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.
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🇲🇼 Malawi has launched its national ecosystem assessment, a milestone effort that brought together science, policy and community knowledge over five years.
The report was presented alongside the country's NBSAP III and 7th National Report to the CBD.
It's a 10-year roadmap for action! 🌿
🌱 Nature supports daily life in more ways than we realize.
Some are easy to recognize, like food, water or clean air. Others stay in the background but matter just as much.
So what do we really mean by ecosystem services?
Find out 👇
Too often, young ocean professionals are included in ocean policy spaces symbolically rather than meaningfully.
A new paper from IPOS and partners explores how this can change, through defined roles in governance, targeted support and stronger collaboration.
🌐 Read it here: ipos.earth/publications
🌱 In Tajikistan, a seed can be borrowed, planted, harvested and returned with interest.
Community seed banks are helping traditional crop varieties survive while giving women farmers more control over what they grow, cook and sell.
Read the full story:
Climate change does not affect healthy and damaged ecosystems in the same way.
When land is degraded, every flood, drought or storm can cut deeper.
Restoration helps rebuild strength before the next shock arrives. 🌎🌡️
#WorldEnvironmentDay
🪸 Coral reefs are changing fast. But how much, where and why?
A new global initiative is working to answer those questions by assessing reefs at scale, turning scattered data into a clearer picture of reef health worldwide.
Explore more. ⬇️
Humpback whales don’t just sing. They remix.
Across oceans, whale populations shift their songs, adopting new patterns and dropping old ones, almost like a cultural exchange at sea.
Find out how these changes spread, evolve and reshape life underwater. ⤵️
🌎 Climate finance is not only about cutting emissions.
It also means restoring damaged ecosystems, scaling nature-based solutions and keeping forests standing.
See what investment could unlock for climate, biodiversity and resilience. ⬇️
A line is being drawn in real time – between ecosystems under pressure and the future we still have time to shape.
This #WorldEnvironmentDay, BES-Net joins the call to act #NowForClimate, with biodiversity at the heart of climate resilience.
✨ Mining, logging and large-scale infrastructure projects often overlap with Indigenous territories, landscapes shaped by deep stewardship and knowledge.
The #BizBiodiversity Assessment explores what this means for equity, rights and responsible business decisions.
Read more: bit.ly/IPBES12Media
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network (BES-Net)
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network (BES-Net)
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network (BES-Net)
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network (BES-Net)
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network (BES-Net)
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network (BES-Net)
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network (BES-Net)
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network (BES-Net)
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network (BES-Net)
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network (BES-Net)
IUCN's Red List of Ecosystems (RLE) is a global standard for assessing risks to ecosystems. It allows us to identify common symptoms (both spatial and functional) to understand the level of risk that…
A humpback whale alters the pitch of its song when joined by a neighboring singer, a finding that opens a new chapter in the ongoing effort to understand whale song, some of the most structurally and…
