🌪️🌊🔥Disasters are interconnected - and so are the solutions that help mitigate them. Learn more in this explainer video using the example of sand mining in Lagos, Nigeria.
📽️ @unuehs #InterconnectedRisks
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"India and Nepal have some successful examples that can [...] act as beacons of sustainable use to catalyse transformation elsewhere."
- Commentary on IPBES #SustainableUse Assessment
📰 @MongabayIndia
india.mongabay.com/2022/08/c…
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The rapid decline of biodiversity & changes in climate are tightly intertwined💡
They share underlying direct & indirect drivers, they interact & can have cascading & complex effects that impact ppl's good quality of life & compromise societal goals
.#BiodiversityClimateScience
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Earth is experiencing greatest decline of reef sharks ever recorded. Sharks no longer present on 19% of #CoralReefs 🦈🪸
Major global study via @sciencemagazine h/lights successful conservation for reef shark populations:
science.org/content/article/…
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Whether it's the climate crisis or #biodiversity loss: As we become increasingly interconnected, so do the risks that we share. 🪢🌍
Find out more in the new @unuehs #InterconnectedRisks report:
interconnectedrisks.org
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The use of wild species is a vital part of almost every human community. How can people sustainably benefit from wild species?💭🍄🌿
Learn more: @ipbes #SustainableUse of Wild Species Assessment - bit.ly/IPBES_SUA
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Deadly droughts, historic floods & extreme weather events - this is #AfricaClimateWeek and African leaders are calling for urgent action across the continent and beyond 🌍🌦️🌡️
Via @aljazeera:
Five things to know for Africa Climate Week
aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/28…
@Cop27P @unfccc
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Excellent global engagement on vital science-policy evidence and options
This tweet on the @IPBES #ValuesAssessment has received 10,000 likes. Great to see our report having such high global reach 😊
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📢JUST OUT: The #InterconnectedRisks Report by @unuehs 🪢🌍
Analyzing 10 disasters from the past year, it finds that they could have been avoided or their impacts significantly lowered if the right kind of solutions had been in place.
Read more here: interconnectedrisks.org
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Listen at Profs. @BalvaneraPatty & John Donaldson (@IPBES #ValuesAssessment & #SustainableUse of Wild Species Assessment) discuss the values of nature with @pattrn @weatherchannel
“The biodiversity crisis is found in every single corner of the planet.”
That’s what @IPBES assessment author @BalvaneraPatty told us.
Here’s why #biodiversity is so important, and how to help support the world’s wild species.
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🏭Industrial activities,
🌾Agriculture,
🐠Aquaculture,
🪨Mining,
🌳Deforestation,
💧Water extraction...
...are all causes of habitat loss that threatens #biodiversity.
👇Learn more with the infographic from @EUEnvironment
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💥📢 Happening today!
📢💡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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Coral reefs are both architectural and biological masterpieces. They host incredible biodiversity, supply our food, and support our health and livelihoods, incl. through tourism.
Learn more about some of the values of these rich ecosystems via @nature_org🐠👇
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Why has traditional livestock farming become vital for biodiversity?🌱💭
How is traditional livestock farming different?
What does the future hold for traditional livestock farmers?
↘️ Explore the story of Ibolya Sáfiánné in a traditional herding family: localbiodiversityoutlooks.ne…
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"It is essential to understand the very different ways in which people value nature, as well as the different ways that exist to measure these values."🌿🛶🐾
—@Anamariamojita, @ipbes Chair
📖@IPBES #ValuesAssessment: bit.ly/IPBES_VA
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Watch this adorable bear cub fall over backwards when seing a seal.😍
🐻❄️ A polar bear waits patiently for a seal, but her cub is taken by surprise when it appears unexpectedly. 🦭
🎥@FrRonconi
Franco Ronconi 🇮🇹
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Protecting nature is a key factor in achieving the net zero target, avoiding the worst impacts of #ClimateChange and preserving a livable planet. 🌱🌼🌏
🎥 @unep
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The #dugong, a marine mammal that has frequented China's southern waters for hundreds of years, has been declared functionally extinct in the region. With its gentle nature, it is said to have inspired ancient mermaid tales.🧜♀️
📰@farahmaster @reuters 👇
reuters.com/business/environ…
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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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It's #WorldWaterWeek 💧🔵
#ClimateChange is 1 of the key factors altering the water cycle. It...
💦affects evaporation & precipitation
🌦 leads to changes in weather
🌊 raises the ocean level, warms it & acidifies the water
🧊decreases sea ice
👇Infographic from @EUEnvironment
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