How is United Nations helping to protect biodiversity and sustainably manage land? Check out some of our projects working towards Goal 15, Life on Land. 🌳🐿️🦆 un.org/sustainabledev… #GlobalGoals

We figured you might want to see more #panda trees in full bloom? 🐼 #wildlife #AmazingWildlife

Guarding against disaster: #Rwandan farmers adapt to the changing climate: ow.ly/YOon30ju87S @UNEnvironment

Using cute animals in pop culture makes public think they're not #endangered: ow.ly/Ft5s30ju8mn The Guardian

Media representations of animals are distorting our perception of their extinction risk: ow.ly/CrEt30ju54f Seeker by The Verge

No plan to protect #Queensland's green-haired turtle from #extinction: ow.ly/kzaf30ju8rg The Guardian

'Plastic is literally everywhere': the epidemic attacking Australia's oceans: ow.ly/Xkq830jw3Jo The Guardian

Rich in #biodiversity, #Palau looks to protect its most precious resource: ow.ly/x6B130jwhsb @UNEnvironment

Beyond the punk turtle: eight endangered animals that look surreal: ow.ly/c5fC30jwns1 The Guardian

“The world has cause for optimism”: Sir David Attenborough’s keynote speech: ow.ly/ISa630jwnwS BirdLife International #OurNatureOurFuture

#Species extinction is occurring at up to 1,000 times the natural rate. See the IUCN Guidelines for Species Conservation Planning bit.ly/2CMy7nt #wildlife #RacingExtinction

Are you kitten me right meow? #AnimalAQuote

In 11th century China, a scholar wrote an encyclopedia of his country’s beasts, birds, insects, and trees—now his notes are helping primatologists on.natgeo.com/2H7G64w

Saving biodiversity: Timely actions required ow.ly/2QRn30jxAH6 The Himalayan Times

Major new initiative announced to tackle ocean’s plastic pollution: ow.ly/d7XL30jxATX National Geographic

The plastic tsunami: pollution across Australia's coastlines – in pictures: ow.ly/3CMN30jxIJX The Guardian

Cape fur seal pups are as vulnerable as they are adorable

Today is #WorldHeritageDay! It encourages us to celebrate and bring awareness of the importance of preserving the natural World Heritage properties - some of the most important ecosystems and biodiversity rich areas #heritage4generations #ICOMOS ICOMOS UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳

30% of the Great Barrier Reef's corals died in 'catastrophic' 2016 heatwave: ow.ly/1XXj30jyKbx The Guardian