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Mangroves are incredible!

Aside from providing a rich habitat for biodiversity, they provide us with fuel, food, storm protection, carbon sequestration and more.🧪🌏

Let’s conserve them this #WorldMangroveDay and every day!

Learn more about this day with @unesco.org : http://bit.ly/4lHbOF9
July 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Against scapesharking: How sharks can help us test the morals of a moral panic - ABC Religion & Ethics
“Scapesharking” and the logic of moral panic - ABC Religion & Ethics
For 88 years, shark nets and other tools have been used to assure the public that the ocean is governable — yet policy responses to shark bites are mostly political theatre designed to boost public…
www.abc.net.au
June 27, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Butterflies- not just beautiful, but essential! 🦋

Sadly, they are declining in many areas of the world...🌍

Protecting pollinators safeguards #biodiversity.

Learn more: @ipbes.net #PollinationAssessment

www.ipbes.net/assessment-r...

Design by Eleanor Lutz🧪
June 25, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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🪸 On this #WorldOceanDay, let’s remember that coral reefs host incredible biodiversity, supply our food, and support our health and livelihoods, incl. through tourism, and are vulnerable to climate change, overfishing and pollution. 🧪🌏
June 8, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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Forests, our planet's lungs, are suffocated by plastic pollution.

The good news?

We can still #BeatPlasticPollution and the solutions are within reach.
Ahead of #WorldEnvironmentDay, join the global movement.

www.worldenvironmentday.global
June 4, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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🌊🧬Revolutionizing Biodiversity Monitoring?🧪

Could aquatic #eDNA be a game-changer for tracking biodiversity loss? From detecting invasive species to restoring ecosystems...🌍

Study by Altermatt, F., Couton, M., Carraro, L. et al.: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Utilizing aquatic environmental DNA to address global biodiversity targets - Nature Reviews Biodiversity
Aquatic eDNA-based technologies offer the potential for universal and standardized biodiversity monitoring. In this Perspective, Altermatt et al. discuss how these technologies can help to achiev...
www.nature.com
May 8, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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At the most recent round of Indian Ocean tuna talks, countries adopted measures to curb shark finning, expand the scope of bans that prohibit fishers from holding on to sharks caught as bycatch and restrict the use of harmful fishing gear.
Tuna talks bring wins for Indian Ocean sharks, but more needed, experts say
SAINT-DENIS, La Réunion — The intergovernmental body that regulates tuna fisheries in the Indian Ocean agreed to a suite of shark conservation measures, including rules to curb shark finning and the…
news.mongabay.com
May 4, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Nature’s worth? Priceless, like a child’s laugh. Its crazy how one lens sees a living entity deserving reverence, while another reduces it to a resource ledger.

This prompts, how can we evolve beyond exploiting nature as a commodity & instead recognize it as a partner in our collective awakening?☘️
How much is nature worth – and can we really put a price tag on something so crucial to our survival?

Here's what we learned about the value of nature from speakers at the 7th GLF Investment Case Symposium, held alongside the Biodiversity COP16 last October.
#ThinkLandscape
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4 things you should know about the value of nature
How much is nature actually worth? It’s hard to put an exact number – but here are four reasons why it’s far more valuable than you think.
thinklandscape.globallandscapesforum.org
March 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Defending the planet isn’t just hard work. It can also be extremely dangerous, especially in Latin America.

What can be done to protect #environmental defenders? Hear some of their stories and find out how Colombia and Brazil are working to keep them alive.

#ThinkLandscape
The 2 deadliest countries for environmental activists
Colombia and Brazil are the world’s most dangerous countries for environmentalists. Here’s how land defenders are defending themselves.
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March 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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💧 Urgent action is needed to protect wetlands, preserve biodiversity and sustain livelihoods.

💚 Governments, communities, scientists and individuals must work together to halt wetland loss and restore degraded ecosystems.

#WetlandConservation #WeNeedWetlands
March 5, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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🌍 Nature is declining faster than ever. Since 1700:

🔹 Wetlands: -85% 🌊

🔹 Coral Reefs: -50% 🪸

🔹 Forests: -32% 🌳

🔹 Ecosystems: -47% overall

A great visualization of @ipbes.net data by Visual Capitalist and Zero Carbon Analytics ⤵️

www.visualcapitalist.com/sp/visualizi...
Visualizing the Decline of Earth’s Ecosystems
Critical ecosystems that sustain life on Earth have faced devastating declines over the past few centuries.
www.visualcapitalist.com
March 5, 2025 at 10:47 AM