The webinar, for the first time ever, gathered GIAHS speakers from various regions around the world share on the challenges faced by GIAHS communities in managing impacts of the COVID-19, as well as discuss the resiliency of GIAHS in such a crisis and explore opportunities for recovery and building back better from COVID-19.
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Building Back Better with Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems from the COVID-19 Pandemic
22 October 2020
22 October 2020
This webinar jointly organized by the United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability Operating Unit Ishikawa Kanazawa (UNU-IAS OUIK) and the Food and Agriculture of the United Nations (FAO) will share the challenges faced by GIAHS communities in managing the impacts of COVID-19, as well as discuss on the resiliency of GIAHS in such a crisis and explore opportunities for recovery and building back better from COVID-19.
The Coronavirus...
One of Japan’s Globally Important Heritage Sites located in the northern mountainous region of the country will be presented as an example of tradition and innovation in the global event Terra Madre, organized by the international organization SlowFood on 11 October at 11 am (GMT+2).
The Takachihogo-Shiibayama Mountainous Agriculture and Forestry System in Japan was designated as GIAHS site by FAO in 2015 thanks to its social-sharing traditional irrigation system, part...
生物多样性是保护人类、社会、经济的堡垒，也是战胜贫困与饥饿的基石
30 September 2020
30 September 2020
世界上几乎所有的经济活动都依赖于生物多样性，尤其是农业粮食部门。粮农组织总干事屈冬玉今天呼吁各方着眼全局、协同一致、团结一心，共同应对生物多样性迅速丧失的挑战。
屈总干事在联合国生物多样性峰会的视频讲话中说："生物多样性丧失阻碍了全球战胜贫困与饥饿的努力；没有生物多样性，遑论食物多元化。"
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