Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, BES-Net, webportal will be formally launched during the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP-13) in December 2016, Cancún, Mexico. It is partly financed by SwedBio. The Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network (BES-Net) is a capacity building network of networks that promotes dialogue between science, policy and practice for more effective management of biodiversity and ecosystems, contributing to long-term human well-being and sustainable development. See more here

Launch of new webportal on biodiversity
The BES-Net webportal, partly financed by SwedBio, will be launched at the CBD COP-13

COP15 POST-MATCH ANALYSIS – HOW CAN THE NEW GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY FRAMEWORK BE A TRANSFORMATIVE MOMENT FOR NATURE AND PEOPLE?
The science is clear; biodiversity is in free fall. Indigenous peoples and local communities have been experiencing and denouncing the loss of biological and cultural diversity. This impacts billions of people’s daily well-being in untold ways. It is widely recognized... Read more »
2023-02-02

Ecosystem-based Adaptation and the successful implementation and achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals
The EbA and SDGs Working Group of the Friends of EbA (FEBA), coordinated by SwedBio and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), have been working on a technical paper, to publish at the UN High-Level Political Forum (HLPF)... Read more »
2022-07-13

Getting serious about adopting a human rights-based approach in the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF)
The global aim of ‘living in harmony with nature’ – being agreed by governments from around the world this week, at the UN in Geneva1 – can only be achieved by including strong human rights protections for the guardians of... Read more »
2022-03-13