Biodiversity Fund
» 18 March : Expert meeting about Biodiversity
» Date: 18 March
» Time: 12.30 until 17.15 hour
» Location: Nutshuis, The Hague (www.nutshuis.nl)
» Download PDF "BDF meeting on Biodiversity_report march 18th 2010.pdf" (796.25 kB)
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.
Agriculture and associated biodiversity worldwide is under serious pressure to deliver more food, more feed and more fuels. Changing political powers and financial realities place additional challenges on development agendas. What does agricultural development look like that is able to manage these demands in a sustainable way and with an eye for inclusiveness.
An expert meeting has been organised for March 18th in the Nutshuis to further deepen the debates around these issues with those involved in policy making, advisory roles, CSR and, lobby and to indicate how biodiversity can be better mainstreamed in agriculture, climate change adaptation and poverty agendas.
Two angles will be approached to the topic:
(1) Attaining more resilience with higher agrobiodiversity
(2) Scaling-up trade from biodiverse agricultural systems
An active discussion programme with speakers from both the South and the North for Dutch and (a limited number of) European policy makers, civil society organisations and CSR institutions directly involved in policy development, and debates on agricultural development and climate change.
"Biodiversity: A strategic value in resilient food production systems"
Read the report of the expert meeting
Update
For programme updates and essential readings see: www.natureandpoverty.net/biodiv-fund
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