We are pleased to welcome #Namibia 🇳🇦 as our 140th member!
The @IPBES family continues to grow – strengthening the interface between biodiversity science and policy #ForNature.
Learn more 👇
ipbes.net/notification/Namib…
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The direct drivers of change in nature − land/seascape change, resource extraction, pollution, #InvasiveAlienSpecies, in particular − strongly correlate with multiple indirect drivers.
Learn more about these correlations via @ipbes #GlobalAssessment:
ipbes.net/global-assessment
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#DYK that #InvasiveAlienSpecies are 1 of the 5 main direct drivers of #biodiversity loss? 🌍
The upcoming @IPBES report will outline options for decision-makers to design appropriate responses
📆Planned launch: 4 Sept
🗣️Info in all UN languages
ipbes.net/ipbes-10/primers
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New study by researcher Thomas H.Q. Powell, warns of #ClimateChange's devastating impact on insect communities, causing widespread chaos. ⬇️
Rising temperatures can disrupt crucial ecological interactions & lead to ecosystem collapse. 🦟
🗞️@physorg_com
phys.org/news/2023-06-climat…
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PADI
What is the current status & trends of biological invasions around the world? 🤔
How can we mitigate their impact on biodiversity?🤔
— @IPBES #InvasiveAlienSpecies Report due to launch on 4th September 2023 after #IPBES10
More info⬇️
ipbes.net/ipbes-10/primers
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According to a report by @icimod:
"#Biodiversity & ecosystem services in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region will be threatened & suffer severe impacts even if the global temperature rise is maintained at 1.5° C"
🗞️ @himanshujourno @down2earthindia
downtoearth.org.in/news/clim…
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#DYK that about 25 % of all marine life, including more than 4,000 species of fish, are dependent on coral reefs at some point in their life cycle? 🐠🐙🐳🌿
Coral reefs are essential to the biological balance of the ocean. So, what can we do to protect them? ⬇️
📷@noaaocean
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✨ Insects are fascinating ✨
Take a look at the impressive pictures of the Royal Entomological Society @insectweek competition
The winner? A📷of a mating pair of golden-tabbed robber flies by @pbmacro
🗞️@BBCWorld
bbc.com/news/in-pictures-658…
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💥Happening this week in Geneva: 🇨🇭
32nd meeting of the Animals Committee of @CITES
Among other things, CITES is talking about taking into account the findings of the @IPBES #SustainableUse Assessment.
w/ Dr. Anne Larigauderie & @bparlee
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🌾Even when habitats and species are protected, decline often continues, caused mostly by intensive agriculture, urbanisation, unsustainable forestry activities & changes to freshwater habitats
- @EUEnvironment
👇See infographic on the conservation status of species in Europe🇪🇺
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#DYK that a healthy soil can benefit #biodiversity in many ways? 🌳
📌Habitat for organisms
📌Carbon storage
📌Medium for plant growth
📌Water & Climate regulator
🖼️ @unccd & @stella_caraman_
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#Biodiversity loss & #ClimateChange:
🌐Are driven by human economic activities
🤝Reinforce each other
🌏Increasingly threaten nature, human lives, livelihoods & well-being worldwide
Neither will be resolved unless both are tackled together.
🎥@UNDP
UN Development
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The @ipbes #ValuesAssessment provides guidance on the diverse values of nature and how to integrate them into decision-making.
Explore 4 main section themes in the summary for policymakers💡
🔖 ipbes.net/the-values-assessm…
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🌍🐈⬛#DYK the African golden cat, which is rarely seen even by rangers, is listed as vulnerable by the @IUCNRedList, mainly due to illegal snares meant to catch bushmeat across its forest habitat?
Read more on how it could be saved w/ @cdellamore 👇
nationalgeographic.com/premi…
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On #WorldRefugeeDay⬇️
Let's acknowledge the resilience & courage of those forced to flee their countries to escape conflict, persecution, the effects of #ClimateChange & environmental degradation, among other reasons.
📷🗞️@Refugees
unhcr.org/world-refugee-day
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📣 Calling all #IPBESstakeholders!
Join us at Stakeholder Day just before #IPBES10 on 🗓️ 27 August 2023, Bonn, Germany.
Reg. deadline: 10 August 2023 ⤵️
ipbes.net/ipbes-10/registrat…
🔗 Agenda available in July:
ipbes.net/ipbes-10/stakehold…
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📢JOB OPPORTUNITY at @IPBES !💡
We are looking for a Programme Management Officer - Head of Development (P3), to be based in the IPBES Secretariat Office in Bonn. 🇩🇪
⏳Apply by 14 July 2023.
Learn more:
careers.un.org/lbw/jobdetail…
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Many of the world's species, from the smallest insects to the largest mammals, struggle to cope with a rapidly warming planet.🌡🌍
But a few are able to adapt to heat over multiple generations, buying a little more time.
🗞Find out more w/ @NatGeo👇
nationalgeographic.com/anima…
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