Fiona N. Brown, AMRIN

Explore some of the innovative digital tools, platforms, and solutions that are actively addressing the crisis of biodiversity loss, climate change, and pollution.

Visit: https://www.unep.org/topics/digital-transformations/digital-accelerator-lab/digital-accelerator-lab-solutions

Excited to be attending #HLPF again this year to advocate for technology and innovation for all people and the planet!

Endangered primates use new canopy bridges in a Brazilian Amazon city Hundreds of monkeys can now safely cross roads in Alta Floresta, a city in the southern Brazilian Amazon. Seven canopy bridges have reconnected rainforest fragments that were separated by urban…

Hundreds of monkeys can now safely cross roads in Alta Floresta, a city in the southern Brazilian Amazon.

Seven canopy bridges have reconnected rainforest fragments that were separated by urban roads.

Image of delegate badge for 2025 Internet Governance Forum meeting

Digital public policy issues are taking center stage at #IGF2025. Grateful for @intgovforum.bsky.social engagement of youth in Internet #governance with stakeholders in government, private sector, civil society, academia & intergovernmental organisations for the future of the internet.

Image shows a welcome message from the UNFCCC to SB62 meeting attendee Fiona

Thrilled to be a delegate for UNFCCC #SB62, the 62nd sessions of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) 16 June through 26 June

Image text: AI and the Future of News 2025, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford.

Grateful for the opportunity to attend the @ox.ac.uk @reutersinstitute.bsky.social Conference “Al and the Future of News 2025”, focused on the impact of rapid developments in #Al on news media. Insightful research and use cases shared by the Reuters Institute, journalists, and academia.

‘3,000 year-old’ trees in Tanzania are new species Botanist Andrea Bianchi and local plant experts Aloyce Mwakisoma and his brother Ruben were exploring two tiny village forest reserves in the Udzungwa mountains in 2019, when they stumbled upon some i...

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A group of botanists has discovered a new species of rainforest tree in Tanzania 👀

100 mature trees were found growing in forest reserves surrounded by abandoned croplands

Initial assessments suggest some of them could be up to 3,000 years old, @mongabay.bsky.social reports:

Photo shows Fiona Brown in Salle II of UNESCO Headquarters, Paris.

The 2nd International Conference on Language Technologies for All at @unesco.org HQ in Paris brought together scientific & technological solution providers with academia, governments and language #policy makers for inclusive and cross-cultural dialogue on multilingualism and action recommendations.

This pristine Canadian river has legal personhood, a new approach to conserving nature | CBC Documentaries New documentary examines how a Quebec river became a person under the law and how that protects it from harm

In 2021, the Magpie River was granted legal personhood, which bestowed rights upon the #river, including the right to live, respect for its natural cycles, to be protected and preserved, maintain its natural #biodiversity, be free from pollution, and to be restored.

www.cbc.ca/documentarie...

Wetlands are vital for #biodiversity, including as critical habitats for many migratory species.🐦🌍🧪

— @ipbes.bsky.social #LandDegradation Assessment

Yet, many of these #wetlands are now threatened.

Learn how wetlands support biodiversity with Ramsar for #WWD2025:

www.worldwetlandsday.org

The 18 NCP types described in IPBES 2019 (ref. 17) are classified as regulating, material or nonmaterial. b, Each of these NCP types is either directly or indirectly supported by wildlife functions. In some cases, WCP and NCP overlap as wildlife’s contributions are already recognized as NCP. WCP can contribute to NCP positively and/or negatively (indicated by arrows).

Chaplin-Kramer and colleagues argue that wildlife are central to human well-being but often overlooked in policy and management. go.nature.com/4jdjVbv

The High Seas Treaty, once ratified, will play a critical role to meet the targets outlined in the #BiodiversityPlan and is key to managing and preserving marine life beyond national borders.

Info: bit.ly/45cFLp6

The cool thing about Blue Sky is it still feels like a community and for the most part people are kind.