💡Unlocking @IPBES #InvasiveAlienSpecies Report findings 📖
"A context-specific integrated governance approach provides flexibility for countries to identify which strategic actions should be prioritized."
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“What is needed is a context-specific integrated approach, across and within countries and the various sectors involved in providing biosecurity."
—@pstoett , Co-chair of @IPBES #InvasiveAlienSpecies Report ⬇️
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More than 3,500 of these 37,000 alien species are harmful invasive alien species.
Too often ignored until it is too late, invasive alien species are a significant challenge to people in every country.🌱🚫
—@IPBES #InvasiveAlienSpecies Report
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❄️ Ready for an Antarctic expedition? 📣
Join Prof. @MikeChristieUni & paralympian @kdarke to understand how an extreme landscape helped them better understand the values of nature beyond use.
Ep3 of the @IPBES podcast is LIVE⬇️
link.chtbl.com/SocialMedia3
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Get to know this ⤵️ #InvasiveAlienSpecies
Red imported fire ants (Solenopsis invicta) are aggressive generalist foragers. They occur in high densities and can thus dominate most potential food sources 🫘🚨❌
—@IUCN_ISSG
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📢📢📢 “We commend @IPBES for issuing this invasive alien species red alert to inform decision makers and the public that we urgently need to address all causes of the extinction crisis."
—@MonicaMedinaDC
🔎 w/ @TheWCS
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Today's #WorldOzoneDay!🌍
Life on earth needs sunlight. But the energy emanating from the sun would be too much for life to thrive were it not for the #OzoneLayer.
The sun makes life possible, but the ozone layer makes life as we know it possible.☀️
un.org/en/observances/ozone-…
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📢 Exciting News📢
The @IPBES #InvasiveAlienSpecies Report has been approved at #IPBES10📆
Join the buzz & gear up to transform your virtual space with some NEW #IAS Virtual Backgrounds 2023! 💻🌿
Download them FOR FREE ⤵️
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🌍@IPBES Report says #InvasiveAlienSpecies, incld. grasses, can promote intense fires & risks to nature & people.🔥
The S. Australian Govt. has committed AUD$2.2M in response!🇦🇺 Very direct #SciencePolicy #impact.📢
📰More w/ @PMalinauskasMP: premier.sa.gov.au/media-rele…
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🔎Key messages from the new @ipbes #InvasiveAlienSpecies Report ⤵️🌱
Even without the introduction of new species, existing populations of invasive alien species will continue spreading through all ecosystems 🌎❌
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Invasive alien species pose a significant threat to biodiversity.
More ⤵️ with @UKLadybirds, Co-chair of @IPBES
#InvasiveAlienSpecies Report⬇️
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Embark on a thrilling journey to the South Pole this week! 🏔️
Join @BritGarner as she finds out about an expedition of @IPBES assessment co-chair, Prof. @MikeChristieUni , & paralympian @kdarke
Ep.3 of "Nature Insight" now available ⬇️
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#DYK Invasive alien species are most damaging on islands?
The number of alien plants now exceeds the number of native plants on more than 25% of all islands.🏝️
—@IPBES #InvasiveAlienSpecies Report
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“85% of the impacts of biological invasions on native species are negative." 🪱
—@anibalpauchard , Co-chair of @IPBES #InvasiveAlienSpecies Report⬇️
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The #InvasiveAlienSpecies Report says humans are @ the heart of the problem (our actions cause biological invasions) BUT we also have to drive the solutions
>37,000 alien species have been introduced by our activities around the 🌍
>3500 are harmful🚨
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Now Available 📢📢📢
✅ The @IPBES #InvasiveAlienSpecies Summary for Policymakers is out now!
‼️ #InvasiveAlienSpecies play a key role in 60% of global plant & animal extinctions 🌍🌱🐅
⬇️ Discover more
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🌿How do we approach governance of biological invasions?
🔑This infographic from the @IPBES #InvasiveAlienSpecies Report lays out strategic actions to achieve integrated governance🪜
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🗣️ Dr. Anne Larigauderie, Executive Secretary of @IPBES 📢
“The IPBES Invasive Alien Species Report provides the evidence, tools & options to help reduce the introduction & establishment of priority invasive alien species by at least 50% by 2030."
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Tuesday is @IPBES Podcast day📢
Ep. 3⃣ of the 3rd season of “Nature Insight” is OUT!
Join an epic journey to the South Pole & discover the awe-inspiring expedition of Prof. @MikeChristieUni & Paralympian @kdarke.❄️🏔️
🎧Subscribe: link.chtbl.com/SocialMedia3
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#DYK Globally, how many invasive alien species have been recorded?
🌿1,061 plants (6% of all alien plant species)
🦞1,852 invertebrates (22%)
🐗461 vertebrates (14%)
🦠141 microbes (11%)
—@IPBES #InvasiveAlienSpecies Report
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