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🦁#Africa is home to an extraordinary diversity of #animals & #plants !
🌳🐘🦏🐠🐆🦓🌴
This #biodiversity is key to #SustainableDevelopment & to addressing #ClimateChange🌊
Let's act together #ForNature🌺
Follow @IPBES to learn more⬇️
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Soil biodiversity reflects the variability among living organisms including a myriad of organisms not visible with the naked eye, such as micro-organisms, meso-fauna and the more familiar macro-fauna.
How can we conserve this precious resource?💭🐛
📷@FAO & @EU_Commission
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The rate of global change in nature during the past 50 years is unprecedented in human history.
But what are the drivers of that change?🌿
#ForNature we explore key factors driving #BiodiversityLoss worldwide🌍
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'Biodiversity is not something we need to protect just because of the beauty of it or some kind of moral responsibility from one species to another. Biodiversity is the toolbox of the functioning of our societies'
@jrockstrom in @ourplanet feat. @ipbeses
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Many penguin species are at risk of extinction🐧🐧🐧🐧
Do you know which #penguin species are nearly-threatened, vulnerable, or endangered?
Learn more via @LewisPughFDN 📚
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The Noor power plant in Morocco is one of the largest solar facilities in the world.
During a recent visit, UNEP Executive Director @andersen_inger called the push by Morocco to develop clean energy a “step into a greener world.”
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On #WorldPopulationDay, let's recognize the power of agriculture! 🌾
26.7% of the 🌍relies on farming for their livelihoods. #Agriculture can reduce poverty, increase incomes, & improve food security for 80% of the world's poor engaged in farming. 👉bit.ly/42M3A4l
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How deep does the ocean go? 💭
We've only just begun to understand the deep, dark world that flows beneath us... 🌊🐟🐋🦐🐠🐡
Learn about the ocean depth from the video by @BusinessInsider 💡
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What are some of the pathways to produce & consume food sustainably?💭
🚜Agricultural practices
🧬Use of genetic resources
🐸#Biodiversity-friendly management
🌲Areas of natural habitat
🍅Food market transparency
🍲Healthy diets
—@IPBES #GlobalAssessment
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🌊 Coastal habitats—like salt marshes, seagrasses, and mangroves—can store 5-10 times more carbon than forests on land.
Learn how it works in this @nature_org video.
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New research from @UNEP and UNEP-WCMC reveals the extinction risk faced by more than 1,500 mangrove-dwelling species 🐬🦆🌺
Learn more about our work assessing the impact habitat loss has had on mangrove-associated species around the 🌍 ⤵️ bit.ly/44ldpbh
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Insects account for an estimated 75% of animal life on Earth and are an invaluable and integral part of all life on our planet.
🐝🐛🦋🐞🐜🪰🪲🪳🦟🦗🕷️
Let’s appreciate and protect insects #ForNature and for ourselves.
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Fungi are among the most important and beautiful soil organisms 🦠🍄🌱
Explore the fungal tree of life, with an emphasis on the macroscopic diversity of fungi.
📷@laszlognagy @Uni_Szeged
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1/2 "Transformative change is the foundational response necessary to address the global crisis of #biodiversity loss that threatens the wellbeing of every person." 🌎
More on @IPBES #TransformativeChange Assessment by its Co-Chairs at @IPSNewsUNBureau
ipsnews.net/2023/07/transfor…
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While there is more food produced than ever before, this is increasingly at the expense of other nature's contributions & ability to provide them in the future
— @IPBES #GlobalAssessment
Explore the links btwn #Biodiversity & #FoodSystems👉ipbes.net/global-assessment
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