http://www.bioversityinternational.org/ Bioversity International - Research to improve the use and conservation of agricultural biodiversity to improve nutrition, livelihoods and enhance sustainability for smallholder farmers en Bioversity International 2013-05-19T08:51:13+02:00 Bioversity International Bioversity International http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/global_timber_tracking_network_website_launched.html The Global Timber Tracking Network (GTTN) brings together the science, scientists, policy makers and stakeholders to promote the integrated use of DNA and stable isotope technologies to ensure legal timber trade and curb illegal and unsustainable... 2012-11-28T16:52:06+01:00 Global Timber Tracking Network website launched http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/developing_multi_resource_forest_management_plans_for_the_congo_basin_forests.html In partnership with CIFOR, Bioversity International s Forest Genetic Resources Programme is leading a project in the Congo Basin to develop sustainable forest management plans to benefit rural communities and the logging concessionaires while... 2012-11-15T12:30:29+01:00 Developing multi-resource forest management plans for the Congo Basin forests http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/celebrating_tree_diversity_day.html Judy Loo, Theme Leader for Forest Genetic Resources programme at Bioversity International (featured here talking to COP11 TV), talks about her work on tree conservation, land use pressures and the illegal timber trade, and how she would like to see... 2012-10-18T14:23:29+02:00 Celebrating Tree Diversity Day - an interview with Judy Loo http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/cgiar_centers_co_sign_memorandum_of_understanding.html CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry has agreed to join forces with the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity as part of a broader goal to cut the rate of deforestation in half by the end of the decade and to promote... 2012-10-12T09:23:38+02:00 CGIAR centers co-sign Memorandum of Understanding http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/timber_tracking_tools_to_bolster_fight_against_illegal_logging.html The Global Timber Tracking Network, coordinated by Bioversity International as part of the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry, is leading efforts to promote the use of innovative control tools based on the application of DNA... 2012-05-07T12:07:00+02:00 New timber tracking tools to bolster global fight against illegal logging