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WABES facilitates networking & capacity-building in #WestAfrica to support the @IPBES Work Programme. Funded by @iki_bmu, hosted by @zefbonn and partners.

West Africa
Joined March 2018
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🐊 Préserver la #biodiversité 🗻 Protéger les écosystèmes 🪵 Valoriser les contributions de la nature aux populations 📚 Soutenir la science 🌍 Contribuer à un avenir durable Plus d'infos : ipbes.net/sites/default/file… #PourLaNature
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Mapping #biodiversity across genes, species & ecosystems is complicated, but crucial to meeting global targets #ForNature. UNEP-WCMC experts will discuss global & on-the-ground mapping at this #LCLSummit session. Register to watch online: bit.ly/3r4e4yw
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🌳🌲 #ForestsMatter for #ClimateAction Without halting and reversing deforestation, climate goals cannot be met. #COP27 #ClimateAction @FAOclimate
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Congratulations to SPIBES Alumni, @KhadidiattouS on the publication of her research findings. Read more=> Conflicting governance realities: Aligning historical and cultural pra... sciencedirect.com/science/ar… #Knowledge4biodiversityconservation @ZEFbonn
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🌍 Exciting news from Nairobi! 🌿 Witness the power of youth in action at the recent @IPBES events, which aimed to support youth's participation in the science-policy interface on #biodiversity. Read on to learn more! ⤵️ besnet.world/ipbes-fellows-a…
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💡 On June 22, join @SwedBio & BES-Net for a webinar on the human rights-based approach in #biodiversity & #EcosystemServices & its role in engaging #IndigenousPeoples & local communities as key knowledge holders. 🌍 Be a part of the conversation 👉ow.ly/wIeh50OFuvO
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More than 90% of #biodiversity loss is caused by 5 drivers: land degradation and habitat destruction, resource (over) exploitation, climate change, pollution, and invasive species. Via @Tiredearth
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#LeSaviezVous Dégradation des terres & questions de genre sont liées. L'égalité des genres aide à lutter contre la dégradation des terres🔁La restauration des terres réduit la disparité entre les genres. —@IPBES Éval. #LandDegradation #JournéeDeLaDésertificationEtDeLaSécheresse
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Research suggests dozens to hundreds of #wildplants are gathered in #urbanareas: @IPBES #SustainableUseAssessment. Lantana Camara has been used as an #ornamentalplant, and in #herbalmedicine to treat chickenpox, ulcers.. #morethanweeds #SPIBES; #urbangathering @iki_germany
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#Edibleweeds can provide socio-economic values: @IPBES #SustainableUseAssessment. These neglected #pioneerspecies are the first to colonise degraded landscapes, increasing local biodiversity. #Wonderweeds @SPIBES; #learninginnature @iki_germany @ZEFbonn @Universite_FHB
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There is an urgent need to understand the drivers of insect population collapse. Learn how #AI, automated camera traps & annotated citizen science data are being used to collect insect monitoring information. 

Submit abstract 4 session 👉bit.ly/nH4sjl #GEOBONconf2023
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À la veille de la #JournéeDeLaBiodiversité, regardez ce magnifique papillon aux ailes transparentes.🦋 On le reconnaît à ses ailes transparentes qui lui permettent de se camoufler ds les forêts denses des Amériques.✨ 🎥@wonderofscience
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WABES Alumnus, @OYacoudima Oumarou joined discussions on #innovations to tackle #desertification @desertech- a joint initiative by @isrealinnnovations & @unccd. Read more: en.desertech.org.il/great-gr…
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Engaging with stakeholders on innovative approaches used by #CABES to develop & enhance capacities of #African professionals and #Youth on #Biodiversity and #EcosystemServices & #SciencePolicy during the 6th @IPBES #CapacityBuilding forum @museumsofkenya in Nairobi. @iki_germany
NOW: #CABES staff & students join the 6. meeting of the @IPBES #capacitybuilding forum in #Nairobi 🇰🇪 Topic: "Build capacities of youth on IPBES #assessments & engagement in the #science-policy interface on #biodiversity & nature's contributions to people" @iki_germany @ZEFbonn
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"We need to amplify the voice of youth. #Youth has to hold a leadership role to actively close the gap between science & policy for a better future" states Angelina Serwaa, MSc student, #SPIBES program on “Science-Policy-Practice Interfaces on #Biodiversity & #EcosystemServices"
NOW: #CABES staff & students join the 6. meeting of the @IPBES #capacitybuilding forum in #Nairobi 🇰🇪 Topic: "Build capacities of youth on IPBES #assessments & engagement in the #science-policy interface on #biodiversity & nature's contributions to people" @iki_germany @ZEFbonn
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NOW: #CABES staff & students join the 6. meeting of the @IPBES #capacitybuilding forum in #Nairobi 🇰🇪 Topic: "Build capacities of youth on IPBES #assessments & engagement in the #science-policy interface on #biodiversity & nature's contributions to people" @iki_germany @ZEFbonn
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Joyeuse #JournéeMondialeDesManchots !🐧🐧 Hélas, selon @BirdLife_News, les manchots sont l'un des groupes d'oiseaux marins les + menacés, la moitié des 18 espèces étant classées comme vulnérables ou en danger. Ajd & et chaque jour, valorisons & protégeons la #biodiversité !🌏🐧
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The Global Biodiversity Framework addresses the key drivers of biodiversity loss and puts the world on the path to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030. Visit UNEP’s website for more science-based information on the nature crisis:

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