Celebrating the diversity of bees and beekeeping systems<\/strong><\/p>\n This May 20, like every year since 2017, we celebrate World Bee Day<\/strong>. This year we continue with the theme \u201cCommitment to bees<\/strong>\u201d, which has been dedicated to celebrating their diversity and that of beekeeping systems.<\/p>\n 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<\/strong> in SDG 15 Life on Land<\/strong>.<\/p>\n 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<\/strong> and SDG 12 Responsible Production and Consumption<\/strong>.<\/p>\n En la actualidad, el n\u00famero de abejas, polinizadores y muchos otros insectos est\u00e1 disminuyendo. El D\u00eda supone una oportunidad para que todos \u2015gobiernos, organizaciones, sociedad civil y ciudadan\u00eda interesada\u2015 promovamos acciones que protejan y ayuden a los polinizadores y sus h\u00e1bitats, incrementen su abundancia, mantengan su diversidad y apoyen a los apicultores y el desarrollo sostenible del sector ap\u00edcola. Las abejas y la apicultura desempe\u00f1an un papel importante en el medio ambiente y la producci\u00f3n agr\u00edcola, en el apoyo a los medios de vida rurales, la creaci\u00f3n de empleos rurales dignos y la mejora de la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrici\u00f3n. Aixa Chacin<\/strong><\/p>\n Sources: United Nations<\/a> and FAO<\/a><\/p>\n Recommended reading on SGK-PLANET: Bees have nothing to celebrate<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
\nFAO. Food and Agriculture Oraganization of the United Nations<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n