UN Biodiversity

🦋 Butterflies are more than just a pretty sight — they’re vital to our ecosystems!

🔍 Do you recognize any of the butterflies featured in the infographic below? Take a moment to explore and enhance your understanding of these vital pollinators! ✨

via Eleanor Lutz

Why protect biodiversity?

 Because it is the foundation of all life on Earth.

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Here are 5 places using wildlife corridors to help animals roam free🐺

Wildlife corridors connect fragmented areas of habitat so isolated animal populations can mix, travel in search of food, and migrate, helping them avoid dangerous human activity.

Via World Economic Forum

What does a city functioning like a forest look like? 🌳🏙

Find out 👇

via The Nature Conservancy

This infographic shows the flip side of ☀️deforestation as the most significant contributor to 🌡 climate change – our unrelenting carbon dioxide emissions.

Here we can see the combination of per capita emissions and the multiplicative effects of our growing population.

via Saving Nature

#ForNature #Biodiversity

🌳Native tree seed spotlight: The Baobab 🌳

Also known as the “Tree of Life“, the baobab is a symbol of resilience. It provides nutrition, livelihoods, and climate resilience across Africa.

✔️ 5x more vitamin C than oranges – a source of nutrition.

✔️ Stores thousands of liters of water – enabling it to survive harsh droughts.

✔️ Supports food security & income generation – a lifeline for communities.

✔️ A cultural and ecological icon – deeply rooted in Africa’s heritage.

Today, baobab seeds are among the tree seeds being safeguarded by CIFOR-ICRAF in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. This ensures that future generations can continue to benefit from this extraordinary species.

Learn why native tree species matter: 🔗 https://bit.ly/41kkDwI

#TreesPeoplePlanet

via CIFOR-ICRAF

🐸 Check out this great infographic on natural carbon sinks: #wetlands are in the lead! Protecting these precious ecosystems is key to ensuring the well-being of future generations.

via UN Convention to Combat Desertification (infographic via Visual Capitalist)

#Restoration is a critical step in repairing damaged ecosystems and helping nature thrive once more. This infographic highlights the importance of removing invasive alien plants, planting indigenous species like Baobab and Aloes, and practicing responsible land use to help our environment recover.

Learn more from the infographic below ⬇️

via Kruger to Canyons Biosphere Region NPC, Conservation South Africa, USAID, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), SA Biodiversity South African National Biodiversity Institute)

#Mangroves protect coastlines, provide prime habitat for fish, are essential nesting & feeding grounds for many species of birds and help fight climate change by storing carbon in the soil.

Via DataMares

“Wetlands are biodiverse ecosystems that support an incredible amount of marine and freshwater life and provide multiple benefits to society and our environment.“ 🐢 🐠 🪸

Learn more about the value of coastal wetlands 👇

via Australian Marine Conservation Society

Seagrass is an unsung ocean hero -- but it is declining at an alarming rate.

Here a 5 reasons to protect and restore seagrass now. 🌿 🌊

via UN Ocean Decade