🗓 Today at the #GenevaMeetings📣

Working group on 8(j) is considering:

✅Opening

✅Organisational matters

✅In-depth dialogue

✅Progress in Article 8(j) implementation

✅knowledge management of the #KMGBF

✅Development of a new programme of work

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UN Biodiversity

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To protect wildlife🐆🐺, we have to #coexist with it. #Ladakh in the #Himalaya🏔️ faces #HumanWildlifeConflict due to habitat loss & #ClimateChange.

Watch📽️ how @moefcc, @theGEF & @UNDP🇮🇳 resolve this.

Full video: shorturl.at/jBQRY.

Via @UNDP_India

UN Biodiversity

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The ongoing El Niño event is expected to last at least until April 2024, influencing weather patterns and contributing to a further spike in temperatures both on land and in the ocean, according to @WMO
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UNDRR

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Research from @globalforests and @worldresources reveals how much of the world's tropical primary forests were lost, despite international commitments on deforestation➡️ bit.ly/3Pyw1Q0

Via @unepwcmc

UN Biodiversity

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Sun Nov 12 1030 UTC: A Gale Warning is in effect for portions of the eastern North Pacific. More info: hurricanes.gov/text/MIAHSFEP…

NHC_TAFB

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📡Satellite remote sensing
🛰️Drones
📍Ground-based sensors & smart-meters
🔗Internet-of-Things

Find out how technological advancements in Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) systems enable carbon assets to be assessed with accuracy and speed: wrld.bg/XoIy50Q6HiL

World Bank Climate

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About 50 000 wild species are used for food, energy, medicine, material & other purposes.

This includes many plants.

But often these plants are not sourced or used sustainably, which threatens #biodiversity.

🌱How FAO is protecting them: doi.org/10.4060/cb9267en

Via @FAO

UN Biodiversity

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📢Exciting news! The 12th session of WG8J has officially commenced, and it is an honour to have Mr. Kenneth Deer from the Mohawk Nation, opening the meeting with a traditional ceremony. 🌿🌍🤝

Watch live: youtube.com/watch?v=4fPvT4Wy… #GenevaMeetings #WeAreIndigenous

UN Biodiversity

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How well do national action plans #ForNature cover marine and coastal #biodiversity? 🐬🪸

UNEP-WCMC and partners looked at case studies and used computational analysis to review 145 NBSAPs. Discover more in our report➡️ eu1.hubs.ly/H063w3p0 🌊🦪🐳

UNEP-WCMC

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RT @IISD_ENB: Kenneth Deer, Mohawk Nation, opens with a traditional ceremony the 12th meeting of the Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of @UNBiodiversity. #ForNature #biodiversity

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Nature in all its beauty 📸 🌿 @nature_org has announced the winners of their 2023 photo contest.

Astonishing images that show us the power and peril of the natural world.

Discover the winners⬇️ nature.org/en-us/get-involve…

ipbes

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RT @IISD_ENB: At #WG8j, CBD Acting Executive Secretary @hdavidcooper stresses that Indigenous Peoples and local communities are the most directly affected from the triple planetary crisis but also at the forefront of efforts for environmental protection as #biodiversity custodians. #ForNature

UN Biodiversity

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RT @ForestPeoplesP: "The KMGBF is a key milestone as it clearly acknowledges the key roles of #IndigenousPeoples and #LocalCommunities as custodians of #biodiversity."

David Cooper, Executive Secretary of @UNBiodiversity on the first day of the #GenevaMeetings

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Happy Diwali ✨

We want to wish everyone celebrating an amazing Festival of Lights, with this wonderful night view of Earth from the @Space_Station!

This timelapse, captured by @esa astronaut @Thom_astro, shows stars and city lights illuminating the night back in 2017.

ESA Earth Observation

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🚨Plastic: it's threatening wildlife, putting people in danger, contaminating food, and suffocating rivers and oceans.

The global plastic treaty is our one chance to #StopPlasticPollution.

Urge governments to act now: BanIt.org #INC3

WWF

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By 2050, most of the world's people will call the Tropics their home.

Protecting tropical regions means safeguarding their rich biodiversity & the livelihoods and cultural diversity of millions of people. un.org/en/observances/tropic……

Via @UNEP

UN Biodiversity

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Climate change will be the defining issue of the lifetimes of young people.

Meet 4 young leaders from Asia and the Pacific region who are leading change through legal empowerment, awareness campaigns, local climate solutions, and green entrepreneurship 👉 ow.ly/ZULT50Q63En

UNDP Climate

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7 am EST: There is a medium chance of a tropical depression forming over the western or central Caribbean Sea later this week. For more information, visit hurricanes.gov

National Hurricane Center

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