🌍On #WorldCitiesDay, let's remember: Investing in nature-based solutions in cities is key for global sustainability.🔑
From rooftop gardens to urban agriculture & biodiversity-friendly water bodies, let's safeguard urban #biodiversity for people and #ForNature🌆🌳
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🐘 Elephants: nature's giants & also ecosystem engineers!
From dispersing seeds to enabling sustainable livelihoods, they are both intrinsically breathtaking and vital for #biodiversity and local economies.
📷More w/ @TheWCS infographic 👇
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These alarming figures can be prevented if city ecosystems are improved and greener energy and transportation methods are used.
Ahead of #WorldCitiesDay, we urge cities to #ActNow and join #GenerationRestoration.
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What happened at #SBSTTA25? 🤔
"Governments welcomed the Assessment Report on #InvasiveAlienSpecies by @IPBES & noted the relevance of its findings for the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework"
🗞️ More w/ @UNBiodiversity
cbd.int/article/closing-nair…
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💡 #DidYouKnow ?
Some #InvasiveAlienSpecies, such fast-spreading predators like lionfish, have immediate impacts that extend into the long-term.🦁🐟
—@IPBES #InvasiveAlienSpecies Report
Learn how IAS threaten #biodiversity: ipbes.net/IASmediarelease#
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What concrete climate actions can be found in our agriculture & food systems? #Forests are an integral part of the climate solution💡🌲🌳
Learn more about @FAO's work on #climate as we move closer to #COP28 👇
fao.org/climate-change/fao-a…
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🧠#DidYouKnow in some areas, grey squirrels are an #InvasiveAlienSpecies?🐿️
They can edge out red squirrels and even harm woodlands, stripping bark off trees like sycamore & beech. It can even carry a virus deadly to reds.
—@IUCN_ISSG
Learn more : ipbes.net/IASmediarelease#
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🌍 #InvasiveAlienSpecies have negative impacts on nature 🌱, nature's contributions to people and good quality of life including documented negative cross-cutting impacts. 🫂❌
🚨Learn more in the latest IPBES #InvasiveAlienSpecies Report
➡️ ipbes.net/IASmediarelease
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When we don't waste food we aren't just saving it from the bin.
Reducing your #foodwaste has so many more benefits 👇
#StopFoodLossWaste
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Women play a KEY role in #biodiversity conservation 💪
"@IPBES #GlobalAssessment says that conservation needs to be inclusive & consider the needs of local communities, Indigenous peoples, women & girls"
More on this topic with @CarbonBrief⬇️
carbonbrief.org/explainer-ho…
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#ClimateChange is causing a global rise in temperatures.
#DYK that 35°C wet-bulb temperature for +6 hours is the upper limit of what humans can survive?
Learn more about this in new @UNUEHS #InterconnectedRisks report: interconnectedrisks.org
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Invasive alien species impact native species by altering ecosystem properties:
🐾24% through interspecific competition
🦊18% through predation
🌱12% through herbivory
🌍27% through other ecosystem property changes (e.g. soil & water)
—@IPBES #InvasiveAlienSpecies Report
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Witness the grace & agility of impalas in action!✨
#DYK An alert impala will bark an alarm that puts the entire herd to flight? A fleeing impala is no easy prey!
Ours is a world filled with natural wonders - courtesy of #biodiversity.🌍
🎥@NatureIs_Lit
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Check out: Super-Charging Science Policy Through Youth Engagement: podbean.com/ei/pb-dc2dy-1487…
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📢 @IPBES is seeking nominations for outstanding early-career individuals, from all backgrounds and disciplines, to participate in the IPBES fellowship programme for the:
🔹Monitoring Assessment
🔹Task force on scenarios and models
Find out how to apply!
ipbes.net/ipbes-fellowship-p…
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Major report on invasive non-native species published
The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has published the results of its four-year Assessment on Invasive Alien Species and their control.
More: ow.ly/IjCQ50PZSxQ
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