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🚀We are launching a new webinar series by the Ecosystem Services Working Group
👉 WEBINAR #1 on “Opportunities of eDNA in biodiversity and ecosystem services"
⏰ Feb 3rd 11:30 AM to 12:15 PM EST
💻Register here: https://mcgill.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAoce6qrjktE9PqULCfT1YWTxqlXZG2pSAq
More details: https://geobon.org/ecosystem-services-wg-webinar-series-1/
This webinar will address the potential role of eDNA and related techniques to address biodiversity and ecosystem services, expanding on the opportunities as well as on the caveats of this emergent technique. The webinar is organized by the Ecosystem Services Working Group with support from the GEO BON Secretariat.
🚨 NEW 🚨 Science editorial written by @geobon co-chairs
@bio_diverse and Maria Cecilia Londoño: a call for a global #biodiversity observing system.
Read it here: https://science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adg1506…
🚨 Happening today
Side event on the implementation of a Global Biodiversity Observing System #GBiOS for the post-2020 GBF to monitor progress in biodiversity conservation, inform and guide policy & action.
⏰ 18:15
📍 Room Yuan Yang 513D
🚨 NEW 🚨 Science Brief providing highly needed information on inland waters #biodiversity for GBF negotiation.
Coordinated by Eren Turak from
Freshwater BON and with input from many partners.
Read the brief here: https://geobon.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/InlandWaters_Brief.pdf
🚨NEW Science brief with details on how a Global #Biodiversity Observing System (GBiOS) would support the Global Biodiversity Framework implementation.
Read it here: https://geobon.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/GBiOS_brief.pdf
Contributors: @bio_diverse, María Cecilia Londoño Murcia &
@geobon 's Implementation Committee
T-3 DAYS
Get ready for #COP15 with @geobon:
📃 A monitoring framework that allows Parties to track progress and inform and guide adaptive policy and action is a necessary component to achieve the Global Biodiversity Framework targets.
👉 Read the Monitoring Brief: https://geobon.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Monitoring_brief.pdf
T-4 DAYS
Get ready for #COP15 with @geobon:
The use of biodiversity is critical for the whole human population and is a substantial part of economies and markets from local to global levels.
More than 10,000 species are used for human food, making the sustainable use of wild species critical for achieving food security and improving nutrition, in rural and urban areas.
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity brief: https://geobon.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/SU_brief_2.pdf
T-5 DAYS
Get ready for #COP15 with @geobon:
Agriculture is the largest single driver of biodiversity loss. How can we reduce pressures on biodiversity and ensure sustainable food production systems?
Read the Sustainable Agriculture brief: https://geobon.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/T10_brief.pdf
#biodiversity #canada #agriculture #climatechange #sustainability