Valuation can support policymaking across the different stages of the policy cycle🔀
In each step, choices need to be made considering the trade-offs in valuation regarding the relevance, robustness, and resource requirements.
📖@IPBES #ValuesAssessment: bit.ly/IPBES_VA
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What are the perspectives through which people relate to nature? Why are they important?🌿🙏
@IPBES #ValuesAssessment presents 4 general perspectives to make new typology of values useful for decision-making. These are: living from, with, in & as nature.
bit.ly/IPBES_VA
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Call for Youth to participate in the @IPBES Youth Workshop 19-23 October 2022 on the Isle of Vilm🇩🇪
📢Youth between 18-30 years of age
🌱Engaged in work on biodiversity
📅DDL: 10 August 2022
More about the application, nomination, & selection process: ipbes.net/notification/youth…
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The use of wild species involves both the practices associated with harvest or other direct interactions with wild species & the end purpose for which the species is used
@IPBES #SustainableUse Assessment considers the following taxa, practices & types of use of wild species👇💡
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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, @UNBiodiversity
👉bit.ly/IPBES_VA
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Globally, deforestation is generally lower on #indigenous territories.
Bringing scientists & #IndigenousPeoples together to learn from each other will strengthen the #SustainableUse of wild species.
📘 bit.ly/IPBES_SUA
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“Shifting decision-making towards the multiple values of nature is a really important part of the system-wide #TransformativeChange needed to address the current global biodiversity crisis.”
—@BalvaneraPatty, co-chair of @IPBES #ValuesAssessment
💡👉bit.ly/IPBES_VA
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🤔💭#DidYouKnow that the trade in wild plants, algae & fungi is increasing for...
🍄food
💊medicine
💅hygiene
🔥energy &
✨ornamental use
📖More in @IPBES #SustainableUse Assessment: bit.ly/IPBES_SUA
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#TransformativeChange can be accelerated by different groups across society.
Each group can play a role in advancing the consideration of the diverse values of nature in decision-making.
What can we do #ForNature?🙌🌿
📖@IPBES #ValuesAssessment: bit.ly/IPBES_VA
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🐛 #MomentforNature 🦎
A high-level thematic debate of the United Nations General Assembly @UNEP and @UN General Assembly
Tuesday, 19 July 2022, 10am – 1pm; 3pm – 6pm
United Nations Headquarters, New York
#ActNow #SaveOurOcean #OnlyOneEarth @UN_PGA
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💬"To account for the real cost of disaster risks and incentivize climate-resilient investment, we need to measure what we value"
—@HeadUNDRR @UNDRR
What are the different ways in which nature is valued?🌳💭@IPBES #ValuesAssessment👉 bit.ly/IPBES_VA
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'From the 10,000 known wild species that humans harvest for food to the firewood that 1 in 3 people need for cooking, nature is key to the livelihoods and survival of billions of people in developed & developing countries'
📰@pgreenfielduk #SustainableUse
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📚@IPBES #ValuesAssessment experts identified 79,000 nature valuation studies, out of which 48,000 provided explicit geo-referenced information.
Stratified random sampling, based on relevant criteria, led to an in-depth review of 1,163 studies. Here's some of what they found 👇
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Illegal use & illegal trade in wild species occur across all practices, and often lead to unsustainable use.
Illegal trade in wild species has est. values of up to US$199 billion annually💰
@IPBES #SustainableUse of Wild Species Assessment bit.ly/IPBES_SUA
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A new #OpenAccess book argues that to bring about transformative biodiversity governance, we must prioritize 'ecocentric, compassionate and just sustainable development'
Read 'Transforming Biodiversity Governance' via @nlenvironagency cambridge.org/core/books/tra…
#Post2020 #COP15
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Approved by representatives of the 139 member States, @IPBES #ValuesAssessment pointed out that ways of preventing power irregularities and embedding nature into policymaking are “in short supply”
📰via @UN
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"The report highlights a major gap between science and policy, with less than 5% of valuation studies finding their way into policy"
💬@ASteiner, @UNDP Administrator about the newly launched @IPBES #ValuesAssessment
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Have you ever eaten wild rice?🍲
Wild rice is a cultural #keystone species, providing physical, spiritual & cultural sustenance for many #IndigenousPeoples in the Great Lakes region of North America🌎🌾
👇Learn more in @IPBES #SustainableUse of Wild Species Assessment 👇
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Policies that support secure tenure rights and equitable access to land, fisheries and forests as well as poverty alleviation, create enabling conditions for sustainable use of wild species🎣🌿🦙
Learn more in 📘@IPBES #SustainableUse Assessment: bit.ly/IPBES_SUA
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Billions of people rely on wild species every day
~50,000 wild species are inextricably linked to human welfare and used for everything from energy production to cosmetics, medicines & trade
📰📰@dctrjack @CNET about @IPBES #SustainableUse Assessment
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