Carved and painted Mexican Oaxacan handcraft of an armadillo - inspiration is one of the many less tangible but deeply important values ascribed to nature by many communities
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The trade in wild species provides income for exporting countries & harvesters and can diversify sources to redirect pressure from species being unsustainably used, it also decouples consumption of wild species from their places of origin.
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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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How do different worldviews and knowledge systems influence the way people interact with and value nature?🚣🙏🌿
@IPBES #ValuesAssessment proposes a new typology of values.
Learn more: bit.ly/IPBES_VA
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Policymakers have the potential to ensure a more balanced consideration of nature’s diverse values, but success in this regard has been limited.
How can we include more diverse values of nature in policymaking?✍️🌺
#ValuesAssessment 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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“Overexploitation is one of the main threats to the survival of many land-based and aquatic species in the wild”
—Prof. John Donaldson, co-chair of the @ipbes #SustainableUse of Wild Species Assessment
Learn more: bit.ly/IPBES_SUA
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The @IPBES #ValuesAssessment provides guidance on the diverse values of nature and how to integrate them into decision-making.
Explore 4 main section themes in the summary for policymakers💡🔖 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
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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🌎🌾
@IPBES #SustainableUse of Wild Species Assessment: bit.ly/IPBES_SUA
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How can we use wild species more sustainably?🔍
🌍🌱@IPBES #SustainableUse of Wild Species Assessment presents 7 key elements that can be used as levers to promote more sustainable use of wild species when scaled-up across practices, regions & sectors
bit.ly/IPBES_SUA
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What are the different ways in which nature is valued?🌳💭
@IPBES #ValuesAssessment finds that there is a dominant global focus on short-term profits & economic growth, often excluding the consideration of multiple values of nature in policy decisions
👉 bit.ly/IPBES_VA
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Billions of people benefit daily from the use of wild species
The accelerating global biodiversity crisis, with a million species of plants & animals facing extinction, threatens these contributions to people.
#SustainableUse
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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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There exist many valuation methods & approaches to elicit & assess the diverse values of nature
Valuation methods originate from diverse disciplines & knowledge systems incl. #ILK
@IPBES #ValuesAssessment groups the valuation methods into 4 non-disciplinary ‘method families’📖
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"The type and quality of information that valuation studies can produce largely depends on how, why and by whom valuation is designed and applied."
—@MikeChristieUni, co-chair of @IPBES #ValuesAssessment
👉bit.ly/IPBES_VA
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Sustainable logging may be supported by:
🌳Management & certification of forests 4 multiple uses
💻Tech innovations to reduce waste in manufacturing of wood products
⚖️Economic & political initiatives that recognize rights of indigenous ppls & local communities
#SustainableUse
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A new report by @IPBES offers insights, analysis and tools to establish more #SustainableUse of wild species of plants, animals, fungi & algae around the world.
Access the media release and summary for policymakers: ipbes.net/media_release/Sust…
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📢💡Webinar Alert💻🎙️
Join @ipbes, @iifb_indigenous, @women4biodiv & the COD-ILK Network for a discussion exploring key messages on #IndigenousPeoples & local communities from the recently published @ipbes Assessment Reports
Learn more & register: ipbes.net/events/webinar-ind…
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