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The NEA Initiative Annual Workshop 2024

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Sustainable Solutions for Kazakhstan’s Ecosystems: A Look at the Impact of the BES Solution Fund

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Kenya Nakuru County Stakeholder Engagement Workshop

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Expert Corner: Eric Fokam on the Strategic Efforts for Conserving Wild Species and Combating Invasive Alien Species in Africa

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La Tribune des Experts: Une Conversation avec Eric Fokam sur les Efforts Stratégiques pour la Conservation des Espèces Sauvages et la Lutte contre les Espèces Exotiques Envahissantes en Afrique

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FIRE: Igniting Opportunities for All to Tackle Biodiversity Loss

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Thailand’s National Ecosystem Assessment and Indigenous and Local Knowledge

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2 September 2024Read More

Protecting the Invisible Guardians of Biodiversity and Ecosystems

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9 August 2024Read More

The Future of Biodiversity Financing

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6 August 2024Read More

Roots of Renewal: Indigenous and Local Knowledge in Restoring Degraded Lands

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4 June 2024Read More

The Story of BES-Net Trinidad and Tobago: A Summary of the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network Trinidad and Tobago (BES-Net TT) Project

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19 May 2024Read More

On International Women’s Day, Meet the Women Shaping National Ecosystem Assessments

From left to right: Ms. Senka Barudanovic, Project Coordinator for Bosnia and Herzegovina National Ecosystem Assessment and Chair of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA Bureau) of the Convention on Biological Diversity; Ms. Alyeda Capella, Traditional and Local Knowledge Expert for the Dominican Republic National Ecosystem Assessment; Ms. Alice Kammwamba, Indigenous and Local Knowledge Technical Working Group Coordinator for the Malawi National Ecosystem Assessment.

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Thailand National Ecosystem Assessment: Embracing the Trialogue Techniques to Bridge Diverse Sectors and Knowledge Systems

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7 March 2024Read More

GloFouling Partnerships: Strategic Efforts Against Marine Biofouling Invasion

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14 February 2024Read More

The NEA Initiative Annual Workshop 2023

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7 February 2024Read More

Transformando nuestra relación con las especies silvestres a través de la sabiduría de los pueblos indígenas y las comunidades locales

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5 February 2024Read More

Celebrating World Wetlands Day 2024: Underscoring their Importance for Human Well-Being in Viet Nam

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2 February 2024Read More

Celebrating World Wetlands Day 2024: Underscoring their Importance for Human Well-Being in Viet Nam

The village of Y Ty is at the extreme north of Vietnam and is well off the normal tourist route. The road overlooks the Chinese border in many places. Photo by Peter Hammer in Unsplash

2 February 2024Read More

Involving Young Researchers in the National Ecosystem Assessment Process – An interview with Prof. Dr. Mersudin Avdibegović

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19 January 2024Read More

Retour à nos racines: En quoi la dégradation des terres affecte-t-elle spécifiquement les Peuples Autochtones et les communautés locales?

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22 December 2023Read More

Transforming our Relationship with Wild Species through the Wisdom of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

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7 November 2023Read More

Botswana Launches the National Ecosystem Assessment to Build its Knowledge-Base on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

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27 October 2023Read More

A Silent Threat: Invasive Alien Species Threaten Biodiversity and Our Global Goals, but China, Mauritius and Türkiye are Taking Action

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5 September 2023Read More

Five Key Insights from the IPBES10 Panel Discussion on the Uptake and Impact of Products

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1 September 2023Read More

Fostering Environmental Stewardship: The Role of Human Rights in Biodiversity Conservation

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22 August 2023Read More

International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

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9 August 2023Read More

Observatoire du Genre et de l’Environnement au Cameroun : l’autonomisation des femmes à travers la régénération des forêts et l’agroforesterie

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6 July 2023Read More

Guardianes del Mar: La Profunda Conexión del Pueblo Yagán con el Océano

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30 June 2023Read More

Guardians of the Sea: The Deep Connection of the Yagán People with the Ocean

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30 June 2023Read More

Five videos on local and traditional knowledge in the Dominican Republic (EN/ES)

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13 June 2023Read More

Five videos on local and traditional knowledge in the Dominican Republic (EN/ES)

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13 June 2023Read More

Addressing Plastic Pollution while Harnessing Traditions in the Philippines

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5 June 2023Read More

Malawi’s Collaborative Approach: Leveraging Dialogue to Address Biodiversity Loss and Empower Local Communities

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26 May 2023Read More

From Agreement to Action: The Critical Role of Policy in Implementing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

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19 May 2023Read More

BES-Net TT Workshop Series on Stingless Bees

20 March 2023Read More

Volviendo a nuestras raíces: Cómo la degradación de la tierra afecta particularmente a los pueblos indígenas y a las comunidades locales

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3 March 2023Read More

Weaving Indigenous and Local Knowledge in the Scoping Process of the National Ecosystem Assessment of Malawi

22 February 2023Read More

National Ecosystem Assessment Initiative’s Highlights of 2022

22 February 2023Read More

Indigenous Peoples: Stewards of the Land and Water, Leading the Future of Ocean and Marine Ecosystem Conservation

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17 February 2023Read More

Weaving Indigenous and Local Knowledge in the Scoping Process of the National Ecosystem Assessment of Malawi

2 February 2023Read More

Nigeria Gets Buzzing About a New Pollinator Strategy

27 January 2023Read More

The NEA Initiative Global Workshop 2022

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13 December 2022Read More

Preserving Indigenous Wisdom in Kenya: Local Best Practices for Pollinator Conservation and Landscape Restoration

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17 November 2022Read More

Working with Local Communities as Key Stakeholders in the Dominican Republic’s National Ecosystem Assessment

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11 November 2022Read More

Assessing the State of Thailand’s Nature and its Contributions to People and the Economy

24 August 2022Read More

Driving Change, Inspiring Tangible Solutions

19 August 2022Read More

Free Macro Photography Workshop Aims to Document Pollinators

11 August 2022Read More

Back to Our Roots: How Land Degradation Particularly Affects Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

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8 August 2022Read More

Young Farmers Lead Land Restoration in Malawi

18 July 2022Read More

Ethiopia Prepares to Incorporate its Ecosystem Assessment Findings into National Policies and Processes

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30 June 2022Read More

Ethiopia Prepares to Incorporate its Ecosystem Assessment Findings into National Policies and Processes

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30 June 2022Read More

Fertile Ground for the Future: BES-Net at UNCCD COP15’s Land Restoration Day

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20 May 2022Read More

Pollinator-Friendly Ecosystems Revive Degraded Land in Kazakhstan

17 May 2022Read More

Pollinator-Friendly Ecosystems Revive Degraded Land in Kazakhstan

16 May 2022Read More

Assessment in Cameroon Reveals that the Potential of Nature to Reduce Poverty Is Largely Untapped

6 May 2022Read More

Biodiversity and War – A Conflict of Interest?

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31 March 2022Read More

Viet Nam’s First National Ecosystem Assessment Warns of Steady Biodiversity Loss Upending the Economy

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30 March 2022Read More

Viet Nam’s First National Ecosystem Assessment Warns of Steady Biodiversity Loss Upending the Economy

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30 March 2022Read More

All Hands in: Stakeholder Engagement in BES Solution Fund Countries amid the Pandemic

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13 March 2022Read More

All Hands in: Stakeholder Engagement in BES Solution Fund Countries amid the Pandemic

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13 March 2022Read More

Three more countries begin their National Ecosystem Assessments

Day 01 - Launch - Inception Workshop Tier III

8 March 2022Read More

Three more countries begin their National Ecosystem Assessments

Day 01 - Launch - Inception Workshop Tier III

8 March 2022Read More

Ethiopia’s Trialogue Doubles Down Commitment for its First National Ecosystem Assessment

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1 March 2022Read More

Ethiopia’s Trialogue Doubles Down Commitment for its First National Ecosystem Assessment

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1 March 2022Read More

Cameroon Gender and Environment Watch: Empowering Women through Forest Regeneration and Agroforestry

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28 February 2022Read More

The Potential of Roadside Vegetation for Pollinator Conservation

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14 February 2022Read More

Looming Tipping Points Demand Rapid Transformative Change

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11 February 2022Read More

Cascading Change: The Urgent Need to Tackle Biodiversity Loss and Climate Change Together

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9 February 2022Read More

Ecosystem Services Partnership: A Bottom-Up Initiative for the Scientific Community on Ecosystem Services

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31 January 2022Read More

Making the Case for Conservation Optimism

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27 January 2022Read More

Biodiversity Finance Initiative: Providing Financing Options to Translate Biodiversity Conservation Plans into Action Worldwide

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20 December 2021Read More

The Mountain, My Ancestral Home

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10 December 2021Read More

Sub-Global Assessment Network: Helping Policymakers Translate Assessment Findings into Action

12 November 2021Read More

Building Partnerships with Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in Disaster Risk Reduction Initiatives

13 October 2021Read More

African Biodiversity Network: Preserving Kenyan Seeds through Indigenous and Local Knowledge

30 September 2021Read More

SwedBio and BES-Net Strengthen Partnership to Highlight Indigenous and Local Knowledge of Ecosystems

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29 September 2021Read More

Sub-Global Assessment Network Celebrates a Reconvening of Members

14 September 2021Read More

Nature Plurielle: Educating Students on the 2030 Agenda and the Importance of Benin’s Biodiversity

11 August 2021Read More

During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Women-Led CSO LEAD TChad Uses Innovative Smartphone Technology to Connect Local Women Entrepreneurs with Their Rural Clients

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25 June 2021Read More

Communities and Experts Come Together to Change the Fate of Pollinators in Nigeria

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7 June 2021Read More

Nigeria’s Hivemind Comes Together to Celebrate World Bee Day

1 June 2021Read More

Local Community Organizations in Cameroon keep Agro-company Accountable for the Environment

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28 May 2021Read More

Diverse Knowledge and the Solutions #ForNature

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21 May 2021Read More

Permaculture Brings Promise of Peace and Food Security for Two Congolese Communities

5 May 2021Read More

Kenya’s first Trialogue reaffirms commitment for land restoration and biodiversity conservation

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27 April 2021Read More

Côte D’Ivoire’s Youth Step Up to Build Community Resilience in the Pandemic through Agroecology and Music

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19 April 2021Read More

Endogenous Seeds Help Indigenous Communities in Benin Sow Change During COVID-19

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31 March 2021Read More

Cameroon’s Community-Driven CSOs are Strengthening Women’s Participation in Agroforestry during COVID-19

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5 March 2021Read More

Three more countries begin their National Ecosystem Assessments

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3 March 2021Read More

UN Convention on Biological Diversity launches new document on National Ecosystem Assessments for SBSTTA-24

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18 February 2021Read More

Conservation of pollinators is critical to a sustainable COVID-19 recovery

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21 January 2021Read More

CAMGEW Puts Women’s Forest Rights at the Forefront

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14 January 2021Read More

Pursuing pollinator-friendly pathways during COVID-19: experiences from BES-Net’s Regional Trialogues _Part 2

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31 December 2020Read More

IPBES’ 4th meeting of Capacity Building Forum puts spotlight on national biodiversity platforms

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10 December 2020Read More

BES-Net Op-Ed Series on COVID-19 (#7): Impact of post COVID-19 recovery efforts on LDN targets and post-2020 Aichi global biodiversity framework – Potentially negative impacts

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8 December 2020Read More

BES-Net Op-Ed Series on COVID-19 (#6): Linkage between land degradation and zoonotic disease outbreak – Evidence-based examples and policy implications

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3 December 2020Read More

BES-Net Op-Ed Series on COVID-19 (#5): Linkage between land degradation and zoonotic disease outbreak – Hypotheses underpinning the linkage

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30 November 2020Read More

South African Red List Index trends highlight wins and losses

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27 November 2020Read More

One Grenada, Many Voices: Telling the Story of People and Ecosystems

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26 November 2020Read More

BES-Net Op-Ed Series on COVID-19 (#4): Linkage between biodiversity loss and zoonotic disease outbreak – The case of non-vector-borne infectious disease and intervention measures

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19 November 2020Read More

BES-Net Op-Ed Series on COVID-19 (#3): Linkage between biodiversity loss and zoonotic disease outbreak – The case of vector-borne infectious diseases

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16 November 2020Read More

Pursuing pollinator-friendly pathways during COVID-19: experiences from BES-Net’s Regional Trialogues

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12 November 2020Read More

Facilitating Indigenous and Local Knowledge Exchange to Promote Nature-based Sustainable Development in the Face of COVID-19

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5 November 2020Read More

BES-Net Op-Ed Series on COVID-19 (#2): Ecosystem Services, Gender and COVID-19

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21 August 2020Read More

Conservation communities around the world need our help to prevent wildlife loss

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21 August 2020Read More

Consultation on draft documentation for the third meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation

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11 August 2020Read More

Biodiversity, IPBES and the Caribbean SIDS – The Role of Legislators

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10 August 2020Read More

Four More Countries Complete First Step of National Ecosystems Assessments

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27 July 2020Read More

BES-Net Participation in the Promote Pollinators Members Conference Call

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17 July 2020Read More

BES-Net Op-Ed Series on COVID-19 (#1): SARS-CoV-2 and the three steps necessary to prevent the next pandemic

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9 July 2020Read More

Virtual pro-pollinator effort in Trinidad and Tobago

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18 June 2020Read More

Regional Trialogue participants fully “Bee Engaged” on #WorldBeeDay

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22 May 2020Read More

MRV Training Workshops on the Use of Biodiversity Data for Decision-making

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30 March 2020Read More

Post BES-Net Trialogue Milestone: Nigeria’s Strides Towards Pollinator-Friendly Land Degradation Action Plan

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28 March 2020Read More

Active Post-Trialogue dialogue continues in Africa around pollinator-land-food nexus

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31 January 2020Read More

Strengthening capacity on beekeeping/queen rearing for biodiversity conservation and improved livelihoods in Antigua

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28 January 2020Read More

Launch of BES-Net Phase II with the financial support of the German Federal Ministry for Environment

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20 December 2019Read More

GEF-UNDP-IMO GloFouling Partnerships is Working with Developing Countries to Minimize the Impacts from Invasive Aquatic Species Transferred Through Aquatic Biofouling

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30 November 2019Read More

Pollinator Agenda into the Global Biodiversity Framework for the Post-2020 Era

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28 November 2019Read More

Viet Nam Trialogue and Consultation Workshop on Draft National Ecosystem Assessment Report

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25 November 2019Read More

BES-Net holds its 4th Regional Trialogue in Almaty, Kazakhstan

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11 October 2019Read More

A renewed start of bee research in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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7 October 2019Read More

BES-Net Side Event at the UNCCD COP14

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4 September 2019Read More

Nigeria joins the ‘Coalition of the Willing on Pollinators’

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30 July 2019Read More

IPBES’s Role in the Dominican Republic

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2 July 2019Read More

Importance of Effective City Planning for Sustainable Development Under the Blue Economy Framework Highlighted During the UN Habitat Assembly

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25 June 2019Read More

Anglophone Africa Regional Trialogue

10 June 2019Read More

Launch of the IPBES Global Assessment Summary Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

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8 May 2019Read More

Scientists and government officials convene in Paris to finalise a key assessment report on humanity’s relationship with nature

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29 April 2019Read More

BES-Net Cameroon National Trialogue: Enhancing Science Policy Relevance of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Assessment

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15 April 2019Read More

BES-Net Caribbean Regional Trialogue Participants Convening and Facilitating a National Dialogue on Pollinators

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5 March 2019Read More

“Caribbean Coalition of the Willing’ on Pollinators established

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19 November 2018Read More

International coalition to promote pollinators expands

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13 November 2018Read More

The URBES project wins the 1st BiodivERsA Prize for Excellence and Impact

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12 October 2018Read More

New online platform to track pollinators and pests in the Caribbean

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24 September 2018Read More

Policy-Science-Practice Triangular Discussion to Promote Pollinators Among the Caribbean Island Countries

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18 September 2018Read More

Review of Pollinators and Pollination Relevant to the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity in All Ecosystems, Beyond their Role in Agriculture and Food Production

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6 August 2018Read More

New UN Development Programme report highlights the challenges and opportunities of building climate resilience as the region works toward peaceful low-carbon climate-resilient development

27 July 2018Read More

Productive Discussion on the role of national ecosystem assessment in the post-2020 biodiversity agenda

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17 July 2018Read More

Mini-Trialogue in Cameroon to Strengthen Science-Policy Interface towards Improved Biodiversity Protection and Achievement of Cameroon Vision 2035

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23 May 2018Read More

IPBES Regional Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Africa – lessons learned

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18 May 2018Read More

Colombia harnesses the Trialogue methodology to launch its National Ecosystem Assessment in the margins of IPBES6

22 March 2018Read More

BES-Net First Trialogue on Pollinators, Food Security and Rural Development in Eastern Europe

10 January 2018Read More

The Convention on Biological Diversity holds Regional Bio-Bridge Initiative Round Table

21 November 2017Read More

GBIF Opens Call for Data Mobilization and Capacity Projects in Asia

14 November 2017Read More

GEF, UNDP and IMO Build Partnerships to Assist Developing Countries to Minimize the Impacts from Aquatic Biofouling

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16 October 2017Read More

BiodivERsA, BES-Net’s Newest Partner, Supports European and International Biodiversity Research in the Broader IPBES Context

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15 October 2017Read More

4th Pan-European IPBES Stakeholder Consultation (PESC-4) Stimulated Review of IPBES Regional Assessment

9 August 2017Read More

WABES Launches Call for its Masters of Science (MSc) Program

7 August 2017Read More

The Belmont Forum and BiodivERsA to Launch Call for Projects in Scenarios of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

2 August 2017Read More

Hot off the Press: Global Inception and Capacity Building Meeting Report

23 July 2017Read More

BES-Net and SGA Network Host Global Inception and Capacity Building Meeting

15 June 2017Read More

Regional Contest on Demonstrating evidence of Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Latin America and the Caribbean

25 March 2017Read More

IRD Calls for Projects as Part of its SEP2D Programme

11 January 2017Read More

Sharing Success in Ecosystem-based Adaptation: EbA Solution Portal Now Online

10 January 2017Read More

Launch of the UNDP-managed Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (BES-Net) Web Portal

12 December 2016Read More

Formal Launch of the BES-Net Web Portal at CBD COP 13

7 November 2016Read More

IIED, IUCN, GIZ and UNEP-WCMC Request Feedback on New EbA Inventory

7 November 2016Read More

BIOFIN and BBOP Host Webinar on Biodiversity Offsets

7 November 2016Read More

IAI Launches Free Online Course on the Impacts of Climate Change in Latin America

24 October 2016Read More

Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services Network (BES-Net) Trialogues Facilitator

10 October 2016Read More

Soft Launch of the BES-Net Web Portal

26 August 2016Read More