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International Zebra Day: Celebrating Nature's Striped Beauty! Did you know, that each Zebra has its own unique stripe pattern? Zebras recognize each other by their stripes, but to predators the stripes are confusing. The stripes help to cool the Zebra’s body temperature in the heat of the African sun. There are three types of Zebras: Plains and Mountain Zebra in Southern Africa, as well as Grevy’s Zebra in Eastern Africa.

Small steps matter! Until next time Estanc

Quite the opportunity to witness how targeted investments can foster sustainable environmental restoration of secondary and degraded forests throughout Petén, Guatemala! #sustainabledevelopmentgoals #sustainablefinance #guatemala Kaspar Wansleben, FCA Ministry of Finance, Luxembourg

Did you know that there are more than 3000 marine #Natura2000 sites? 💙 The #LIFEProject LIFE A-MAR NATURA2000 is on a mission to spread the word about protected marine environments among local stakeholders in the Mediterranean 🌊 Read what this project does to reduce the impacts of #ClimateChange on these areas👇 https://europa.eu/!qkt8pH

Did you know that there are more than 3000 marine #Natura2000 sites? 💙 The #LIFEProject LIFE A-MAR NATURA2000 is on a mission to spread the word about protected marine environments among local stakeholders in the Mediterranean 🌊 Read what this project does to reduce the impacts of #ClimateChange on these areas👇 https://europa.eu/!qkt8pH

Did you know that there are more than 3000 marine #Natura2000 sites? 💙 The #LIFEProject LIFE A-MAR NATURA2000 is on a mission to spread the word about protected marine environments among local stakeholders in the Mediterranean 🌊 Read what this project does to reduce the impacts of #ClimateChange on these areas👇 https://europa.eu/!qkt8pH

We at American Bird Conservancy are proud to once again be a sponsor of the Nature Forward Naturally Latinos Conference. Both this conference and the Taking Nature Black Conference (which happens again next year) are spaces to engage with numerous inspiring ideas and people. My colleague Erica Sánchez Vázquez and I are hosting an informal lunch time listening session inspired by the influential 2023 article by Leticia Soares and colleagues (Neotropical ornithology: Reckoning with historical assumptions, removing systemic barriers, and reimagining the future). While the article focuses on ornithology and academic research, many of the barriers are also relevant to biodiversity conservation. These include unreliable and limited funding, exclusion from international leadership, and restricted dissemination of knowledge (language and access barriers). The article discusses problems related to discovery narratives and parachute science as well as limitations related to research questions proposed solutions. For example, when bird research is driven by questions based on examining long-dead specimens in museums, the questions we ask will be different from those we might ask after hearing the song of a living bird in a familiar nearby forest. We are interested in questions, ideas, and possibilities, including perspectives from people who have not read the article itself. As we co-envision an ethical future for conservation, we need the ideas and involvement of people within and outside of our field of bird and habitat conservation. This is one of a series of Future of Conservation discussions and events that we are planning for ABC's 30th anniversary. Hope you can join us on Thursday at 12:30pm Eastern Time! https://lnkd.in/eR2HVJqp

We are very proud to partner with the Ocean & Sustainability Foundation at Kering to support the creation of the first international panel on ocean sustainability (IPOS).    The aim of the panel is to bring together the various actors involved in ocean sustainability to facilitate a scientific coalition, as well as a new practice and framework for ensuring ocean sustainability.     Given that SDG 14 covering the conservation and sustainable use of oceans is one of the least funded SDGs in the 2030 Agenda…and that ocean science is not leading to effective action despite warnings of approaching tipping points…there is an urgent need for the organisation and collaboration between the scientific community, policymakers and other stakeholders in support of sustainable oceans.   We are fully behind this critical work and we hope others will support this initiative as well. Learn more about the IPOS next steps: https://rb.gy/pt32ot  françoise Gaill  Michel Mortier #KeringForSustainability

Ireland's stunning landscapes harbour not just breathtaking beauty, but also delicate ecosystems vulnerable to invasive species. At O'Connor Sutton Cronin, our expert ecologists not only conduct surveys to identify these unwelcome guests but also offer crucial insights into how to best manage them. Here's a closer look at some common invaders and how our team can help: Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/enKS_BPz

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