Photos
Lima, Peru: GIAHS and agrobiodiversity zones
26/11/2025
Ministerial delegations from Brazil, Ecuador and Peru endorse and call for a strengthened agricultural heritage approach by FAO in the region.
Integrated system of camelid livestock and agriculture in northern Chile’s High-Andean and Pre-Andean regions
10/11/2025
In northern Chile, Aymara, Quechua, and Likan Antay communities have sustained for millennia a resilient system integrating camelid herding, native crops, and traditional water governance. Women play a key role in seed conservation, food processing, and knowledge transmission.
Ancestral System of the Pehuenche mountain range: homegardens, gathering and transhumance in the Ngulumapu Territory, Chile
10/11/2025
In the southern Andes of Chile, Mapuche-Pehuenche communities have developed a resilient agricultural system combining homegardens, wild plant gathering, and transhumant livestock. Rooted in ancestral knowledge, seasonal rhythms, and a deep connection to the pewen (Araucaria araucana), the system supports food security and more.
2025 GIAHS Award Ceremony: 28 new systems
30/10/2025
A day of celebration, dialogue and shared heritage. This album captures the ceremony and full event programme, where custodians, partners and communities came together to honour the 28 newly designated GIAHS systems. From cultural expressions to exchanges of knowledge, these moments reflect the living spirit of agricultural heritage around the world.
Flickr Album: Japan- Sustainable Water Management and Agricultural, Forestry, and Livestock System of the Okuizumo Area
25/08/2025
This integrated model sustains biodiversity, food, and culture in a resilient mountain landscape shaped by tradition.
Flickr Album: Almosi Valley: an integrated agropastoral system adapted to mountain conditions, Tajikistan
07/07/2025
The Almosi Valley agropastoral system is globally important as a living example of sustainable agriculture in harsh mountain ecosystems. Its unique combination of transhumant pastoralism, dryland viticulture, and lush family gardens reflects centuries of adaptation to steep terrain, water scarcity, and climate variability.
Flickr Album: Traditional Jukbangryeom Fishery System in Jijok Straits, Republic of Korea
07/07/2025
The Jukbangryeom system provides reliable seasonal income and food security for coastal communities through the selective harvesting of anchovy and the maintenance of local processing industries.
Flickr Album: Gaolan Shichuan Ancient Pear Orchard System in Gansu Province, China
16/05/2025
In Shichuan, a 600-year-old agroforestry system thrives along the Yellow River, where towering pear trees are cultivated using the traditional “Gaotian” method. Integrating fruit trees, crops, and livestock, it preserves ancient varieties like Ruan’er and Dongguo.
Flickr Album: Shade-grown Erva-mate: a traditional agroforestry system in the Araucaria Forest of Parana
16/05/2025
By integrating food crops, native fruits, and forest products, the system strengthens biodiversity, food sovereignty, and cultural identity, while helping conserve the Araucaria Forest, one of the planet’s most endangered biodiversity hotspots and a vital reservoir of life.
Flickr Album: Agricultural Systems in Jable and Volcanic Sands in Lanzarote Island, Spain
16/05/2025
Lanzarote’s dryland agricultural system offers an outstanding example of traditional adaptation to extreme environmental conditions. In a region with less than 150 mm of annual rainfall.
Flickr Album: Italy- Lemon Orchards and the Terraced Agricultural System in Amalfi
16/05/2025
This resilient heritage supports livelihoods, protects soil and water, and preserves the identity of Mediterranean mountain agriculture.
Flickr Album: Deqing Freshwater Pearl Mussels Composite Fishery System in Zhejiang Province, China
16/05/2025
In Deqing County, China, farmers have sustained an 800-year-old fish-mussel co-cultivation system that merges aquaculture, agriculture, and craftsmanship. Centered on Shelled Pearl Mussel techniques, it yields pearls, rice, silk, and more.
Flickr Album: Japan- The Stone Terraced Mikan Orchard System of Arida-Shimotsu Region, Wakayama Prefecture
16/05/2025
Rooted in small-scale family farming, this system preserves traditional knowledge, biodiversity, and resilience to climate change.
Flickr Album: Pinetree Agroforestry System in Ul-Jin, Republic of Korea
16/05/2025
The pine-based agroforestry system of Uljin sustains food and livelihood security through a carefully balanced mix of forest-derived and cultivated products.
Flickr Album: Metepantle Ancestral Agricultural System in the Mountainous Zones of Tlaxcala, Mexico
16/05/2025
For over 3,000 years, farming families in Tlaxcala have sustained the Metepantle system, a terraced mosaic of maize, agave, beans, squash, and wild plants. Rooted in Nahua knowledge, it preserves seeds, supports dryland biodiversity, and anchors local food systems and livelihoods, offering resilience and cultural continuity in one of Mexico’s most climate-vulnerable regions.
Flickr Album: Fuding White Tea Culture System in Fujian Province, China
16/05/2025
In Fuding, China, centuries-old white tea cultivation blends ecological wisdom and craftsmanship. Centered on the Lüxueya mother tree and natural withering techniques, this system integrates tea gardens with forests and crops, preserving biodiversity and supporting rural livelihoods. Deep cultural roots, rituals, and traditions reflect a strong bond between people, tea, and the land.
Flickr Album: Portugal - Montado Agrosilvopastoral System of the Serpa Hills, Portugal
16/05/2025
The Montado system ensures diversified food and income sources through an intricate balance of forestry activities, pastoralism and crop production.
A collection of global impressions
01/09/2024
An exciting journey to our agricultural heritage systems around the world.
Flickr Album: Traditional Wasabi Cultivation in Shizuoka, Japan
03/07/2024
Wasabi, Eutrema japonicum, is a native Japanese plant of the Brassicaceae family that has been highly prized in Japan since ancient times for the sharp flavor produced when its stems are grated.
Flickr Album: Xianju Ancient Chinese Waxberry Composite System in Zhejiang Province, China
01/10/2023
Xianju has a history of waxberry cultivation dating back more than 1,600 years and is known as one of the original areas of waxberry cultivation.. The unique microclimate of the proposed GIAHS site, together with the rhyolitic volcanic landform, provide a uniquely favorable environment for the cultivation of the waxberry and the composite planting and breeding mode in the GIAHS site.