AGRICULTURE FOR BIODIVERSITY

 

AGRICULTURAL
BIODIVERSITY
in FAO

 

 

 

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 2008
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TABLE OF CONTENT


Introduction

Agricultural biodiversity in FAO
Integrated management of biological diversity for food and agriculture at FAO

Agro-Ecosystems, Services and People

Biodiversity for maintenance of agro-ecosystem functions
Climate change and food production
People and biodiversity
Paying farmers for biodiversity conservation services
Pollination – an ecosystem service
Soil biota and biodiversity
Nutrition and biodiversity
Biodiversity and organic agriculture

Plants

International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Plant genetic resources in action

Animals

Animal genetic resources – the first global assessment
Animal genetic resources – the global plan of action
Domestic animal diversity information system
Linkages between animal and plant genetic resources
Livestock diversity and climate change

Fish

FAO and aquatic biodiversity
Marine and coastal aquatic biodiversity
Inland aquatic biodiversity
Genetic biodiversity in aquaculture

Forests

Forest biodiversity
Wildlife biodiversity