🌿21st @IPBES MEP & Bureau meetings.🔍
Important observer contributions from @UNESCO (for our 4 UN partners), @IPCC_CH , @UNBiodiversity, @bonnconvention, @UNCCD & @CITES.
Enhancing our collaborative efforts to stregthen science and policy for people and #ForNature🤝
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@IPBES has released a series of factsheets to help better understand their latest Assessment Report on #InvasiveAlienSpecies. Check them out!
• Data on trends and impacts
• The role of businesses
• IAS in protected areas
• IAS on islands
• IAS management and governance
Is the @IPBES #InvasiveAlienSpecies Report a longer read than you have time for?🤔
We can help!📢
We're launching a series of factsheets that spotlight key #IAS issues - each is only 4 pages to digest.
Check out the 1st one on: Data on Trends & Impacts➡️ipbes.net/ias
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#DYK Mountains are #biodiversity hotspots?
Nearly 1/5 of the world’s protected areas are in mountains.⛰
—@IPBES #GlobalAssessment
This #InternationalMountainDay, let's enhance protection of these ecosystems.✨
Discover 5 of the many reasons why mountains matter w/ @FAO 👇
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Curious about @IPBES #InvasiveAlienSpecies Report, but short on time?🤔
No problem! Explore 7 short (4-page) factsheets for an overview of vital highlights.📚
Here's one focused on how IAS affect #ProtectedAreas & most natural #ecosystems ⬇️
ipbes.net/ias
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🌍 More than 100 football fields worth of healthy land lost in Africa every ⏰ minute!
➡️ Dive into more findings from the new UNCCD Data Dashboard
📊🌱🔗data.unccd.int #United4Land
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🌏 Closing day @IPBES 21st MEP & Bureau: a week of fruitful discussions & planning.
Today's discussions focused on knowledge generation, policy support & preparations for future sessions.
Looking forward to continuing our shared journey #ForNature! 🍃🔍
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🌐Join @IPBES Online Stakeholder Dialogue!
Chance for registered reviewers to engage w/ authors of @IPBES #NexusAssessment.
Co-chairs & authors will present the draft report & answer questions.🗣️
📆18 Dec
🔗 Register to get link: ipbes.net/notification/live-…
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Edible insects are an underutilized resource that can help meet our growing demands for nutritious food while caring for our planet.
Here are 3 reasons why edible insects should have a place on the menu 👇
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Wetlands are disappearing! 🦆💧
According to @ramsarconv, nearly 90% of the world’s wetlands have been degraded since the 1700s, and we are losing wetlands three times faster than forests.
#Wetlands are vital #ForNature, people and our planet.🌍
#ActForWetlands
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Artificial Light at Night pollution (ALAN) 💡 can damage our environment & its wildlife, and even affect human health ⚠️
Learn more about mitigation measures for environmental protection in the latest @SfEP Future Brief 👉 europa.eu/!V7NV4j
#ZeroPollution #ForOurPlanet
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Most crops depend, at least in part, on pollination.
Our world is made of an invisible web, & loss of species weakens this web as well as whole ecosystems.
Take #pollinators for example. Without them, most of our food wouldn't exist. #SaveTheBees
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📢Calling #freshwater experts...
@IPBES is inviting reviews of two important draft reports:
1. Underlying causes of biodiversity loss & determinants of transformative change
2. Interlinkages among biodiversity, water, food & health
Sign up at ipbes.net/
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📆SAVE THE DATE📆
2nd external review of @IPBES #NexusAssessment is coming soon!
📌When? 20 Nov 2023 to 14 Jan 2024
📌Who? Governments, scientists & other knowledge-holders.
🔗ipbes.net/notification/save-…
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📢 Day 2 of the 21st @IPBES MEP & Bureau meetings 🌍
The focus was on the uptake and impact of completed Assessments, including #SustainableUse #ValuesAssessment & #InvasiveAlienSpecies.
Valuable insights for #BiodiversityConservation and ecosystem management. 🌿
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Daunted by the >1000 pages of the @IPBES #InvasiveAlienSpecies report? Even the Summary is 52 pages!🤔
Dive into 4-page Factsheets to understand key elements.
2nd Factsheet on: The role of Business in the Management & Governance of Biological Invasions ➡️ipbes.net/ias
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Every fraction of a degree matters!
To reach #ZeroClimateDisasters we must:
1️⃣stop the creation of new risks by rapidly reducing emissions
2️⃣ accelerate action on climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction
undrr.org/zero-climate-disas… #COP28
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