Why prioritize #biodiversity in business decisions?🤔
Biodiversity-related risks are prominent in the @wef #GlobalRiskReport 2024.
Follow @IPBES for updates on our upcoming Business & Biodiversity Assessment #BizBiodiversity
Data from the WEF⬇️
weforum.org/publications/glo…
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Light pollution disrupts the natural patterns of wildlife and contributes to rising carbon dioxide levels.🌑
In particular, it threatens migratory birds by disorientating them as they fly at night. But what is light pollution? 🌃
@BonnConvention
Learn more w/ @EU_Commission👇
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Meet the @UNEP #ChampionsOfTheEarth 2023 laureates🌏
Every year, the award honors individuals, groups & orgs. whose actions have a transformative impact on the environment.
2023 focused on solutions & policies to eliminate #PlasticPollution 👏🏽
unep.org/championsofearth/#:…
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#DYK Pollinator-dependent crops contribute to 35% of global crop production volume?🌽
—@IPBES #PollinationAssessment
Let's safeguard these essential species #ForNature
Join #PeopleForPollinators & @CECweb to learn how to protect these vital species ⬇️
cec.org/people-for-pollinato…
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📢 DEADLINE EXTENDED 📢
Governments and stakeholders are invited to submit their views on the future role of the policy support function of @IPBES!
🗓️ 13 January 2024 ⤵️
ipbes.net/node/59412
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🤝 #COP28UAE made notional headway bridging the #climate & biodiversity agendas.
Want to know more about how #Biodiversity loss was tackled? 🤔
See @BionextProject blog by @r_bromi ⬇️
bionext-project.eu/news/blog…
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📆LAST DAY TO APPLY 📆
Help strengthen @IPBES work on scenarios & models.💡
🎯 Fellows in qualitative & quantitative approaches to scenarios, models & other studies are invited to apply to join our Task Force on Scenarios and Models.
⬇️ 9 January 🌐
ipbes.net/node/59412
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UNDERWAY: 2nd external review of @IPBES #TransformativeChange Assessment is ongoing!📢
📌When? Until 28 Jan 2024
📌Who? Governments, scientists & other knowledge-holders.
🔗ipbes.net/notification/save-…
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Discover the garden candytuft 🌺
Among the many plants in the mustard family, they are known to accumulate heavy metals by taking them up through their roots.
Learn more about plants and the incredible ways they adapt to thrive in a changing world 👉fantasticflora.online
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💭#DYK Mudskippers are very defensive about their territory? Trespassing is a serious matter and will often result in a fight…
🌊🌊🐠 💥 🐠🌊🌊
🏆🏅The winner will claim ownership of the land 🏅🏆
Via @sciencechannel
Science Channel
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📗Nature's Lexicon: Curious to unlock the enigmatic language of #biodiversity?💭
🌡️ #ClimateChange
🏹 Poaching
🌎 Habitat loss
🐾 #InvasiveAlienSpecies
... are all threats to endemic species.
But what is an endemic species according to @IPBES? ⬇️
#ForNature
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🐊 Preserve #biodiversity
🗻 Protect ecosystems
🪵 Value nature’s contributions to people
📚 Support science
🌍 Contribute to sustainable futures
🔍Learn More ⤵️
ipbes.net/global-assessment
#ForNature
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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🚨
🔎ipbes.net/IASmediarelease
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#DYK...?💭
🚛Alien species = species introduced outside its natural distribution by humans
🐾Invasive species = species with a tendency to expand into & modify ecosystems to which it has been introduced
But what is an #InvasiveAlienSpecies according to @IPBES? ⬇️
#ForNature
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🎉Happy New Year from the @IPBES Secretariat!
Many thanks to the IPBES community for your dedication to nature & the protection of #biodiversity.👏🏽
Do you know the species to which these eyes belong? 👀
Keep an eye out for even more science #ForNature and policy in 2024!🌿👁️
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Nature is full of unexpected adventures😍
🐻❄️ A polar bear waits patiently for a seal, but her cub is taken by surprise when it suddenly appears🦭
🎥@FrRonconi
Franco Ronconi 🇮🇹
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Positive news for #conservation & #biodiversity 👏🏽
"In Belfast, oysters are making a comeback thanks to a nursery installation aimed at boosting marine life & water quality." 🌊
🗞️@physorg_com #ConservationOptimism
phys.org/news/2023-12-native…
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