The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), through the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) Programme, is organizing the International Conference on Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems 2021 from 25 to 27 November in Japan.

The Conference on Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems 2021 will be held in the Noto region of Ishikawa Prefecture in Japan to bring together experiences and challenges from Agricultural Heritage Systems from all over the world on the occasion of commemorating the 10th anniversary of Noto's Satoyama and Satoumi, designated as the first Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) in the country.

The Conference will be the opportunity to share the experiences of various types of activities conducted in GIAHS sites, and to discuss ways to further conserve these systems, by improving farmers livelihoods, preserving biodiversity, ecosystems and traditional knowledge and landscapes through the discussion among GIAHS site representatives, policymakers, researchers, and other relevant parties.

KEY INFORMATION

• Hybrid event (follow the registration link)
• Time zone of the event (JST): CET+8
• Languages: English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Arabic and Japanese.
• Venue: Nanao City, Ishikawa Prefecture in Japan
• Organizers: FAO, Ishikawa Prefecture of Japan, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of Japan, United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS), Noto Regional Association for GIAHS Promotion and Cooperation

FAO event webpage: here.

Conference website: here.

Registration link here.

Related links

• International Conference Official website
• Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems
• GIAHS sites around the world