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🌱🌍'Conserving and restoring our planet's unique web of life is not only vital for reasons of ethics and common sense, but also for economics.'
—HRH The Prince of Wales at the #DasguptaLaunch
Read the full #DasguptaReview 👇
gov.uk/government/publicatio…
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Forests are home to much of the 🌏's #biodiversity, but face a number of human-induced threats, including:
🌾Agricultural expansion
🏙Expansion of urban areas
🚗Expansion of infrastructure
#ForNature
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Turtles have to breathe within a rigid box. So how do some of them do it?💭🐢
#SciArt by @SecondNatureMB
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📖🌿@IPBES #GlobalAssessment found that negative trends in biodiversity & ecosystems will undermine progress towards 80% of the assessed targets of the @GlobalGoalsUN #SDGs, related to poverty, hunger, health, water, cities, climate, oceans, and land.
What can we do #ForNature?
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Do owls migrate?🦉
Well, Snowy Owls do! 🌨️🦉❄️
Even though Snowy Owls are #MigratoryBirds, it doesn’t mean the onset of colder temps in the Arctic signals an entire population to move south. Instead, different strategies are used by different owls.
🎨Owls by Amy Hamilton
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🌎Air
🌍Sky
🌏Soil
🌎Ocean
🌍Breeze
🌏Clouds
🌎Gravity
🌍Seasons
🌏Drylands
🌎Wetlands
🌍Fresh water
...are just a few of the many things that only Planet Earth provides for us. 🌻
Let's protect and restore our Earth. 🌿#ForOurPlanet
📷 @UNDP
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#ClimateAction is needed to protect #biodiversity & the planet.🌎
Such as:
🌱Protect and restore carbon & species-rich ecosystems
🌳Increase sustainable agricultural & forestry practices
🌊Enhance and better target conservation actions to protect ocean & land surfaces
📷@IFAD
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#DYK...
There are various species of feather mites that live inside the hollow quills of feathers, in the fluffy down, and on the vanes of the wing and tail feathers 🐦🪶
Explore the diversity of feather mites in this diagram compiled by Fabio Akashi Hernandes🎨
@juleslhoward
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Pelicans are found on many of the world's coastlines & also along lakes and rivers. 🌎🌊
#DYK that there are more than half a dozen species of pelicans, but all of them have the famous throat pouch for which the birds are best known? 🤔
📹IG: seanweekly
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We depend on bees & other #pollinators for our quality of life 🐝🦋🦇🐦
They play a vital role in maintaining our food security, contribute to biodiversity & support other ecosystem services and much more!
Learn more w/ @IPBES #PollinationAssessment ⤵️
ipbes.net/assessment-reports…
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Ever wonder about the impact of @IPBES Assessments & other work?💭💡
Explore 400+ impacts in the #IPBES Impact Tracking Database (TRACK) across scales & countries.
Know of a missing impact? Contribute via the TRACK submission portal #crowdsourcing
➡️ipbes.net/impact-tracking-vi…
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We cannot live without healthy land and soil. Soil is very complex and often undervalued, teeming with life.🌱
But, the way we use land and soil is often not sustainable ‼️
How can we address the pressures on land and soil? Find out in this infographic from @euenvironment ⤵️
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Protecting #Biodiversity = ⬇️
📌Tackling #climatechange
📌Ensuring food security
📌Protecting water resources
📌Maintaining ecosystems
📌& more
Protecting biodiversity = Protecting our planet & future 🌎
#ForNature #ForOurPlanet
📷@UNDP
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Soil is fundamental to life on Earth 🌿🌦️
If you eat food, if you wear clothes, if you take medicines, if you drink water, you depend on the soil.
📷@the_Soil_Life #SaveSoil via soillife.org
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The ocean is home to many marine species🐟🐢
Meet three sea turtles found in #OurOcean 🌊 Of the seven species, these are the Hawksbill, Kemp’s Ridley, and Green sea turtles, each with a unique shell.
🎨Kelly Quinn canvasofthewild.com
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1 million out of an estimated 8 million species of plants and animals globally are threatened with extinction.
What are the most endangered species in Europe? Find out in this infographic by @europarl_en 🐌🌿🌽
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The rate of global change in nature during the past 50 years is unprecedented in human history.
But what are the drivers of that change?🌿
#ForNature we explore key factors driving #BiodiversityLoss worldwide🌍
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'Biodiversity is not something we need to protect just because of the beauty of it or some kind of moral responsibility from one species to another. Biodiversity is the toolbox of the functioning of our societies'
@jrockstrom in @ourplanet feat. @ipbeses
🌎🌿🌍🐞🌏
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Many penguin species are at risk of extinction🐧🐧🐧🐧
Do you know which #penguin species are nearly-threatened, vulnerable, or endangered?
Learn more via @LewisPughFDN 📚
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