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🤔 How can #innovation, in its many forms, contribute to achieving biodiversity targets and helping preserve our natural ecosystems?    🔈 We are thrilled to introduce our session "Nature innovation: Catalyzing Entrepreneurial Solutions for Biodiversity and People" at the #COP16 in #Cali!   🌱 By connecting technology, traditional knowledge, markets and capital, this dialogue will focus on the multi-stakeholder approaches needed to build partnerships and accelerate action at the speed and scale necessary to reverse biodiversity loss.   👉 Tune in at 11AM CEST this Saturday, October 26, to join the conversation and celebrate #biodiversity via this link: https://lnkd.in/eprwnvTd   UpLink - World Economic Forum #Trees #TrillionTrees #1torg #NaturePositive

🌍🌿 The Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) is essential for reversing nature loss and tackling climate change. In the lead-up to COP16, a new blog explores how the world must now turn commitments into action by implementing the GBF, with strong governance and accountability systems to safeguard our ecosystems. Discover the steps needed to protect biodiversity and ensure a sustainable future for all species. Read more: https://lnkd.in/grMKnMpX UN Biodiversity World Economic Forum #COP16Colombia #PeaceWithNature #Biodiversity #NaturePositive #Sustainability

"Coastal urbanization is a key driver of mangrove loss, yet its global impacts on mangroves have yet to be thoroughly understood." Learn more ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/e6EEYEVR

With the addition of three new restoration sites and six expanded projects, the Priceless Planet Coalition, launched by Mastercard, Conservation International and the World Resources Institute and in collaboration with over 150 coalition partners, continues to push toward its goal of funding the restoration of 100 million trees. Now spanning 22 restoration sites globally, including new projects in the High Andes of Ecuador and Peru, Eastern Himalayas of India, and Thailand, these efforts advance our commitment to restoring ecosystems, empowering communities, and combating climate change. Together, we’re making a lasting impact on our planet. 🌱   Read more: https://lnkd.in/eN5GSPfR   #PricelessPlanet #Sustainability #ClimateAction #Biodiversity #Restoration

"At a reforestation site in Washington, forest managers are experimenting with "assisted migration" — planting trees from warmer, drier regions — to boost the forest's resilience." Grist https://lnkd.in/gHuGRfxt

"Forests not only serve as refuges from city life, but could also be among the last fortresses between a livable planet and an increasingly hostile one." https://lnkd.in/deRyZ5C2

🌱 Faith-based and environmental justice organizations: Do you have a vision for improving #TreeEquity in your community? The Catalyst Fund is offering over $12M in grants to help you bring that vision to life! Backed by the #IRA and USDA Forest Service’s Urban and Community Forestry Program, with support from American Forests, this funding is for projects that address environmental justice and build green spaces where they’re needed most. Faith-based organizations are trusted community anchors, often first to respond to crises. These organizations are essential partners in advancing local action on Tree Equity. Apply by October 25, 2024: https://lnkd.in/gvhwph7P

"In the Western U.S., small mesh cages adorn the towering whitebark pines that dot high-elevation landscapes. The cages have been placed around the trees’ pine cones to protect their increasingly precious contents: seeds." https://lnkd.in/e27DUiiT

Today, we celebrate #IndigenousPeoplesDay by acknowledging the contributions Indigenous communities make to forest management and climate solutions.  Let’s ensure that Indigenous peoples’ rights to their lands and forests are protected and respected, as we work toward a more sustainable and just future. 

You can be apart of a global community focused on reforesting our planet. Join our #TrillionTrees community today! Learn more ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/g7SZ2B2x