Celebrating the diversity of bees and beekeeping systems

This May 20, like every year since 2017, we celebrate World Bee Day. This year we continue with the theme “Commitment to bees”, which has been dedicated to celebrating their diversity and that of beekeeping systems.

On the occasion of this Day, the United Nations wants to raise awareness of the importance of bees and pollinators such as butterflies, bats and hummingbirds, among others, which are increasingly threatened by the effects of human activity, with the extinction of species of accelerated way. Themes of the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda in SDG 15 Life on Land.

For this reason, they have established as a fundamental objective that bees and other pollinators be protected, so that they fulfill their primary function of contributing to greater global food production, which will allow eradicating hunger in developing countries, their contribution being decisive. to the sustainable development of peoples. SDG 2 Zero Hunger and SDG 12 Responsible Production and Consumption.

En la actualidad, el número de abejas, polinizadores y muchos otros insectos está disminuyendo. El Día supone una oportunidad para que todos ―gobiernos, organizaciones, sociedad civil y ciudadanía interesada― promovamos acciones que protejan y ayuden a los polinizadores y sus hábitats, incrementen su abundancia, mantengan su diversidad y apoyen a los apicultores y el desarrollo sostenible del sector apícola. Las abejas y la apicultura desempeñan un papel importante en el medio ambiente y la producción agrícola, en el apoyo a los medios de vida rurales, la creación de empleos rurales dignos y la mejora de la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición.
FAO. Food and Agriculture Oraganization of the United Nations

Aixa Chacin

Sources: United Nations and FAO

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