director @UNEP
🌿More about @IPBES #SustainableUse Assessment ipbes.net/values-assessment
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"#Biodiversity loss and #ClimateChange are the two sides of the same coin."
—said @SteffiLemke, Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection, @BMUV at the Opening Ceremony of #IPBES9 in Bonn 🇩🇪🌿
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Welcome to the 2nd day at #IPBES9 in Bonn 🇩🇪
👇 See the day 2 agenda below 👇
Today's program begins with Working Group I on the #SustainableUse assessment and Working Group II on the IPBES task forces, both meeting from 10am-1pm & 3pm-6pm CEST.
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🐝🦋🐘#IPBES9 started today🐾🌳🐳
139 Member States, Observers, Stakeholders, @IPBES Secretariat. Technical Support Units, Experts, and more will meet in Bonn from 3 to 9 July.
The Opening Ceremony will stream live from 6pm CEST 👉 bit.ly/IPBES9Opening
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"I’m sure they [Parties to @CITES] will see this Assessment Report as a considerable resource, helping to underpin their future work with the latest science from our foremost experts."
—@ivonnehiguero, SG of @CITES about @IPBES #SustainableUse of Wild Species Assessment
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