RIO+20 and sustainable agriculture: The International Treaty
14 June 2012 | Permalink [1]
In its Call to Action [2], CGIAR urges for an endorsement of the full implementation of International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Michael Halewood, Head of Bioversity's Policy Unit, explains why this is important for the future of sustainable agriculture in an interview published today on Alertnet.
Read more [3]
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- Access and Benefit Sharing - An update on the protocol negotiations [4]
- Emile Frison reflects on the first day's events at Rio+20 [5]
- New Routledge book - Crop Genetic Resources as a Global Commons [6]
- Malaysia implementing the multilateral system of access & benefit-sharing [7]
- Strategic Action Plan to strengthen the Plant Genetic Resources in Mesoamerica [8]
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http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/rio_20_and_sustainable_agriculture_the_international_treaty.htmlLinks in this page
- [1] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/index.php?id=5881
- [2] http://consortium.cgiar.org/cgiar-at-rioplus20/
- [3] http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/rio20-and-sustainable-agriculture-the-international-treaty-on-plant-genetic-resources-for-food-and-agriculture
- [4] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/archived/access_and_benefit_sharing_an_update_on_the_protocol_negotiations.html
- [5] http://ontheroadtorio.org/2012/06/19/monday-events-highlight-food-security-and-sustainability-at-rio20/
- [6] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/index.php?id=19&user_bioversitypublications_pi1[showUid]=7075
- [7] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/index.php?id=19&user_bioversitypublications_pi1[showUid]=7077
- [8] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/strategic_action_plan_to_strengthen_the_plant_genetic_resources_in_mesoamerica.html
- [9] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/browse_by/category/announcements
- [10] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/browse_by/tag/cgiar
- [11] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/browse_by/tag/itpgrfa