May 20th, 2013 | Announcements, News
Simran Sethi is writing a book on the loss of agrobiodiversity through our food chain and would be delighted to hear from you
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November 8th, 2012 | Initiatives, Publications
The Equator Initiative releases its landmark publication.
In this book a comprehensive analysis of the commonalities, trends and lessons learned across this pool of outstanding grassroots efforts to reduce poverty through the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.
Twelve key lessons with the greatest relevance for understanding and catalyzing effective ecosystem-based action at the local level. Sample case studies are provided to illustrate lessons learned.
October 14th, 2012 | Announcements, Events
Monday 15th of October 2012
A side event on the sustainable use of agricultural biodiversityheld during the CBD COP11
This side event, hosted by the UNEP and FAO, presented the experiences from the projects on agricultural biodiversity that have been supported by GEF. The projects demonstrate the efforts to maintain the diversity of crops, useful trees and livestock, but also experiences on the maintenance of other ecosystem service providers such as pollinators.
Facilitator:
Toby Hodgkin, Coordinator, Platform for Agrobiodiversity Research
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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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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Diversifying Choices and Securing Livelihoods From LI-BIRD’s web site LI-BIRD is pleased to release the summary document of its new Research & Development Strategy 2012-16. LI-BIRD is a non-profit making organization based in Pokhara, Nepal committed to capitalizing on local initiatives for sustainable management of natural resources and agricultural biodiversity in order to improve the [...]
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