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The first official progress report on #30x30 reveals progress on protected areas must accelerate with expansions of 12.4% on land & 21.6% in the ocean needed over the next six years to meet the global target. Learn more: tinyurl.com/yfk2mcju #COP16 protectedplanet UNEP-WCMC

Our team has been having a great time at #COP16. Here Adriana Corrales explains the need for mycorrhizal fungi to be included in conservation goals.

cbc.ca/listen/live-ra… Honoured to speak for the fungi today on national radio #Conservation 🇨🇦🍄 IUCN SSC Aquatic Fungi Specialist Group Mycological Society of America moved to bluesky Canadian Fungal Network Acadia University AcadiaScience

#IUCNSSCAquaticFungiSG co-chair @Sally_mycology participated at the IUCN SSC Fungal Conservation Committee meeting(s) during @iucnssc Leaders Meeting in Abu Dhabi! Priorities for #funga #conservation were discussed, including for #aquaticfungi. 🍄💧 #WeAreSSC #SSCLeadersMeeting2024

Today at #COP16, Chile and the UK co-launched the fungal conservation pledge, which already has the support of 10 other countries. Read it here 👉 assets.ffungi.org/FungalConserva…

The pledge was only possible thanks to the tireless work of the Fungi Foundation and the foundation' chief executive Giuliana Furci, our deputy chair 🙌 It's backed by the KewGardens and, you got it, the IUCN ❤️

“Saving Species Sustains Life” —At the 5th SSC Leaders’ Meeting, conservationists reaffirmed the critical link between biodiversity and human well-being, calling for collective action. 🔗 Discover the declaration: tinyurl.com/4yc8umn4 #WeAreSSC #SSCLeadersMeeting2024

The 5th IUCN Species Survival Commission Leaders' Meeting concluded with conservation experts and leaders issuing a powerful declaration affirming that “Saving Species Sustains Life”. 👇🏻 tinyurl.com/4yc8umn4 Our Group will work hard to save #aquaticfungi #WeAreSSC #SSCLeadersMeeting2024

The 2024 SSC Leaders’ Meeting has concluded with a powerful declaration on the need for urgent action to save species and halt biodiversity loss. Let’s act together to support biodiversity for a resilient planet! Our Planet, Our Responsibility. bit.ly/SSCLeadersMeet… #WeAreSSC

Protected and conserved areas are vital places are vital for both people and #nature but must almost double in area on land and more than triple in the ocean for the 30% target to be reached.    Learn more in the Protected Planet Report tinyurl.com/yfk2mcju  protectedplanet

"All life depends on soil; there can be no life without soil and no soil without life." — Charles E. Kellogg, USDA, 1938 Explore what #SoilBiodiversity is and its crucial roles in ecosystems. 🍄🪱🐛🐌 Learn more: lnkd.in/d-tWc-Ck via Food and Agriculture Organization

Fungi could save one of the rarest plants in the world. Na’u is a flowering tree on the brink of extinction in Hawaii. 🌸 Nicole Hynson, University of Hawaii at Manoa & SPUN Underground Explorer, thinks fungi may hold the key to na'u's revival. Shi En Kim, PhD, Smithsonian Magazine bit.ly/3AAX1JC

The latest update of the IUCN Red List now includes 818 #fungi. Find them all 👉iucnredlist.org Although small compared to other groups of organisms assessed, this number represents a > 27,000 % increase in 10 years! 💪 Slide by Craig Hilton-Taylor during the #SSCLeadersMeeting2024

#openaccess paper: “A Call to Include Fungi in Wildlife Trade Research and Policy”, written by Giuliana Furci & Marios Levi from the Fungi Foundation, together with first author Rodrigo Oyanedel from ​​@mileniosecos conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/co…

BREAKING NEWS: The number of #fungi species on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ has surpassed 1,000. The latest update confirms that #deforestation, agricultural expansion and urban development are driving these species to decline worldwide. rb.gy/9yhfs8

Today's update of the IUCN Red List includes the first 1,000 fungi on the list, revealing growing threats from deforestation, agricultural expansion and urban development. You can read the news release here. 🌍🧪🍄 IUCN Species Survival Commission IUCN IUCN SSC Fungal Conservation Committee iucn.org/press-release/…

Fungi form the very foundation of healthy ecosystems but threats such as #deforestation and agricultural expansion are driving a global decline. Over 1,000 of the world’s 155,000 known fungal #species have now been assessed the IUCN Red List. Learn more rb.gy/9yhfs8

Huge news! For the first time, the number of assessed #fungi species on the IUCN Red List has surpassed 1,000 🍄—a big step towards better understanding and protecting the Fungi Kingdom 👇🏽