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Strengthening Agrobiodiversity: A Key Adaptation Strategy for Latin America’s Mountain Ecosystems

July 23rd, 2012 | Announcements, Featured, Publications

Evidence and Lessons from Latin America (ELLA), May 2012 With their high levels of agrobiodiversity, Latin American countries are implementing innovative research programmes and policies to conserve native and wild crop and animal species. Their work is helping to both promote diversity and facilitate climate change adaptation. Strengthening Agrobiodiversity: A Key Adaptation Strategy for Latin [...]

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Biodiversity and Culture: Exploring Community Protocols, Rights and Consent (PLA 65)

July 11th, 2012 | Announcements, Featured, Publications

International Institute for Environment and Development, Guest edited by Krystyan Swiderska, Kanchi Kohli, Harry Jonas, Holly Shrumm, Wim Hienstra, and Maria Julia Oliva Many rural communities in the global South – including some 370 million indigenous peoples – are directly dependent on biodiversity and related traditional knowledge for their livelihoods, food security, healthcare and well-being. [...]

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Swiss to Extend Agro-Biodiversity Initiative in Laos

July 4th, 2012 | Announcements, Featured, Initiatives, News

By Khamphone Syvongxay, Vientiane Times The Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation (SDC) will provide Laos US$6.3 million to continue the work of the Agro-Biodiversity Initiative (Tabi) project. Phase I was undertaken within 13 development village groups totalling 104 villages in the Phoukoud district, the Xieng Khuang province, the Phonxay district, and the Luang Prabang province. [...]

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Gathering on Farmers’ Ecological Knowledge in Spain

June 27th, 2012 | Announcements, Featured, News

Écologie Paysanne, October 18th to 20th 2012 Worldwide, peasant societies have accumulated empirical knowledge in the territory they occupy, the results of centuries of observation and experimentation. Through the concept of “peasant ecological knowledge”, we mark our commitment to the complex relationship between a territory, its natural resources and the persons or communities who live [...]

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Strengthening Agrobiodiversity: A Key Adaptation Strategy for Latin America’s Mountain Ecosystems

Biodiversity and Culture: Exploring Community Protocols, Rights and Consent (PLA 65)

Swiss to Extend Agro-Biodiversity Initiative in Laos

Gathering on Farmers’ Ecological Knowledge in Spain

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