Adapting to climate change: what can agro biodiversity contribute?
December 5th, 2011 | News, Publications
Four issue papers on agrobiodiversity from GIZ
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Workshop for Establishing the Indigenous Peoples Forum at IFAD
February 18th, 2011 | Featured, News
On 17-18 February 2011 a two-day workshop was organized in IFAD with the support of the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA). Indigenous peoples have repeatedly asked for a more systematic dialogue with United Nations agencies. In response to this request, IFAD has taken a series of initiatives in the past seven years and [...]
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COP 10 – the Tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
October 20th, 2010 | Events
The Conference of the Parties is the governing body of the Convention on Biological Diversity, and advances implementation of the Convention through the decisions it takes at its periodic meetings. To date the Conference of the Parties has held 9 ordinary meetings, and one extraordinary meeting (the latter, to adopt the Biosafety Protocol, was held in [...]
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Many Species. One Planet. One Future.
May 27th, 2010 | Campaign, Events
The United Nations has declared 2010 the International Year of Biodiversity to stress the importance of biodiversity for human well-being and encourage a redoubling of our efforts to reduce biodiversity loss. The theme of World Environment Day (WED) 2010 (5 June), “Many Species. One Planet. One Future.” echoes this urgent call to conserve the diversity [...]
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The International Day for Biological Diversity: Farmers Conserving Biodiversity, Aiding Development and Alleviating Poverty
May 21st, 2010 | Campaign, Events, Projects
May 22, the International Day for Biological Diversity, is observed annually and commemorates the adoption of the Convention on Biological Diversity on this day in 1992. This year we highlight the efforts farmers are making to conserve biodiversity, aid in global development and alleviate poverty in rural areas. The International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP) [...]
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