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Published on: 28 November 2019
The Coalition of the Willing on Pollinators, or Promote Pollinators, delivered a statement at the ongoing (25-29 November 2019) Plenary of the 23rd Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific,...
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Published on: 25 November 2019
Country: Viet Nam
Although Vietnam has hundreds of policies and regulations related to biodiversity conservation, it still lacks a comprehensive methodology and capacity for ecosystem assessment in the context of science-policy-practice interface. Under...
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Published on: 11 October 2019
Country: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
The Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network (BES-Net) Central Asia Regional Trialogue is taking place in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on 9-11 October 2019, engaging the six countries in the region, namely Azerbaijan,...
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Published on: 7 October 2019
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Eastern Europe Regional Trialogue on Pollinators, Food Security was held in Sarajevo in October 2017 with the objective to reach a common agenda for action regarding pollinators in Eastern...
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Published on: 4 September 2019
Country: Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia
On 3 September, in the margin of the fourteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP14) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) event in New Delhi,...
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Published on: 30 July 2019
Country: Nigeria
As part of the implemention of the national strategy to protect pollinating species threatened with extinction, Nigeria joined the ‘Coalition of the Willing on Pollinators’, a global alliance of like-minded...
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Published on: 2 July 2019
Country: Dominican Republic
Dr. Venecia Alvarez, a participant in the BES-Net’s Caribbean Regional Trialogue, recently contributed an article to the Verdor Magazine – the magazine of the Dominican Academy of Sciences in the Dominican...
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Published on: 25 June 2019
The concept of the Blue Economy has recently attracted considerable attention as a basis to strengthen marine ecosystems, through which to promote economic growth, environmental sustainability and social inclusion. This...
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Published on: 10 June 2019
Country: Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Zambia
BES-Net’s third Regional Trialogue, “Bright Spots on Land Degradation, Food Security and Pollinators” was held on 28-30 May 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya. The event was hosted by the Ministry of...
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Published on: 8 May 2019
“ Nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history – and the rate of species extinctions is accelerating “, according to the Summary for Policymakers of the Global...
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