How can we identify and differentiate between the 7 different marine turtle species?🐢
Learn more from this infographic🎨by @PaigeStrudwick @ICRSreefstudent @ICRSCoralReefs
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🐊 Preserve #biodiversity
🗻 Protect ecosystems
🪵 Value nature’s contributions to people
📚 Support science
🌍 Contribute to sustainable futures
More information on @IPBES #GlobalAssessment!
🔍 ipbes.net/global-assessment
#ForNature
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"Too often when we talk about #biodiversity, it evokes a notion of forest destruction or species extinction. Little do we realise, however, that in fact biodiversity is the foundation for #humanhealth." - @IPBES Founding Chairman @ZakriZAH
Read more ⤵️
nst.com.my/opinion/columnist…
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Colombia reduces deforestation by almost 30 per cent from 2021 to 2022. This is the lowest rate of deforestation since 2013.
Read more: nicfi.no/current/colombia-wi…
#SaveForestsNow
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🐡 🐠 The ocean holds a treasure trove of biodiversity, but how much do we truly understand about it? And how can we protect it?
UNESCO’s environmental DNA program tackles the question hands on
▶️ Watch UNESCO's video to know all about it!
Via @UNESCO
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We are thrilled to welcome #Guinea 🇬🇳 as our 141st member State!
@IPBES keeps growing, fortifying #biodiversity science and policy #ForNature.
Great to have such positive news so soon after #Namibia joined & right before #IPBES10!
🔎More 👇🏾
ipbes.net/notification/Guine…
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Boundary between land & sea, #mangroves help reduce the impacts of climate change & extreme weather events.
Yet, they are disappearing 3 to 5 times faster than global forest losses!
26 July is Int'l #MangroveDay; let's take action to protect our planet: on.unesco.org/Mangroves
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Do you know the difference between a honeybee and a bumblebee?
Learn more about the 🦋🐝🐦 from the Educational Toolkit on #EUPollinators from @EU_ENV👇
wikis.ec.europa.eu/display/E…
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.#DYK that the @IPBES #StakeholderDay is happening soon?
On the agenda:
🍄 #InvasiveAlienSpecies
📑 IPBES and the #KMGBF
🔬 Advanced data technologies in biodiversity science
And lots more!
Register now to secure your spot! 👇👇
ipbes.net/ipbes-10/registrat…
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The expansion of plastic production is estimated to emit more than 56 bn metric tonnes of CO2-eq, degrade multiple ecosystems and accelerate #biodiversity loss!
Learn more about #plastic alternatives and how they can contribute to a #green economy ➡️ bit.ly/3WzereX
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“IPBES enables a meeting point between social urgencies and the world of natural science.” 🌱
Don’t miss this interview by @Fmaradentro with @AnibalPauchard, Co-chair of the @IPBES #InvasiveAlienSpecies assessment.
Available in EN & ES👇🏾
fundacionmaradentro.cl/en/ar…
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The UN passed a resolution recognising that clean and healthy ecosystems, biological diversity, and a stable climate are fundamental to human life and dignity. 🇺🇳🌿
What are the implications of the resolution? ➡️
Via @unepwcmc
unep-wcmc.org/en/news/un-rec…
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#DYK according to @FAOForestry forests play a crucial role in... 🤔
🔵 Integrated risk management
🟢Regulation of water resources
🔵#Biodiversity conservation
🟢Ecosystem restoration
🔵& more
More with @FAOForestry 👇🏾
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Animal pollination plays a vital role as a regulating ecosystem service in nature
🐝🌸🐝🌳🐝🌻🐝🌿
Building back better for bees means supporting #COVID19 recovery activities that decrease drivers of biodiversity loss & ecosystem degradation
#ForNature
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Have you already discovered the @IPBES podcast “Nature Insight”? 🤔
Seasons 1 & 2 are available on our YouTube channel. 📢
'Speed date' with #biodiversity experts and stay tuned for Season 3 coming soon!🌎 ⬇️
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…
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Insects are one of the largest and most diverse groups of organisms on Earth...
Metallic green rose chafers via @GrasshopperGeo
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We rely on nature for our survival.
Yet, over one million species are at risk of extinction due to human activity.
The #GlobalGoals are the answer to declining biodiversity & degraded ecosystems. un.org/actnow #ActNow
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