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Every minute, the equivalent of one garbage truck of plastic is dumped into our ocean, harming marine life and ultimately impacting human health.
#ActNow to turn the tide and help #BeatPlasticPollution
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#DYK About 76% of ocean animals are bioluminescent?✨🌊
How? Through chemical reactions or hosted bacteria.
Why? To communicate, find prey, camouflage & more.
✍️Read more on how bioluminescence occurs in nature w/ @LizLangley
nationalgeographic.com/anima…
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African elephant populations have shrunk 98% since 1500!🌍🐘
Although hundreds of thousands remain, their populations are vulnerable as numbers decline rapidly.
Discover how elephant populations have changed over time w/ @OurWorldInData @_HannahRitchie
ourworldindata.org/elephant-…
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Change starts with education.
We must learn how to live sustainably for the future of our planet. 🌍
It’s time to get every learner climate-ready! on.unesco.org/3OQQyPA #LearnForOurPlanet!
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Every fraction of a degree matters.
Every day matters.
Limiting global temperature rise is still possible, but only through concrete, urgent #ClimateAction.
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Sharks and turtles in New Caledonia's Loyalty Islands now have legal rights, offering crucial protection against threats.
A landmark move to safeguard biodiversity and inspire global conservation efforts. 🌊🦈🐢
🗞️@LeMonde_EN
lemonde.fr/en/environment/ar…
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Forests are home to much of the 🌏's #biodiversity, but face a number of human-induced threats, including:
🌾Agricultural expansion
🏙Expansion of urban areas
🚗Expansion of infrastructure
#ForNature
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▶️Climate change & #Biodiversity loss contribute to urbanization
▶️Affect rural-to-urban migration movements 🏙️
▶️Impact access to affordable healthy diets 🫘
Read the report 🗞️by @FAO @UNICEF @WHO @IFAD @WFP ⤵️
fao.org/publications/home/fa…
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1 million out of an estimated 8 million species of plants and animals globally are threatened with extinction.
The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework is the world’s blueprint to halt & reverse nature loss.
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#throwback ⤵️
🌱🌍'Conserving and restoring our planet's unique web of life is not only vital for reasons of ethics and common sense, but also for economics.'
—HRH The Prince of Wales at the #DasguptaLaunch
Read the full #DasguptaReview 👇
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Ocean acidification puts marine life & coastal communities at risk.
Urgent #ClimateAction is needed to #SaveOurOcean and ensure a sustainable future for generations to come.
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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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Mangrove soils are massive carbon sinks and store upto 1,000 tons of carbon per hectare in their biomass and underlying soil. They support communities & help mitigate climate change.
We need to scale up conservation efforts➡️ bit.ly/3pYxJ2M
Via @unepwcmc
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Fact # 1⃣: Oceans help regulate climate.
Through their very biology and ecology, marine ecosystems are natural climate regulators.
Check out 6 facts on oceans, life and livelihoods: ehs.unu.edu/news/news/six-fa…
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#DYK Plastic debris increases with depth?
More than 3 billion people depend on marine & coastal #biodiversity for their livelihoods. But the number of species is dropping as coral reefs die & plastic chokes the seas. 🪸 @antonioguterres
✍️@karenmcveigh1
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👏 Join us in congratulating Guinea as it becomes the 141st member of @IPBES! 👏
This vital step showcases Guinea's dedication to global #biodiversity conservation and highlights its role in shaping policies for a greener world. 🌏🌱
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#Soil organic carbon is a treasure beneath our feet! ✨🍂🪱💨
#Soils have the potential to sequester greenhouse gases and help mitigate/adapt to climate change. #SoilHealth
🔍 Learn more on the relationship between soils and carbon 👉 fao.org/global-soil-partners…
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