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#InvasiveAlienSpecies are among the top 5️⃣ drivers of biodiversity loss. These intruders disrupt delicate balances & impact not only our natural heritage but also the #GlobalGoals.
See how we're supporting countries to combat this silent threat: ow.ly/As5R50PGsnt#IPBES10
Yesterday the 1st author meeting for the #BusinessAndBiodiversity assessment started in Bogota, Colombia.
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💡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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🌱🌊 More than 1,500 coastal ecosystems will drown if we let the world warm above 2°C. A study found that most tidal marshes and mangroves could keep pace with current rates of sea level rise, around 2–4mm per year, but they can't be pushed any further 👉 ow.ly/3Z5t50PMC3u
"The world massively underestimates the threat to biodiversity posed by invasive species & Europe is one of the hotspots for this threat"
Dr. Piero Genovesi, @IPBES#InvasiveAlienSpecies Report Review Editor, talks to the European Ranger Federation⬇️
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💡Unlocking @IPBES #InvasiveAlienSpecies Report findings 📖
Indigenous Peoples and local communities can be partners in co-developing policies and strategies to address biological invasions ⬇️
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According to the new @IPBES report, invasive species lead driver of biodiversity loss in Australia – and feral cats have biggest impact.
Read more:
theguardian.com/environment/…
Via @guardian
🔎Key messages fom the new @IPBES#InvasiveAlienSpecies Report ⤵️🌱
Prevention is the best option, but early detection, eradication, containment & control are also effective in specific contexts.🤔
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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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🔎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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Via @IPBES
#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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Via @IPBES
Join us as we 'flip the script' and offer our microphones to the journalists who cover the #NatureCrisis every day! Please help us by sharing with anyone in or interested in the #media/#scicomm/mobilising public awareness and action #ForNature
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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