Hi everyone! Here is a quick toolkit for today’s hearing at 10am on NATURE IN CRISIS: BIODIVERSITY LOSS AND ITS CAUSES

Live links - http://bit.ly/2WsUImY

Home page - https://science.house.gov/hearings/nature-in-crisis-biodiversity-loss-and-its-causes

Tweets:

Happening now: The House Science, Space, & Technology Committee is having a hearing on the @IPBES #GlobalAssessment report. Scientists estimate that up to 1 million #species are threatened with extinction. Watch live: [bitly] #StopExtinction

Watch live! The House Science, Space, & Technology Committee is having a hearing on the @IPBES #GlobalAssessment report, which says #biodiversity declines have serious consequences for human well-being: [bitly] #StopExtinction

Today, @HouseScience is holding a hearing in response to the unprecedented @IPBES report that states that over 75% of terrestrial environments & 66% of marine environments have been significantly altered by humans. We must act now to #StopExtinction!

Today, @HouseScience is holding a hearing in response to the @IPBES report that says the direct drivers of the decline of #wildlife & natural resources include land & sea use change, exploitation, #climatechange, #pollution & invasive #species. We must act now to #StopExtinction!

Amid the 6th mass extinction crisis, the @IPBES report highlights the pressing need to defend our bedrock #environmental laws that were put in place to protect #wildlife & the #habitat on which they depend. Learn more: https://dfnd.us/2VNKZX3 #StopExtinction

According to the @IPBES #GlobalAssessment report:

🐺1 million species are facing extinction

🌎75% of #land surface is significantly altered

🌊66% of #ocean area is now negatively impacted

🏞️Over 85% of #wetlands has been lost

#IPBES7 #StopExtinction

Thanks!

Best,

Hillary

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