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Millets are rich in heritage & full of potential.
The International #YearofMillets offers a way to share indigenous knowledge & combine it with modern science around the world.
Learn more about millets & the Year here: bit.ly/3FgU3Zp
#IYM2023
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“Let us celebrate the work of public servants worldwide and find new ways to apply innovation to our work to shape a better, more sustainable future for all people.”
-- @antonioguterres on Friday's UN #PublicServiceDay. press.un.org/en/2023/sgsm218…
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What are #NaturebasedSolutions and what global challenges can they help with?
Learn more ➡️ shorturl.at/wyzAV
Via @IUCN
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What is the current status & trends of biological invasions around the world? 🤔
How can we mitigate their impact on biodiversity?🤔
— @IPBES #InvasiveAlienSpecies Report due to launch on 4th September 2023 after #IPBES10
More info⬇️
ipbes.net/ipbes-10/primers
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We are hiring! 💼
We are seeking a Senior Programme Officer to join our growing Nature Economy team 🌱
Closing date ➡️ 25 June 2023
Apply here 🔗 bit.ly/3ILWeGz
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This week saw the historic adoption of the #BBNJ treaty to protect #biodiversity in the high seas 🌊 🐠 🐬
Learn more about our work on marine biodiversity, and calls for cohesive ocean action between political agendas, states and sectors⤵️
bit.ly/3XmIZSV
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Addressing plastic pollution requires a new way of thinking that looks at the entire life cycle of plastics, from production to consumption and waste management.
Check out UNEP’s report highlighting the need for a “systems change” to #BeatPlasticPollution: bit.ly/PlasticReport2023
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#DYK that about 25 % of all marine life, including more than 4,000 species of fish, are dependent on coral reefs at some point in their life cycle? 🐠🐙🐳🌿
Coral reefs are essential to the biological balance of the ocean. So, what can we do to protect them? ⬇️
📷@noaaocean
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According to a report by @icimod:
"#Biodiversity & ecosystem services in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region will be threatened & suffer severe impacts even if the global temperature rise is maintained at 1.5° C"
🗞️ @himanshujourno @down2earthindia
downtoearth.org.in/news/clim…
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The impacts of the climate crisis on people and nature are increasingly apparent. This @IPBES report shows how we can address both biodiversity loss and #ClimateChange. 👉 bit.ly/32I3Zvk
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✨ Insects are fascinating ✨
Take a look at the impressive pictures of the Royal Entomological Society @insectweek competition
The winner? A📷of a mating pair of golden-tabbed robber flies by @pbmacro
🗞️@BBCWorld
bbc.com/news/in-pictures-658…
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💥Happening this week in Geneva: 🇨🇭
32nd meeting of the Animals Committee of @CITES
Among other things, CITES is talking about taking into account the findings of the @IPBES #SustainableUse Assessment.
w/ Dr. Anne Larigauderie & @bparlee
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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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66% of the marine environment has already been severely altered by human activity. We are running out of time. Let’s #ActNow and #SaveOurOcean now.
Learn more about the state of the ocean in the @UNESCOCourier: on.unesco.org/3cjeaci #OceanDecade
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.@julialeventon blogged this week about what it is like to be involved in the @IPBES #TransformativeChange Assessment 👇
sustainablecz.org/2023/06/20…
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📢JOB OPPORTUNITY at @IPBES !💡
We are looking for a Programme Management Officer - Head of Development (P3), to be based in the IPBES Secretariat Office in Bonn. 🇩🇪
⏳Apply by 14 July 2023.
Learn more:
careers.un.org/lbw/jobdetail…
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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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