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My beef with scapegoating meat in climate change conversation

The meat industry is a popular target to blame when we analyze the biggest contributors to global warming, but the belief that adopting a purely meatless diet to combat climate change may not be enough.

Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, at the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 19 – 21 November, Rome, Italy

Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, at the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 19 – 21 November, Rome, Italy

Modern Agriculture and Erosion of Biodiversity

The rapid depletion of agrodiversity with Green Revolution has become much more severe after the advent of Genetic Engineering. India which is a home of cotton lost all its desi cotton varieties as they got relaced by inter specific and intra specific hybrids. After the release of Bt cotton, all ...

Mind-boggling variety’: the food crusaders preserving India’s heritage

A small army of botanical heritage enthusiasts is spearheading a m ovement in India for the revival and preservation of the country’s rapidly vanishing food biodiversity by bringing back the rich crop varieties that thrived in the past, but are now on the verge of extinction.

Milk without the cow: Cellular agriculture could be the future of farming, but dairy farmers need help

A new wave of cow-less dairy is hitting the market. In the United States, Perfect Day is using genetically modified fungi to produce milk protein for ice cream at a commercial scale. And pre-commercial companies, like TurtleTree and Better Milk, are engineering mammary cells to produce human and ...

Middle East’s growing role in global food security

The global food system is facing a number of stresses and shocks due to the complex interplay of social, economic, political and environmental factors.

Message of the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Dr. Cristiana Paşca Palmer, on the occasion of World Food Day 16 October 2017

Message of the CBD Executive Secretary, Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of the opening of the Sixth Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, 5 October 2015, Rome, Italy

Message of the CBD Executive Secretary, Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of the World Food Day, 16 October 2015

Message of the CBD Executive Secretary, MR. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of the opening of the Sixth Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, 5 October 2015, Rome, Italy

Message of the CBD Executive Secretary, Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of World Food Day, 16 October 2013

Message of the CBD Executive Secretary, Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of World Food Day, 16 October 2013

Message from the Executive Secretary, Dr Ahmed Djoghlaf, on the Occasion of World Food Day, 16 October 2007.

Message from the Executive Secretary, Dr Ahmed Djoghlaf, on the Occasion of World Food Day, 16 October 2007

Message from the Executive Secretary, Ahmed Djoghlaf, to the participants of the 38th biennial World Farmers’ Congress in Warsaw, Poland, Friday 6 June 2008.

Message from the Executive Secretary, Ahmed Djoghlaf, to the participants of the 38th biennial World Farmers’ Congress in Warsaw, Poland, Friday 6 June 2008

Message from the Executive Secretary, Ahmed Djoghlaf, on the Occasion of the Fourth International Conference on Sustainable Agriculture for Food, Energy and Industry, Sapporo, Japan, 2-5 July 2008

Message from the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity on the occasion of World Food Day

Message from the CBD Executive Secretary on the occasion of the Second Forum on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security in the Near East Region, 27 to 29 June, 2011

Message from the CBD Executive Secretary on the occasion of the Second Forum on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security in the Near East Region, 27 to 29 June, 2011

Message from Executive Secretary, Ahmed Djoghlaf, on the occasion of the High-Level Conference on World Food Security and the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy FAO, Rome, 3 June 2008.

Message from Executive Secretary, Ahmed Djoghlaf, on the occasion of the High-Level Conference on World Food Security and the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy FAO, Rome, 3 June 2008

Message from Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf at Platform for Agro-biodiversity Research Stakeholder Meeting, 29-31 May, 2006, Rome, Italy

I am very honoured to have this opportunity to address close collaboration between IPGRI and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity. It is regrettable that I am prevented from attending this important meeting at the launch of the platform, which addresses one of the most impo ...

Message from Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the 30th Anniversary Celebration of the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, Aleppo, Syria, 4-5 May, 2007.

<br>View also the Message <a href='/doc/speech/2007/sp-2007-05-04-icarda-ar.pdf'>in Arabic</a>.

Message from Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the 30th Anniversary Celebration of the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, Aleppo, Syria, 4-5 May, 2007

It is with great pleasure that I extend my congratulations to Dr Mahmoud Solh and his whole team, on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the creation of the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA).<br><br><table width=120> <tr><b>Other languages:</b></tr ...

Message from Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of World Food Day, 16 October 2009 – Achieving Food Security in Times of Crisis.

Message du Secrétaire exécutif Ahmed Djoghalf à l’occasion de la Conférence sur l’agriculture maghrébine: défis et perspectives, du 30 juin au 2 juillet 2008, Fès, Maroc

Message du Secrétaire exécutif Ahmed Djoghalf à l’occasion de la Conférence sur l’agriculture maghrébine: défis et perspectives Du 30 juin au 2 juillet 2008, Fès, Maroc.

Message by Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of World Migratory Bird Day 2012, 12 – 13 May 2012: “Migratory birds and people—together through time”

Message by Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of World Migratory Bird Day 2012, 12 – 13 May 2012: "Migratory birds and people—together through time"

Menace & the Myths~I

The use of pesticides in agriculture has been increasing with time as the demand for food production increases with the increase in population. Historically, pesticides have been known as economic poison and can be categorized into insecticides, fungicides, herbicides and plant-growth-regulators ...

Meeting on Observational Priorities for Conservation and Biodiversity

3 - 4 November 2005, Washington, United States of America

Meet The 12-Year-Old Girl Who Documented Climate Change From Nicaragua

12-year-old Edelsin Linette Mendez lives with her siblings and parents on their small coffee farm in the beautiful highlands of Nicaragua. Coffee farming has supported the Mendez and thousands of other families for generations, with coffee accounting for 30% of the country’s exports.

Medium Term Meeting – CGIAR in Conjunction with the Global Forum

24 - 26 May 2000, Dresden, Germany

McCain pledges to use only regeneratively-farmed potatoes by 2030

Sustainable agricultural practices offer net zero and biodiversity benefits, the frozen chips giant claims Frozen chips giant McCain has pledged to use potatoes grown using regenerative agricultural practices across its portfolio of products worldwide by the end of the decade, it announced today.

Managing agricultural biodiversity takes time

A three-year research project shows how functional traits drive pollinator and predator responses to semi-natural grassland strips embedded in agricultural landscapes. The findings are published in Journal of Applied Ecology.

Managing Biodiversity in Agricultural Ecosystems

8 - 10 November 2001, Montreal, Canada

Making room for wild foods in forest conservation

The first-ever FAO report on the importance of biodiversity for food and agriculture warns that the abundance of our food supply is diminishing — with worrisome consequences for global food security.

Madagascar, troubled vanilla island

The Indian Ocean island of Madagascar is the leading global producer of vanilla and blessed with a bountiful biodiversity, yet it remains one of the poorest countries in the world.

Long-term forecasts help farmers in India

Climate change is severely impacting India's farmers by making monsoons more irregular. One farmer in Madhya Pradesh found help in a forecast model devised in Germany that predicts the rains with surprising accuracy.

Long-standing systems for sustainable farming could feed people and the planet — if industry is willing to step back

Global food systems are at a breaking point. Not only are they responsible for roughly a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions, they are also the top contributors to water pollution and biodiversity collapse.

Locust invasion hits crops as Pakistan suffers worst infestation in 20 years

A swarm of desert locusts is destroying crops and threatening the livelihoods of farmers in Pakistan's Punjab province. The country, which is facing its worst locust infestation in two decades, declared a national emergency earlier this month.

Life is getting sweeter for bee farmers

Villagers have seen living standards rise after they began raising and protecting the insects, which pollinate plants and also protect biodiversity. Yang Wanli reports from Kunming.

Lessons from Sweden's organic farming sector

There is much to be learned from Sweden on integrating our farm systems, naturally, with the local ecosystems. It seems I brought the snow to Sweden. Like us, they have had a mild, wet winter, and even in Dalarna, towards the middle of the country, barely a scrap of the white stuff has fallen.

Launching of the web page for the International Day for Biological Diversity 2008: Biodiversity and Agriculture

Reference: SCBD/OMG/NP/LM/62326 (2008-021)
To: All CBD Focal Points and partner organizations

As you will recall the theme for the International Day for Biological Diversity (IBD) in 2008 is ‘Biodiversity and Agriculture’. The Secretariat is pleased to announce the launching of the webpage for IBD, which includes an introduction to the theme and electronic versions of this year’s poster ...

Launch of the Biodiversity Knowledge Hub of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

19 December 2023, Online

Last call for a food systems revolution

Half of the world’s population is directly engaged in agriculture and nearly 40 per cent of land is devoted to agriculture and livestock.

Large scale research project to empower African farmers and agribusinesses to adapt to climate change

Africa is at the forefront of climate change impacts. These changes can wreak havoc on production and sourcing of agricultural commodities, such as grains, cotton and vegetables. Soil health management and better seeds for instance can help, but where to begin?

Large Herbivores May Improve an Ecosystem’s Carbon Persistence

Wildlife and open-canopy ecosystems like grasslands are rarely a part of discussions surrounding climate change mitigation. Now, a new review points to interactions between wild herbivores and vegetation to show how restoration efforts could be optimized by aligning climate goals with biodiversi ...