The Biodiversity Fund is established in 2000 by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs to alleviate poverty through sustainable use of biodiversity. The Funds’ focus is not on conservation per se. It focuses on the sustainable access, use and management of biodiversity for the poor’s production processes and the marketing of these products.
The Fund also aims to create the necessary conditions for biodiverse economies to survive and flourish. Furthermore the Fund brings in a much needed civil society voice into the policy arena of sustainable biodiversity management
Posted on | 15/04/2010
Video-lessons learned from the Dutch Biodiversity Fund
Hivos-Oxfam Novib produced two videos containing lessons learnt and experiences with biodiverse agricultural systems.
Posted on | 26/01/2010
How does the Biodiversity Fund work?
TheHivos- Oxfam Biodiversity Fund supports international and regional organisations that are now working to revive and expand sustainable methods and products and market them effectively, while protecting the rights and interests of farmers, fishers and collectors of non-timber forest products in the context of globalisation.
Presentation Phytotrade at Hivos (Report)
On Monday, February 15th, Gus le Breton, CEO at the Hivos partner PhytoTrade Africa,
gave a public presentation on a new biobased produce that PhytoTrade wants to bring from the very rural areas of Africa to the world market: Baobab Superfruit.
18 March : Expert meeting about Biodiversity
Diversity as a basic principle in agricultural production systems contributes to the current challenges of climate change adaptation and poverty alleviation. On the March 18th the Hivos-Oxfam Novib Biodiversity Fund in close cooperation with IUCN NL and NatureandPoverty.net organize an expert meeting about lessons and experiences with biodiverse agricultural systems that are able to influence policies and practices.
Bio Brochure - Linking sustainable diversitymanagement and poverty allevation
In the global context, particularly for many rural economies, poverty alleviation is entangled with the sustainable use and development of biologically diverse resources. In such settings local people rely on these resources for their livelihoods. Strengthening access to, and use of these resources provides security and resilience for the poor in the face of shocks and stresses in the environment and markets.
Biodiversity, Livelihoods and Poverty: Lessons learned from 8 years of development aid through the Biodiversity Fund
“At least 40% of the world’s economy and 80% of the needs of the poor are derived from biological resources…the richer the diversity of life, the greater the opportunity for medical discoveries, economic development, and adaptive responses to such new challenges as climate change.” What is biodiversity and why does it matter?
Policy brief : Biodiversity, livelihoods and poverty
Read the Policy Brief about the eight years of development aid through the Biodiversity Fund.
Annual Report 2007: Social and environmental responsibility in progress
This report provides the main outcomes of the conference 'Social and environmental responsibility in progress. Making quality systems work for poverty alleviation , biodiversity conservation and company performance' held on November 1st 2007, the Hague, the Netherlands.
Do you want to order the reports on paper?
You can download the reports of the Biodiversity from the Hivos-website, but you can also order an copy. Please contact sed@hivos.nl and don't forget to mention your name, adress, hometown, country and which report(s) you want to receive.
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