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CGIAR - Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centres
CGIAR is a global research partnership for a food-secure future. CGIAR science is dedicated to reducing poverty, enhancing food and nutrition security, and improving natural resources and ecosystem services.
Its research is carried out by 15 CGIAR centers in close collaboration [...]
CRC - Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region [of the Near East and Horn of Africa]
The role of the Commission is to assist member countries to manage and prevent Desert Locust, and to prepare for and respond to emergencies caused by it.
The CRC concentrates on integrated approaches that:
support the development, sharing and adaptation of preventive control strategies, explore approaches for assessing [...]
Central Asian and Caucasus Regional Fisheries and Aquaculture Commission - CACFish
The objectives of CACFish are to promote the development, conservation, rational management and best utilization of living aquatic resources, as well as the sustainable development of aquaculture in Central Asia and the Caucasus.
To achieve its objectives, CACFish has the following [...]
Committee on Mediterranean Forestry Questions - Silva Mediterranea
The mission of Silva Mediterranea is to:
Periodically review the trends in the use of forest land in the Mediterranean area and to assess the impact of changes implemented in the agricultural, industrial and urban sectors;
Advise member governments accordingly on reorientation [...]
GFMC - Global Fire Monitoring Center
Since 2001 GFMC is serving as coordinator and facilitator of the UNISDR Wildland Fire Advisory Group and the UNISDR Global Wildland Fire Network, a global voluntary network that is providing policy advice, and science and technology transfer to enable nations:
• to reduce [...]
International Plant Protection Convention - IPPC
The IPPC allows countries to analyze risks to their national plant resources and to use science-based measures to safeguard their cultivated and wild plants. By protecting plant resources from pests and diseases, the IPPC helps:
protect farmers from economically devastating pest [...]