Today is International Mountain Day⛰️
#DYK that mountain ecosystems are threatened by⬇️
🚜Expansion of agriculture & settlements upslope
🪵Logging for timber & fuel
⛰️Replacement of alpine systems by highland pastures
💦Climate Change
—@IPBES #GlobalAssessment
#MountainsMatter
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"The world is dynamic. Sustainable use is not something that can be achieved and then it’s done. It’s an ongoing process of transformative change.”
— Marla Emery, co-chair of @ipbes #SustainableUse Assessment at IPBES side event at @UNBiodiversity #COP15
@cbd_cop15
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At #COP15, @ipbes Executive Secretary Anne Larigauderie handed over the first copies of the new #SustainableUse & the #ValuesAssessment Summaries for Policymakers to @hdavidcooper, Deputy Executive Secretary of @UNBiodiversity.🌿
Together #ForNature!
@cbd_cop15
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On the sidelines of #COP15, @ipbes Executive Secretary will give a keynote speech🎙️ at the @wclimate #WBSummit2022, which aims to catalyze public-private partnerships and #NaturePositive investments. 🐘🌿
Register to tune in & view the online programme: worldbiodiversitysummit.org/…
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"The work of IPBES has also strongly inspired the #GBF with: the emphasis on addressing the direct & the underlying drivers of #biodiversity loss & the importance of recognizing & enabling the expression of different value systems."
Anne Larigauderie, @ipbes Exec. Sec. at #COP15
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🚨Happening today!
Attending @unbiodiversity #COP15 in Montreal? 🇨🇦
@ipbes will be there to share the latest news about our ongoing assessments:
📌Invasive Alien Species
📌Transformative change
📌Interlinkages of biodiversity, water, food & health (Nexus)
📅Join us!
⏰ 9 Dec, 13:15 p.m. (GMT-5)
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🚨Last day to apply!
JOIN TEAM IPBES! 📢
Do you want to help deepen & expand implementation of @ipbes stakeholder engagement #ForNature?
We are hiring a Stakeholder Engagement Consultant!
12-month, in-person contract.
🇩🇪 Bonn, Germany
✍️ Deadline to apply: 9 December 2022
➡️careers.un.org/lbw/jobdetail…
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The deterioration of #biodiversity & ecosystems has direct & indirect implications for public health & can exacerbate inequalities in access to healthcare & healthy diets🌎
TODAY: Join @ipbes' #COP15 side event to hear about the ongoing #NexusAssessment⬇️
cbd.int/side-events/4318
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⏳Urgent transformative action #ForNature is needed by govnmts. & society, including indigenous peoples & local communities, civil society & business
At @unbiodiversity #COP15 @ipbes will discuss upcoming assessments, including on #TransformativeChange
9 Dec, 13:15 EST, Rm 512F
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The spread of invasive alien species is increasing with negative impacts #ForNature 🐸🌿
Did you know that @ipbes experts are currently working on a thematic #InvasiveAlienSpecies assessment? 🤔
Stay tuned & join us on 9/12 at #COP15 to know more ⬇️
cbd.int/side-events/4318
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🚨Happening today!
Are you attending @unbiodiversity #COP15 in Montreal? 🇨🇦
@ipbes will be present to discuss the findings of the #SustainableUse Assessment & the #ValuesAssessment, particularly with regard to safeguarding nature for our common future. 🌻🐸 Join us!
⏰8 Dec, 1:15 p.m. (GMT-5)
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The use of wild species is central to the lives of people and a vital part of almost every human community. 🌿🦙
TODAY: Discover how people can benefit sustainably from wild species at @ipbes' side event at #COP15 on the #SustainableUse Assessment. 🐅
🔎 cbd.int/side-events/4317
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Scientists discovered an oasis of life 500 m deep in the Indian Ocean.🌊
Here, layers of volcanic rock & fossilized reefs form vertical cliffs that appear to “trap” tiny organisms and serve as feeding grounds for predators such as sharks.🦈
📰@mongabay
news.mongabay.com/2022/10/de…
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🌍 "Overexploitation is a main threat to #biodiversity, but there are global examples of sustainable use, particularly with a view to indigenous peoples and local communities."
— Marla Emery, co-chair of @ipbes #SustainableUse Assessment, at @unbiodiversity #COP15
@cbd_cop15
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💡🌍“If we can incorporate the different ways that people value nature, we are more likely to achieve #TransformativeChange and protect #biodiversity.”
—@MikeChristieUni, co-chair of @ipbes #ValuesAssessment, at @unbiodiversity #COP15
@cbd_cop15
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🍄💭 How to establish more sustainable use of wild species of plants, animals, fungi & algae around the world?
Learn more about insights, analysis and tools available at the @ipbes side event at @unbiodiversity #COP15 on the #SustainableUse Assessment.
🔎cbd.int/side-events/4317
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🍅🌳 Decisions based on a narrow set of market values of nature underpin the global #biodiversity crisis.
—@ipbes #ValuesAssessment
Learn more about how to measure the values of nature at @ipbes' side event at #COP15 on the #ValuesAssessment.💡
🔎cbd.int/side-events/4317
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“With biodiversity declining faster than any other time in human history, our quality of life, our well-being, & our economies are under threat."
@CBD_COP15 is where we take meaningful action to tackle #biodiversity loss.
🗞️@mremae & @ipsnewsunbureau
ipsnews.net/2022/11/cop-15-t…
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Despite ongoing efforts, #biodiversity is deteriorating worldwide & this decline is projected to continue or worsen under business-as-usual scenarios.
Learn more about the different ways in which nature can be valued with @ipbes #ValuesAssessment @ #COP15
cbd.int/side-events/4317
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Sandra Díaz on 'Science Day' at #COP15🌿⬇️
“While #biodiversity loss is an ecological problem, the solutions are social, economic & political. What is needed is transformative change across these factors. This needs to be highlighted as much as possible in the #GBF.”
📷 @IPBES
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