Do you know the #showyourstripes campaign?🤔 Created by @edhawkins, it aims to raise #ClimateChange awareness. ➡️It's easy to read: each stripe represents a year in global temperature averages from 1850-2022. 🔵 Below average 🔴 Above average showyourstripes.info/

🌊#DYK whale sharks are the world’s largest living fish? But this emblematic species is in danger of extinction. Whale shark numbers have more than halved in the last 75 years as many of these slow-moving sharks are caught & killed by ship propellers.🐋🦈 Learn more w/ @wwf👇

We are pleased to welcome #Namibia 🇳🇦 as our 140th member! The @IPBES family continues to grow – strengthening the interface between biodiversity science and policy #ForNature. Learn more 👇 ipbes.net/notification/Namib…

Fantastic news! Welcome Namibia as full member of IPBES!

The direct drivers of change in nature − land/seascape change, resource extraction, pollution, #InvasiveAlienSpecies, in particular − strongly correlate with multiple indirect drivers. Learn more about these correlations via @ipbes #GlobalAssessment: ipbes.net/global-assessment

The @WorldBank, @theGEF, and other partners are working together to establish climate-smart agriculture practices in Cameroon and protect #biodiversity in Gabon’s wetlands 🌳 Take a virtual journey of the Congo Basin: wrld.bg/WhiV50OQAPW Via @theGEF

Mapping #biodiversity across genes, species & ecosystems is complicated, but crucial to meeting global targets #ForNature. UNEP-WCMC experts will discuss global & on-the-ground mapping at this #LCLSummit session. Register to watch online: bit.ly/3r4e4yw

How do we ensure healthy numbers of fish in the sea? 🧐 “The most important thing fishers can do to preserve ocean resources is to recover their traditions,” says José Augusto López Zambrano, a pole-and-line tuna fisher from Ecuador. 🔗 Full story: wrld.bg/UJZb50OWgG5

#DYK that #InvasiveAlienSpecies are 1 of the 5 main direct drivers of #biodiversity loss? 🌍 The upcoming @IPBES report will outline options for decision-makers to design appropriate responses 📆Planned launch: 4 Sept 🗣️Info in all UN languages ipbes.net/ipbes-10/primers

New study by researcher Thomas H.Q. Powell, warns of #ClimateChange's devastating impact on insect communities, causing widespread chaos. ⬇️ Rising temperatures can disrupt crucial ecological interactions & lead to ecosystem collapse. 🦟 🗞️@physorg_com phys.org/news/2023-06-climat…

How is the way #nature is valued in #political and #economic #decisions both a key driver of the global #biodiversitycrisis and a vital opportunity to address it? Learn more with this article from @IPBES: 🦜 🌿 bit.ly/3Nvxllt

🌊Have you ever seen a fish swim majestically like a ribbon? #DYK ribbon eels have fascinating life cycles which involve 3 completely different phases of coloration & also complete changes in gender? 🎥 IG 'jasmine_underwater' and 'mathias_underwater'

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

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…

#DYK recarbonization of soils: 🌳Reduces loss of soil organic carbon 🌱Increases carbon stock 🌾Enhances productivity 🛢️Reduces use of agrochemicals 🫧 Enhances water retention 🪱Increases #soil biodiversity & natural fertility fao.org/global-soil-partners… #COP28 #ClimateSolutions