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🌍 World Environment Day! 🌍 This year's theme is 'Land Restoration, Desertification, and Drought Resilience.' It's a powerful reminder of the urgent need to act. Healthy land is essential for our food systems, water supply, and overall ecosystem health. When our lands degrade, it impacts everyone. We can all make a difference. Planting trees, adopting sustainable farming practices, and conserving water are small actions that combat desertification and drought. Let's work together to restore our lands and create a resilient future. Take action today for a sustainable tomorrow. 🌱🌿 #GenerationRestoration #WorldEnvironmentDay #LandRestoration #Desertification #DroughtResilience #Sustainability #EcoFriendly #GreenPlanet #EnvironmentalAwareness #ProtectOurPlanet #RestoreOurEarth #ActNow

Every year on the 5th of June, we celebrate the beauty and diversity of our planet, and it's a crucial reminder of the role each of us plays in preserving our natural resources. This year's theme is: Land Restoration, Desertification, and Drought Resilience. These issues are deeply intertwined with one of Earth's most precious resources: water. Water is the lifeblood of our planet. It sustains ecosystems, nourishes crops, supports biodiversity, and is essential for human survival. Protecting and managing this vital resource is more important than ever. At Danone, we recognize the critical importance of water and are committed to safeguarding it through innovative and sustainable practices. One way we're making a difference is through regenerative agriculture. This holistic approach not only enhances soil health and biodiversity but also plays a pivotal role in water conservation. #worldenvironmentday #danone #opoh #danoneimpactjourney

Forests act as a source of food, medicine and fuel for more than a billion people. In addition to helping to respond to climate change and protect soils and water, forests hold more than three-quarters of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity and provide many products and services that contribute to socio-economic development 🌳 Our #GreenUptoCoolDown campaign aims to extensively scale up Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration worldwide, with massive reforestation and arable land rehabilitation. We seek to reconcile sustainable food production, conservation of soils, and protection of biodiversity, by encouraging the regeneration of trees and shrubs that sprout from stumps, roots, and seeds found in degraded soils. Head over to www.evergreening.org to learn more! 🌱 #EverGreeningtheEarth #GenerationRestoration #Environment #ClimateAction #Farming #SaveThePlanet #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Restoration #Environment #CarbonDrawdown #Forests #FMNR

 🌏🌿 Happy World Environment Day! 🌿🌏 Today, we unite to celebrate the beauty of our planet and to focus on this year's critical theme: Land Restoration, Desertification, and Drought Resilience. Let's acknowledge the urgent need to restore our lands, combat desertification, and build resilience against drought. 🍀 Ways to Make a Difference: 1. Support Reforestation Projects: Plant trees and support organizations working on reforestation. 2. Sustainable Farming Practices: Promote and adopt sustainable farming methods to prevent soil degradation. 3. Water Conservation: Implement water-saving techniques to combat drought. Educate and Raise Awareness: Spread knowledge about the importance of land restoration and sustainable practices. 4. Community Involvement: Engage in local initiatives aimed at improving land management and restoring degraded lands. 5. Together, we can heal our planet and ensure a sustainable future for all. Let's make every day a step towards a healthier, greener Earth! 🌏🌿💚 #WorldEnvironmentDay #LandRestoration #Desertification #DroughtResilience #Sustainability #EcoFriendly #GreenLiving

OUT NOW: WWF report estimates the direct & indirect economic value of water & freshwater ecosystems at US$58 trillion! But this value is threatened by the world's worsening water crisis - driven by the degradation of our freshwater ecosystems and ongoing water blindness. The High Cost of Cheap Water: The true value of water and freshwater ecosystems for people and planet estimates their direct economic value to households, agriculture, business and industry at US$7.5 trillion. A huge number but one that pales in comparison to the indirect economic value - from purifying water, enhancing soil health, protection against extreme floods and droughts, carbon storage, sustaining biodiversity etc - which is 7x higher at an estimated US$50 trillion. But decision makers keep undervaluing water & freshwater ecosystems, undermining these values - along with all the other benefits of healthy rivers, lakes, wetlands and aquifers that underpin our societies and economies. And other ecosystems. Decision makers must act NOW to tackle the water crisis by transforming water management, and protecting and restoring our freshwater ecosystems. It is time to invest in nature - because healthy freshwater ecosystems are fundamental to global efforts to achieve water and food security, reverse nature loss, adapt to the intensifying impacts of climate change - and secure a sustainable future for all of us. Full story here: https://lnkd.in/eVwExfjh Or you can download the full report here: https://lnkd.in/equvHM-M Rhett Ayers Butler Rachel Salvidge Leana Hosea Jeffrey Barbee Enock Ole Kiminta Rituparna Sengupta Graeme Green Fredrick Mugira Halinishi Yusuf Elena Khishchenko Lis Mullin Bernhardt Vivek Shah Ann-Kathrin Neureuther Dr Musonda Mumba Francesca Antonelli Barbara Bendandi Michael Baltzer Christine Colvin Dean Muruven Tom Freyberg Nicola Lei Ravello #highcostcheapwater #water #freshwater #valuingwater #valuingrivers #rivers #lakes #wetlands #food #agriculture #environment #conservation #restoration #climatecrisis

I look forward to reading this. The figures being estimated are enormous, but it doesn't surprise me at all that the direct & indirect economic value of water & freshwater ecosystems are over 50 trillion US dollars

Everything that we need for terrestrial life is sustained by land. However, generations of overuse and irresponsible agriculture now threaten this life on our planet. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has declared 2024 as the year of reversing and repairing decades of destructive actions on land. Unregulated exploitation of land brings down the quality of the resources that we take for granted – soil, raw materials, biodiversity, carbon sinks, and inland waters. We should not take for granted that if we live in a green and thriving habitat, we are safe from the side effects of damaged land. Desertification, even if it is happening 2000 km away from where you live, can still impact global weather patterns. Drought can impact global food security and increase the pressure of migration on some countries. As individuals, even a small switch to organic and soil-friendly gardening practices can move us in the right direction, bringing significant outcomes and impact. I am also interested in keeping track of how businesses can help move the needle in land restoration. For example, SAP’s sustainability solutions (https://lnkd.in/es8WNAaw) help customers record, report, and act on their sustainability goals. Irrespective of where we live, as #GenerationRestoration, each one of us is called to restore land, halt desertification, and combat drought. We are all in this together! #GenerationRestoration #WorldEnvironmentDay #Sustainability

Forests provide a broad variety of environmental, economic and social benefits, including timber and non-wood  forest products and environmental services essential for humankind, as they harbour most of the Earth’s terrestrial  biodiversity. They maintain ecosystem functions, help protect the climate system, provide clean air and play a  vital role for the purification of waters and soils as well as for water retention and recharge. Large forest areas act  as a moisture source and help prevent desertification of continental regions. In addition, forests provide  subsistence and income to approximately one third of the world’s population and the destruction of forests  has serious consequences for the livelihoods of the most vulnerable people, including indigenous peoples and  local communities who depend heavily on forest ecosystems. Furthermore, deforestation and forest degradation  reduce essential carbon sinks. Deforestation and forest degradation also increase the likelihood of contact between  wild animals, farmed animals and humans, thereby increasing the risk of spreading new diseases and the risks of  new epidemics and pandemics. 

🌍 World Environment Day 2024: Restoring Our Lands for a Resilient Future🌱 On this World Environment Day, we unite to address the critical themes of land restoration, desertification, and drought resilience. Our planet's health is directly linked to the vitality of our lands, which are essential for biodiversity, food security, and our overall well-being. 🔄 Land Restoration: Revitalizing degraded land not only restores ecosystems but also provides sustainable livelihoods for communities. Through reforestation, sustainable farming practices, and conservation efforts, we can bring life back to barren landscapes. 🌵 Combatting Desertification: Desertification threatens over 2 billion people globally. By implementing smart land management practices, we can prevent soil degradation and reclaim arid regions, ensuring they remain productive and habitable. 💧 Building Drought Resilience: As climate change intensifies, droughts become more frequent and severe. Investing in water conservation, efficient irrigation, and drought-resistant crops are crucial steps towards safeguarding our water resources and securing food supplies. Together, we can make a difference. Let’s pledge to protect and restore our lands, ensuring a sustainable and resilient future for generations to come. 🌿✨ #WorldEnvironmentDay #LandRestoration #Desertification #DroughtResilience #Sustainability #ClimateAction #GreenFuture

On this World Environment Day, the spotlight is on a critical issue - land restoration and combating desertification and drought. With the powerful slogan "Our land. Our future. We are #GenerationRestoration", we're called to take action to revive and heal our terrestrial ecosystems. Did you know that over 25% of the world's land area is degraded? Activities like deforestation, overgrazing, and unsustainable farming practices are stripping the land of its fertile soil and biodiversity. This not only threatens food and water security but also accelerates climate change and intensifies drought conditions. But there is hope! By restoring degraded lands through sustainable practices like replanting, improved agriculture, and better land management, we can fight back against desertification, improve resilience to drought, and draw down carbon from the atmosphere. We all have a stake in nurturing healthy lands for current and future generations. Share what you're doing to support land restoration - from planting trees to sustainable gardening methods. Small acts multiplied can create a transformative global impact! Let's be the #GenerationRestoration that leaves a legacy of lush, productive lands teeming with life. Our lands hold the future we want to see - one of renewed natural abundance and resilience. Take the pledge today! #whartonsustainablesolutions #whartonehs #sustainability #WorldEnvironmentDay See less