Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network (BES-Net)
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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.
us06web.zoom.us/j/8341808438...
📆 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.
us06web.zoom.us/j/8341808438...
November 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
🔬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.
us06web.zoom.us/j/8341808438...
📆 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.
us06web.zoom.us/j/8341808438...
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. 👇
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. 👇
November 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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. 👇
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)
🔗 Info: cites.org/sites/defaul...
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)
🔗 Info: cites.org/sites/defaul...
November 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
📢 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)
🔗 Info: cites.org/sites/defaul...
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)
🔗 Info: cites.org/sites/defaul...
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
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
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November 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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
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
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
November 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
💡 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
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
📝 Contribute to this global effort and have your input reported to the IPBES Plenary: https://www.ipbes.net/knowledge-gaps-questionnaire-2025
November 5, 2025 at 10:51 PM
@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
📝 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.
www.besnet.world/five-reflect...
The Botswana Trialogue helped bridge communities and institutions, creating shared ownership of biodiversity findings. 🤝
Explore how dialogue itself became a form of evidence.
www.besnet.world/five-reflect...
November 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
🔔 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.
www.besnet.world/five-reflect...
The Botswana Trialogue helped bridge communities and institutions, creating shared ownership of biodiversity findings. 🤝
Explore how dialogue itself became a form of evidence.
www.besnet.world/five-reflect...
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. 🌿
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. 🌿
November 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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. 🌿
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. 👩👩👧👧🏛️
For resilient oceans, governance must reflect the women holding the nets, not just those in the boardroom chairs. 👩👩👧👧🏛️
November 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
🌊 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. 👩👩👧👧🏛️
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! 🌿🪸
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! 🌿🪸
November 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
🇹🇭 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! 🌿🪸
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 “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-...
November 3, 2025 at 12:37 PM
📌 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 “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. 👇
📊 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. 👇
November 1, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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. 👇
📊 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?
This is living science built over generations.
🌳 What if conservation plans started with this wisdom, not as an add-on but as a foundation?
October 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
✅ 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?
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/
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/
October 30, 2025 at 11:17 AM
🔓 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/
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.
🔗 www.fao.org/newsroom/sto...
Read more.
🔗 www.fao.org/newsroom/sto...
Secrets of the Andean chakras
Indigenous Women lead climate action to preserve agrobiodiversity in Ecuador’s highlands
www.fao.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:33 AM
⛰️ 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.
🔗 www.fao.org/newsroom/sto...
Read more.
🔗 www.fao.org/newsroom/sto...
📢 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...
Join us to hear early insights from Malawi, Namibia and Trinidad & Tobago!
Register here: unesco-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
📢 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...
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.
calendly.com/hivetracks/f...
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.
calendly.com/hivetracks/f...
October 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
🐝 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.
calendly.com/hivetracks/f...
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.
calendly.com/hivetracks/f...
🔔 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.
The island’s progress on marine research, #InvasiveSpecies management and environmental education shows how local innovation contributes to global biodiversity progress.
October 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
🔔 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.
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. 🌱
www.besnet.world/library/incl...
Explore how the human rights-based approach is essential for building sustainable solutions. 🌱
www.besnet.world/library/incl...
October 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
🚀 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. 🌱
www.besnet.world/library/incl...
Explore how the human rights-based approach is essential for building sustainable solutions. 🌱
www.besnet.world/library/incl...
🔔 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 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
October 25, 2025 at 11:11 AM
🔔 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 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. ⬇️
www.undp.org/es/Cuba/see-...
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. ⬇️
www.undp.org/es/Cuba/see-...
October 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
🌱💚 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. ⬇️
www.undp.org/es/Cuba/see-...
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. ⬇️
www.undp.org/es/Cuba/see-...
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! 🌍
unesco-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join the event to hear early insights from Malawi, Namibia and Trinidad & Tobago! 🌍
unesco-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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! 🌍
unesco-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join the event to hear early insights from Malawi, Namibia and Trinidad & Tobago! 🌍
unesco-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
📢 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!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The event will launch the HRBA Dialogue report & the HRBA Community of Practice on PANORAMA Solutions!
Join us!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
October 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
📢 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!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The event will launch the HRBA Dialogue report & the HRBA Community of Practice on PANORAMA Solutions!
Join us!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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...
🔗 Read and share the report: www.amazonconservation.org/flying-river...
Flying Rivers Hold the Key to the Amazon’s Tipping Point, New Report Reveals - Amazon Conservation Association
Groundbreaking analysis shows how the “rivers in the sky” connect the fate of the entire rainforest and identify which regions are most at risk. Washington, DC, 16 Sept 2025 – The Amazon will not…
www.amazonconservation.org
October 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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...
🔗 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. ⬇️
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. ⬇️
October 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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. ⬇️
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. ⬇️