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Abstract Context China initiated its national parks in 2016 for safeguarding biodiversity and ecosystem integrity. The newly established Northeast Tiger…
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📌 Ms Tigist Wondimu, Associate Professor of Botany, Addis Ababa University, joins BES-Net’s conversation on what it means to live in #HarmonyWithNature. 🦋
Her response invites us to reflect on the connection between natural spaces, health and quality of life.
Listen to her reflection and share your own thoughts! ... See MoreSee Less
“Mainstreaming biodiversity into sectoral plans and a national development strategy is key, but it must be backed by data and funding.” – Ms Ann Nakafeero of National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) Uganda at the BES-Net Regional Trialogue for East and Southern Africa co-hosted by UNDP Namibia.
In this powerful talk, she shares: 📌 Uganda’s #NBSAP-#KMGBF alignment journey 📌 Inclusive, multi-stakeholder planning 📌 Gaps in baseline data & financing 📌 Incorporating Target 6 on #InvasiveAlienSpecies
How do we bridge knowledge, nature and national priorities? 🎯
In this compelling video, Ms Lilian Chimphepo shares Malawi’s experience with its national ecosystem assessment – a process rooted in science, #IndigenousKnowledge and community engagement.
The assessment is shaping Malawi’s biodiversity strategy from the ground up. Watch how evidence meets impact. ... See MoreSee Less
🚨 BREAKING: A rare primate – once feared lost – is caught on video! 🐒
For decades, the Niger Delta red colobus monkey was disappearing due to oil spills and deforestation. But thanks to community-led conservation efforts, its population is now growing and has finally been caught on video for the first time!
Camera traps installed in December 2024 in a community conservation area in the Niger Delta have captured the first videos of elusive and critically endangered red colobus monkeys. The news comes afte...
🌿 Biodiversity conservation. Land restoration. Resilience.
None of these goals is possible without recognizing #RuralWomen as leaders in environmental action. And without #LandRights, they’re sidelined in efforts to restore #biodiversity, achieve #LandDegradationNeutrality and build a more resilient world.
🎥 Watch how the Women’s Land Rights Initiative is putting justice at the centre of environmental action: ... See MoreSee Less
