In the News

Making the business case for sustainable food

12 February 2013 - The Guardian

Bruce Cogill, Bioversity International, Jessica Fanzo, Columbia University, and Tim Lang, City University of London, scrutinize the issues around diet, disease and poverty in this joint opinion piece published in the Guardian.

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Coconut conservationist seeks Pacific Islands for palm preservation

20 November 2012 - National Public Radio
Stephan Weise of Bioversity International and Ronald Bourdeix  [2] of CIRAD   [3]on their vision for how to preserve a thousand or more genetic varieties of coconut trees.

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Conservation Plus Agriculture Equals True Food Security

7 November 2012 - National Geographic
What do you have when you combine conservation and agriculture together? A recipe for success, say the trio of experts - Emile Frison  [5] of Bioversity International, Cristian Samper of the Wildlife Conservation Society  [6] and Ken Wilson of The Christensen Fund  [7] - in this opinion piece published in National Geographic on 7 November 2012.
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Sustainable Diets Worldwide Are Focus of New Book

10 August 2012 - Voice of America
Listen to an interview here with Bioversity Programme Leader Bruce Cogill and Voice of America  [9]'s Kim Lewis, talking about the importance of sustainable diets. Earlier this week a new book Sustainable Diets and Biodiversity  [10] was published by Bioversity International and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO  [11]). 

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