GIAHS International Forum and Award ceremony for new GIAHS sites
12 February 2018
12 February 2018
GIAHS International Forum and Award ceremony for new GIAHS sites
We are pleased to announce our upcoming GIAHS International Forum on the 19th April 2018.
The first session of the event will be dedicated to share the country experiences and lessons learned obtained through GIAHS designation and implementation of action plans for dynamic conservation by the minister-class participants from Chile, Italy, Japan Morocco, People’s Republic of China, and Tanzania.
During the second session,...
Jornada SIPAM en España
11 February 2018
11 February 2018
En ocasión del reconocimiento de los primeros dos SIPAM en España (primeros en Europa), el Ministerio de Agricultura y Pesca, Alimentación y Medioambiente (MAPAMA), organizó una jornada dedicada al SIPAM con el fin de difundir información sobre el programa y presentar a los dos primeros SIPAM españoles, nombrados el pasado noviembre:
La producción de uva pasa moscatel de la Comarca de la Axarquía (Málaga)
El sistema de producción de sal del Valle Salado...
On 25 January 2018, a joint workshop between GIAHS team and UNESCO was organized with the World Heritage Centre, at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, to share experiences and explore areas of cooperation in the field of agricultural heritage.
The workshop was attended by Mr. Rene Castro, Assistant Director General of Climate, Biodiversity, Land and Water Division (CB), FAO GIAHS Secretariat and UNESCO World heritage Centre staff headed by Ms Rössler...
It is a great pleasure to announce the designation of the Rice Terraces in Southern Mountainous and Hilly Areas as 47th Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems site.
Click here to discover the unique features of this new system
GIAHS experiences with the Global Environment Facility (GEF)
06 February 2018
06 February 2018
GIAHS experiences with the Global Environment Facility (GEF)
A recent article of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) highlighted the critical inputs provided during the initial development of the GIAHS Programme, as well as the results achieved over time.
Indeed, at the outset of the GIAHS Initiative, the GEF was a key player of the global partnership that contributed to the implementation of the project “Conservation and Adaptive Management of Globally Important Agricultural...