BES-Net (Biodiversity and Ecosystems Network)

@UNDP-@unepwcmc-@unesco Initiative for science-policy-practice collaboration for #Biodiversity & #EcosystemServices globally.
Supported by @iki_germany @SwedBio

[UNDP Namibia @UNDPNamibia]

🐝🌼 There’s more to bees than honey. By pollinating crops and wild plants, they help protect biodiversity and food security. Learn how the Namibian Beekeeping Association supports bee health and sustainable beekeeping : https://t.co/UJIPfs5wDk 🔎🐝

[UNDP Namibia @UNDPNamibia]

🦏 Progress for Namibia’s rhinos. A shared call to protect them. Rhino #poaching fell nearly 53% in 2025. With 24 rhinos lost in 2026, the new 2026–2035 strategy renews collective action. 🔎 Read more : https://t.co/pg9IErwqGR #COP17Armenia #BiodiversityAction #BIOFIN #Namibia

[UNDP Namibia @UNDPNamibia]

Two leaves. A lifetime of growth. 🌿One of the Namib Desert’s unique plants, Welwitschia has just two leaves that grow throughout its life, splitting and fraying to look like many more. Learn more in the Atlas of Namibia : https://t.co/r4REdHBeL8 #COP17Armenia #BiodiversityAction

[UNDP Namibia @UNDPNamibia]

🌿Around 70% of Namibians depend directly on natural resources for daily needs and livelihoods. BIOFIN helps Namibia develop finance solutions to conserve and restore biodiversity.🔎 Learn more : https://t.co/aRzBQYSVPK #COP17Armenia #BIOFIN #Namibia

[UNDP Eurasia @UNDPEurasia]

A healthy habitat goes beyond four walls. It depends on the land, water and ecosystems around us.

🇰🇿 In Kazakhstan’s Aral Sea region, communities are restoring degraded landscapes and building resilience to a changing climate.

#WorldHabitatDay

https://t.co/tLmdtN83O3

[BES-Net (Biodiversity and Ecosystems Network) @BESNet_UNDP]

Young people are not waiting for permission to lead. From advocacy to eco-entrepreneurship, they are rewriting what governance looks like.

The real question is: will today’s institutions share power fast enough? What stands in their way and what clears the path?

Learn more. 👇

[BES-Net (Biodiversity and Ecosystems Network) @BESNet_UNDP]

Capital shapes nature’s future. 💸

When finance rewards degradation and underfunds protection, loss becomes systemic. 🌎

IPBES outlines how shifting incentives can rebalance the system.

🔗 Read the insights: https://t.co/htjkqVAtsG

[BES-Net (Biodiversity and Ecosystems Network) @BESNet_UNDP]

🌿 Some words are data.

Indigenous languages can encode seasonal cues, place names as maps and stewardship rules that guide sustainable use.

@UNESCO notes language loss can erase ecological knowledge in vocabulary.

Learn more. ⤵️

[BES-Net (Biodiversity and Ecosystems Network) @BESNet_UNDP]

We count carbon. 📊
We model climate. 🌍
We price volatility. 📈

But nature loss? Still off the books.

The #BizBiodiversity assessment outlines key pathways to put it on the balance sheet.
🔗 https://t.co/htjkqVAtsG

[BES-Net (Biodiversity and Ecosystems Network) @BESNet_UNDP]

Every reef has its defenders, and a lot of them are women.

This feature takes you inside the @UOGTriton Marine Laboratory and the pathways, mentorship and community knowledge that help women lead in marine science.

Read the full story.
https://t.co/BV5FpOXvO1

[BES-Net (Biodiversity and Ecosystems Network) @BESNet_UNDP]

📢 Calling all experts in natural or social sciences, indigenous and local knowledge! BES-Net invites you to share your insights with our global community.

Add your expertise to dialogue and action on key environmental issues.

🎯 Make an impact today!
https://t.co/odVTKir3ud

[BES-Net (Biodiversity and Ecosystems Network) @BESNet_UNDP]

🚨 Critically endangered but not beyond help.
Pangolins are the most trafficked mammals in the world, hunted for their scales and meat.

With an 80–90% population decline, saving these gentle creatures is a race against time.
Let's give them a chance to bounce back.

[BES-Net (Biodiversity and Ecosystems Network) @BESNet_UNDP]

The Caribbean faces a polycrisis, climate impacts, biodiversity loss and economic pressure.

Watch as participants of the Second BES-Net Caribbean Regional Trialogue reflect on bridging evidence and action. 🌊🌿
https://t.co/QGs3u6I4pG

[BES-Net (Biodiversity and Ecosystems Network) @BESNet_UNDP]

🛖 What changes for business and biodiversity when Indigenous and local knowledge is treated as decision-grade evidence, not an afterthought?

Better baselines, fewer “surprises” and trust you can actually work with.

Want the full context?
Read the SPM: https://t.co/htjkqVAtsG

[BES-Net (Biodiversity and Ecosystems Network) @BESNet_UNDP]

🆕 In the BES-Net library: a UK national security assessment explores how global biodiversity loss and the collapse of critical ecosystems could affect the UK’s resilience, security and prosperity. 🌍

Check it out to see how. 👇
https://t.co/kvPCkZdjDk

[BES-Net (Biodiversity and Ecosystems Network) @BESNet_UNDP]

🌍 The money story is upside down: $220bn goes to protecting nature, while $7.3tn a year supports activities that damage it – about a 30:1 ratio. Most harm funding is private, but nature finance is mostly public.

Learn more: https://t.co/9hCLqomec6

[BES-Net (Biodiversity and Ecosystems Network) @BESNet_UNDP]

🌍 Turning drylands green takes patience, knowledge and local leadership.

In Kazakhstan, a master falconer is working with rural communities to restore degraded land and revive natural springs, showing how local action can drive nature's recovery.

More: https://t.co/yR0SW0Yfgs

[BES-Net (Biodiversity and Ecosystems Network) @BESNet_UNDP]

It’s time to shift the conversation from awareness to implementation.

We already know biodiversity loss is accelerating. What changes the trajectory? 🌍

Explore key pathways highlighted in the #BizBiodiversity assessment SPM:
https://t.co/htjkqVAtsG

[BES-Net (Biodiversity and Ecosystems Network) @BESNet_UNDP]

🌊 Climate ambition keeps rising, but our view of solutions remains narrow.

Marine ecosystems could play a far bigger role in climate action. Why are they rarely planned for?

Learn why this gap persists and what it costs us:
https://t.co/aK9SFBrMIE

[BES-Net (Biodiversity and Ecosystems Network) @BESNet_UNDP]

🌱💲 Putting a price tag on nature is not the point. The bigger question is who gets to define value in the first place.

Learn more about plural valuation and why making space for different worldviews changes the quality of decisions.

🔗 https://t.co/Ibqq1PcGpv