Event ID: 49 Title: Pollinators and people: beekeeping, biodiversity, and women's leadership in biosphere reserves
This side event will highlight the UNESCO x Guerlain Women for Bees project as a key global umbrella initiative to showcase experiences from biosphere reserves, promote knowledge exchange, and discuss how pollinator conservation can support restoration, gender equity, and sustainable development goals. The event will shed light on the leadership role of women in pollinator-related livelihoods, conservation and restoration, and the opportunities for economic and social women empowerment through beekeeping.
| Preliminary Agenda | ||
|---|---|---|
| Time | Content | Speaker |
| 18:15 | The UNESCO Guerlain Women for Bees Initiative | Mr. Maximilien Gueze, Associate project officer UNESCO HQ |
| 18:22 | Beekeeping in Gishwati-Mukura Biosphere Reserve, Rwanda | Mr. Telesphore Ngoga |
| 18:29 | The beekeeping landscape in Kenya | Ms. Mary Nyasimi, National Programme Officer UNESCO Nairobi |
| 18:36 | The Women for Bees project in Xishuangbanna Biosphere Reserve, China | Ms. Li Yan, Vice Director of the Xishuangbanna Biosphere Reserve |
| 18:43 | Meliponiculture and honeybee conservation in Cambodia | Mr. Nissay Sam, Project officer UNESCO Phom Penh |
| 18:50 | The Women for Bees project in Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, India | Ms. Neha Mida, National Professional Officer UNESCO New Delhi |
| 18:57 | Meliponiculture and Women for Bees in Peru | Ms. Monica Oliveros, Associate national project officer UNESCO Lima |
| 19:04 | Q/A session | |
