Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network (BES-Net)
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The UNDP-managed Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network (BES-Net), supported by UNEP-WCMC and UNESCO, promotes dialogue between science, policy and practice to build capacity for the sustainable management of biodiversity and ecosystem services.
🛡️ Your risk register might track pandemics and energy shocks, but does it name ecosystem collapse?
A recent UK security assessment links biodiversity loss to pressure on food, water, health and supply chains, using a “reasonable worst case” lens.
Learn more. ⤵️
A recent UK security assessment links biodiversity loss to pressure on food, water, health and supply chains, using a “reasonable worst case” lens.
Learn more. ⤵️
Nature Security Assessment on Global Biodiversity Loss, Ecosystem Collapse and National Security - BES Net
An analytical national security assessment exploring the risks that global biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse pose to the UK.
www.besnet.world
February 19, 2026 at 4:04 PM
🛡️ Your risk register might track pandemics and energy shocks, but does it name ecosystem collapse?
A recent UK security assessment links biodiversity loss to pressure on food, water, health and supply chains, using a “reasonable worst case” lens.
Learn more. ⤵️
A recent UK security assessment links biodiversity loss to pressure on food, water, health and supply chains, using a “reasonable worst case” lens.
Learn more. ⤵️
🌍 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://news.un.org/en/story/2026/01/1166809
Learn more: https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/01/1166809
February 18, 2026 at 12:12 PM
🌍 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://news.un.org/en/story/2026/01/1166809
Learn more: https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/01/1166809
🌍 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 environmental recovery.
Learn more: go.undp.org/53S
In Kazakhstan, a master falconer is working with rural communities to restore degraded land and revive natural springs, showing how local action can drive environmental recovery.
Learn more: go.undp.org/53S
February 17, 2026 at 12:37 PM
🌍 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 environmental recovery.
Learn more: go.undp.org/53S
In Kazakhstan, a master falconer is working with rural communities to restore degraded land and revive natural springs, showing how local action can drive environmental recovery.
Learn more: go.undp.org/53S
Looking ahead means thinking beyond today. 🌱
Hear from participants at the recent BES-Net’s Second Caribbean Regional Trialogue about caring for nature and safeguarding the Caribbean’s ecosystems for generations to come. 👇
https://youtu.be/aSytuIAhuWw
Hear from participants at the recent BES-Net’s Second Caribbean Regional Trialogue about caring for nature and safeguarding the Caribbean’s ecosystems for generations to come. 👇
https://youtu.be/aSytuIAhuWw
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February 12, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Looking ahead means thinking beyond today. 🌱
Hear from participants at the recent BES-Net’s Second Caribbean Regional Trialogue about caring for nature and safeguarding the Caribbean’s ecosystems for generations to come. 👇
https://youtu.be/aSytuIAhuWw
Hear from participants at the recent BES-Net’s Second Caribbean Regional Trialogue about caring for nature and safeguarding the Caribbean’s ecosystems for generations to come. 👇
https://youtu.be/aSytuIAhuWw
🌍 What does it take to keep @ipbes.net knowledge alive beyond the moment of adoption?
At #IPBES12, we joined conversations on post-assessment uptake, heard practical country examples and met with delegates to understand priorities and constraints.
Read our recap: www.besnet.world/advancing-th...
At #IPBES12, we joined conversations on post-assessment uptake, heard practical country examples and met with delegates to understand priorities and constraints.
Read our recap: www.besnet.world/advancing-th...
February 11, 2026 at 8:09 PM
🌍 What does it take to keep @ipbes.net knowledge alive beyond the moment of adoption?
At #IPBES12, we joined conversations on post-assessment uptake, heard practical country examples and met with delegates to understand priorities and constraints.
Read our recap: www.besnet.world/advancing-th...
At #IPBES12, we joined conversations on post-assessment uptake, heard practical country examples and met with delegates to understand priorities and constraints.
Read our recap: www.besnet.world/advancing-th...
🔖 Biodiversity decisions start long before a policy meeting; they start with who sets the research agenda.
That is why #WomenInScience matters.
When women are supported to lead, publish and shape the evidence, the decisions that follow get stronger.
See why. ⤵️
That is why #WomenInScience matters.
When women are supported to lead, publish and shape the evidence, the decisions that follow get stronger.
See why. ⤵️
February 11, 2026 at 2:45 PM
🔖 Biodiversity decisions start long before a policy meeting; they start with who sets the research agenda.
That is why #WomenInScience matters.
When women are supported to lead, publish and shape the evidence, the decisions that follow get stronger.
See why. ⤵️
That is why #WomenInScience matters.
When women are supported to lead, publish and shape the evidence, the decisions that follow get stronger.
See why. ⤵️
Today, we celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
Closing the gender gap is not just inspiration, it is systems: mentoring that lasts, funding criteria that reward inclusion, and leadership pathways that open doors.
Better systems, better science for nature. 🌿
Closing the gender gap is not just inspiration, it is systems: mentoring that lasts, funding criteria that reward inclusion, and leadership pathways that open doors.
Better systems, better science for nature. 🌿
February 11, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Today, we celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
Closing the gender gap is not just inspiration, it is systems: mentoring that lasts, funding criteria that reward inclusion, and leadership pathways that open doors.
Better systems, better science for nature. 🌿
Closing the gender gap is not just inspiration, it is systems: mentoring that lasts, funding criteria that reward inclusion, and leadership pathways that open doors.
Better systems, better science for nature. 🌿
🌱💲 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.
🔗 www.besnet.world/expert-of-th...
Learn more about plural valuation and why making space for different worldviews changes the quality of decisions.
🔗 www.besnet.world/expert-of-th...
February 10, 2026 at 1:06 PM
🌱💲 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.
🔗 www.besnet.world/expert-of-th...
Learn more about plural valuation and why making space for different worldviews changes the quality of decisions.
🔗 www.besnet.world/expert-of-th...
🔔 New from @IPBES.net, the Business and Biodiversity Assessment, Summary for Policymakers is out.
Clear message, nature is a core business dependency and a core business impact.
🔗 Read the report: https://bit.ly/IPBES12Media
Clear message, nature is a core business dependency and a core business impact.
🔗 Read the report: https://bit.ly/IPBES12Media
February 9, 2026 at 10:01 PM
🔔 New from @IPBES.net, the Business and Biodiversity Assessment, Summary for Policymakers is out.
Clear message, nature is a core business dependency and a core business impact.
🔗 Read the report: https://bit.ly/IPBES12Media
Clear message, nature is a core business dependency and a core business impact.
🔗 Read the report: https://bit.ly/IPBES12Media
🔔 Three days, seven countries, one goal: move @IPBES.net knowledge towards action.
Read about the Second Caribbean Regional Trialogue and the Action Document now taking shape. ⤵️
https://www.besnet.world/second-caribbean-regional-trialogue-planting-and-nurturing-the-seeds-of-ipbes-informed-action/
Read about the Second Caribbean Regional Trialogue and the Action Document now taking shape. ⤵️
https://www.besnet.world/second-caribbean-regional-trialogue-planting-and-nurturing-the-seeds-of-ipbes-informed-action/
February 5, 2026 at 12:24 PM
🔔 Three days, seven countries, one goal: move @IPBES.net knowledge towards action.
Read about the Second Caribbean Regional Trialogue and the Action Document now taking shape. ⤵️
https://www.besnet.world/second-caribbean-regional-trialogue-planting-and-nurturing-the-seeds-of-ipbes-informed-action/
Read about the Second Caribbean Regional Trialogue and the Action Document now taking shape. ⤵️
https://www.besnet.world/second-caribbean-regional-trialogue-planting-and-nurturing-the-seeds-of-ipbes-informed-action/
The newest issue of the BES-Net newsletter features:
👥National and regional Trialogues
🌟The NBSAP Accelerator Partnership 2025 Year in Review
🪸 A look ahead to #IPBES12 and the #BizBiodiversity Assessment
👇 Read all the stories of collaboration. 👇
https://www.besnet.world/newsletter-3/
👥National and regional Trialogues
🌟The NBSAP Accelerator Partnership 2025 Year in Review
🪸 A look ahead to #IPBES12 and the #BizBiodiversity Assessment
👇 Read all the stories of collaboration. 👇
https://www.besnet.world/newsletter-3/
February 4, 2026 at 3:25 PM
The newest issue of the BES-Net newsletter features:
👥National and regional Trialogues
🌟The NBSAP Accelerator Partnership 2025 Year in Review
🪸 A look ahead to #IPBES12 and the #BizBiodiversity Assessment
👇 Read all the stories of collaboration. 👇
https://www.besnet.world/newsletter-3/
👥National and regional Trialogues
🌟The NBSAP Accelerator Partnership 2025 Year in Review
🪸 A look ahead to #IPBES12 and the #BizBiodiversity Assessment
👇 Read all the stories of collaboration. 👇
https://www.besnet.world/newsletter-3/
Every reef has its defenders, and a lot of them are women.
This feature takes you inside the University of Guam Marine Laboratory and the pathways, mentorship and community knowledge that help women lead in marine science.
Read the full story.
This feature takes you inside the University of Guam Marine Laboratory and the pathways, mentorship and community knowledge that help women lead in marine science.
Read the full story.
How One Pacific Lab is Breaking Barriers for Women in Marine Science - Marine Biodiversity Science Center
The azure waters surrounding Guam hold secrets that few institutions are better positioned to unlock than the University of Guam Marine Laboratory. For over five decades, this research facility has…
www.marinebiodiversity.ca
February 3, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Every reef has its defenders, and a lot of them are women.
This feature takes you inside the University of Guam Marine Laboratory and the pathways, mentorship and community knowledge that help women lead in marine science.
Read the full story.
This feature takes you inside the University of Guam Marine Laboratory and the pathways, mentorship and community knowledge that help women lead in marine science.
Read the full story.
✨ IPBES 12 opened in Manchester with a joint message delivered by Kaveh Zahedi (FAO) on behalf of the four UN partners to IPBES, @FAO.org, @UNEP.org, @UNDP.org and @UNESCO.org: strong partnerships make strong evidence count in the places where it matters most. ✨
February 3, 2026 at 12:35 PM
✨ IPBES 12 opened in Manchester with a joint message delivered by Kaveh Zahedi (FAO) on behalf of the four UN partners to IPBES, @FAO.org, @UNEP.org, @UNDP.org and @UNESCO.org: strong partnerships make strong evidence count in the places where it matters most. ✨
🔔 #IPBES12 kicks off today in Manchester, UK. 🇬🇧
Members and experts will dive into how business depends on biodiversity and how it affects nature’s contributions to people.
Watch the opening ceremony: https://youtube.com/live/ouY6pnn6T84
Members and experts will dive into how business depends on biodiversity and how it affects nature’s contributions to people.
Watch the opening ceremony: https://youtube.com/live/ouY6pnn6T84
February 3, 2026 at 9:05 AM
🔔 #IPBES12 kicks off today in Manchester, UK. 🇬🇧
Members and experts will dive into how business depends on biodiversity and how it affects nature’s contributions to people.
Watch the opening ceremony: https://youtube.com/live/ouY6pnn6T84
Members and experts will dive into how business depends on biodiversity and how it affects nature’s contributions to people.
Watch the opening ceremony: https://youtube.com/live/ouY6pnn6T84
🌿 Stakeholder Day at #IPBES12 included a panel on what happens after assessments are released and how findings translate into policies, actions and follow-up processes at national, regional and global levels.
The uptake examples reflected on the value of support networks like BES-Net. 🌍
The uptake examples reflected on the value of support networks like BES-Net. 🌍
February 2, 2026 at 3:36 PM
🌿 Stakeholder Day at #IPBES12 included a panel on what happens after assessments are released and how findings translate into policies, actions and follow-up processes at national, regional and global levels.
The uptake examples reflected on the value of support networks like BES-Net. 🌍
The uptake examples reflected on the value of support networks like BES-Net. 🌍
Reposted by Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network (BES-Net)
⏳ Tomorrow, #IPBES12 begins in Manchester, UK!
Over 6 days, representatives of >150 member Governments will consider for approval the IPBES #BizBiodiversity Report.
👉 Follow us for live updates as science meets policy and evidence meets action.
Learn more: https://ipbes.canto.de/b/HJAGG
Over 6 days, representatives of >150 member Governments will consider for approval the IPBES #BizBiodiversity Report.
👉 Follow us for live updates as science meets policy and evidence meets action.
Learn more: https://ipbes.canto.de/b/HJAGG
February 2, 2026 at 9:15 AM
⏳ Tomorrow, #IPBES12 begins in Manchester, UK!
Over 6 days, representatives of >150 member Governments will consider for approval the IPBES #BizBiodiversity Report.
👉 Follow us for live updates as science meets policy and evidence meets action.
Learn more: https://ipbes.canto.de/b/HJAGG
Over 6 days, representatives of >150 member Governments will consider for approval the IPBES #BizBiodiversity Report.
👉 Follow us for live updates as science meets policy and evidence meets action.
Learn more: https://ipbes.canto.de/b/HJAGG
Real impact grows through connection. 🌱
At #IPBES12 #StakeholderDay, BES-Net highlights how @IPBES.net knowledge is moving across levels and contexts, taking root in dialogue, policy and practice.
Learn how uptake becomes impact. 👇
At #IPBES12 #StakeholderDay, BES-Net highlights how @IPBES.net knowledge is moving across levels and contexts, taking root in dialogue, policy and practice.
Learn how uptake becomes impact. 👇
February 2, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Real impact grows through connection. 🌱
At #IPBES12 #StakeholderDay, BES-Net highlights how @IPBES.net knowledge is moving across levels and contexts, taking root in dialogue, policy and practice.
Learn how uptake becomes impact. 👇
At #IPBES12 #StakeholderDay, BES-Net highlights how @IPBES.net knowledge is moving across levels and contexts, taking root in dialogue, policy and practice.
Learn how uptake becomes impact. 👇
3️⃣ days to #IPBES12! ⏱️
In the final stretch, attention turns to what will be considered, how it will be framed, and what it could unlock for policy and practice on biodiversity and ecosystem services.🐝
In the final stretch, attention turns to what will be considered, how it will be framed, and what it could unlock for policy and practice on biodiversity and ecosystem services.🐝
January 31, 2026 at 1:30 PM
3️⃣ days to #IPBES12! ⏱️
In the final stretch, attention turns to what will be considered, how it will be framed, and what it could unlock for policy and practice on biodiversity and ecosystem services.🐝
In the final stretch, attention turns to what will be considered, how it will be framed, and what it could unlock for policy and practice on biodiversity and ecosystem services.🐝
What is the hidden line item behind growth, resilience and supply chains?
Biodiversity. 🍃
UNDP Administrator Alexander De Croo’s message is a sharp prompt to make dependencies visible, as the #BizBiodiversity report moves through #IPBES12. 🌊
Biodiversity. 🍃
UNDP Administrator Alexander De Croo’s message is a sharp prompt to make dependencies visible, as the #BizBiodiversity report moves through #IPBES12. 🌊
This IPBES Business and Biodiversity Assessment makes a vital contribution to exposing and explaining how business, economies and development ambitions depend on biodiversity.
— Alexander De Croo, UNDP Administrator
#BizBiodiversity report set for approval at #IPBES12: http://ipbes.canto.de/b/HJAGG
— Alexander De Croo, UNDP Administrator
#BizBiodiversity report set for approval at #IPBES12: http://ipbes.canto.de/b/HJAGG
January 30, 2026 at 4:02 PM
What is the hidden line item behind growth, resilience and supply chains?
Biodiversity. 🍃
UNDP Administrator Alexander De Croo’s message is a sharp prompt to make dependencies visible, as the #BizBiodiversity report moves through #IPBES12. 🌊
Biodiversity. 🍃
UNDP Administrator Alexander De Croo’s message is a sharp prompt to make dependencies visible, as the #BizBiodiversity report moves through #IPBES12. 🌊
📌 Carbon has a common unit, biodiversity doesn’t; and that makes progress harder to compare.
The upcoming IPBES #BizBiodiversity Assessment arrives at exactly the right moment for clearer methods and signals.
The upcoming IPBES #BizBiodiversity Assessment arrives at exactly the right moment for clearer methods and signals.
January 30, 2026 at 12:30 PM
📌 Carbon has a common unit, biodiversity doesn’t; and that makes progress harder to compare.
The upcoming IPBES #BizBiodiversity Assessment arrives at exactly the right moment for clearer methods and signals.
The upcoming IPBES #BizBiodiversity Assessment arrives at exactly the right moment for clearer methods and signals.
📌 In our latest #ExpertCorner, Fern Wickson, Coordinating Lead Author of the @IPBES.net #TransformativeChange Assessment, explores what “transformative change” actually demands and why Caribbean collaboration matters after the meeting ends.
Watch the interview. ⤵️
https://youtu.be/hWLHzYNlVCE
Watch the interview. ⤵️
https://youtu.be/hWLHzYNlVCE
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January 29, 2026 at 9:28 PM
📌 In our latest #ExpertCorner, Fern Wickson, Coordinating Lead Author of the @IPBES.net #TransformativeChange Assessment, explores what “transformative change” actually demands and why Caribbean collaboration matters after the meeting ends.
Watch the interview. ⤵️
https://youtu.be/hWLHzYNlVCE
Watch the interview. ⤵️
https://youtu.be/hWLHzYNlVCE
Reposted by Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network (BES-Net)
Why measure impacts & dependencies of business on nature? 🧪 🌍
🎧 Listen: Ep6 of #NatureInsight with two @ipbes.net #BizBiodiversity Co-Chairs Ximena Rueda + Matt Jones about the Report being considered at #IPBES12 in Manchester next week. 🏡
🎧 Listen: Ep6 of #NatureInsight with two @ipbes.net #BizBiodiversity Co-Chairs Ximena Rueda + Matt Jones about the Report being considered at #IPBES12 in Manchester next week. 🏡
January 28, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Why measure impacts & dependencies of business on nature? 🧪 🌍
🎧 Listen: Ep6 of #NatureInsight with two @ipbes.net #BizBiodiversity Co-Chairs Ximena Rueda + Matt Jones about the Report being considered at #IPBES12 in Manchester next week. 🏡
🎧 Listen: Ep6 of #NatureInsight with two @ipbes.net #BizBiodiversity Co-Chairs Ximena Rueda + Matt Jones about the Report being considered at #IPBES12 in Manchester next week. 🏡
When biodiversity data stays in PDFs, nothing changes.
@IPBES.net is where evidence gets shaped into messages that decision-makers can actually act on.
Learn more ahead of the twelfth session of the IPBES Plenary. ⤵️
#IPBES12
@IPBES.net is where evidence gets shaped into messages that decision-makers can actually act on.
Learn more ahead of the twelfth session of the IPBES Plenary. ⤵️
#IPBES12
January 28, 2026 at 12:37 PM
When biodiversity data stays in PDFs, nothing changes.
@IPBES.net is where evidence gets shaped into messages that decision-makers can actually act on.
Learn more ahead of the twelfth session of the IPBES Plenary. ⤵️
#IPBES12
@IPBES.net is where evidence gets shaped into messages that decision-makers can actually act on.
Learn more ahead of the twelfth session of the IPBES Plenary. ⤵️
#IPBES12
When a nation weaves its own ecological story into action, the results reach beyond borders. 🌱
Grenada joins the #BESsolutionFund, unlocking support for restoration, mangrove protection and knowledge-sharing that strengthens both people and nature.
Learn more:
Grenada joins the #BESsolutionFund, unlocking support for restoration, mangrove protection and knowledge-sharing that strengthens both people and nature.
Learn more:
Welcoming Grenada as the 12th Country to Join the BES Solution Fund - BES Net
Grenada becomes the 12th country to join the BES Solution Fund, strengthening science-based and inclusive biodiversity action.
www.besnet.world
January 27, 2026 at 10:13 PM
When a nation weaves its own ecological story into action, the results reach beyond borders. 🌱
Grenada joins the #BESsolutionFund, unlocking support for restoration, mangrove protection and knowledge-sharing that strengthens both people and nature.
Learn more:
Grenada joins the #BESsolutionFund, unlocking support for restoration, mangrove protection and knowledge-sharing that strengthens both people and nature.
Learn more:
⏳ One week to #IPBES12. The big question is not whether biodiversity matters; it’s how evidence turns into decisions people actually live with.
Manchester is where that translation happens. 🌍
Manchester is where that translation happens. 🌍
January 27, 2026 at 12:30 PM
⏳ One week to #IPBES12. The big question is not whether biodiversity matters; it’s how evidence turns into decisions people actually live with.
Manchester is where that translation happens. 🌍
Manchester is where that translation happens. 🌍