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In #Benin, a rich blend of traditional and scientific knowledge is driving innovative strategies to combat #InvasiveAlienSpecies. From building economic models around wild flora to restoring ecosystems with indigenous species, Benin is leading the way in sustainable biodiversity management. Curious to learn more? Explore Benin's comprehensive action plan: https://lnkd.in/dzgWw6qY

𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 #𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲𝐃𝐚𝐲 🌱 #𝐃𝐘𝐊? The Philippines 🇵🇭 has between 70% and 80% of the world’s plant and animal species, making our country a mega biodiversity hotspot! ✨🐮🦅🐟🌴 We all depend on biodiversity for survival. This year’s theme, #BePartOfThePlan, is a call to do our own part #ForNature to reverse the loss of biodiversity. As part of UNDP’s Nature Pledge, we are working with the government and development partners to support the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. 🤝🌏 We are putting nature at the heart of development, considering natural capital in business decisions, and supporting holistic policy shifts to tackle multiple threats to biodiversity. 𝐖𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 #𝐁𝐞𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐎𝐟𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧. Learn more about UNDP’s Nature Pledge here: https://lnkd.in/gQaQnUVU

Biodiversity Basics: Why do keystone species matter? We currently lose 27 species per day. Unfortunately for us, some species have bigger ripple effects on us & their ecosystem than others. So let's talk about keystone species. I invited keystone species expert Samuel Chevallier, founder of Keystones Expedition & ReWild Africa. With Keystones Expedition he is on a mission to uncover stories about keystone species, organisations and individuals. 👉 What you can expect: Get a strong knowledge foundation about keystone species 15min, where I put Samuel on the hot seat to ask some basic questions 15min, where you can come on stage & ask yours 📆 When? Thursday 29.08. ⏰ Time? 18:30 CET 📍 Where? Right here on Linkedin 👉 How can I join? Just click ATTEND here: https://lnkd.in/ePuxjkuF & save it to your calender 🐋 What are Biodiversity Basics? Biodiversity sustains our lives. Yet we are facing biodiversity loss at scale. To turn this around, I want to empower more people like you to get to know our wild world. Awareness -> Knowledge -> Action So, every month, I sit down with a biodiversity expert & you to tackle a hot topic. 30min. 15min my questions. 15min your questions. Together, we can make this world wilder. Do you join us? P.S. Do you already have some questions I should ask Samuel? #biodiversity #nature #environment #biodiversitybasics

🌊We are pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation, further strengthening over 15 years of collaboration between the two centers! This partnership has benefited several Mediterranean countries, particularly in the south and east, in developing the marine protected area network, mapping and conserving key marine habitats, protecting and restoring endangered species, and combating bycatch and species introductions. It has also focused on strategic aspects, notably the development of the Post-2020 #SAPBIO and the Regional Strategy for MCPAs and OECMs under the Barcelona Convention. This new MoU aims to continue UNEP/MAP-Barcelona Convention - SPA/RAC - IUCN-Med joint efforts towards achieving biodiversity conservation goals in the Mediterranean. 🌍🌱

Happy Africa Day! Today, and everyday, we celebrate the continent’s beauty and diversity!  Africa is home to eight of the planet’s 36 recognized biodiversity hotspots – and the continent harbors about a quarter of all mammal species found on earth, and nearly one-fifth of the world’s bird species. And, this exceptional species richness plays a major role in mitigating the impacts of global climate change. Africa’s diverse ecosystems – and the biodiversity they hold –  are a natural carbon sink. This means preserving the continent’s richness of species is critical. Protecting biodiversity amplifies the landscape’s natural carbon capture potential -- largely because the natural behaviors of many species help to increase their habitat’s capacity for carbon storage. For instance, large browsing herbivores, like elephants and giraffes habitually trample and forage vegetation, helping to create space and provide nutrients for larger trees, while smaller herbivores disperse seeds in their droppings. Predators, like cheetahs, keep the ecosystem in balance, regulating herbivorous populations – and preventing overgrazing and soil degradation. Want to learn more about our efforts to protect one of the continent’s most iconic species? Visit cheetah.org 📷 by photographer Allegra Hutton (Find her on Instagram @allegrahutton)

Let’s talk Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs)! 🗺 Only 1/5 of areas identified as the most important for biodiversity are fully protected.🦉 To conserve 30% of land, waters and seas by 2030, we need to focus on both quality and quantity of sites. KBAs are our best tool in identifying quality sites for conservation in every country. 💧🌎 So far, 13 countries have included actions based on KBAs in their revised National Targets, and 33 countries are pinpointing areas that matter most for biodiversity. 📍📄 By ensuring that 30% of our conservation efforts focus on these vital sites, we can make a real impact in achieving Goal A: halting extinctions. ❌ Together, we can protect the most vital places for nature! 🙌 Help KBAs here 👉 https://lnkd.in/ev5JiP2W #Biodiversity #COP16Colombia #PeaceWithNature #BirdLifeInternational #Habitats #ProtectedPlanet #ProtectedAreas #KBAs

📢 BCA is delighted to announce an upcoming webinar, 'Marine Biodiversity Credits: Emerging Opportunities and Challenges,' jointly organized with Global Fund for Coral Reefs, on September 18th at 2pm CEST. 🌊 This webinar will explore the potential of marine biodiversity credits as a mechanism for financing coral reef conservation and restoration, and discuss how biodiversity credits can bring new funding to priority coral reef areas in collaboration with local communities. We will address key questions around marine biodiversity credits like: • What are marine biodiversity credits and how might they develop?  • What are some early examples of biodiversity credits in the marine space? • What are the challenges and concerns surrounding marine biodiversity credits? 🐳Join Manesh Lacoul (BCA), David Meyers (Conservation Finance Alliance), Kristina Koenig (Great Barrier Reef Foundation), virly yuriken (Misool Foundation), Tim Coles (Operation Wallacea) and Josh Brann (BCA) to discuss early examples, challenges, concerns, and successes in the emerging marine biodiversity credits space. 👉Register here to join the webinar: https://lnkd.in/eNfg_EN4

The Nigerian Youth Biodiversity Network feels and sympathize with the residents of Maiduguri, Borno state, most especially citizens of Jere and konduga local government Area. It's disheartening to see toils of hardwork set into destruction, which is not only limited to properties and lives but also to loss of biodiversity resources cutting across animal and plant species. We applaud various relief initiatives from government and non-governmental organisations. In the same spirit of this relief initiatives and public support to the people of Jere and Konduga local government areas, we also call on government attention and public focus to include restoration of devastated ecosystems, lands, and the importance of eco-friendly restoration programs and jobs in the spirit of targets 1,2,3 of the Post 2020 global biodiversity Framework. This should also include a multi-level government and citizen inclusion to the restoration of ecosystem and biodiversity resources arising from the recent flooding occurrence. An immediate refurbishment and reconstruction of the collapsed dam is necessary, as a permanent solution to curb future flooding occurrences. We wish and hope that government and assigned organizations and bodies will put in action procedures and protocols, that would enable the restoration of not only properties but restoration of devastated ecosystems and biodiversity hotspots. A nature-based approach to the relief programs and reconstruction of the collapsed dam is key to sustainable development in Borno State. #NigeriaNBSAP #Biodiversityneedsyouth

The State of Protected and Conserved Areas in Eastern and Southern Africa (Second edition)  December 2022 marked a pivotal and historic opportunity for our planet. Signatories to the Convention on Biological Diversity convened at the 15th Conference of the Parties to discuss and agree on crucial measures and targets to secure the most important areas of biodiversity and ecosystem functions globally, supporting human life now and in the future. The Global Biodiversity Framework, along with 23 targets, was agreed upon by the parties to halt biodiversity loss, restore ecosystems, and ensure the sustainable use of natural resources by 2030.  READ MORE: https://lnkd.in/ge_QdQ_g UICN - Centre de coopération pour la Méditerranée #allfollowers #wildlife #SustainableUse #wildlifeconservation

#PartOfThePlan #WhyWeNeedBiodiversity What OECMs have we not yet considered? It's a discussion we need to have.