The International Congress for Conservation Biology, @ICCB2023, is currently taking place in Kigali, Rwanda 🇷🇼
Come meet team @IPBES and learn more about the impact of science on policy and #IPBESstakeholder engagement!
#ICCB2023
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It’s #MangroveDay 📢
Mangroves are essential to #biodiversity but are disappearing at an alarming rate!
What can we do to protect and restore them?
1⃣ Understand their importance & what's driving their loss
2⃣ Make sustainable choices
3⃣ & much more
🔗unep.org/events/campaign/int…
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What is the purpose of a marine protected area?🤔
To conserve and protect:
🌊Habitats
🦐Species
🪸Ecological integrity
🐠#Biodiversity
More with this infographic by @FishOceansCAN ⬇️
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How can we identify and differentiate between the 7 different marine turtle species?🐢
Learn more from this infographic🎨by @PaigeStrudwick @ICRSreefstudent @ICRSCoralReefs
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🐊 Preserve #biodiversity
🗻 Protect ecosystems
🪵 Value nature’s contributions to people
📚 Support science
🌍 Contribute to sustainable futures
More information on @IPBES #GlobalAssessment!
🔍 ipbes.net/global-assessment
#ForNature
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"Too often when we talk about #biodiversity, it evokes a notion of forest destruction or species extinction. Little do we realise, however, that in fact biodiversity is the foundation for #humanhealth." - @IPBES Founding Chairman @ZakriZAH
Read more ⤵️
nst.com.my/opinion/columnist…
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We are thrilled to welcome #Guinea 🇬🇳 as our 141st member State!
@IPBES keeps growing, fortifying #biodiversity science and policy #ForNature.
Great to have such positive news so soon after #Namibia joined & right before #IPBES10!
🔎More 👇🏾
ipbes.net/notification/Guine…
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Do you know the difference between a honeybee and a bumblebee?
Learn more about the 🦋🐝🐦 from the Educational Toolkit on #EUPollinators from @EU_ENV👇
wikis.ec.europa.eu/display/E…
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#DYK according to @FAOForestry forests play a crucial role in... 🤔
🔵 Integrated risk management
🟢Regulation of water resources
🔵#Biodiversity conservation
🟢Ecosystem restoration
🔵& more
More with @FAOForestry 👇🏾
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Animal pollination plays a vital role as a regulating ecosystem service in nature
🐝🌸🐝🌳🐝🌻🐝🌿
Building back better for bees means supporting #COVID19 recovery activities that decrease drivers of biodiversity loss & ecosystem degradation
#ForNature
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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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Insects are one of the largest and most diverse groups of organisms on Earth...
Metallic green rose chafers via @GrasshopperGeo
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🌊 Ocean health is an indicator of #ClimateChange.
The ocean regulates global climate by mediating temperature, driving weather, influencing rainfall, droughts & floods.
But see below some of the negative consequences that climate change is having on the ocean.🌡🌊
📷@UN
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“IPBES enables a meeting point between social urgencies and the world of natural science.” 🌱
Don’t miss this interview by @Fmaradentro with @AnibalPauchard, Co-chair of the @IPBES #InvasiveAlienSpecies assessment.
Available in EN & ES👇🏾
fundacionmaradentro.cl/en/ar…
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💭#DidYouKnow...
Soil organisms contribute to the remediation of soil pollution by breaking down contaminants.
They play a key role in #ClimateChange adaptation and mitigation by storing carbon in the soil.
fao.org/soils-portal/en
📷by @terra_aliens
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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
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Although they account for an estimated 5% of the global population, #IndigenousPeoples steward at least 25% of the world’s land, which contains much of the planet’s biodiversity.
Protect the rights of Indigenous Peoples.🌳
#ForPeopleForPlanet
📸@UNDPClimate
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The deepest of the deep... 🤿
Meet 5 marine animals who dive to some of the deepest depths 🌊🐙 via @LewisPughFDN
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