COMING UP: The Nairobi UN Biodiversity Meetings

🌍 WHAT: 26th session of #SBSTTA

🌍 WHEN: 13 to 18 May

🌍 WHY: Advance progress on the #BiodiversityPlan

Learn more: cbd.int/meetings/SBSTT…

Biodiversity has been used and conserved by farming communities for millennia. It is key to the livelihoods of small-scale farmers.

To address #food security challenges, we need a large reservoir of biological diversity

Learn more 👉 fao.org/biodiversity/en Via FAO Climate Change & Biodiversity

Coral reefs support the highest marine #biodiversity in the world but they are in severe decline.

Learn about the on-the-ground efforts of IUCN to help reverse this decline ow.ly/ZheI50EKSCW
IUCN Ocean Team

#CoralReefs

Indigenous Peoples are guardians of ecosystems and key agents for a sustainable future for all 👐🌏🌱

Via International Fund for Agricultural Development

Financial institutions 🌎 can now measure the positive impact of their investments into #biodiversity conservation, adaptation, mitigation, and sustainable livelihoods with the sustainable land use finance impact directory.

Know more via UNEP-WCMC👇 bit.ly/3KnSBFK

From adopting more sustainable diets to encouraging local authorities to act ecologically, we can all do our part to safeguard nature in our communities.

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@globallf shares 5️⃣ actions you can take to support #BiodiversityPlan today.

🌐The #BiodiversityPlan recognizes that successful implementation will depend on ensuring gender equality and empowerment of women and girls, and on reducing inequalities.

Gender equality is #PartOfThePlan cbd.int/biodiversity-d…

Biodiversity is crucial to the future of all life on the planet and is fundamental to sustainable development earth_americas herb

Learn about #biodiversity through this WWF infographic 👇
Make a decision to be #PartOfThePlan 🤝

📢 #Biodiversity is key to agriculture and human well-being, but it's declining. And livestock is contributing to this.🐂🌎🌺

More sustainable livestock practices can help reduce biodiversity loss and restore our ecosystems.
➡️ bit.ly/3LTfBx3

#FAOLEAP FAO Livestock

Mountains are home to 15% of the world’s population & host about half of the world’s #biodiversity hotspots. Wherever you live, #BiodiversityDay on May 22 reminds us that we can all do our part to safeguard the #biodiversity around us and be #PartOfThePlan . 🏔️

What is #biodiversity ? What makes it so essential for life on Earth? 🌍🕸🌱

In a stunning animation, @ted_ed explores the web of life on our planet — and explains how it is affected by human activity. youtube.com/watch?v=GK_vRt…

🌐This year, the #BiodiversityDay logo can be customized!

🌎Show the world that you are #PartOfThePlan by adding your name or your organization's name to the logo.
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Without biodiversity there would be no food.

Biodiversity depends on how we manage our agrifood systems & take care of nature.

Our future depends on biodiversity!
Food and Agriculture Organization

Discover how to access help materials in the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH) & ABS Clearing-House (ABSCH) with our webinar 📚
Explore FAQs, knowledge base, and training sites for an enhanced user experience
Watch➡️youtube.com/watch?v=sioPjb…
More info➡️tinyurl.com/km5x4pye

What happens belowground supports life aboveground. If underground #biodiversity is threatened, the functions that soil performs are also threatened.

'If we are serious about investing in our planet- we need to start from the soil up!' Leigh Ann Winowiecki

#SaveSoil #Trees4Resilience

The #BiodiversityPlan sets the world on a path to halt & reverse biodiversity loss. Strides have been made, but there's a long way to go from agreement to action.

As we approach #BiodiversityDay on 22 May, join us in being #PartOfThePlan : wrld.bg/q9ES50RsVVO
UN Biodiversity

While research is still mixed on whether diverse fire patterns promote #biodiversity , a new study suggests that practices under active Indigenous stewardship can do so 🔥

Read the news 👇
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Mongabay Red List of Ecosystems

There are more living organisms in 1 teaspoon of healthy soil than there are people on Earth!🪱🪲

Safeguarding natural resources and biodiversity is critical to people’s health and that of our planet too.

Food and Agriculture Organization

🤝🌱When it comes to protecting and preserving biodiversity, everyone is #PartOfThePlan !

📽️Watch a message from H.E. Mr. Shintaro Ito, Japan’s Minister of the Environment, ahead of #BiodiversityDay .

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