#Wetlands are our most valuable ecosystem with critical services for #biodiversity, health, water security & climate adaptation.
But we are losing wetlands 3x faster than forests. We must accelerate actions for the conservation & #restoration of them.
via @RamsarConv
Access to clean💧& sanitation is a human right!✊
#PNG environment & population are severely affected by uncontrolled gold #mining.
This is polluting their water & irreversibly killing their biodiversity.
THIS MUST STOP! Learn more and help by following @morobedevelop_
Healthy #soil is a real powerhouse:
🐞Habitat for soil #biodiversity
🌤️Carbon store and #climate regulator
💧Water tank and purifier
🌻#Food producer
🏺Keeper of heritage
Protecting #soilhealth ensures its many functions that enable life on Earth!
via @unccd @stella_caraman
Datos de @IPBES que debes saber sobre la crisis de la #naturaleza:
📌1 millón de especies de fauna y flora en peligro de extinción
📌75% de la superficie terrestre alterada significativamente
📌66% del área oceánica afectada por actividad humana
🗞️@UNEP
https://t.co/QLWtHzBV1j
What are the benefits of mountains?⛰🏔🗻
Mountains constitute about half of the world’s #biodiversity hotspots.
They’re indispensable for people and #ForNature! 🌿💚
via @fao
Apartheid is deprivation.
Apartheid is segregation.
Apartheid is fragmentation.
Apartheid is dispossession.
Israel’s apartheid over Palestinians is a crime against humanity.
🔴 #Mangroves are at risk. Preserving and protecting mangrove forests is a top priority. 🔴
Have a look at what @mangroveproject is doing for their conservation. Stay tuned to learn more info about our work in this field! 🌊
Happy #ValentinesDay! 💚
💖 Did you know that lifelong partnerships can be found also in the animal world?
Their relationship style differs according to the species, but they are all special and unique in their own ways. 🥰
DYK? Did you know that technology can help us sow seeds and regenerate forests?❗️🌱
Benefits of drone tree planting include fast-track #reforestation 🌱 🌲 , and accessing difficult-to-reach areas while being cost-effective 💰 .
Learn more here: https://t.co/vQsdQiitUs
Check out this @NASA article to learn more: Five Facts to Help You Understand Sea Ice – #ClimateChange: Vital Signs of the Planet
https://t.co/O4UlK4BdX0
“The last 15 years, we've seen the lowest 15 sea ice minimum extents…Each year we're losing an area that's roughly the size of West Virginia.”
- Dr. Rachel Tilling (sea ice scientist at the University of Maryland and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland)*
Fun Fact Friday: Arctic sea ice is declining by 13% per decade! 🧊 ❄️ 🌞. Unfortunately, the accelerated melting of sea ice has been caused by climate change.
Our partner @fundacioemys is restoring riparian ecosystems🌿in Catalonia. They carried out a tree planting along the river bed of the Onyar river where trees were planted on both sides to avoid erosion.
🙏 Thanks for your precious task of cleaning and restoring local landscapes!
#IMPAC5 is an opportunity to highlight best practice for conservation, working with coastal communities and Indigenous Peoples.
Action to #ProtectBlueNature is essential to secure a #NaturePositive world and deliver the targets set in the 🆕Global Biodiversity Framework.
Investments into nature-based solutions need to ramp up to USD 384 billion/year by 2025, more than double the current USD 154 billion/year, to reach #climate, #biodiversity, and land degradation goals, states the State of Finance for Nature report 👇 https://t.co/gfdsmLR1IC
#DroneReforestation helps tackle a multitude of problems as it is 9 times faster than other human planting systems, stays airborne, allows for efficient and quick travelling, and saves time as well as coverage of more areas in less time and is more efficient.
Honeybees contribute to our interconnected ecosystems. According to WWF-UK, one out of every three mouthfuls of our food often depends on pollinators such as bees 🌱 🐝 . They are extremely important! We don’t know where we would be(e) without them! 😉 🐝