Two programmes aim at addressing in a holistic manner: the sustainable management of natural resources and environmental concerns, including land, water and biodiversity ( 2K ) and the strengthening of institutions and human capacities in research and extension for improved technology generation and adoption ( 2L ), both led by the NR Department.
2K: Sustainable natural resources management is to include substantial additional inputs from other departments and offices, drawing on available expertise within the Organization on such matters as: biodiversity, bioenergy, climate change, and environmental management of ecosystems (with specific focus on fragile ecosystems such as drylands, mountains and coastal areas), together with support from corporate funding to entities dealing with climate change and bioenergy. As more amply explained in Section II.B above, 2K will cover the adaptation of agricultural production systems to climate change, and the contribution of agriculture, fisheries and forestry to climate change mitigation through processes such as carbon sequestration and bioenergy. Liaison and contributions to major international environmentally-related initiatives are to be intensified.
During 2008, two significant events will be organised, primarily with extrabudgetary resources and in collaboration with multilateral partners as necessary, to ensure that food security and sustainable management of natural resources are fully reflected in the ongoing international debate on bioenergy and climate change. The first will be a high-level summit with a focus on the impacts of bioenergy and climate change on food security. A second highlevel event would undertake a broader focus that includes bioenergy and climate change, but also addresses how other global drivers such as transboundary pests and diseases, migration flows, urbanisation and changing consumption patterns will influence the agriculture, forestry and fisheries sectors. It will serve to define actions that need to be taken by the global community in the context of the theme How to feed the world in 2050 .
Programme 2K also provides for the Secretariat of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, where Members discuss is sue s and action plans for the conservation and sustainable management of biodiversity for food and agriculture, in harmony with other international fora. As agreed at the session in June 2007, the Secretariat will lead the implementation of the Multi-year Programme of Work on Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture. The programme will also support capacity-building in improved management and conservation of land, water and genetic resources, including the essential knowledge base for their sustainable use, as well as agricultural water management, water use efficiency and productivity, and best practices for water use and conservation, through the continuum from water sources to final uses.
[extract from PWB 2008-09]
