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A lovely warm morning and the GYBN team is on a roll as usual, looking forward to a rewarding day. Agenda items lined up include sustainable wildlife management, climate change, pollinators, and mainstreaming, and knowledge management #EgyptCOP14 #CBDCOP14 #COP14

#CEPAFair "We are happy to announce that we shall be having another capacity building workshop in Brazil for the Latin America and one in Europe for the Global North in August next year." - @ChrSchwarzer #EgyotCOP14 #COP14

7 days until #IntlBiodiversityDay – 22 May. Join us and celebrate 25 years of action for biodiversity. cbd.int/idb/2018 #Biodiversity25years

Great step forward by Kerala students: Over One Lakh Students Leave Caste, Religion Columns Blank During Admission tli.news/2GmDKdL

@anishafishtoe @ELSenviron Congratulations

Land degradation could force hundreds of millions of people to migrate in the coming decades. Read the new @IPBES report on land degradation: ow.ly/EgZe30j9YcF #IPBES6 #LandDegradation #Restoration

ILC showcased how equal land right for women and men are essential to achieving several SDGs. @ILCAsia #CSW62

Always a proud moment twitter.com/wti_org_india/…

Uruguay had adopted policies that provide lands to small farmers. Land is given as join ownership or under ownership of women. 20% of all ownerships in last 4years is given to women. #CSW62

Tests on major brands of bottled water have found that nearly all of them contained tiny particles of plastic. #CleanSeas bbc.com/news/science-e…

Community conservation is vital to biodiversity, security for Indigenous Peoples of #Kenya -- see our photo essay about community conservation on @indigenous_news here: bit.ly/2tK2wma Photo: @jet_seq

Putting #women at the heart of national #biodiversity action plans ow.ly/S98730iYqYC @UNEP

The African Unions goals, where the African Union is planning to engage high level govt officials to achieve these AUGs at the continent level. #CSW62

#SDGs to secure women’s right to land. #CSW2018

Over 80,000 species of plants, birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians will be impacted by climate change. ecowatch.com/biodiversity-c…

Launching the long awaited, Sheros of Biodiversity Conservation part -1 #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInConservation @CBDNews @biodivcivsoc @BiodiversityNew

Check out our first video in our series about Biodiversity Sheros. These women have inspired young people to conserve biodiversity & hav thus been nominated to be a part of our Women in Biodiversity Conservation Series. #WomenInConservation #sheroes @CBDNews @BiodiversityNew

Congratulations Russia on the new state nature reserve established in the New Siberian Islands with the active participation of @wwfRU! It is is the largest land and marine federal reserve in the country and the second-largest protected area in Russia: ow.ly/Yc8t30iVtw5

Happy International Women’s Day! Achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment is a central element of the sustainable development goals! Join the conversation and share your perspective: #IWD2018

More evidence that plastic can go up in the food chain. #plasticpollution twitter.com/seasaver/statu…