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Fisheries provide a vital source of food, employment, recreation, trade & economic well-being for people around the world.
On Monday's Day of Illegal, Unreported & Unregulated Fishing, @FAO explains how this practice threatens the health of our ocean. fao.org/iuu-fishing/fight-iu…
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Environmental frameworks such as the Paris Agreement on #ClimateChange & the #SDGs can help to reduce environmental risks.🌏
But the @IPBES #GlobalAssessment also found that we need transformative change to achieve them.
#WorldEnvironmentDay
📗ipbes.net/global-assessment
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Insightful infographic on protecting our #SoilBiodiversity.
Tiny creatures beneath us play a HUGE role in our ecosystem! 🌱
💪 Let's work together to stop soil biodiversity loss.
Via @FAO
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Plastic pollution is preventable.
On #WorldEnvironmentDay, this new Practical Guide shows how everyone can contribute to the solutions to #BeatPlasticPollution.
bit.ly/PlasticSolutions2023
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The #GAR Special Report shows the impact of #drought on society and the environment. This diagram summarizes how to implement effective #drought policies, emphasizing that continuous feedback and adaptation are needed. 👉 bit.ly/3xtaSut
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🧐 Did you know?
Over 95% of our food is produced on land, and all begins with soil & water. But unsustainable practices are putting these essential resources on the brink of collapse.
Let’s manage our soil, land & water resources wisely to safeguard our future.
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Healthy mangroves are an effective defense against destructive tsunamis. 🌱🌊 They can shrink wave heights by 5–30%, says @UNEP.
This is how #GenerationRestoration can also reduce disaster risk: bit.ly/3uHFK8I
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It's #WorldEnvironmentDay and UNEP-WCMC has worked on a blog exploring the potential plastic alternatives that could help us mobilise transformative change to move towards a plastic-free world ➡️ bit.ly/43CiP13 🪥🎋🌏
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Negative impacts on the planet & people are becoming more profound as exposure to plastic pollutants intensifies.🐟
-@IPBES #GlobalAssessment
It's time to step up action to #BeatPlasticPollution for #WorldEnvironmentDay & every day.
💡Get involved: worldenvironmentday.global/g…
@UNEP
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✨Watch these juvenile shrimp scad swimming close to a jellyfish to escape the predatory trumpetfish lurking nearby.
#DYK the shrimp scad feed on the leftovers from the jelly until they are large enough to venture into the open ocean?
🎥@NatureIs_Lit
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A big thank you to all the experts who attended the second author meeting for the @ipbes #TransformativeChange assessment hosted by @CATIEOficial!
The experts were also able to marvel at the local #biodiversity during a visit to the CATIE botanical garden & coffee collection. 🌱
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#DYK there are as many as 19 subpopulations of polar bear?🤔
Determined to reveal a less depicted angle on the bears, photographer Martin Gregus, Jr spent 33 days north of Churchill, Manitoba, in the summers of 2020 & 2021. 🐻❄️🌺More ⤵️@NatGeo
nationalgeographic.com/anima…
#ForNature
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The @IPBES #ValuesAssessment recognizes that we have much to learn from Indigenous communities about moving beyond the narrow ideas of conservation & #ProtectedAreas to fully recognize and account for the value of nature and its contributions.
Learn more: ipbes.net/the-values-assessm…
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Plastic pollution in aquatic ecosystems is generating huge impacts.🐠
- @IPBES #SustainableUse Assessment
People’s actions on plastic pollution matter. For #WorldEnvironmentDay, join @UNEP in the global effort to #BeatPlasticPollution.
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We are delighted to announce that #BizBiodiversity Assessment experts have been appointed.👏
👉ipbes.net/business-impact/ex…
@IPBES is grateful to all our experts for giving their time & expertise to #Biodiversity & #SciencePolicy.
We wish them a productive collaboration!🍀
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#DYK There are over 38,700 plants and animals included in the list of species protected by @CITES, approximately 85% of which are plants 🌱🌲
Learn more about how CITES works in the World Wildlife Trade Report ➡️ bit.ly/3UB2ULP
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6 ways countries can protect mountain agrobiodiversity 👇
#MountainsMatter
Via @FAO
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