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IPBES #PandemicsReport Launch
YouTube 127d 2 tweets
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ipbes The #PandemicsReport will be launched on 29 October! Join #IPBES ExecSec Dr. Anne Larigauderie and report chair Dr. for a brief presentation and media Q&A Streaming live at 3pm CET Thursday: 127d
GLF Biodiversity - Global Landscapes Forum
Global Landscapes Forum 128d 4 tweets
Learn how you, your organization or community can contribute
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ipbes 🌿#GLFBiodiversity Digital Conference: One World - #OneHealth takes place on 28-29 October w/ 🦋Join former Chair Sir Robert Watson, #IPBES expert , & 200+ speakers to discuss #biodiversity Check out the agenda & register👇 127d
“We must transform our food production and consumption patterns”
Africa Renewal 129d 1 tweets
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ipbes 'The world #food system is broken 🍲#Hunger is increasing 🍏Malnutrition & related non-communicable diseases increase 🌊The way we produce food contributes to #climatechange 🦋& causes a lot of #biodiversity loss' — 129d
Working for healthy people, animals, and ecosystems
Global Environment Facility 141d 2 tweets
Miguel Stutzin is a Chilean veterinarian and international environment specialist who serves as his country’s Operational Focal Point to the Global Environment Facility. In an interview, he shared his hopes for a green recovery to the coronavirus...
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ipbes '#COVID19 is a devastating example of how human societies have surpassed the barrier of the possible and adequate with #nature and the environment.' — Miguel Stutzin, Operational Focal Point in #Chile for 130d
Press corner
European Commission - European Commission 615d 498 tweets
Highlights, press releases and speeches
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ipbes "The #StateofNature assessment shows, yet again, very clearly that we are losing our vital life support system: ~81% of protected #habitats are in poor condition in the #EU" — of on the #NewReport on #biodiversity in the EU 132d
Jane Goodall Keeps Going, With a Lot of Hope (and a Bit of Whiskey)
David Gelles - Nytimes.com 538d 10 tweets
During her girlhood, Tarzan was her role model. When she realized how chimpanzee habitats were being destroyed, she turned into a crusader. At 85, she’s still preaching.
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ipbes "That’s what does these days. She talks. To anyone who will listen. To children, chief executives & politicians. Her message is always the same: The forests are disappearing. The animals are going quiet. We’re running out of time." Read 134d
Parliamentlive.tv
Parliamentlive.tv 134d 2 tweets
Environmental Audit Committee
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ipbes 🇬🇧 is 1 of 77 #LeadersPledge4Nature countries that committed to reverse #biodiversity loss The has invited to provide evidence on how to do just that 📺 Watch live Thu 22 Oct 230pm BST Biodiversity & Ecosystems Inquiry: 134d
GGBC's Annual Biodiversity Lecture 2020 - featuring IPBES
Facebook.com 134d 1 tweets
Other event in Gothenburg, Sweden by Hållbarhetskalender Västra Götaland and 3 others on Wednesday, October 21 2020 with 856 people interested and 110...
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ipbes Wednesday 21 Oct at 3pm CEST join the annual Biodiversity lecture w/ Exec Sec Anne Larigauderie & #GlobalAssessment chair Mark your 📅 & spread the word for this livestream lecture on #biodiversity & #transformativechange: 📺 134d
Plant and fungi loss threatens access to painkillers and anticancer drugs | DW | 12.10.2020
DW.COM 137d 1 tweets
Rooted in the rich world of plants and fungi are many of the world's most sought-after medications. As this biodiversity rapidly disappears, so, too, do the resources and ecosystems central to human health.
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ipbes 🌱'1/3+ of modern drugs are derived either directly or indirectly from natural products, such as #plants, microorganisms & animals 🌿60%-80% of anticancer drugs originate from chemical compounds found in the natural world' — de 137d
Global priority areas for ecosystem restoration
Nature 140d 8 tweets
Multicriteria optimization identifies global priority areas for ecosystem restoration and estimates their benefits for biodiversity and climate, providing cost–benefit analyses that highlight the importance of optimizing spatial planning and...
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ipbes New article in : '#EcosystemRestoration can help mitigate #ClimateChange at low costs' 'Conserving ecosystems & restoring 30% of converted land could mitigate 71±4% of extinction debt & sequester 465±59 gigatonnes CO2—49% of CO2 since Indus. Rev.' 140d
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Infrastructure and Nature - Setting the Scene: Converging Crises and Sustainable Infrastructure in a COVID-19 World. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Zoom Video 141d 1 tweets
Private and public sector panelists will set the stage for the webinar series, discussing barriers and opportunities for the private sector to catalyze sustainable investments that address the multiple crises we face today, from global biodiversity...
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ipbes Interested in #infrastructure & #nature? Join the webinar series on barriers and opportunities for sustainable finance that address the multiple crises we face today, from global #biodiversityloss to #climatechange and the #COVID19 pandemic 👇 141d
Countdown
Countdown.ted.com 455d 35 tweets
Countdown’s goal is to identify compelling responses to five big climate related questions and to activate the solutions by connecting citizens directly with business and political leaders. Join the Countdown.
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ipbes New hub – a global initiative to champion and accelerate solutions to the climate & biodiversity crises: #JoinTheCountdown w/ , former Executive Secretary | #StubbornOptimism 141d
Fifth of countries at risk of ecosystem collapse, analysis finds
Damian Carrington - the Guardian 142d 25 tweets
Trillions of dollars of GDP depend on biodiversity, according to Swiss Re report
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ipbes According to new insurance analysis: "1 in 5 countries are at risk of ecosystem collapse" '1st index to our knowledge that pulls together indicators of #biodiversity & ecosystems to cross-compare around the world & link back to those economies' 142d
Eating a meal that is good for both you and the planet can be simple – just ask a few questions before you tuck in | Tony Lovell
the Guardian 143d 1 tweets
Putting biodiversity on the menu solves the thorny question of what to have for dinner
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ipbes Our impact on #ecosystems began thousands of years ago w/ us reducing #biodiversity & starting a chain reaction that brought us to a #NatureEmergency & #ClimateEmergency The good news: we can reverse this by enhancing #Nature It's easy to contribute 🥦 143d
Biodiversity is more than just the forests | New Straits Times
NST Online 145d 1 tweets
The World Health Organisation offers an insightful analysis of the link between health and biodiversity, beginning with a definition of a healthy person as someone not simply free from illness but in a state of complete physical, mental and social...
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ipbes "Too often when we talk about #biodiversity, it evokes a notion of forest destruction or species extinction. Little do we realise, however, that in fact biodiversity is the foundation for #humanhealth." - Founding Chair Read more: 145d
New virtual journey highlights benefits of peatlands
UN Environment 147d 1 tweets
According to the latest Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services assessment, 75% of land, 66% of oceans and 85% of our planet’s wetlands have been negatively impacted by human activity.
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ipbes "According to the #GlobalAssessment, 🌵75% of land, 🌊66% of oceans and 🌱85% of our planet’s wetlands have been negatively impacted by human activity" 💻 Explore these ecosystems with 's tool #WildForLife 147d
'Shocking': wilderness the size of Mexico lost worldwide in just 13 years, study finds
Graham Readfearn - the Guardian 166d 10 tweets
Researchers say loss of 1.9m square kilometres of intact ecosystems will have ‘profound implications’ for biodiversity
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ipbes A new study revealed that from 2000 to 2013 nearly 2 million square km of intact #ecosystems were lost – the size of #Mexico – with profound implications for #biodiversity 'Findings show human pressure is extending into the last ecologically intact areas' 148d
Weltbiodiversitätsrat IPBES für Friedensnobelpreis nominiert
Süddeutsche.de 154d 1 tweets
Das Gremium hatte mit seinem Bericht die weltweite Aufmerksamkeit auf das katastrophale Artensterben gelenkt.
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ipbes #BreakingNews: Media reporting nominated for #NobelPeacePrize for "invaluable contribution to world peace & global development" 'recognition for experts around the world who contributed to IPBES w/ hope that science will be foundation of politics' 154d
IPBES Response to Reports about Possible Nobel Peace Prize Nomination
Ipbes.net 154d 1 tweets
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ipbes 'We have been made aware of reports in the media that mention as having been nominated for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize... w/ #BiodiversitySummit just hours away' "Our peace and security depend very directly on nature's contributions to people" 154d
From Pledges to Policy and Practice: Moving Nature to the Heart of Decision-Making
Inter Press Service - Ipsnews.net 154d 2 tweets
This week, Heads of State and Government from 64 countries announced one of the strongest pledges yet to reverse the loss of biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people by 2030. Advancing from
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ipbes Actions & accountability – beyond words on paper: The #LeadersPledge4Nature from 70+ Govs can be turning point for #transformativechange esp. w/ whole of Govnmt approach, grounded in solid #science – Chair #BiodiversitySummit today! 154d