CIFOR Forests News Blog featuring Bioversity International scientists

In light of the closing sessions of the UN Convention on Biodiversity and Tree Diversity Day, CIFOR Forests News Blog spoke to Bioversity International scientists Phrang Roy and Hugo Lamers about recognizing the wealth of biodiversity that can be found in indigenous peoples' sacred areas, and community biodiversity management.

Read more about Phrang Roy's thoughts on "Recognising indigenous “sacred areas” could double amount of protected land worldwide" in CIFOR Forests News Blog here.

Hugo Lamers talks about Community Biodiversity Management referring to the farmers and local communities of the Western Ghats of Karnataka, India, who work on tree improvement, raise seedling nurseries, as well as process and market tree-derived products. Find out more here.

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Find out about Bioversity International's participation at the Convention on Biological Diversity in Hyderabad, India here.