FPIC is not a nicer word for “consultation”. It is a rights safeguard that changes who holds the pen, when decisions get made and what happens if people disagree.
It is about making sure choices are real, early and respected.
Explore this quick refresher on what FPIC actually means in practice. ⬇️
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. 🌎🌡️
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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
🌱 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 👇
🪸 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. ⬇️
🇲🇼 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! 🌿
🌱 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:
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From Armenia's 6,000-hectare restoration program to Slovenia's climate adaptation strategy, the BESPIN Regional Trialogue convened 12 countries and sent them home with concrete action plans!
Here's what the three days in Skopje produced. ⬇️
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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. ⤵️
Much restoration work starts with plants, assuming pollinators will follow.
This research suggests that assumption does not always hold. Without pollinators, diversity can decline.
It shifts how we think about sequencing in ecosystems.
See what researchers found:
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…
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)
Ecologists have long seen a strong connection between biodiversity and pollinators—the butterflies, birds, bats, bees, and other insects that help the flowers they snack on fertilize by transferring…
