Can you name these 3 animals? And #DYK what they have in common?
Manatees, marine turtles & dugongs are endangered species that use seagrass as their primary food source & breeding ground.🌊🌿They also contribute to the maintenance of seagrass habitats.
- @BonnConvention
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#DYK that tropical #deforestation actively contributes to #ClimateChange, making those areas warmer and drier? 🌴🌴
In fact, forests are among nature’s best defenders against climate change. 🌳
#ForNature
📷 @unesco
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Whales play a big role in overall health of the marine environment - also capturing carbon from the atmosphere & helping to fight #ClimateChange.🐋
But global warming is affecting their food & changing their migratory routes.🌡🌊
Meet the 5 largest whales w/ @lewispughfdn 👇
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How to help preserve #Indigenous cultures & #nature? 🌿
"Maladaptation can be avoided by flexible, multi sectoral, inclusive, long-term planning and implementation of adaptation actions, with co-benefits to many sectors and systems."
—@ipcc_ch AR6 Synthesis Report
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"After examining satellite imagery & data outlining changes in the Amazon region between 2001 & 2018, an international team of scientists has found that as many as 38% of the remaining forests have been degraded"
🔎Study by Lapola et al.
🗞️@ST_Sustainable
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The 6th meeting of the @ipbes Capacity-Building Forum will focus on building capacities of #youth on the findings of IPBES Assessments & engagement w/ the science-policy interface on #biodiversity.
Learn more & register by 21 April: ⬇️
ipbes.net/notification/6th-m…
#IPBESstakeholders
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📣WE ARE HIRING!
🌿Do you love #biodiversity & want to communicate science #ForNature?
💻Do you have professional experience managing #SocialMedia?
🐦This opportunity is for you!
Apply by MAY 13 ⬇️
careers.un.org/lbw/jobdetail…
#CommsJobs
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🎉 Today @ipbes gained our 120,000th follower. 🎉
Thank you all for your interest in #biodiversity science and IPBES work! We are glad you are here with us #ForNature.
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"Scientists discover that whales use “phonic lips” in their nose to produce the loudest sounds in the animal kingdom." 🐋
🔎Madsen et al.
🗞️@hannahdev for @guardian
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Sloths are known to be incredibly slow-moving mammals. 🦥🦥
But did you know that they often hang motionless on branches between feeding and sleeping, which can be up to 15-20 hours every day?🤔
🎥 | ChuiChuan Chiu (FB) via @linjianyangbe
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The new Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, #GBF, is ground-breaking in its recognition of the critical role of Indigenous peoples and local communities in protecting and restoring ecosystems.
#ForNature
🗞️@undp 👇🏽
undp.org/blog/achieve-commit…
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What are the interlinkages between #biodiversity, water, food & health?🤔
@IPBES experts are currently working on the #NexusAssessment to provide decision-makers w/ insights to this question!
On #WorldHealthDay, let's not forget that biodiversity underpins all life on Earth🌍
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Today is #WorldHealthDay & the 75th anniversary of @WHO 🎉
Ecosystem disruption & loss of #biodiversity have major impacts on human health. Yet more reasons why it's important to work #ForNature!
A healthy planet = Healthy people🌍🌿
📷 @WHO
#HealthForAll #OneHealth
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A new study by @NOAA discovers intense heatwaves at the bottom of the ocean🌊
"These heatwaves have dramatically impacted the health of ocean ecosystems around the globe, disrupting the growth of organisms from plankton to whales. "
🗞️@down2earthindia
downtoearth.org.in/video/cli…
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The @ipbes Plenary invites the scientific community & other relevant stakeholders to discuss, as well as test, the Nature Futures Framework ➡️ a flexible tool to develop scenarios & models of desirable futures for people, nature & Mother Earth. 🌎
ipbes.net/notification/notif…
#NFF
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🌊Manatees & dugongs are (mostly) slow-moving, herbivorous marine mammals.
One difference between them is their habitat. Dugongs rarely leave saltwater, whereas manatees can be found both in fresh and saltwater.
👇Learn about their physical differences w/ @britannica
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#ClimateChange is having dangerous impacts on #nature and people in every region of the world. 🌏
What is the @ipcc_ch Climate Change 2023: Synthesis Report and what are its findings?🤔
Watch this brief video & read the report to find out 👇🏽
youtube.com/watch?v=T9CeECpx…
📷 @ipcc_ch
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The @ipbes #ValuesAssessment responds to the need to support decision-makers in understanding & accounting for the wide range of nature’s values to address the current #biodiversity crisis.
Summary for Policymakers now available in all 6 UN languages⬇️
ipbes.net/the-values-assessm…
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JOB OPPORTUNITY! 💻🌿📸
Are you a social media maven with experience of environmental issues and global development?
Join @IPBES as our #SocialMedia Manager (P2) to be based at the IPBES Secretariat Office in Bonn.
⏰Apply by 13 May 2023 👇
careers.un.org/lbw/jobdetail…
#CommsJobs
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