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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetTowards sustainable tourism for livelihood diversification: First web-symposium on agro/eco-tourism in the Asia-Pacific landscapes
Summary Report
2022Also available in:
No results found.Agritourism, ecotourism, and other forms of landscape-based tourism serve as important drivers of socio-economic growth. It increases and diversifies household incomes, enhances job opportunities, increases the resilience of livelihoods, and helps conserve natural and cultural heritage, and pristine biodiversity across landscapes. A recent Memorandum of Understanding between UNWTO and FAO emphasizes the cross-cutting nature of tourism and the relevance of cooperation at all levels to ensure sectoral collaboration. It envisages collaborative activities among FAO’s Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS), the Coalition of Fragile Ecosystems (COFE), the Green Cities Initiative, and other initiatives. They aim to nurture innovation and entrepreneurship, drive sustainable development, income diversification opportunities, and strengthen livelihoods. FAO, in collaboration with UNWTO, organized this event to discuss how to promote sustainable tourism in rural areas (particularly agro/eco-tourism) and enhance the livelihood opportunities of the indigenous peoples and local communities. The participants discussed how to develop and manage sustainable tourism in diverse landscapes, including through promoting agroecological good practices, smart solutions, and innovative methods and products in landscape-level tourism while conserving traditional values and biodiversity. The seminar not only included discussing experiences but made proposals for advancing remunerative opportunities for further linking agri-food systems and tourism in the future. -
Policy briefAgroecology dialogue series: Outcome brief no. 2, January 2023
Beyond the farm: Exploring the synergies between agroecology and conservation communities
2023Also available in:
No results found.This paper presents five main messages and key recommendations of a dialogue that explored opportunities and limitations of agroecology to address conservation needs beyond the farm. The messages hereby presented look beyond classical on-farm conservation approaches (e.g. conservation of local crop varieties and crop wild relatives) and focus instead on the contributions of agroecology to mitigate species decline and ecosystem degradation at the landscape scale. This although important is less explicitly recognized within existing narratives of agroecology or conservation communities. The paper identifies concrete pathways to increase synergies between agroecology and biodiversity conservation communities for food system transformation through policy reform, knowledge creation, investment and change of practices. -
ProjectSado's satoyama in harmony with Japanese crested ibisi. Template for GIAHS proposal Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems （GIAHS) Initiative
Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)
2016Also available in:
No results found.With their ecosystem complexity, the satoyama and the satoumi landscapes in Sado Island harbor a variety of agricultural biodiversity, such as rice, beans, vegetables, potatoes, soba, fruit, grown in paddy fields and other fields, livestock, wild plants and mushrooms in forests, and many seafood in the coastal areas. Rice, beef and persimmon from the Sado are among the best in Japan. The satoyama in Sado was also the last habitat of the wild Japanese crested ibis, a cul-turally valued bird in Ja pan that feeds on paddy fields and roost on the tall trees. The history of rice cultivation and other agricultural practices in Sado can be traced back to the Yayoi period, 1700 years ago. Over the centuries, a diversified landscape has been produced and maintained by the communities inhabiting the island, that have developed locally adapted practices for resource use and management. For example, ingenious water management practices with over 1000 irri-gation ponds to cope with a scarcity of wat er resources coupled with rapid drainage of rainwater into the sea, while creating a rich local culture of rice farming, such as Kuruma Rice Planting listed as national important intangible cultural heritage. Pressures on food production during the gold rush of the Edo period (1603-1868) led to the development of rice terraces on hill slopes, which contribute to the landscape‟s aesthetic appeal as well as to the feeding ground of Japanese crested ibis.
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