| Environment - Conventions & agreements |
| Biodiversity and sustainable rural development in South America |
| Migration from the countryside to the cities has accelerated the policies of liberalization and the opening of markets, which poses important questions regarding the maintenance of cultural identities and traditional consumption patterns. This could have a grave impact on the biodiversity and sustainable development in the region. |
| Spanish: http://www.fao.org/sd/spdirect/EPan0004.htm |
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| Environment - Conventions & agreements |
| Report: Sustaining agricultural biodiversity and agro-ecosystem functions |
| This report was presented at the International Technical Workshop organized jointly by FAO and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, in Rome, 2-4 December 1998. The workshop resulted in a set of provisional recommendations for the further development and implementation of an integrated Work Programme on Agricultural Biodiversity. The article contains the workshop context, term... more |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/EPdirect/EPre0080.htm |
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| Environment - Conventions & agreements |
| Technical workshop on farming systems approaches for the sustainable use and conservation of agricultural biodiversity and agro-ecosystems: Executive summary and conclusions |
| Report of the workshop held in Rome, 19-20 June 1997, with the participation of the CBD Secretariat, FAO, IPGRI, and the Government of the Netherlands, to consider how to address agricultural biodiversity. |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/EPdirect/EPre0037.htm |
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