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#DYK that a healthy soil can benefit #biodiversity in many ways? 🌳
📌Habitat for organisms
📌Carbon storage
📌Medium for plant growth
📌Water & Climate regulator
🖼️ @unccd & @stella_caraman_
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🌾Even when habitats and species are protected, decline often continues, caused mostly by intensive agriculture, urbanisation, unsustainable forestry activities & changes to freshwater habitats
- @EUEnvironment
👇See infographic on the conservation status of species in Europe🇪🇺
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The @ipbes #ValuesAssessment provides guidance on the diverse values of nature and how to integrate them into decision-making.
Explore 4 main section themes in the summary for policymakers💡
🔖 ipbes.net/the-values-assessm…
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#Biodiversity loss & #ClimateChange:
🌐Are driven by human economic activities
🤝Reinforce each other
🌏Increasingly threaten nature, human lives, livelihoods & well-being worldwide
Neither will be resolved unless both are tackled together.
🎥@UNDP
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Practicing nature based solutions to help tackle #climatechange was highly discussed at #COP15
Learn ➕ about the many tools available to help deploy Ecosystem-based Adaptation to guide people & the planet to adapt & boost climate resilience
bit.ly/3AGJQUz
Via @unepwcmc
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🌍 Calling all sustainability advocates in Kenya! BES-Net needs a dynamic Project Associate. 💼💚
If you're passionate about sustainability and excel at project implementation and financial management, this opportunity is for you!
More about the role 👉 ow.ly/XeY850OTlRA
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Did you know that forests are home to 80% of the world's terrestrial biodiversity? 🌳 Let's protect and restore our forests for the benefit of all living creatures.
Explore @UN's initiatives for #ForestProtection: ➡️ un.org/sustainabledevelopmen…
#SDG15 #GlobalGoals
Via @GlobalGoalsUN
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Giraffes are vital to keeping ecosystems in balance. By consuming hard-to-reach foliage, they create open areas for other animals to find food.
Sadly, their populations are rapidly declining due to habitat loss and poaching.
Join us in raising awareness this #WorldGiraffeDay.
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Discover how interconnected disaster risk solutions can play a crucial role in saving biodiversity.
🌍🌿
@UNUEHS presents 5 insightful facts in this article: ehs.unu.edu/news/news/5-fact…
#InterconnectedRisks
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Citizen science not only provides valuable data, it can increase awareness of threats of biological invasions, foster a sense of community ownership & stewardship, empower individuals to take action to protect their local environment, write @IPBES experts ipsnews.net/2023/06/citizen-…
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I’m feeling incredibly blessed and honoured to be able to spend this week in Geneva at the #CITES meetings with @IPBES friends and colleagues from France, Germany, Mexico and Zimbabwe…. @danner_mc
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📣 Calling all #IPBESstakeholders!
Join us at Stakeholder Day just before #IPBES10 on 🗓️ 27 August 2023, Bonn, Germany.
Reg. deadline: 10 August 2023 ⤵️
ipbes.net/ipbes-10/registrat…
🔗 Agenda available in July:
ipbes.net/ipbes-10/stakehold…
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Many of the world's species, from the smallest insects to the largest mammals, struggle to cope with a rapidly warming planet.🌡🌍
But a few are able to adapt to heat over multiple generations, buying a little more time.
🗞Find out more w/ @NatGeo👇
nationalgeographic.com/anima…
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Gender equality is key to deliver sustainable & meaningful action to avoid, reduce & reverse land degradation.🌱
Tackling #ClimateChange & #Biodiversity loss has no gender
On this #DesertificationAndDroughtDay, @IPBES reaffirms the importance of gender equality🌿
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Have you worked with a project or initiative that addresses #biodiversity along with #water, #food, #energy, #transport, #climate and/or #health? Or do you know of one🤔
💥 Share your knowledge with us and help us create more sustainable societies! 💥
👉 bionext-project.eu/news/call…
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UNEP-WCMC will be providing technical, scientific and administrative support to @IPBES' new assessment.
Learn more about the forthcoming #BizBiodiversity assessment➡️ unep-wcmc.org/en/news/unep-w…
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Ecosystem restoration in the Carpathian Mountains has helped in many ways, including preserving its wilderness and maintaining the connectivity of crucial habitats 🐺🌳
Learn more about the initiative in our latest report 👇 bit.ly/3uNQJzO
#GenerationRestoration
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#DYK peatlands cover an estimated 3% of the planet and can store twice as much carbon as all the world's forests! In fact, they are responsible for storing about 30% of global soil carbon.
Learn more about peatlands 👇 bit.ly/3RTib9k
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