#DYK Pulses are beneficial to people and the planet?🌎
🫘Pulses have a lower carbon & water footprint than many other food crops
🌾They are easy to store and highly nutritious
🌱Their nitrogen-fixing properties improve #soil fertility
#WorldPulsesDay
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💥HAPPENING TODAY
Are you an external reviewer for the @IPBES #NexusAssessment? 🔍
Don't forget to attend the virtual stakeholder dialogue with the assessment co-chairs on 9 February. All registered reviewers are invited.
✍️You can still sign up as a reviewer here:
ipbes.net/notification/live-…
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"Meanwhile, humanity is taking a sledgehammer to our world’s rich #biodiversity — with brutal and even irreversible consequences for people and planet."
—@antonioguterres, @UN SG to the General Assembly on Priorities for 2023
2023 is a time for transformation #ForNature! 🌿
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Some facts about the #NatureCrisis:
📌1 million species of plants & animals threatened w/ extinction
📌75% of land surface significantly altered by humans
📌66% of ocean area impacted by human activities
🔎Data from @ipbes
🗞️@UNEP
unep.org/facts-about-nature-…
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JOB OPPORTUNITY!
Join the @ipbes Programme team!💻
📢Short deadline!
We are looking for 2 consultants to join us in Bonn.
𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝟏𝟔 𝐅𝐞𝐛:
- Level A (Analyst lvl - 2yrs exp) bit.ly/3YAZE4N
- Level B (Specialist lvl - 5yrs exp) bit.ly/3I1U58T
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🌡 #ClimateChange
🥀#Biodiversity loss
💨Pollution
➡️ These global challenges exacerbate risks of antimicrobial resistance.
NEW @UNEP REPORT OUT: strengthening environmental action for #OneHealth responses to antimicrobial resistance:
unep.org/resources/superbugs…
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Are you an external reviewer for the @IPBES #NexusAssessment? 🔍
Don't forget to attend the virtual stakeholder dialogue with the assessment co-chairs on 9 February. All registered reviewers are invited.
✍️You can still sign up as a reviewer here:
ipbes.net/notification/live-…
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.@UNEP has just published a new report on the environmental dimensions of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
AMR is 1 of the top global public health problems that pose an urgent threat to animal & plant health. 🌎🌱
Check it out⬇️
unep.org/resources/superbugs…
#OneHealth
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📢Call for external reviewers📢
The 1st draft of the @ipbes #TransformativeChange Assessment is now open for external review. ✍️
📆Deadline: 17 March
ipbes.net/notification/live-…
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1 million species of plants and animals are at risk of extinction.
- @ipbes #GlobalAssessment
It is not too late to make a difference, but we need transformative change at every level from local to global. 🌱
#ReverseTheRedDay 🔴
📽️@reversethered1
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Wetlands are important for carbon sequestration & their loss can release additional carbon.🌱
🌡 #ClimateChange is a major driver of wetland structural change and impacts water volumes, flows, temperature, invasive species, nutrient balance & fires.
—@IPBES #GlobalAssessment
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The @IUCN Red List shows the global extinction risk status of animal, fungus and plant species.
📅7 Feb. is #ReverseTheRedDay. It celebrates conservation success around the 🌎
Learn how organizations & communities can work together: reversethered.org
📷@reversethered1
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Illegal trade in wild species represents the world’s third largest class of illegal trade.
Thailand’s 🇹🇭 5-year Coral Reef Management Action Plan aims to combat damage done to coral, including that from coral harvest and trafficking. 🪸
📰 @mongabay ⬇️
news.mongabay.com/2023/02/th…
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Meet the Pine Grosbeak🐦
It mainly inhabits lowland, lower montane & subarctic conifer forests & woods.
Its nest is often placed 2 to 6m off the ground, near or against the tree trunk & often well hidden in the densest part of a tree.🌳
📷Emma Regnier (@falcofous)
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"That kiss is how the mom and pup recognize each other." 🦭💙
❄️The Canadian Arctic is home to some unique & extraordinary species.
🎥Look at how harp seal pups survive with the help and care of their mothers w/ this video by @bertiegregory, @natgeo 👇
National Geographic
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"Over the last 4 decades, Nepal’s communities🇳🇵have carried out an extraordinary #reforestation campaign.
Since 1988, forest cover has increased by 22%, with communities directly managing over 1/3 of the total area."
🗞️@lifegate⬇️
lifegate.com/nepal-forests
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The @eu_commission 🇪🇺 has a new 7-year plan aiming to reverse the decline of pollinators, that includes the creation of "Buzz Lines", a network of ecological corridors across Europe where pollinators can find food & shelter.
@reuters ⬇️
reuters.com/business/environ…
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Healthy wetlands have a crucial role to play in the fight against #globalwarming since they capture carbon.
Discover how coastal wetlands can act as nature based solutions. 🌎
#WorldWetlandsDay
Infographic by @wetlandsnbs, @iucn & @medwetorg⬇️
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