We are delighted to announce that #BizBiodiversity Assessment experts have been appointed.👏
👉ipbes.net/business-impact/ex…
@IPBES is grateful to all our experts for giving their time & expertise to #Biodiversity & #SciencePolicy.
We wish them a productive collaboration!🍀
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Plastic pollution in aquatic ecosystems is generating huge impacts.🐠
- @IPBES #SustainableUse Assessment
People’s actions on plastic pollution matter. For #WorldEnvironmentDay, join @UNEP in the global effort to #BeatPlasticPollution.
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🎉#DYK This year marks the 50th anniversary of #WorldEnvironmentDay? 🎉
The annual commemoration is key to encourage worldwide awareness & action #ForNature.🌏
#BeatPlasticPollution
📷@UNFCCC
➡️un.org/en/delegate/get-ready…
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"Our analysis shows that various pathways can contribute to achieve just and sustainable futures."
@unaipasku, co-chair of @ipbes #ValuesAssessment
💡👉ipbes.net/the-values-assessm…
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Humans make up only a small percentage of life on Earth
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...but have and continue to have, a disproportionate impact on other aspects of life
🔍@yinonbaron et al. in @pnasnews via @ourworldindata
ourworldindata.org/mammals
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What do you know about otters?🦦🤔
#DYK Despite regulations designed to protect them, many species are still threatened by, among other factors, pollution & habitat loss?
Learn more on #WorldOtterDay with @NatGeo 👇
nationalgeographic.com/anima…
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🧪#DYK that chemical pollution is one of the drivers putting the Earth at risk?
It impacts and amplifies the multiple planetary crises including #BiodiversityLoss, degradation of ecosystems, and #ClimateChange. 🌿
📷 @eu_commission @eu_env @euenvironment
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Businesses depend on #Nature, but nature is also impacted by the actions of businesses. 🌱
The #ScienceBasedTargets launched by @SBT_Network aim to allow businesses to set measureable, actionable and time-bound targets #ForNature.
Find out more ⬇️
bit.ly/41ZZXHH
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Have you already discovered the @ipbes podcast “Nature Insight”? 🤔
Seasons 1 & 2 are available on our YouTube channel. 📢
'Speed date' with #biodiversity experts and stay tuned for Season 3 coming soon!🌎 ⬇️
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…
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🦐 Meet Krill 🦐
This vital species is at the center of the Southern Ocean ecosystem, feeding hundreds of species of animals 🐧🐋
But, according to @lewispughfdn the loss of Krill threatens Antarctic wildlife and the very basis of their food chain.
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What are the different ways in which nature is valued?🌳💭
@ipbes #ValuesAssessment finds that there is a dominant global focus on short-term profits & economic growth, often excluding the consideration of multiple values of nature in policy decisions
👉 ipbes.net/the-values-assessm…
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What is soil fertility and how is it important?💭
Healthy soils sustain life. 🌿🌦️
But land degradation leads to, among other things, the loss of #soil fertility constituting a risk to food security.
— @ipbes #LandDegradation Assessment
📷 @fao #GlobalSoilPartnership
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Increasing sustainable agricultural & forestry practices may include measures such as:
🌾Diversification of planted crop & forest species
🌳Agroforestry
🌿Agroecology
🐜Soil conservation
💦Reduction of fertilizer use
🦋🌡️#BiodiversityClimateScience ipbes.net/BiodiversityClimat…
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New study by @UNESCO & @IUCN shows that:
"Glaciers in World Heritage sites are melting at an accelerated rate. They are currently losing 58 billion tons of ice every year & are responsible for nearly 5% of observed global sea-level rise." 🧊
🗞️@UNESCO
unesco.org/en/articles/unesc…
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🌊🦑 Some days you just get tired of blending in!
This bigfin reef #squid tries out a range of colourful shades on the Great Barrier #Reef
Which colour would you pick up? 💙🤎💗
🎥 @projectzero Jacinta Shackleton
Project Zero
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This week, @SBT_Network has launched their first corporate #ScienceBasedTargets #ForNature.
This should help companies understand their impact on nature & set science-based targets.
Find out more ⬇️
bit.ly/41ZZXHH
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The sustainable use of wild species is central to the identity and existence of many Indigenous Peoples and local communities.
Find out more in the @ipbes #SustainableUse Assessment. 📘
Summary for Policymakers now available in all 6 UN languages⬇️
ipbes.net/sustainable-use-as…
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🚨Deadline approaching🚨
Without #IndigenousPeoples, we cannot effectively halt & reverse #biodiversity loss.
@IPBES has issued a call for Indigenous & local knowledge around the 🌏to contribute to its 3 ongoing assessments.
📆Deadline: 31 May
➡️ipbes.net/ilk-global-survey-…
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#DYK Africa is the last place on Earth w/ a significant assemblage of large mammals?🐘🦒🦓
@IPBES #RegionalAssessment for Africa highlights the continent's extraordinary #biodiversity.
ipbes.net/assessment-reports…
This #AfricaDay, let's remember that our solutions are in nature.🌍
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