🔬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...

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. 👇

📢 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...

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

💡 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

@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

🔔 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 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. 🌿

🌊 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. 👩‍👩‍👧‍👧🏛️

🇹🇭 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! 🌿🪸

📌 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 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. 👇

✅ 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?

🔓 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/

⛰️ 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...

📢 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...

🐝 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...

🔔 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.

🚀 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...

🔔 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 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-...

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...

📢 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...

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...

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. ⬇️

A gap on paper becomes a crack in real lives. Gender equality is not an aspiration, it is infrastructure for fair economies and resilient societies. Close the gap, deliver the outcomes for people and the planet. ⚖️🌍

🇨🇾 Cyprus is now the 151st member of the IPBES community, joining a growing network of nations working together to bridge science, policy & practice for a sustainable future. 🌎 The island’s long history of conservation adds fresh insights to the global biodiversity dialogue. 🌱

From forests to rivers to coastlines, #InvasiveAlienSpecies are threatening food systems and pushing native species closer to extinction. 🐜🍄 Communities, food systems and livelihoods all feel the impact. Discover more from @IPBES.net. 👇 www.ipbes.net/ias

Birds cross borders without passports. What they find in our cities – safe green corners or plastic waste and bright lights – can decide their survival. 🐦 This #WorldMigratoryBirdDay, let us remember that coexistence is built in everyday choices: fewer pesticides, safer windows, and native plants.

🇨🇴 In Colombia, Indigenous communities are leading a quiet shift in how the world understands nature and climate. 🌎 Our latest feature highlights these local efforts and what they can teach global policy, research & restoration initiatives. Read it. 👇 www.besnet.world/where-the-la...

What do bees and bats have to do with your pumpkin soup? 🐝🎃 Without them, the harvest is smaller, the food is costlier, and ecosystems lose balance. On #WorldFoodDay, explore what a pollinator-friendly future could look like for harvests, farmers and ecosystems: www.besnet.world/every-pumpki...

🍽️🌿 The way we feed ourselves is rewriting the planet’s story. See how food and nature intertwine in this quick data snapshot on soil, pollinators and the true cost of our plates. What number should everyone know? 👇 #WorldFoodDay

#RuralWomen need more than recognition. They need: 💧 Safe water 🌳 Secure land access 🌽 Food security 💰 Climate finance ✊ Empowerment and capacity-building On this Rural Women’s Day, let us invest in women’s rights and livelihoods, including their land rights.

Imagine managing biodiversity every day without the right to own or inherit the land you work. This is the paradox rural women face worldwide. #LandRights are often treated as a legal formality but for #RuralWomen, they are the line between subsistence and leadership or insecurity and exclusion.

Cambodia’s new Gender & Environment Survey finds women more likely to face the weight of the climate crisis. The numbers tell a story of resilience stretched thin and of why gender equity must be at the heart of climate responses. 🌿 Read more: asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/stories/p...

🌊 The ocean beyond national shores has gained stronger legal protection! The #BBNJ is now ratified, paving the way for global marine biodiversity safeguards to take effect in 2026. Explore the implications for governance, small island states, and conservation justice.

From day 2 at the Botswana Trialogue! 🌿 Science, policy and community voices are validating the country’s ecosystem assessment through dialogue and shared understanding. A glimpse into how the Trialogue methodology turns research into collective action. 🎥 Courtesy of the Botswana NEA Comms Team

Indigenous-managed forests are proving to be buffers against illness. The lesson for policy is clear: protecting rights and keeping forests intact is not optional but essential for resilient societies. 🌍 Learn more: iucn.org/press-releas...

Tigers are making a fragile comeback. 🐅 But their future is far from secure. Our new infographic highlights what makes these big cats unique and why they need global protection. 🌿 See more. 👇

Biodiversity needs more than data; it needs stories that reach people. Learn how journalists like Tefera Bekele are helping communities and decision-makers see the value of nature through powerful reporting. 🌿 Read the feature on BES-Net’s #NewsForNature: www.besnet.world/news-for-nat...

The Botswana Trialogue is off to an inspiring start! 🌱 Key messages were validated on Day 1, and participants shared insights from different perspectives that deepened reflection. The approach continues to build meaningful bridges between science, policy, practice and local knowledge in Botswana. ✨

Fifty years of gender commitments, and we still debate whether equality is real or aspirational.  The “Unfinished Business” report by UN Women shows how much remains undone. Explore the insights. ⬇️ www.unwomen.org/en/news-stor...

📌 Preparations are underway in Gaborone for the Botswana National Ecosystem Assessment Trialogue! 🇧🇼 On 7–9 Oct, diverse actors will meet to validate findings and co-design actions linking nature, people and policy. #BESNet supports this vital step toward inclusive, evidence-based decisions. 🌿

What happens once an assessment ends often matters most. Knowledge risks being isolated, networks may fade and priorities shift. With the #BESsolutionFund and sustained collaboration, BES-Net helps keep momentum alive. Explore how. 👇

🌍 Momentum is building: Namibia is now the 11th country in the #BESsolutionFund! 🎉 Each new partner means more locally-led ideas, community voices, new collaborations and biodiversity action tailored to places that need them most. Read the full story: www.besnet.world/bes-solution...

Meet the NaPO women- and youth-led Indigenous initiative restoring dryland in Kenya. 🇰🇪 550 ha restored, 10,000 ha managed, all under Indigenous governance via the Ramat Model. 🌍✨ Discover the story of this 2025 #EquatorPrize winner.

📌 This November, in Botswana, African heads of state and conservation leaders will convene for the Africa Biodiversity Summit. From climate resilience to community stewardship, the agenda is set to spark new approaches to sustainability.

A sustainable future can’t wait. 📢 For over 6️⃣0️⃣ years, UNDPhas been working alongside local communities to drive change and build better lives for all. We remain firmly committed to building a better future for people and the planet. 🌎🌿 ##UNDP60

The world needs gender equality in conservation. It’s key to protecting food, climate, biodiversity and human well-being together. 🌍🌱 So what does it actually mean? We break it down in one minute. ⏱️

Rivers like the Nile, Amazon and Danube flow through multiple countries. What happens upstream affects everyone downstream! Protecting transboundary rivers means securing #CleanWater and #biodiversity for all. Learn why. 👇