The @ipbes Nature Futures Framework is now available.💥
IPBES is happy to invite the scientific community & other relevant actors, in particular indigenous peoples and local communities, to discuss the opportunities and limits of, and to test the #NFF ⬇️
ipbes.net/notification/notif…
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Researchers from @slu_official have concluded that:
"If the already critically endangered elephants become extinct, rainforests of central & west Africa, would lose 6-9% of their ability to capture atmospheric carbon."
@fabe_it et al.
🗞️@EnnNews
enn.com/articles/71857-can-e…
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Islands and their surrounding marine areas often comprise plant & animal species that can be found nowhere else on Earth.
They are unique ecosystems. 🏝️
Explore some of the most biodiverse islands in the world with @worldatlas⬇️
worldatlas.com/articles/the-…
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If we don’t win the battle against #Biodiversity loss, we won’t successfully tackle #ClimateChange.🌎
Learn more about interlinkages between climate change & biodiversity with this infographic by @ingeniumca 📷
Or w/ @ipbes & @ipcc_ch workshop report⬇️
ipbes.net/events/ipbes-ipcc-…
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🚨Deadline approaching
📢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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Watch this turtle's reaction to the sight of a manatee.🐢👀
Manatees are the largest herbivores in the ocean, they can be up to 4 metres long and weigh up to 1300kg. 🌊
🎥@seethroughcanoe
Nature Is Lit
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Farming, trade & consumption of #wildlife & derived products has led to #biodiversity loss & emerging diseases like #COVID19.
3 years after the COVID pandemic began, learn more w/ @ipbes #PandemicsReport on the interlinkages of #biodiversity & health.
🔎ipbes.net/pandemics
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3 years ago, #COVID19 was declared a pandemic by @WHO.
If we don't address #biodiversity loss, future #pandemics will be more frequent, costly & deadly than COVID19.
@ipbes #PandemicsReport offers policy options.
Press release, summary & full report ⬇️
ipbes.net/pandemics
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For #IWD, @naturecomms paid tribute to women in science by highlighting the work of 6 outstanding women researchers.👩🏽💻
@ipbes expert @sdiazecology is one of them! Congratulations!👏🏽
🗞️Read more about the importance of supporting women in science👇🏽
nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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Humpback whales are among the most impressive marine mammals & are found around the world.🐋
Their numbers were greatly reduced before commercial whaling was banned in 1985, but numbers have since increased.🌊
📷@whalesorg @iucn @unep
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What is the @ipbes Nature Futures Framework & why is it important for decision-makers?
🎥Watch this short explainer video to learn more about the framework, and check out the link below to see how you can contribute to & test the framework.
🔎 ipbes.net/notification/notif…
#NFF
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.@hdavidcooper, the new acting Executive Secretary for the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), said countries & corporations must act immediately on December’s historic agreement in Montreal.🌎
@unbiodiversity
🗞️@pgreenfielduk for @guardian⬇️
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The 6th meeting of the @ipbes Capacity-Building Forum will focus on building capacities of #youth on the findings of IPBES Assessments & engagement w/ the science-policy interface on #biodiversity.
Learn more & register by 21 April: ⬇️
ipbes.net/notification/6th-m…
#IPBESstakeholders
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About 50% of all drinking water worldwide is supplied by groundwater.💧
Large volumes of fresh groundwater are present below the surface.
But this natural resource is often poorly understood and therefore undervalued, mismanaged and even abused.
📷@unescoWATER @mevpr
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"#ClimateChange is often [described] as a 'threat multiplier.' For many women & girls around the world, it is also enacting, and at times creating, new limitations & obstacles [to] attaining basic rights."
More about #IWD2023 w/ @iucn ⬇️
iucn.org/story/202303/though…
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This #InternationalWomensDay, @un_women is turning the #PowerOn to make gender equality a reality, both on- and offline. 💪🏽
#IWD2023
📷 @un_women
Read more about this year’s focus🗞️⬇️
unwomen.org/en/news-stories/…
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On #InternationalWomensDay and every day we honour all women and girls around the world in #biodiversity science, conservation and #ForNature. 🌎
Our work would not be possible without their efforts, their expertise & their valuable contributions!
#IWD2023
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🚨 REMINDER: Happening today!
Are you an external reviewer for the @ipbes #TransformativeChange Assessment?
Don't forget to attend the virtual stakeholder dialogue with the assessment co-chairs on 8 March. All registered reviewers are invited.
✍️You can still sign up as a reviewer:
ipbes.net/notification/live-…
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