Join the #VolvoEnvironmentPrize Award Ceremony🌿
@IPBES Executive Secretary, Dr. Anne Larigauderie will participate in a panel on preserving #biodiversity with laureate & IPBES #GlobalAssessment Co-chair, Eduardo Brondizio.
📆 22 Nov-3 p.m. (CET Time)
💻environment-prize.com/
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Meet the Mexican flame knee #tarantula, endemic to the regions of Guerrero and Michoacán in Mexico 🇲🇽🕷️
Here they shed their old exoskeletons—this molting occurs numerous times in the spider’s lifespan until it finishes growing.
🎥@nowthisnews
NowThis
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We are hiring! 📢
Do you want to support the overall coordination & delivery of the @IPBES work programme? 🤔
We are looking for a new Programme Management Officer (P3) to join our Secretariat in Bonn. 🇩🇪
📆Apply before the 21 December⬇️
ipbes.net/vacancy/PMO/P3
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Join the free webinar ‘Pollinators in the urban environment’ organised by @P_Pollinators 📢📢
📆 When? 8 December at 3 p.m. CET
📌What? Presentations & a panel discussion on the relevance of pollinators in the urban environment
Register➡️ promotepollinators.org/join-…
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💥 NEW ARTICLE ALERT💥
@IPBES #InvasiveAlienSpecies featured in @TheLancetPlanet !
Article in leading planetary health journal reminds of importance of not underestimating nor overlooking impacts of #IAS! 📢
🔗 thelancet.com/journals/lanpl…
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"We can’t price #biodiversity, but we know that the ecosystem is worth more alive than dead. The biological community is sacred and deserves more protection from poaching and land development."
✍️🏾📷@Ken_Silverstein for @Forbes⬇️
forbes.com/sites/kensilverst…
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Last week at @CABES_iki East Africa Regional Workshop⬇️🇪🇹
Ethiopian National Focal Point, Dr. Feleke Woldeyes, explained the many ways for African experts & knowledge-holders to be involved in @IPBES, such as open calls for review & expert nominations.
#IPBESStakeholders
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Join @MikeChristieUni & the @AberUni in their upcoming online event: "Valuing nature for economic growth, well-being & happiness". 🌏🌿
Discover the different ways of valuing nature with a panel of world leading experts!
📆 TODAY at 3 p.m. (UK Time)
💻 teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup…
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Yesterday, @IUCN celebrated its 75th Anniversary👏🏾
@IPBES Exec Sec, Anne Larigauderie, emphasized the establishment of IUCN provided impetus for many actions around the world & IPBES is a direct part of that legacy.🌏
Streaming in Fr.⬇️
youtube.com/watch?v=GuLQx0EJ…
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Is your organisation working #ForNature? 🤔
@IPBES Task Force on Scenarios & Models invites you to organise workshops on scenarios & models, including on the #NatureFuturesFramework.
The Task Force can provide guidance & info!
➡️ ipbes.net/notification/call-…
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We need YOUR support!📢
Are you a govt, organisation or individual part of the IPBES community?🤔
Join us in raising awareness about the importance of @IPBES #InvasiveAlienSpecies Assessment & organise your own actions to promote its key findings.
🔗ipbes.net/notification/call-…
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🌍About 60% of recorded global animal & plant extinctions are attributed to invasive alien species (IAS).
—@IPBES #InvasiveAlienSpecies Report
IAS have a major impact on global #biodiversity.🥀
📰More on how IAS threaten biodiversity w/ @Unsustainable88
unsustainablemagazine.com/in…
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🌿 Keen to contribute to @IPBES assessments & task forces?
Confused by the various open calls & deadlines?🤔
🤝 We've got you covered!
🔎Check out our handy table for a clear path to participation: ipbes.net/node/59214
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📢 SEMINAR ALERT📢
The Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management, @miljodir, is hosting a seminar on @IPBES #InvasiveAlienSpecies!
📆When? TODAY at 12 p.m.
🗣️Language? Norwegian
🔗Access the streaming to watch the broadcast live⬇️
miljodirektoratet.no/aktuelt…
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🦧Accelerating extinctions
💧Groundwater depletion
❄️Mountain glaciers melting
🛰️Space debris
🌡Unbearable heat
🏚️Uninsurable future
...are 6 risk tipping points, according to @UNUEHS #InterconnectedRisks report, threatening the planet.
🗞@FRANCE24
france24.com/en/live-news/20…
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💥DEADLINE EXTENDED💥
🌍Passionate about #biodiversity?🐾
🔍@IPBES invites nominations for experts to help scope #GlobalAssessment2!
🎯Experts in natural, social sciences, policy & more. Interdisciplinary & diverse nominations encouraged!
📅19 Nov: ipbes.net/application/second…
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What are #BiosphereReserves?🤔
@UNESCO defines them as:
"Sites for testing interdisciplinary approaches to understanding & managing changes & interactions between social & ecological systems, including conflict prevention & management of #biodiversity"
unesco.org/en/mab/wnbr/about
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We invite your perspectives! 📢
Governments & stakeholders are invited to submit their views on the future role of the policy support function of @IPBES!
Submit by 6 Jan 2024 ⤵️
ipbes.net/notification/call-…
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Global disaster risk is highly concentrated in low- & lowermiddle-income countries, w/ a disproportionate impact on small island developing states. 🏝
—@IPBES #GlobalAssessment
More w/ @UNEP #AdaptationGap Report on how to mitigate the #ClimateCrisis: unep.org/resources/adaptatio…
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📆DEADLINE EXTENDED📆
🌐Help strengthen @IPBES work on scenarios & models.💡
🎯Experts in qualitative & quantitative approaches to scenarios, models & other studies are invited to apply to join our Task Force on Scenarios and Models
Apply by 19 Nov ⬇️
ipbes.net/application/scenar…
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