Europe’s forests are being destroyed by wildfires & illegal logging🔥
"A forest monitoring system that uses satellites to track threats such as #ClimateChange-fuelled wildfires & illegal logging could soon be implemented in the EU"
Full article @euronews
euronews.com/green/2023/11/2…
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How might the world look in 2050 unless we act NOW on the nature crisis?
"A #biodiversity catastophe": Very important new article in @guardian by @pgreenfielduk @phoeb0 @NiranjanAjit
@IPBES science & experts central to the report
theguardian.com/environment/…
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#DYK that, according to @IUCN, freshwater habitats cover less than 1% of the world’s surface?
And yet they are home to more than 25% of all described vertebrates. 🦩
Learn more about IUCN's work on freshwater #biodiversity ⬇️
📸 @IUCN
🗞️iucn.org/our-work/freshwater…
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#InvasiveAlienSpecies News📢
"Caulerpa, a virulent exotic seaweed is marching along parts of New Zealand’s coast, prompting fears it could become the worst ever threat of an invasive species to the local marine environment."
🗞️@EvaCorlett for @guardian
theguardian.com/world/2023/n…
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In 2019, @IPBES #GlobalAssessment est. 1 million species of plants & animals are threatened with extinction.🥀
The figure is probably even higher, but what's important is the urgent need for #biodiversity preservation!
📸@unep
ipbes.net/global-assessment
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Nature holds so many wonders🌿✨
This is Clione limacina, better known as the sea angel, hovering under the ice in the White Sea in Russia.
🎥@MikeHudema #ForNature
Mike Hudema
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According to @JNCC_UK survey:
"More than half the seabird species breeding on British & Irish coasts have declined over the last 20 years, some due to climate change reducing food availability & increasing storminess at nest sites"
🗞️@patrick_barkham
theguardian.com/environment/…
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A new study by Yuan et al. published in @ScienceMagazine warns⬇️
"Both species of clouded leopards have low levels of genetic diversity & high rates of inbreeding, which could compromise their long-term survival in the wild."
🗞️@CarolynCowan11
news.mongabay.com/2023/11/cl…
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The @WMO State of Global Water Resources report published last month calls for improved monitoring, data-sharing, cross-border collaboration & assessments of water resources. 🌊🫧
Access the full report in the different UN languages⬇️
public.wmo.int/en/our-mandat…
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We depend on bees & other #pollinators for our quality of life.
🐝🦋🦇🐦
But they are threatened...
🌲 How can landscape and forest management practices help pollinators thrive? 🌳
Learn more with @fao, fao.org/documents/card/en/c/…
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A new study published in @NatureComms on the decline of #amphibians reveals that:
🐸They remain more threatened with extinction than any other vertebrate group
🐸Many of the worst declines are being caused by climate change
🗞️@ScienceNews
sciencenews.org/article/amph…
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2023 @UNEP's Emissions Gap Report is OUT NOW! 💥
It tracks the gap between where global emissions are heading w/ current country commitments & where they ought to be to limit warming to 1.5°C.
A crucial report for #COP28 📚
⬇️ @UNEP
unep.org/resources/emissions…
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📢Happening TODAY at 3 p.m. (CET Time)!📢
Interested in #biodiversity conservation?💡
Join the panel discussion w/ Anne Larigauderie, @IPBES Executive Secretary, & Eduardo Brondizio, Co-chair of the IPBES #GlobalAssessment, will share their insights.
➡️environment-prize.com/
Join the #VolvoEnvironmentPrize Award Ceremony🌿
@IPBES Executive Secretary, Dr. Anne Larigauderie will participate in a panel on preserving #biodiversity with laureate & IPBES #GlobalAssessment Co-chair, Eduardo Brondizio.
📆 22 Nov-3 p.m. (CET Time)
💻environment-prize.com/
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200+ health journals have urged @WHO to declare the climate & nature crisis as a global health emergency.🌏
The authors based their call in part on @IPBES & @IPCC_CH co-sponsored workshop on #biodiversity & #ClimateChange (2021).
🗞️@TheLancet
🔎 thelancet.com/journals/lance…
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Positive news for #biodiversity! 🌿
"Colombia's Government 🇨🇴 launched new Fund for Life & Biodiversity to help protect ecosystems, it will manage close to $1 billion by 2026."
🗞️@Reuters #ConservationOptimism
📷Colombia creates biodiversity fund aiming to manage nearly $1 bln
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🌊Today is #WorldFisheriesDay 🪝🐟
60 million tons/year of wild aquatic species are used for human food.
Future #SustainableUse of fisheries may require...
🎣Supporting small-scale fisheries
🌡️Adapting to #ClimateChange
🏢Creating effective transboundary institutions
& more
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Great that @IPBES #InvasiveAlienSpecies (IAS) Co-chairs joined the #G7 IAS workshop organised by @MOEJ_Climate !🌿
Sharing the key highlights from the IPBES Report and contributing to the deliberations #ForNature! #SciencePolicyInAction #Uptake & #Impact
📸📸
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Did you miss the webinar on @IPBES #InvasiveAlienSpecies Report organised by @MOEJ_Climate? 🤔
Do not worry! 📢
💻The recording is already available ⬇️
youtube.com/watch?v=_WNPqJVp…
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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
🔎ipbes.net/IASmediarelease
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