Blog for People, Food and Nature

September 13, 2012

Bringing Conservation and Agriculture Together

Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative Co-Organizer, Bioversity International has been participating in the  IUCN World Conservation Congress,  in Korea. Emile Frison, Director General, Bioversity International participated in the session: 'From Competition to Collaboration between Agriculture and Cons…
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September 12, 2012

World Leaders on Food and Nature

One of the themes of the IUCN World Conservation Congress is Nature+Food. The World Leaders Dialogue on the topic this past Saturday set out to address the overarching question, 'can we feed a growing population in a sustainable manner?' The discussion centered largely around agricultural production, with broad-brush s…
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September 10, 2012

Bringing Knowledge Diversity to Landscape Governance

[caption id="attachment_1590" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption="Observing bird diversity in Guna Yala."][/caption] Moving into the fifth day of the IUCN World Conservation Congress, today's events include many focused on Indigenous Peoples rights and management of natural resources. Pernilla Malmer,  Senior Adv…
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September 7, 2012

Nature + People and Food

Moving rapidly from climate change and agriculture, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature World Conservation Congress began yesterday morning in Jeju, South Korea. With this year's theme 'Nature +' the Congress is looking beyond conservation and environmental protection, to the interplay between human …
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September 6, 2012

The Financing Landscape for Climate-Smart Agriculture

Discussions this week at the Global Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change are highlighting the importance of climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts to be integrated into agricultural development strategies. As a consensus seems to be forming around the importance of this integration, att…
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September 5, 2012

Lessons from Climate-Smart

[caption id="attachment_1586" align="aligncenter" width="631" caption="Image credit: FAO 2012"][/caption] In preparation for the Global Conference on Agriculture, Food Security, and Climate Change taking place in Hanoi this week, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) released a background pa…
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