On World Bee Day, National Geographic is teaming up with filmmaker, actor and humanitarian activist, Angelina Jolie, to raise awareness across Nat Geo platforms of bee conservation and a new program to empower women beekeepers around the world.
As part of the in-depth interview with Nat Geo, Jolie discusses the importance of bee conservation and why beekeeping is vital to sustainable agriculture, environmental health, and food security. The interview also focuses on Jolie’s involvement in the GUERLAIN x UNESCO “Women for Bees” programme, helping promote its twin objectives of women’s empowerment and biodiversity conservation. By 2025, the program aims to build 2,500 hives within 25 UNESCO Biosphere Reserves and restock 125 million bees. The 50 women to graduate by 2025 will be trained and supported in establishing their own beekeeping operations.
“With so much we are worried about around the world and so many people feeling overwhelmed with bad news and the reality of what is collapsing and what is happening, this is one [issue] that we can manage,” says Jolie on why she felt it was important to bring attention to bee conservation. “We can certainly all step in and do our part, and we can do much better and anybody can.”
You can find National Geographic’s exclusive World Bee Day interview with Angelina Jolie at NatGeo.com/Bees .
*Photograph by Dan Winters/National Geographic
