What are the perspectives through which people relate to nature? Why are they important?🌿🙏
@ipbes #ValuesAssessment presents 4 general perspectives to make new typology of values useful for decision-making. These are: living from, with, in & as nature
ipbes.net/the-values-assessm…
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Saving #biodiversity must become a priority of our time.
Biodiversity is the living fabric of our planet. It provides:
🍎The food we eat
💨The air we breathe
🪵The materials we use
But this fabric is under threat.
📷@UNESCO
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"Rabbits, hares & pikas could become this century’s new climate migrants – with up to 2/3 of species forced to relocate. There are almost certainly going to be extinctions among some of the more sensitive & less adaptable species."🐇
🗞️@ConversationEDU
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“According to @iucn, the status of 64 freshwater fish species in Bangladesh 🇧🇩range from vulnerable to critically endangered.”
The #biodiversity & #climatechange crises are threatening Bangladesh’s native freshwater fish.
🗞️@mongabay
news.mongabay.com/2022/10/ha…
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Feeling the Sunday blues?🤔
Here some gentoo penguins to give you a boost 🐧
#HappySunday
🎥@EG_Cunningham⬇️
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✨Tender moments happen all over the animal kingdom.
Start your weekend with this video of a beautiful moment between a mother orca and calf. 🌊💙
🎥 @dolphindronedom
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Reminder: @ipbes members, observers & interested stakeholders can still submit requests, inputs & suggestions regarding the rolling work programme of IPBES up to 2030.
More information here: ⬇️
ipbes.net/notification/call_…
#IPBESstakeholders #ForNature
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Insects account for an estimated 75% of animal life on Earth and are an invaluable and integral part of all life on our planet.
🐝🐛🦋🐞🐜🪰🪲🪳🦟🦗🕷️
Let’s appreciate and protect insects #ForNature and for ourselves
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📖🌿@IPBES #GlobalAssessment found that negative trends in biodiversity & ecosystems will undermine progress towards 80% of the assessed targets of the @GlobalGoalsUN #SDGs, related to poverty, hunger, health, water, cities, climate, oceans, and land.
What can we do #ForNature?
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Changes in land and sea use are among the direct drivers of change in nature with the largest global impact.
But which ecosystems are they impacting and how?
Learn more with @IPBES #GlobalAssessment💭ipbes.net/global-assessment
#ForNature
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Watch the stunning dance of the peacock spider! 🕷🦚
✨As part of their mating ritual, male peacock spiders dance back & forth and display their colorful bodies.
🎥@NatureIs_Lit
Nature Is Lit
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Happy New Year 2023 from @ipbes!
🌟Bonne Année !
🎊¡Feliz Año Nuevo!
🦉新年快乐
🌸С Новым Годом
سنة جديدة سعيدة🦚
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#DYK that female sand vipers can be recognized by the fact that they have a black tail & are larger than males?🤔
If you have never seen a sand viper before, take a look at how they conceal themselves for an ambush ⬇️
📷 Javier Aznar
nitter.vloup.ch/ParveenKaswan/st…
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Can you state 10 facts about #hippopotamus?🤔
For example, hippos are the world’s third-largest land mammals after elephants and white rhinos. 🦛🦛
Discover more about one of Africa’s most dangerous animals⬇️
🗞️@NatGeoMag
nationalgeographic.com/anima…
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A healthy soil is the backbone of all healthy food system.🌱🌽
But land degradation negatively impacts food and water security, as well as human health and safety.
—@IPBES #LandDegradation Assessment
Let's protect our soils to protect our food.🌾
#Soils4Nutrition
📷@FAO
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Protecting #Biodiversity
= ⬇️
📌Tackling #climatechange
📌Ensuring food security
📌Protecting water resources
📌Maintaining ecosystems
📌& more
Protecting biodiversity = Protecting our planet & future 🌎
#ForNature #ForOurPlanet
📷@UNDP
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Super Tuskers are rare elephants 🐘with tusks weighing over 100lbs/45kg. Only 25 are left in the world, most in Kenya's 🇰🇪 @tsavotrust Conservation Area. Joint efforts with @kwskenya aim to preserve and grow the current population.
More at @cnn: edition.cnn.com/2022/11/28/a…
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Have you already seen the winning poster of the @wildlifeday 2023 design competition?🤔
Next year, UN #WorldWildlifeDay will be focused on partnerships for wildlife conservation. 🐋🐅 #WWD2023
Congratulations to Xavi Reñé - the great artist behind this masterpiece👏🏽⬇️
@unep
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🎉Season's greetings from the @ipbes Secretariat!
Huge thanks all in the @ipbes community for your dedication to nature & the protection of #biodiversity.
Wishing you a joyous holiday season!👏🏽
—Anne Larigauderie✨
Looking forward to even more science #ForNature in 2023!🌿🐾
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