Side Event

Indigenous Economies, Biodiversity, and Food Sovereignty

Organizer
Asociación Andes and Seneca International

Date and Time
9 October 2012 13:15 - 14:45

Meeting
Eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 11)

This workshop will discuss the interaction between agrobiobiodiversity, food sovereignty and Indigenous economies in the context of cross-sectoral topics related to seed management, food security and sustainable agriculture. Special attention will be given to biocultural approaches to the conservation of agro-biodiversity, the sustainable use of its components, and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of genetic resources.