Indigenous and Local Knowledge and the BES Solution Fund

UNESCO-LINKS provides technical backstopping and capacity building support to promote the uptake and implementation of Indigenous and local knowledge findings from IPBES and national ecosystem assessments.

Uptake of IPBES assessments

UNESCO-LINKS is providing support to the following countries, who are recipients of the BES Solution Fund, to include Indigenous and local knowledge in their solutions for biodiversity.
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Nigeria
Trinidad and Tobago

Uptake of National Ecosystem Assessments and relevant IPBES assessments

UNESCO-LINKS is providing support to the following countries, who are recipients of the BES Solution Fund, to include Indigenous and local knowledge in their solutions for biodiversity.
Cameroon
Colombia
Ethiopia
Viet Nam

BES Solution Fund

BES-Net channels catalytic funds towards tangible biodiversity solutions in 18 countries.