30th anniversary interviews

Anna Lartey, Director, FAO Nutrition Division

William Settle, FAO Plant Production and Protection

Maryam Rahmanian, Vice Chair of the Steering Committee of the High Level Panel of Experts for Food Security and Nutrition of the Committee on World Food Security

K.C. Bansal, Director of India's National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources

R. Pullin, Fisheries and Aquaculture Expert

Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Javad Mozafari, Director of the Iranian National Plant Gene-Bank

Patrick Mulvany, Senior Policy Advisor to Practical Action

O. Souvannavong and A. Nikiema (FAO, Division de l'évaluation, de la gestion et de la conservation des forêts), en français

Pavan Sukhdev, Founder & CEO of GIST Advisory, TEEB Study Leader and UNEP Goodwill Ambassador

Matt Walpole, UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Director of Programmes Science, Policy and Partnerships

Dan Leskien, Secretariat of the Commission

Bob Watson, Vice Chair of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

William Wigmore, Director of Crop Research and Development of the Cook Islands Ministry for Food and Agriculture

Pat Mooney, Executive Director of the ETC Group

Irene Hoffmann and Paul Boettcher, FAO Animal Production and Health

Lolona Ramamonjisoa, Présidente de la 2ème réunion du Groupe de travail sur les ressources génétiques forestières de la Commission

Shakeel Bhatti, Secretary of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Carlo Petrini, President of Slow Food (Italian)

Toby Hodgkin, Coordinator of the Platform for Agrobiodiversity Research

Kakoli Ghosh, FAO Plant Production and Protection

Tore Skrøppa, Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute & Chair of Commission's Working Group on Forest Genetic Resources 1st Meeting

D. Bartley and M. Halwart, FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department

José Esquinas Alcázar, former Secretary of the Commission from 1983 to 2007 (E)

José Esquinas Alcázar, Ex Secretario de la Comisión del 1983 al 2007 (S)

Arthur Mariante, leader of the Brazilian Platform of Genetic Resources (Embrapa) and Chair of Commission's ITWG Animal Genetic Resources

M.S. Swaminathan - Chair of the Steering Committee of the High Level Panel of Experts for Food Security and Nutrition of the Committee on World Food Security

Olivier De Schutter - UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food

Emile Frison - Director General of Bioversity International

Linda Collette - The Secretary of the Commission (E)

Linda Collette - La Secrétaire de la Commission (F)

Alexander Müller - ADG of FAO's Natural Resources and Environment Department

Mark Holderness - Executive Secretary of the Global Forum on Agricultural Research

About the Commission

Special Information Seminar 2013 "Biodiversity for food and agriculture: taking stock for the future"

Biodiversity for food and agriculture and the global environmental challenges - B. Dias, CDB

Agriculture and the economics of ecosystems and biodiversity – P. Sukhdev, TEEB

Biodiversity for food and agriculture, ecosystems and human livelihood – M. Rahmanian, CENESTA

Value of knowledge and importance of global assessments – R. Watson, University of East Anglia

Biodiversity for the livestock sector – I. Hoffmann, FAO

State of the World's Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture – C. Tapia, INIAP (in Spanish)

Forest Genetic Resources – L. Ramamonjisoa, Chair ITWG on Forest Genetic Resources (in French)

Biodiversity for Fisheries and Aquaculture: Status, trends, drivers, gaps and opportunities – D. Bartely, FAO

Integrating information on biodiversity for food and agriculture – A. Du Val, FAO

Biodiversity, ecosystem services and indicators – M. Walpole, UNEP-WCMC