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Breaking!📣
This week, Dr. Luthando Dziba officially assumes the role of IPBES Executive Secretary, starting today (1 October). 🏡🧪
Welcome to the new role, Luthando! 👏
This week, Dr. Luthando Dziba officially assumes the role of IPBES Executive Secretary, starting today (1 October). 🏡🧪
Welcome to the new role, Luthando! 👏
🌍 How does global market integration affect traditional knowledge?
A study by Turreira-García, N. explores how the evolving shea value chain in Ghana & Burkina Faso impacts local practices, resilience & women’s livelihoods, echoing IPBES insights.
💡 https://ow.ly/Waux50XAvJc
A study by Turreira-García, N. explores how the evolving shea value chain in Ghana & Burkina Faso impacts local practices, resilience & women’s livelihoods, echoing IPBES insights.
💡 https://ow.ly/Waux50XAvJc
December 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
🌍 How does global market integration affect traditional knowledge?
A study by Turreira-García, N. explores how the evolving shea value chain in Ghana & Burkina Faso impacts local practices, resilience & women’s livelihoods, echoing IPBES insights.
💡 https://ow.ly/Waux50XAvJc
A study by Turreira-García, N. explores how the evolving shea value chain in Ghana & Burkina Faso impacts local practices, resilience & women’s livelihoods, echoing IPBES insights.
💡 https://ow.ly/Waux50XAvJc
Did you know the red kangaroo can leap an astounding 7.5 meters in a single bound? 🦘 These incredible marsupials, native to Australia's open landscapes, are true wonders of nature.
Explore more fun facts here: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/red-kangaroo
Explore more fun facts here: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/red-kangaroo
December 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Did you know the red kangaroo can leap an astounding 7.5 meters in a single bound? 🦘 These incredible marsupials, native to Australia's open landscapes, are true wonders of nature.
Explore more fun facts here: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/red-kangaroo
Explore more fun facts here: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/red-kangaroo
New research by Stewart, K., Venditti, C., Carmona, C.P. et al. highlights an urgent truth: protecting bird diversity requires both threat abatement & targeted recovery. Prioritizing unique species can save vital ecosystem functions. 🐦
💡Full study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02746-z
💡Full study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02746-z
December 27, 2025 at 10:50 AM
New research by Stewart, K., Venditti, C., Carmona, C.P. et al. highlights an urgent truth: protecting bird diversity requires both threat abatement & targeted recovery. Prioritizing unique species can save vital ecosystem functions. 🐦
💡Full study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02746-z
💡Full study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02746-z
📣REMINDER📣
The external review of the IPBES #MonitoringAssessment is closing soon!
📆Closes 7 January
🗣️Who? Governments, scientists, experts, businesses, decision-makers, knowledge-holders, etc.
Reminder: https://www.ipbes.net/notification/EM/2025/62
The external review of the IPBES #MonitoringAssessment is closing soon!
📆Closes 7 January
🗣️Who? Governments, scientists, experts, businesses, decision-makers, knowledge-holders, etc.
Reminder: https://www.ipbes.net/notification/EM/2025/62
December 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
📣REMINDER📣
The external review of the IPBES #MonitoringAssessment is closing soon!
📆Closes 7 January
🗣️Who? Governments, scientists, experts, businesses, decision-makers, knowledge-holders, etc.
Reminder: https://www.ipbes.net/notification/EM/2025/62
The external review of the IPBES #MonitoringAssessment is closing soon!
📆Closes 7 January
🗣️Who? Governments, scientists, experts, businesses, decision-makers, knowledge-holders, etc.
Reminder: https://www.ipbes.net/notification/EM/2025/62
A comprehensive review building on the IPBES #InvasiveAlienSpecies Assessment reveals that numbers of alien species are increasing for all taxonomic groups and regions, and that this trend is likely to continue.
Read more: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/brv.70058
Read more: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/brv.70058
December 26, 2025 at 8:05 AM
A comprehensive review building on the IPBES #InvasiveAlienSpecies Assessment reveals that numbers of alien species are increasing for all taxonomic groups and regions, and that this trend is likely to continue.
Read more: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/brv.70058
Read more: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/brv.70058
Indigenous knowledge is vital for biodiversity conservation. From Thailand's Karen tribe to Bhutan's yak herders, traditional practices are blending with modern solutions to shape sustainable solutions.
Learn more in this article by Puja Bhattacharjee (She/Her) : https://ow.ly/G6H650XAvM6
Learn more in this article by Puja Bhattacharjee (She/Her) : https://ow.ly/G6H650XAvM6
December 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Indigenous knowledge is vital for biodiversity conservation. From Thailand's Karen tribe to Bhutan's yak herders, traditional practices are blending with modern solutions to shape sustainable solutions.
Learn more in this article by Puja Bhattacharjee (She/Her) : https://ow.ly/G6H650XAvM6
Learn more in this article by Puja Bhattacharjee (She/Her) : https://ow.ly/G6H650XAvM6
Experts are celebrating the rise in the population of one of England’s rarest bumblebees. bee Recordings of the shrill carder bee have occurred over two consecutive years after more than a decade with no sightings.
📷 Bumblebee Conservation Trust
Read more: https://ow.ly/JnQp50XwRwJ
📷 Bumblebee Conservation Trust
Read more: https://ow.ly/JnQp50XwRwJ
December 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Experts are celebrating the rise in the population of one of England’s rarest bumblebees. bee Recordings of the shrill carder bee have occurred over two consecutive years after more than a decade with no sightings.
📷 Bumblebee Conservation Trust
Read more: https://ow.ly/JnQp50XwRwJ
📷 Bumblebee Conservation Trust
Read more: https://ow.ly/JnQp50XwRwJ
🪸 According to the IPBES #GlobalAssessment , nearly a third of reef-forming corals, sharks, and their relatives are threatened. The whale shark is just one of many species at risk.
The protection of biodiversity is essential to maintaining the health and balance of ecosystems.
The protection of biodiversity is essential to maintaining the health and balance of ecosystems.
December 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🪸 According to the IPBES #GlobalAssessment , nearly a third of reef-forming corals, sharks, and their relatives are threatened. The whale shark is just one of many species at risk.
The protection of biodiversity is essential to maintaining the health and balance of ecosystems.
The protection of biodiversity is essential to maintaining the health and balance of ecosystems.
The IPBES #NexusAssessment has been adapted for an Austrian context by Biodiversity Austria - International, and is now available in German: https://zenodo.org/records/17638656
December 23, 2025 at 9:30 AM
The IPBES #NexusAssessment has been adapted for an Austrian context by Biodiversity Austria - International, and is now available in German: https://zenodo.org/records/17638656
New research by Gomez de la Rosa, C., Vogt, K.A. et al. highlights the environmental justice challenges facing Indigenous & local communities in Tubará, Colombia, using the IPBES Nature’s Contributions to People framework to inquire about landscape change perceptions.
ℹ️ https://ow.ly/o42n50XAvCu
ℹ️ https://ow.ly/o42n50XAvCu
December 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
New research by Gomez de la Rosa, C., Vogt, K.A. et al. highlights the environmental justice challenges facing Indigenous & local communities in Tubará, Colombia, using the IPBES Nature’s Contributions to People framework to inquire about landscape change perceptions.
ℹ️ https://ow.ly/o42n50XAvCu
ℹ️ https://ow.ly/o42n50XAvCu
80 experts from 35 countries developed IPBES #BizBiodiversity Assessment.
Their findings will be discussed at #IPBES12, which will be held at Manchester Central, a former railway station that once connected global trade and now connects science & policy #ForNature.
📖 https://ipbes.canto.de/b/HJAGG
Their findings will be discussed at #IPBES12, which will be held at Manchester Central, a former railway station that once connected global trade and now connects science & policy #ForNature.
📖 https://ipbes.canto.de/b/HJAGG
December 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM
80 experts from 35 countries developed IPBES #BizBiodiversity Assessment.
Their findings will be discussed at #IPBES12, which will be held at Manchester Central, a former railway station that once connected global trade and now connects science & policy #ForNature.
📖 https://ipbes.canto.de/b/HJAGG
Their findings will be discussed at #IPBES12, which will be held at Manchester Central, a former railway station that once connected global trade and now connects science & policy #ForNature.
📖 https://ipbes.canto.de/b/HJAGG
Satellite images from 2009 to 2024 have shown an average 22% fall in numbers across 16 emperor penguin colonies south of South America. 🐧
Researchers stress that climate change mitigation is essential for the survival of this iconic species.
Read more in The Conversation: https://ow.ly/iCLZ50XAvEg
Researchers stress that climate change mitigation is essential for the survival of this iconic species.
Read more in The Conversation: https://ow.ly/iCLZ50XAvEg
As Antarctic sea ice shrinks, iconic emperor penguins are in more peril than we thought
Emperor penguin populations are falling much faster than expected. Ice is melting beneath their chicks before they’re ready.
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December 21, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Satellite images from 2009 to 2024 have shown an average 22% fall in numbers across 16 emperor penguin colonies south of South America. 🐧
Researchers stress that climate change mitigation is essential for the survival of this iconic species.
Read more in The Conversation: https://ow.ly/iCLZ50XAvEg
Researchers stress that climate change mitigation is essential for the survival of this iconic species.
Read more in The Conversation: https://ow.ly/iCLZ50XAvEg
🗞️ Great news!
A golden eagle has been spotted in northern England for the first time since 2015. Scientists working in the area report multiple sightings since April 2025.
Read more in Mongabay: https://ow.ly/eFb450XAvyN
A golden eagle has been spotted in northern England for the first time since 2015. Scientists working in the area report multiple sightings since April 2025.
Read more in Mongabay: https://ow.ly/eFb450XAvyN
December 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
🗞️ Great news!
A golden eagle has been spotted in northern England for the first time since 2015. Scientists working in the area report multiple sightings since April 2025.
Read more in Mongabay: https://ow.ly/eFb450XAvyN
A golden eagle has been spotted in northern England for the first time since 2015. Scientists working in the area report multiple sightings since April 2025.
Read more in Mongabay: https://ow.ly/eFb450XAvyN
⏳ 45 days until #IPBES12
The IPBES #BizBiodiversity assessment is the result of 3 years work by 80 leading authors incl. scientists, business experts, Indigenous Peoples & local communities from 35 countries.
📍 Manchester, UK | 3–8 February 2026
Learn more: https://ipbes.canto.de/b/HJAGG
The IPBES #BizBiodiversity assessment is the result of 3 years work by 80 leading authors incl. scientists, business experts, Indigenous Peoples & local communities from 35 countries.
📍 Manchester, UK | 3–8 February 2026
Learn more: https://ipbes.canto.de/b/HJAGG
December 20, 2025 at 9:55 AM
⏳ 45 days until #IPBES12
The IPBES #BizBiodiversity assessment is the result of 3 years work by 80 leading authors incl. scientists, business experts, Indigenous Peoples & local communities from 35 countries.
📍 Manchester, UK | 3–8 February 2026
Learn more: https://ipbes.canto.de/b/HJAGG
The IPBES #BizBiodiversity assessment is the result of 3 years work by 80 leading authors incl. scientists, business experts, Indigenous Peoples & local communities from 35 countries.
📍 Manchester, UK | 3–8 February 2026
Learn more: https://ipbes.canto.de/b/HJAGG
Warm festive wishes from the IPBES Secretariat! ✨
Our sincere thanks to the IPBES community for your dedication to strengthening the science–policy interface #ForNature & people.
Wishing you a peaceful festive season and looking forward to working together next year as we prepare for #IPBES12
Our sincere thanks to the IPBES community for your dedication to strengthening the science–policy interface #ForNature & people.
Wishing you a peaceful festive season and looking forward to working together next year as we prepare for #IPBES12
December 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Warm festive wishes from the IPBES Secretariat! ✨
Our sincere thanks to the IPBES community for your dedication to strengthening the science–policy interface #ForNature & people.
Wishing you a peaceful festive season and looking forward to working together next year as we prepare for #IPBES12
Our sincere thanks to the IPBES community for your dedication to strengthening the science–policy interface #ForNature & people.
Wishing you a peaceful festive season and looking forward to working together next year as we prepare for #IPBES12
On 17 Dec, IPBES Exec Sec Luthando Dziba spoke at GENeva Environment Network conference: “Strengthening the Science-Policy Interface to Address the Triple Planetary Crisis”, with IPCC Secretary Abdalah Mokssit.
Key takeway: science-policy processes like IPBES & IPCC shape informed decision-making
Key takeway: science-policy processes like IPBES & IPCC shape informed decision-making
December 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
On 17 Dec, IPBES Exec Sec Luthando Dziba spoke at GENeva Environment Network conference: “Strengthening the Science-Policy Interface to Address the Triple Planetary Crisis”, with IPCC Secretary Abdalah Mokssit.
Key takeway: science-policy processes like IPBES & IPCC shape informed decision-making
Key takeway: science-policy processes like IPBES & IPCC shape informed decision-making
Thousands of scientific references synthesized into one assessment.
The IPBES #BizBiodiversity report will provide decision-makers with critical insights to measure business dependencies and impacts on biodiversity and nature's contributions to people.
💡 https://ipbes.canto.de/b/HJAGG
#IPBES12
The IPBES #BizBiodiversity report will provide decision-makers with critical insights to measure business dependencies and impacts on biodiversity and nature's contributions to people.
💡 https://ipbes.canto.de/b/HJAGG
#IPBES12
December 19, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Thousands of scientific references synthesized into one assessment.
The IPBES #BizBiodiversity report will provide decision-makers with critical insights to measure business dependencies and impacts on biodiversity and nature's contributions to people.
💡 https://ipbes.canto.de/b/HJAGG
#IPBES12
The IPBES #BizBiodiversity report will provide decision-makers with critical insights to measure business dependencies and impacts on biodiversity and nature's contributions to people.
💡 https://ipbes.canto.de/b/HJAGG
#IPBES12
#DYK ocelots like to hang out with opossums? In an effort to conserve these shy spotted cats, NGOs in Mexico are working to end community-wildlife conflicts by conducting projects with beekeepers, farmers, schoolchildren and pet owners.
Read more in Mongabay: https://ow.ly/B13050XqtIv
Read more in Mongabay: https://ow.ly/B13050XqtIv
NGOs launch novel community projects to conserve Mexico’s ocelots
CONHUAS, Mexico — Esteban Dominguez has lived for more than 20 years close to one of the biggest conservation areas in southeastern Mexico — Calakmul Biosphere Reserve on the Yucatán Peninsula. He’s used to spotting monkeys, coatis, eagles, tapirs, deer, wild turkeys, owls, and even pumas and jaguars. But he recalls only a couple times […]
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December 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
#DYK ocelots like to hang out with opossums? In an effort to conserve these shy spotted cats, NGOs in Mexico are working to end community-wildlife conflicts by conducting projects with beekeepers, farmers, schoolchildren and pet owners.
Read more in Mongabay: https://ow.ly/B13050XqtIv
Read more in Mongabay: https://ow.ly/B13050XqtIv
Reposted by IPBES
In this article, just out, I argue that scientists have a crucial role in the science-policy interface: keep making questions, especially those whose answers decision-makers don't know they want to know, or know they do not want to know.
Here's the link:
journals.plos.org/sustainabili...
Here's the link:
journals.plos.org/sustainabili...
Three kinds of questions for scientists in intergovernmental policy
journals.plos.org
December 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
In this article, just out, I argue that scientists have a crucial role in the science-policy interface: keep making questions, especially those whose answers decision-makers don't know they want to know, or know they do not want to know.
Here's the link:
journals.plos.org/sustainabili...
Here's the link:
journals.plos.org/sustainabili...
Recent research reveals that deep-sea mining could dramatically threaten 30 species of sharks, rays, and ghost sharks whose habitats overlap with proposed mining zones, further endangering species already at risk of extinction.
Read more in Science Daily: https://ow.ly/CtSN50XG94U
Read more in Science Daily: https://ow.ly/CtSN50XG94U
December 18, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Recent research reveals that deep-sea mining could dramatically threaten 30 species of sharks, rays, and ghost sharks whose habitats overlap with proposed mining zones, further endangering species already at risk of extinction.
Read more in Science Daily: https://ow.ly/CtSN50XG94U
Read more in Science Daily: https://ow.ly/CtSN50XG94U
The giant air plant of Florida is endangered due an invasive weevil species. A recent study by Campbell et al. (2025) suggests that only a very high germination rate and a short period of predation would lead to a sustained population.
Read more w/ PLOS Biology: https://ow.ly/mVFS50XAvua
Read more w/ PLOS Biology: https://ow.ly/mVFS50XAvua
December 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The giant air plant of Florida is endangered due an invasive weevil species. A recent study by Campbell et al. (2025) suggests that only a very high germination rate and a short period of predation would lead to a sustained population.
Read more w/ PLOS Biology: https://ow.ly/mVFS50XAvua
Read more w/ PLOS Biology: https://ow.ly/mVFS50XAvua
Reposted by IPBES
FIRST-EVER IPBES fast-track assessment.
The #BizBiodiversity report will provide authoritative evidence on nature's role in the global economy, often overlooked and undervalued.
Discover the scale and scope of this landmark assessment set for approval at #IPBES12: https://ipbes.canto.de/b/HJAGG
The #BizBiodiversity report will provide authoritative evidence on nature's role in the global economy, often overlooked and undervalued.
Discover the scale and scope of this landmark assessment set for approval at #IPBES12: https://ipbes.canto.de/b/HJAGG
December 16, 2025 at 7:40 AM
FIRST-EVER IPBES fast-track assessment.
The #BizBiodiversity report will provide authoritative evidence on nature's role in the global economy, often overlooked and undervalued.
Discover the scale and scope of this landmark assessment set for approval at #IPBES12: https://ipbes.canto.de/b/HJAGG
The #BizBiodiversity report will provide authoritative evidence on nature's role in the global economy, often overlooked and undervalued.
Discover the scale and scope of this landmark assessment set for approval at #IPBES12: https://ipbes.canto.de/b/HJAGG
🌿Businesses depend on nature. Businesses impact nature.
IPBES #BizBiodiversity report will provide policymakers, governments, businesses & financial institutions with the evidence needed to measure both.
Follow us for #IPBES12 updates.
📗 https://ipbes.canto.de/v/S4G7FJL670/album/HURAL?viewIndex=0
IPBES #BizBiodiversity report will provide policymakers, governments, businesses & financial institutions with the evidence needed to measure both.
Follow us for #IPBES12 updates.
📗 https://ipbes.canto.de/v/S4G7FJL670/album/HURAL?viewIndex=0
December 17, 2025 at 11:50 AM
🌿Businesses depend on nature. Businesses impact nature.
IPBES #BizBiodiversity report will provide policymakers, governments, businesses & financial institutions with the evidence needed to measure both.
Follow us for #IPBES12 updates.
📗 https://ipbes.canto.de/v/S4G7FJL670/album/HURAL?viewIndex=0
IPBES #BizBiodiversity report will provide policymakers, governments, businesses & financial institutions with the evidence needed to measure both.
Follow us for #IPBES12 updates.
📗 https://ipbes.canto.de/v/S4G7FJL670/album/HURAL?viewIndex=0
In 2019, IPBES #GlobalAssessment est. 1 million species of plants & animals are threatened with extinction.🥀
The figure is probably even higher, but what's important is the urgent need for #biodiversity preservation!
https://www.ipbes.net/global-assessment
The figure is probably even higher, but what's important is the urgent need for #biodiversity preservation!
https://www.ipbes.net/global-assessment
December 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
In 2019, IPBES #GlobalAssessment est. 1 million species of plants & animals are threatened with extinction.🥀
The figure is probably even higher, but what's important is the urgent need for #biodiversity preservation!
https://www.ipbes.net/global-assessment
The figure is probably even higher, but what's important is the urgent need for #biodiversity preservation!
https://www.ipbes.net/global-assessment
Reposted by IPBES
Nick Halfhide of Nature Scot opens @britishecologicalsociety.org annual meet, highlighting the @ipbes.net #transformativechange assessment and calling on ecologists to explore the relevance of their work for people.
December 16, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Nick Halfhide of Nature Scot opens @britishecologicalsociety.org annual meet, highlighting the @ipbes.net #transformativechange assessment and calling on ecologists to explore the relevance of their work for people.