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#FaunaFloraFunga
Fungi represent a meagre 0.2 % of our global conservation priorities: they need legal protections under international, regional and domestic law and policy.
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Exciting news! The Fungi Foundation (@fungifoundation) and the FFF Initiative have joined forces with John Scanlon (@johnescanlon) to write fungi into one of the most important international frameworks: CITES.
For more, read here: illuminem.com/illuminemvoice…
Featured in the OECD Forum Network:
"[W]hen fungi are put at risk – endangering the ecosystems that depend on them – we miss opportunities to advance solutions to serious environmental problems like climate change and land degradation."
Full article: tinyurl.com/4djhw85c
FFF Initiative Co-Founder, @MerlinSheldrake, was recently profiled in the NY Times Magazine.
"Sheldrake describes mycelium as 'ecological connective tissue, the living seam by which much of the world is stitched into relation.'"
Full article here: shorturl.at/BHNTY
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FaunaFloraFunga retweeted
Thrilled that RAE has recognized the 'third F' ! #faunaflorafunga
FaunaFloraFunga retweeted
#RAEconsultas El término «funga» es un neologismo creado por analogía con «fauna» y «flora» para designar el conjunto de los hongos de un país, región o medio determinados. Se documenta ya en algunos textos científicos en lengua española, aunque aún no está consolidado.
FaunaFloraFunga retweeted
Thank you @UNBiodiversity for addressing the need to add #funga to biodiversity framework language. The #3FInitiative invites organizations+countries to incorporate #faunaflorafunga in wording @fungifoundation @MerlinSheldrake @spununderground @faunaflorafunga @rewild @IUCNfungi
"Current conservation strategies overlook fungi and focus overwhelmingly on flora and fauna. We urgently need to add a third “F” – funga – to address the planetary challenges of climate change and #biodiversity loss."
@europeanforest #COP15
Via @ICRAF
efi.int/news/open-letter-cru…
FaunaFloraFunga retweeted
New op-ed by Giuliana Furci and Merlin Sheldrake published in TIME Magazine! @TIME
"No, You Shouldn’t Be Afraid of Fungi"
@Giulifungi
@MerlinSheldrake
time.com/6256252/fungi-scien…
FaunaFloraFunga retweeted
‘No, You Shouldn’t be Afraid of Fungi’ - Op-Ed in @TIME together with @MerlinSheldrake #thinkfungi
time.com/6256252/fungi-scien…
"When we think of forests we usually think of trees, plants and animals. But forests could not exist without fungi, which lie at the base of the biodiversity webs that support much of life on Earth." Read the open letter to leaders meeting at #COP15 at: tinyurl.com/3drv724n
Featured in the NY Times last week, the FFF Initiative’s own @giulifungi and @MerlinSheldrake, along with collaborators @KiersToby, Cesar Marin, and @CosmoSheldrake at @spununderground.
nytimes.com/interactive/2022…
"It’s not an overstatement to say that without fungi breaking down dead matter and recycling its nutrients, life on Earth would be unrecognizable." Great article calling for fungi to be included within conservation frameworks! theconversation.com/beyond-f…
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"Mycorrhizal fungal networks have long sustained and enriched life on our planet. It’s time they receive the attention they deserve." A great blog post calling for the conservation of mycorrhizal fungal networks. blog.efi.int/a-powerful-and-…
"An ambitious effort to rise the profile of often invisible soil fungi."
@ScienceMagazine joined @KiersToby, @Giulifungi, @CosmoSheldrake, @MerlinSheldrake, @spununderground, and Cesar Marin in Chile to sample and map mycorrhizal fungal diversity. science.org/content/article/…
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I just signed this statement on behalf of the fungi. Check it out.
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Fungi have long supported and enriched life on our planet. They must be protected as fiercely as animals (fauna) and plants (flora) – however, they receive only a small fraction of the attention they deserve. #FaunaFloraFunga👇
Adding a third “F” – funga – to the list would write this neglected kingdom of life into conservation frameworks and unlock crucial funding for research and educational programmes. Help us secure legal protections for fungi at faunaflorafunga.org
