Spain's 🇪🇸 #Doñana reserve, one of Europe’s most important wetlands, has been forced to compete for water💧 with local industry and is now facing a drought so severe, scientists are warning #biodiversity might 'vanish for good'.
Report by @_kirawalker: aljazeera.com/features/2022/…
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#ClimateChange is one of the top 5 direct drivers of #BiodiversityLoss. 🌡️🌿
👇 See this #dataviz created by @ipcc_ch author @ed_hawkins showing how exceptional the last decades are compared to the last millennium.🔴
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Cities can be a part of the solution #ForNature🌆🌿
Both people and nature benefit when the natural environment in and around cities is enhanced.
🌇Happy #WorldCitiesDay!🏙️
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Today is #WorldCitiesDay! 🏙️
How can cities protect & promote #biodiversity?🌳
📌Creating green corridors
📌Supporting healthy biodiversity
📌Maintaining & restoring ecosystems
📷 @UNHABITAT
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Have you ever seen a walking feather? 🪶
Look at this feather mimic caterpillar from Ecuador 🇪🇨. It even takes a few steps backwards sometimes as if agitated by the wind!🐛
🎥Andreas Kay
🐝 Marine TRÉBAUL Ⓥ𓃟 PhD - #SDGs - #Breton
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Researchers find lack of oxygen in Earth’s ocean millions of years ago was responsible for one of the historical mass extinctions – relevant as #ClimateChange contributes to decreasing levels of ocean oxygen today.
🗞️@SciTechDaily1 ⬇️
scitechdaily.com/a-really-ba…
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Much that we depend on and value - clean water, health, #biodiversity, food, energy & transport - is affected by #ClimateChange🌡🌎
Exceeding global warming of 1.5°C will have serious consequences for people & the rest of nature, some will be irreversible🥀
🎥@UNOCHA @ifrc
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🚨 Reminder: Deadline approaching.
📢CALL FOR NOMINATIONS📢
🔎@IPBES is seeking experts & practitioners with expertise in impacts & dependencies of #business on #biodiversity and nature’s contributions to ppl from all relevant business & financial sectors
Learn more:
ipbes.net/notification/nomin…
.#BizBiodiversity
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New research on world’s largest ocean reserve signals potential of marine protected areas to provide spill-over benefits for migratory species while protecting local fish populations. 🐟🐠
@karenmcveigh1/@guardian reports on @sciencemagazine study: theguardian.com/environment/…
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According to @unep's #EmissionsGap Report rapid transformation is needed to achieve emissions goals.
💭What role do #NatureBasedSolutions play in climate mitigation?
👉Explore #BiodiversityClimateScience from @ipbes-@IPCC_CH Co-Sponsored W/shop Report ipbes.net/biodiversityclimat…
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"Far short of Paris goals"
Updated pledges since #COP26 take <1% off projected 2030 greenhouse gas emissions
- @unep #EmissionsGap Report 2022
Nature-based🌱 solutions can greatly contribute to #climatechange mitigation
📗ipbes.net/events/ipbes-ipcc-…
#BiodiversityClimateScience
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The national biodiversity platform of Türkiye 🇹🇷 for @ipbes has joined Twitter. Follow Turkish-language news about #biodiversity and #ecosystem services at 💻@BES_Turkiye!
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🚨Deadline approaching - apply now!
📢Call for @ipbes Fellows to contribute to:
💡#BizBiodiversity assessment of impact & dependence of business on biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people: ipbes.net/application/busine…
📅⏰Apply by 1 November!
More about the Fellowship programme: ipbes.net/ipbes-fellowship-p…
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Thanks for your feedback. The link/form does work but you need to be registered (free) and logged in as an IPBES website user first - only then do you have access. Apologies for the confusion, we are changing the wording now to make this more clear.
Why invest in #nature conservation?
🍞Help prevent poverty
🐅Help prevent poaching, illegal logging & mining
💡Create jobs
🌾Safeguard nature's contributions to the economy
🌦Fight #ClimateChange
🦜Recover #biodiversity
⚕️Guard against future pandemics
For a healthy planet🌎🌍🌏
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Great initiative! 💥
If we want to tackle the current #biodiversity crisis, we need youth on board.🌍
Learn more about @ipbes findings in our #GlobalAssessment report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services⬇️
ipbes.net/global-assessment
The Irish 🇮🇪 Children & Young People’s Assembly on Biodiversity Loss is a remarkable initiative.👏🏼
It will inform the Irish Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity Loss & uses @ipbes #GlobalAssessment to guide its efforts.🌳
🗞️@rte @cypbiodiversity rte.ie/news/2022/1013/132903…
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The Irish 🇮🇪 Children & Young People’s Assembly on Biodiversity Loss is a remarkable initiative.👏🏼
It will inform the Irish Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity Loss & uses @ipbes #GlobalAssessment to guide its efforts.🌳
🗞️@rte @cypbiodiversity rte.ie/news/2022/1013/132903…
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📢 #HappeningNOW in a hybrid format🙋💻
Final in-person @ipbes #InvasiveAlienSpecies assessment authors meeting - in Chile. 🇨🇱
How to evaluate alien and invasive species and their control?💭
🗓Find out more when the report is considered for approval in 2023!
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Following @gretathunberg & @mayors4climate, @ipbes is honoured to have been awarded the 2022 Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity w/ @ipcc_ch 🏆
This is a strong call to action #ForNature & major support for the production of scientific knowledge.🌱🔍
📰 @ABC
abcnews.go.com/Technology/wi…
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🦎Biodiversity is everywhere & we interact with it every day.🌿
Biodiversity is the 'web of life': the variability of all living organisms & the ecological complexes of which they are part.🐾🌱🐛
Protect & restore #biodiversity to secure our shared future.🌍
🎥@IFAD
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