🌊 From kelp forests to coral gardens, UK waters are full of truly extraordinary biodiversity.

🐋 Our seas, which are home to rich array of life, deserve true protection. Join us to help save our seas from harm: act.oceana.org/page/144742/...

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Aimee Roberson (Choctaw/Chickasaw) reminds us that protecting biodiversity means protecting Indigenous languages, knowledge systems, self-determination, and ancestral lands. 🌿

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"The populations who suffer the brunt of the consequences of mining, notably biodiversity loss, are rarely at the table to discuss these issues and alternatives."

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#mining #madagascar #envhist #biodiversity

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It's Friday!!! We hope you've all had a good week - and what a way to finish, with the #InternationalDayofBiologicalDiversity! This #Arabian_leopard is making the most of the tree, a donor kindly sponsored. We hope you all have a great weekend!

We are the cause of the #BiodiversityCrisis, but this means we have the capacity to fix it.
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Their biggest threat comes from human action, whether that’s poaching, habitat loss, impacts of the climate crisis or countless other activities.
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Every day the natural world is becoming a little more homogenised, and a little weaker.
But the one thing these myriad plant and animal species have in common?
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Biological diversity is essential for healthy ecosystems and to keep nature resilient. The extent of biological diversity within nature is nuanced and far-reaching, but every day we are losing more of it.
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There are further differences between the sub-species, and even more differences when compared to the three Asian species. And this is just between rhinos! (2/6) #InternationalDayOfBiologicalDiversity

These are just some of the surface level differences between the two African species of rhino. (1/6) #InternationalDayOfBiologicalDiversity

For this year's #InternationalDayOfBiologicalDiversity, SoGE undergraduate student Jack Gillespie talks to us about his time on a field trip to Brazil's #Amazon #Rainforest and how he and other #researchers worked with local communities.

Read more: www.geog.ox.ac.uk/research/for...