🐾 Have you ever seen a #jaguar jump from tree to tree? 😮
Although not quite as agile as a leopard, look at the ease with which jaguars climb trees, to hunt or to rest. 🌳
🎥 @lecontempiateur
🌍 Le Contemplateur
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✨Admire this magnificent Humpback Whale💙
Whales are among the most breathtaking animals with whom we share the planet 🌏 & also play a vital role in maintaining ocean health and the global climate. 🐳🐋
🎥 Ningaloo Discovery
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Extraordinary images by photographer @levonbissphoto capture a vanishing world of 40+ extinct or endangered insects from the collections of NY's @amnh. 🐞🦋🐝
Explore the full gallery here extinctandendangered.com/gal… and read more from @nellylew at @cnn➡️ edition.cnn.com/style/articl…
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The Congo Basin is home to an ecosystem rich in plants, reptiles, amphibians, birds & invertebrates.🐊🦍
≈77 million people in the Basin rely on these natural resources which must be protected for human health & well-being.
🔎@IPBES #RegionalAssessment: ipbes.net/assessment-reports…
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#DYK that about 25 % of all marine life, including more than 4,000 species of fish, are dependent on coral reefs at some point in their life cycle? 🐠🐙🐳🌿
Coral reefs are essential to the biological balance of the ocean. So, what can we do to protect them? ⬇️
📷@noaaocean
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A coral field has been described in Moiá-Moiá beach, on the island of Santiago, Cape Verde 🇨🇻.
Researchers affirm: “If we lose coral, we lose breeding grounds for important fish. So, by protecting coral species, we protect the ecosystem."
🗞️@africanews
africanews.com/2022/11/30/ca…
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Ever wonder about the impact of @IPBES Assessments & other work?💭💡
Explore 400+ impacts in the #IPBES Impact Tracking Database (TRACK) across scales & countries
Know of a missing impact? Contribute via the TRACK submission portal #crowdsourcing
➡️ipbes.net/impact-tracking-vi…
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“Australia's 🇦🇺 Great Barrier Reef should be listed as a world heritage site that is 'in danger'", according to @unesco. The world's biggest coral reef ecosystem has been significantly impacted by climate change and warming of oceans.
🗞️@Reuters⬇️
reuters.com/world/asia-pacif…
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Due to #ClimateChange, wildlife and human life are struggling to survive in Norway's 🇳🇴 Svalbard archipelago, believed to be the fastest-warming place on Earth. 🌡️
"You feel on borrowed time here," write @kate_vandy
and @beaking_news on @bbcworld: bbc.com/news/world-europe-63…
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💭🌳#DYK that large urban trees are excellent filters of urban pollutants & fine particulates?
The right trees in the right places can do so much #ForNature and for people
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Learn more w/ @FAO #CitiesWithNature
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Businesses depend on and benefit from #biodiversity and nature's contributions to people in various ways and have a range of positive and negative impacts on biodiversity.
At #COP15, @ipbes presented ongoing work on the #BizBiodiversity assessment & how to become engaged.
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New native bee species 🐝 with distinctive 'snout' described in Australia 🇦🇺. "Bees don't have noses, they smell with their antennae, but it looked like a snout," claims researcher @beebabette.
🗞️@abcnews: abc.net.au/news/2022-11-05/n…
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At #COP15, @ipbes presented ongoing work on the #NexusAssessment on the interlinkages among #biodiversity, water, food & health.
"One thing that became clear in the #GlobalAssessment was how connected everything is, and this assessment seeks to address that."
- @dobura, co-chair
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❓How can transformative change be achieved?
At @unbiodiversity #COP15, @ipbes experts @cchange_obrien & @luqui_garibaldi presented ongoing work on the #TransformativeChange Assessment, which will feature a case study database with a range of real-world examples and options.
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“It's true that halting & reversing nature’s decline takes time. But this doesn't mean that we cannot put nature onto the path of recovery by 2030."
🗞️Interview with @ipbes expert @sdiazecology by @sahanaghosh8 for @mongabayindia⬇️
#COP15
india.mongabay.com/2022/12/i…
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That was also a topic of discussion in this interview with IPBES Executive Secretary Anne Larigauderie. ⬇️
#COP15
“That’s one of the key solutions, shifting to diets based mostly on plants, less on meat and fish. This is not about going vegan, but about doing without [meat and fish] several meals per week", stresses @IPBES’s Executive Secretary. francetvinfo.fr/monde/enviro…
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What is #COP15? How does it aim to protect nature? And why is it so important?🤔
If you are not sure about the answers to these questions, check out this explainer article by the @guardian ⬇️
theguardian.com/environment/…
#ForNature
@cbd_cop15
@unbiodiversity
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The ocean connects, sustains, and supports us all. Yet its health is severely threatened and so is the well-being of all that depend on it. 🐳🎣
#COP15 is a pivotal moment for protecting and restoring ocean biodiversity. 🐟🌊🚣
#ForPeopleForPlanet
📷@UNDP
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🚨Happening today
What will it take to understand #biodiversity loss & what are possible solutions?🌿
💡Tune in to #NaturesMoment on Friday to hear @ipbes Exec. Sec. Anne Larigauderie discuss biodiversity’s critical importance for #GlobalDevelopment.
Register at events.project-syndicate.org…
@ProSyn
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"Invasive alien species are a global problem that needs global solutions & a long-term problem requiring long-term solutions. Many invasive species don't become problematic until long after their introduction."
@pstoett, co-chair @ipbes #InvasiveAlienSpecies assessment
#COP15
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