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The UNDP-managed Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network (BES-Net), supported by UNEP-WCMC and UNESCO, promotes dialogue between science, policy and practice to build capacity for the sustainable management of biodiversity and ecosystem services.
🔬Citizen science isn’t just a buzzword; it's transforming biodiversity conservation!
📆 This Friday, 14 Nov, join ecologists Corey T. Callaghan, Lena Dempewolf and Cierra Freese to discuss how ordinary citizens are filling crucial data gaps in biodiversity.
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Forests, rivers and oceans are connected systems – not separate worlds. 🌿
When those links break, life struggles to move, adapt and recover.
Restoring connectivity means restoring the pathways that make resilience possible, for nature and for us all. 🌍
Swipe to learn more. 👇
📢 The #WorldWildlifeDay 2026 Poster Contest is now open!
Artists are invited to visualize how conserving medicinal and aromatic plants link biodiversity, culture and well-being. 🌿
📅 Submit by 9 Nov 2025 (23:59 CET)
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As water returned to Tram Chim, life followed.
Farmers planted for fish as much as for rice. Water chestnuts grew again. And in 2024, Sarus cranes came home – twice.
This is what restoration sounds like when it’s guided by experience and care.
🎬 https://youtu.be/pPOIse1tYDg
💡 Business and nature are partners, not opposites.
Launching at #IPBES12, the first-ever @IPBES.net #BizBiodiversity Assessment will reveal how industries can turn dependence on nature into lasting resilience. 🌿
Read the primer: https://ipbes.canto.de/b/HJAGG
@IPBES.net assessments highlight gaps in biodiversity and ecosystem knowledge. Your work may already help fill them.
📝 Contribute to this global effort and have your input reported to the IPBES Plenary: https://www.ipbes.net/knowledge-gaps-questionnaire-2025
🔔 Reliable evidence needs more than numbers; it needs trust.
The Botswana Trialogue helped bridge communities and institutions, creating shared ownership of biodiversity findings. 🤝
Explore how dialogue itself became a form of evidence.
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The Thailand National Trialogue is fully in session! 🚀
Day 2 examined how valuing marine ecosystem services can align sustainable growth with stewardship. 🌊
Discussions on "blue wealth" showed that when marine ecosystems are viewed as an asset shifts policy toward lasting prosperity. 🌿
🌊 Women keep fisheries alive – from untangling nets to processing the catch. But their knowledge rarely reaches policy tables.
For resilient oceans, governance must reflect the women holding the nets, not just those in the boardroom chairs. 👩👩👧👧🏛️
🇹🇭 Today, the Thailand Trialogue opened with thoughtful energy. 🌿🔆
Conversations centred on how Thailand can translate ecosystem insights into tangible progress for biodiversity and well-being.
Day 2 promises to keep that momentum, with the spotlight shifting to the sea and coast. Stay tuned! 🌿🪸
📌 When biodiversity plans ignore rights, inclusion stays on paper.
The “Inclusive Conversations” report by @cdkn.org + partners shows how Indigenous Peoples, youth advocates and other rights holders can drive fair, lasting outcomes for climate & nature.
Read more: www.besnet.world/advancing-a-...
The global community is advancing two ambitious agendas for people and planet. 🌱
📊 Our new infographic shows how they reinforce one another – and why biodiversity action is central to building a just, resilient and sustainable future. 🤝
Explore it here. 👇
✅ Fact: Indigenous knowledge offers real-world solutions – soil-friendly farming, wildfire prevention and water stewardship.
This is living science built over generations.
🌳 What if conservation plans started with this wisdom, not as an add-on but as a foundation?
🔓 Unlock a world of knowledge at the BES-Net Library! 📚
Access a vast collection of over 4000 resources on biodiversity and ecosystems to enhance your work and initiatives.
Start exploring today: https://www.besnet.world/libraries/
⛰️ High in Ecuador’s Andes, Kichwa Indigenous women are guardians of seeds and keepers of secrets in ancestral chakra — farms brimming with an array of crops — and recognized by @fao.org as a #GIAHS.
Read more.
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📢 Happening tomorrow: @unesco.org is hosting a hybrid side event at #SBSTTA27 and #SB8J-01 to explore how Indigenous and local knowledge can fast-track NBSAP implementation.
Join us to hear early insights from Malawi, Namibia and Trinidad & Tobago!
Register here: unesco-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🐝 Beekeepers are blending age-old craft with new technology.
Join HiveTracks’ upcoming webinar to learn how digital hives support healthier pollinators!
Hear from innovators and field experts who use data to anticipate colony stress and support ecosystem health.
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🔔 Malta is @IPBES.net's 152nd member, adding another Mediterranean voice committed to nature and people! 🇲🇹
The island’s progress on marine research, #InvasiveSpecies management and environmental education shows how local innovation contributes to global biodiversity progress.
🚀 Just launched: The final report from the #InclusiveConversations series, hosted by Swedbio, Focali, Soka Gakkai International and @cdkn.org, is now available!
Explore how the human rights-based approach is essential for building sustainable solutions. 🌱
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🔔 Today in Panama City we move From Dialogue to Action.
The HRBA Dialogue Report is launching + a new Community of Practice on PANORAMA to connect local voices with global change.
Join the event: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdfqKsE-dm_DbKrh_DMa-B_dWV6eq7k9PHuG0Krp-D8JLqz9w/viewform
🌱💚 The Cuban crocodile is at a critical crossroads, and your support can make a difference!
Help fund satellite tracking to monitor and protect this incredible endemic species and secure the future of an entire ecosystem.
Learn how you can support this effort. ⬇️
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On 28 October, @unesco.org is hosting a hybrid side event at #SBSTTA27 and #SB8J-01 to explore how Indigenous and local knowledge can fast-track NBSAP implementation. 🧭
Join the event to hear early insights from Malawi, Namibia and Trinidad & Tobago! 🌍
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📢 On 25 October, at the margins of #SBSTTA27, Swedbio and partners will showcase the work of diverse actors advancing #HRBA for Biodiversity and Climate!
The event will launch the HRBA Dialogue report & the HRBA Community of Practice on PANORAMA Solutions!
Join us!
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New MAAP research shows that the “flying rivers” – moisture highways from Atlantic forests through eastern Amazon – are critical to keeping western regions such as southern Peru and northern Bolivia from tipping into savanna.
🔗 Read and share the report: www.amazonconservation.org/flying-river...
Youth are system shapers, not stakeholders.
They push institutions toward accountability, equity and innovation. Yet too often, they are treated as symbolic voices.
How can we move beyond tokenism towards shared power?
Explore insights from BES-Net. ⬇️
A gap on paper becomes a crack in real lives.
Gender equality is not an aspiration, it is infrastructure for fair economies and resilient societies.
Close the gap, deliver the outcomes for people and the planet. ⚖️🌍
🇨🇾 Cyprus is now the 151st member of the IPBES community, joining a growing network of nations working together to bridge science, policy & practice for a sustainable future. 🌎
The island’s long history of conservation adds fresh insights to the global biodiversity dialogue. 🌱
From forests to rivers to coastlines, #InvasiveAlienSpecies are threatening food systems and pushing native species closer to extinction. 🐜🍄
Communities, food systems and livelihoods all feel the impact.
Discover more from @IPBES.net. 👇
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Birds cross borders without passports. What they find in our cities – safe green corners or plastic waste and bright lights – can decide their survival.
🐦 This #WorldMigratoryBirdDay, let us remember that coexistence is built in everyday choices: fewer pesticides, safer windows, and native plants.
🇨🇴 In Colombia, Indigenous communities are leading a quiet shift in how the world understands nature and climate. 🌎
Our latest feature highlights these local efforts and what they can teach global policy, research & restoration initiatives.
Read it. 👇
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