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Midori Paxton
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Nature is our strongest but most unnoticed ally for tackling the global development challenges. Nature Hub Director of @UNDP.org
Take a look at our latest @undp.org Nature study 🟢

How can Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) unlock nature-positive futures? 🌱

'The Case For Nature ID' explores how DPI can monitor biodiversity, mobilize finance and drive work #ForPeopleForPlanet.

👉 Explore here: go.undp.org/3un
August 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Across Colombia, Indigenous communities are restoring biodiversity, protecting sacred lands, and passing on ancestral knowledge🌿

With support from @pnud.bsky.social & @besnet.world, they're shaping a future where nature and people thrive: go.undp.org/wQo

#ForPeopleForPlanet
August 19, 2025 at 12:20 AM
When youth lead, their impact goes far beyond their communities.

Youth4Climate awardee Shabib Asghar is restoring coral reefs in Karachi and bringing local solutions to global conversations at #UNOC3.

This #YouthDay, take a look👉: go.undp.org/wxe
August 11, 2025 at 2:07 AM
This story isn’t one of ill portent and decline. Rather, it is a story woven from the threads of hope, challenge, &relentless effort.

A story about the possibility of a #FutureWithTigers.

As #InternationalTigerDay (29 July) approaches, take a look: undp-nature.exposure.co/the-comeback...
July 28, 2025 at 6:13 AM
“The Global Biodiversity Framework, a global agreement to safeguard world’s biodiversity, cannot be achieved through public financing alone” HaoliangXu, UNDP

The global financing gap for tiger conservation is substantial, but take a look at how this new Fund is designed to help: go.undp.org/Uzy
July 5, 2025 at 2:51 AM
“Germany is proud to help drive ambitious, scalable finance solutions that bring nature, climate, development goals together. We believe it can be a game-changer for tiger conservation & community resilience across Asia,” Jochen Flasbarth, BMUKN

go.undp.org/Uzy

#FfD4 #FutureWithTigers
July 4, 2025 at 12:35 AM
"UNCDF is proud to leverage its blended finance instruments to support enterprises that contribute to the protection, restoration, and sustainable management of tiger landscapes" Pradeep Kurukulasuriya.

See how we’re working with partners to unlock #tigerfinance #ForPeopleForPlanet: go.undp.org/UVK
July 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
“By protecting tigers we conserve some of world’s most critical landscapes for generations to come,” Stuart Chapman, Chair, Tiger Conservation Coalition.

When we protect tigers, we protect so much more.

We're working with partners to unlock financing for a #FutureWithTigers: go.undp.org/Uzy

#FFD4
July 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
#TropicsDay (29 June) celebrates the extraordinary diversity of the tropics - and also unique challenges and opportunities.

In the Philippines, see how the Integrated River Basin Management project is working #ForPeopleForPlanet: go.undp.org/URk

#WeAreTheTropics
June 24, 2025 at 11:56 PM
The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (#TNFD)’s 2025 Status Report Survey is now open.

Share your insights and help shape the future of nature-related financial disclosures.

📃Take the survey: tnfd.global/2025-status-...

#NaturePositive #NatureFinance #RiskManagement #ESG
June 23, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Land restoration is not happening at the speed and scale we need, despite the clear investment case.

This #DesertificationAndDroughtDay, see how we’re working to change this.

Now is the time for ambition and action for people and planet.

go.undp.org/U2Y
June 18, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Every year, the world loses at least 100 million hectares of healthy land —   a swath the size of Egypt. 

But around the world, people are turning dust into opportunity. 

This #DesertificationandDroughtDay, see how we’re supporting action #ForPeopleForPlanet: go.undp.org/U2Y
June 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
📢The Journal of Human Development and Capabilities -@hdca.bsky.social - invites submissions for special issue on "The Anthropocene Reframed: From Human Impact to Human Agency for Just and Sustainable Futures.”

Transformative action #ForPeopleForPlanet.

Deadline 30 June: hd-ca.org/event/call-f...
June 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The ocean regulates our climate, fuels global tourism, & feeds over 3 billion people every day.🐟

Take a look at how the new Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) guidance for the fishing, marine transportation, & cruise lines industries will help #SaveOurOcean: ow.ly/W53B50W5rHN
June 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Just announced at #GEFcouncil69, @thegef.bsky.social has approved US$52.3 million for @undp.org’s projects across Africa, Asia, the Pacific, & Latin America.

We are honored that countries continue to choose UNDP for support to advance their climate, nature, and development goals.🤝

go.undp.org/UsK
June 4, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Our 2024 @undp.org Nature Pledge Annual Report highlights significant achievements from our first year of implementing the #NaturePledge Strategy, designed to halt and reverse nature loss and ecosystem degradation.

Take a look at our support #ForPeopleForPlanet: go.undp.org/UmR
June 2, 2025 at 10:41 PM
A new era of human thriving is ahead of us if we advance solutions #ForPeopleForPlanet.

This #BiodiversityDay, here's one story that highlights what is possible when we chose harmony over harm, regeneration over degradation, partnership over separation: go.undp.org/Ufj
May 22, 2025 at 12:31 PM
In 2024, history was made in the serene hills of Papua New Guinea. The Kulkane Tribe signed a Conservation Deed to protect 9,000 hectares of pristine rainforest.

This #BiodiversityDay 🌱 see how we work to support these efforts #ForPeopleForPlanet: go.undp.org/UxA
May 20, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Let’s support farmers.

Let’s reshape food systems for a more secure and just food future.

This #WorldFarmersDay, discover how agroecology can drive systemic change #ForPeopleForPlanet: ow.ly/H5Jw50VT11X
May 15, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Enabling a market in which nature and its stewards are the primary beneficiaries, the High-level Principles White Paper is released today.

A joint collaboration between Biodiversity Credit Alliance, IAPB & WEF to guide biodiversity credit market: www.biodiversitycreditalliance.org/high-level-p...
May 10, 2025 at 11:21 PM
We are part of Nature.
We are Nature.

Only living in harmony with Nature is how we will advance and safeguard progress for current and future generations.

More in my address to the General Assembly on #EarthDay

🎥 ow.ly/VQWp50VFOHB

Repost from @undp.org
April 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
🌾 In Viet Nam’s Tram Chim National Park, farmers are restoring wetlands by shifting from triple-rice farming to a sustainable rice-fish system.

It’s a nature-positive solution - supported by @besnet.world - that protects biodiversity and supports local livelihoods.

ow.ly/iYc750VsOIv

#EarthDay
April 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
A new UNDP study - 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝑰𝑫 - explores how Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) can catalyze nature and climate action.

The interlinked climate and biodiversity crises demand better data to generate solutions.

Read more: go.undp.org/3un
March 31, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Is the secret for the world’s food security hidden in the nooks of our forests?

Forests provide food, fuel and essential ecosystem services.

Yet, we lose 10 million hectares to deforestation every year.

On #ForestDay, let’s protect and restore forests: ow.ly/LYGp50VlXlI
March 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Save the date! The IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025 begins 9 Oct in Abu Dhabi.

#IUCNcongress will serve as a dynamic forum where governments, Indigenous peoples’ organizations, businesses, and conservation leaders will develop strategies to address environmental challenges.

shorturl.at/3Noyo
March 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM