Read the #BiodiversityDay 2026 statement by António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations. Full statement 🔗 www.cbd.int/idb/statemen... #LocalAction #ForNature #IDB2026
Florian Keil
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🇺🇳 International migratory🦩🐘🐋 conservation @UN. International Relations @BrownUniversity 🌿, Media Studies @UniBonn 🇩🇪. Views are my own.
Languages carry knowledge, relationships and ways of understanding the natural world🌿 Across cultures and generations, Indigenous Peoples and local communities have used words and concepts that reflect stewardship, reciprocity, interconnectedness and living in harmony with nature. #BiodiversityDay
Biodiversity is the variety of life on Earth—from plants & animals to tiny microorganisms—that keeps our ecosystems healthy and resilient. Yet habitat loss, pollution, & climate change are pushing nature to the brink. This #BiodiversityDay, find out how to take action: www.cbd.int/biodiversity...
Happy #WorldMigratoryBirdDay everyone!🦅🦆🦉🦩#EveryBirdCounts and your observations matter! un.org 🇺🇳 🕊️
#DidYouKnow the 2026 theme for #WorldMigratoryBirdDay is: “Every Bird Counts – Your Observations Matter!” Celebrating the power of #CitizenScience and the millions of people worldwide who help drive conservation policy. #EveryBirdCounts #WMBD2026 Learn more 👉 www.unep-aewa.org/news/every-b...
And it’s a wrap! 🤝🇧🇷🌍 #CMSCOP15 in #Brazil comes to a close on a high note in Campo Grande with CMS Parties agreeing on new or upgraded protections for the 40 migratory species and populations - a major step forward for global wildlife conservation. 🐘🦅🐋 www.cms.int/news/40-migr...
Great article by @gloriadickie.bsky.social for @mongabay.com ahead of the upcoming #CMSCOP15 taking place in Campo Grande #Brazil next week!
Mongabay@mongabay.com · 5mo agoIn 2024, nearly half of the world’s migratory species were in decline. Just two years later, new data shows the crisis is accelerating. An interim report from @cms.int reveals that 49% of CMS-listed species are now imperiled. Learn more in this story by @gloriadickie.bsky.social for #Mongabay.
Celebrated #UN Day in #Bonn - Germany's United Nations city today! 🙏THANK YOU BONN for your support and for allowing us to also highlight #WorldMigratoryBirdDay AND #InternationalGirlsDay on Bonn's market square today!
Great example from #Chicago of how to make cities and buildings more #BirdFriendly Thanks @catrineinhorn.bsky.social & @nytimes.com for highlighting this success story so fitting to this year's #WorldMigratiryBirdDay theme! #ForNature www.nytimes.com/video/climat...
Video: How These Windows Are Saving Birds’ Lives
Catrin Einhorn, a reporter covering biodiversity, climate and the environment for The New York Times, explains how McCormick Place, a convention center in Chicago, went from being a killer of migrator...
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#WorldMigratoryBirdDay featured on the front page of the United Nations website again this year! #SharedSpaces #ForNature #WMBD2025 www.un.org
Thank you @ingerandersen.bsky.social @unep.org for supporting #WorldMigratoryBirdDay and for helping to raise awareness of the importance of countries to work together to conserve migratory birds!
UN Environment Programme@unep.org · last yr.As urban areas expand, natural habitats shrink—putting migratory birds at risk. For #WorldMigratoryBirdDay, UNEP Executive Director @ingerandersen.bsky.social emphasizes the need for #SafeSpaces to protect these birds, which are essential to sustaining the planet’s biodiversity.
In Bermuda, conservationists are using hacked GoPro cameras to monitor the critically endangered Bermuda petrel www.theverge.com/tech/642950/...
Hacking GoPros to help save the Atlantic’s rarest bird
On a tiny volcanic island in Bermuda, a two-man conservation outfit is using DIY tech to help a ‘Lazarus’ bird species make a comeback.
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In "Global assessment of marine plastic exposure risk for oceanic birds" @bethanyclark.bsky.social, @mariemrouyer.bsky.social, @katboothjones.bsky.social, et al. note that understanding where #seabirds encounter plastic is crucial. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Global assessment of marine plastic exposure risk for oceanic birds - Nature Communications
Petrels are wide-ranging, highly threatened seabirds that often ingest plastic. This study used tracking data for 7,137 petrels of 77 species to map global exposure risk and compare regions, species, ...
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I've been asked for the layperson's summary of this paper, so here it goes: Because distinct groups of #seabirds across large regions like the North Atlantic grow and shrink together, conservationists in different countries also need to work together.
Florian Keil@floriankeil.bsky.social · 2y agoIn "Consequences of cross-season demographic correlations for population viability," the authors establish positive correlations between population growth rates for three distinct groups of Atlantic puffins. t.co/vFyPXFI3yD
In "Consequences of cross-season demographic correlations for population viability," the authors establish positive correlations between population growth rates for three distinct groups of Atlantic puffins. t.co/vFyPXFI3yD
It was so nice to see #WorldMigratoryBirdDay featured on the front page of the UN website again this year! Thank you to all involved in making this happen! #ForNature #WMBD2024 www.un.org/en/delegate/...
World Migratory Bird Day: Protect Insects, Protect Birds! | United Nations
Present in almost all the world’s ecosystems, insects are essential food sources for migratory birds on their long journeys. Migratory birds often time their migrations to align with insect abundance.
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