Alaska's🇺🇸 snow crab population decreased from 11 billion to 2 billion in just 4 years, forcing authorities to halt fishing. Scientists are investigating whether habitat loss, #ClimateChange and/or overfishing are to blame🦀
More via @emmasaanne/@guardian
theguardian.com/environment/…
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A wild bison has been born in the UK🇬🇧 the first in thousands of years, thanks to a rewilding project.
The project aims to asses how bison act as “ecosystem engineers” to restore wild habitats, writes @dpcarrington in @guardian: theguardian.com/environment/…
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🌡️🦋💡#Biodiversity loss & #ClimateChange are both driven by human economic activities & mutually reinforce each other
How can we successfully resolve both crises?💭
Learn more w/ #BiodiversityClimateScience from @ipbes & @ipcc_ch co-sponsored w/shop Report
#cop27egypt #COP27
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The emperor penguin 🐧 has been declared a threatened species by the U.S. government 🇺🇸. The effects of #ClimateChange on the penguin’s natural sea ice habitat are causing colonies to experience breeding failures.
More from @nbcnews: nbcnews.com/news/us-news/emp…
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23% of endemic species in #Africa are threatened. 🐘
#Biodiversity loss and the reduction in nature's contributions to people in the region negatively impact people's daily lives and well-being.
Find out more in @IPBES #RegionalAssessment: ipbes.net/sites/default/file…
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.@SofiQuaglia from @guardian explores how artists are using their works to express 'ecological grief' about the loss of nature - from the destruction of ecosystems to species extinctions.
Click to read: 👇
theguardian.com/environment/…
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Today is International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War & Armed Conflict! #EnvConflictDay
Safeguarding #nature and maintaining peace go hand-in-hand.🌎🌿🕊
Sustainable resources are put at risk in conflicts 🔁 Conflicts damage the environment.
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Today is the first day of @UNFCCC #COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. 🇪🇬
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Framework Convention on #ClimateChange. #TogetherForImplementation
Find out more: cop27.eg
#ClimateAction @COP27P
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A lioness with a striking gaze!🦁⚡️
✨Start your weekend with this video of an intimate moment between a lioness and her cubs.🦁💛
🎥@wildcapturd
Wild Captured
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With @ramsarconv #COP14, Wetlands Action for People & Nature, fast approaching, it's key to remember:
📌Wetlands are among the most important ecosystems for people & nature
📌Wetlands provide almost all the world’s freshwater
📌 And...⬇️
#ActForWetlands #GlobalAssessment
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Ramsar #COP14 is putting #Wetlands action for people and nature at the 💚of climate, #biodiversity & global goals.
🗓️ 5-13 November
📷 @ramsarconv
➡️ramsar.org/event/14th-meetin…
#ActForWetlands
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Narwhals -the 'Unicorns of the Sea'- have been delaying their migration by ±10 days each decade since 1997. Findings suggest it's in response to the Canadian Arctic's 🇨🇦 changes in sea ice & temperature due to #ClimateChange.
By @sofiquaglia at @guardian: theguardian.com/environment/…
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#HappeningNow💡
The 🇫🇷 Research Institute for Development @ird_fr is hosting @ipbes Task Force on Capacity-Building meeting in Marseille.🤝
🙇 >20 IRD experts have contributed as authors to IPBES over many years.✍️
Follow the opening online: ird-fr.zoom.us/j/87527905366…
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Congratulations to Valencia 🇪🇸 on being named European Green Capital 2024 🇪🇺.
It is important to remember that cities are essential to achieving an effective green transition & preserve & restore #biodiversity.
🗞️@eu_mayor ⬇️
themayor.eu/en/a/view/valenc…
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🌊 Ocean health is an indicator of #ClimateChange.
The ocean regulates global climate by mediating temperature, driving weather, influencing rainfall, droughts & floods.
But see below some of the negative consequences that climate change is having on the ocean.🌡🌊
📷@UN
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#DYK that a healthy soil can benefit #biodiversity in many ways? 🌳
📌Habitat for organisms
📌Carbon storage
📌Medium for plant growth
📌Water & Climate regulator
🖼️ @unccd & @stella_caraman_
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🌾Sustainable agriculture can help protect #health & #biodiversity and limit #ClimateChange.
Sustainable agriculture can enhance #soil quality, improving productivity and ecosystem functions such as carbon sequestration & water quality regulation.🌱🍄
— @IPBES #GlobalAssessment
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Hunted and threatened by #ClimateChange, the arctic fox is critically endangered in Finland.🦊❄️
Good news ! Going from 100 individuals in the early 2000s to 450 today, the species is breeding again.
— @wwf
worldwildlife.org/stories/cr…
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🚨 Reminder: Last day to submit the application form!
📢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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🚨 Last day to apply!
📢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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