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Training module on conservation and sustainable use under the International Treaty now available online
The Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture has just published an educational module on conservation and sustainable use as part of a series of training materials for the implementation of the Treaty.
The International Treaty launches a website with one stop-access for plant genetic resources policy
18 January 2011. The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture has launched a new website that offers a single one-stop-access point to plant genetic resources information by listing meeting documents, publications, projects, news, videos, funding information and technical support tools for national focal points, policy makers and other stakeholders involved in the national implementation of the Treaty.
FAO says traditional crops key to facing climate change
On 10th anniversary, international plant genetics treaty funds new projects
14 November 2011, Rome – Traditional food crops and other plant varieties worldwide are in urgent need of protection from climate change and other environmental stresses, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today, as it observed the tenth anniversary of the international treaty to protect and share plant genetic resources.
Ministers discuss in New York the connections of the Nagoya Protocol and the International Treaty
21 September 2011, Rome/New York. - Ministers of Agriculture, Environment and Foreign Affairs and well as senior intergovernmental officials from more than 30 countries will discuss tomorrow the close linkages between the Nagoya Protocol and the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources during a briefing organized in conjunction with the sixty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Bioversity International announces the 2012 Vavilov-Frankel Fellowships
Bioversity International has just announced the Vavilov-Frankel Fellowships 2012 to carry out research, from 3 to 12 months, on a wide range of biophysical, economic and social themes related to the conservation and use of plant genetic resources in developing countries. Under this call, two fellowships of up to USD 20,000 will be made available through a fund that since 1989 has supported 37 young scientists from 24 developing countries.
Policy makers and senior officials attend a briefing in Rome on the coherent implementation of the International Treaty and the Nagoya Protocol
30 June 2011- More than 100 policy makers and seniors officials attending the FAO conference this week were briefed today by the Secretaries of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and the Convention on Biological Diversity during a event who remarked the ongoing collaboration on capacity building for the coherent implementation of the International Treaty and the Nagoya Protocol.
Launch of InforMEA – the United Nations Information Portal on Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs)
Geneva, 14 June 2011-The Multilateral Environmental Agreements Information and Knowledge Management Initiative (MEA-IKM), launched today a harmonized information system to assist Parties and the environment community at large to access information from multiple agreements from one location. Supported by UNEP and FAO, the initiative currently includes 17 MEAs and other instruments from 12 Secretariats hosted by three UN organizations and IUCN. It is open to observers involved in MEA information and data management.
Collaborating to build capacity for two new treaties on genetic resources
Montreal 5 June 2011. The secretariats of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture will collaborate to deliver a two-day capacity-building workshop that will help Governments identify the priorities and needs for capacity-building in the implementation of their obligations under the Nagoya Protocol.
200 participants from Governments around the world have already registered to participate in the workshop.
Presentation of the project for the constitution of “Fondazione Archeologia Arborea”
20 May 2011 - The Organizing Committee for the constitution of the Italian “Fondazione Archeologia Arborea” will present this plant conservation initiative during a public event that will take place in Milan on 24 May.
Countries approve in Bali additional funding to support on-farm conservation
At the 4th Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture in Bali, Indonesia, delegates from 127 countries unanimously approved a resolution on the Funding strategy for the Treaty, dedicating more than USD 10 million to the second round of projects of the Benefit-sharing Fund, which helps farmers to achieve sustainable food security by supporting innovative projects that foster on-farm conservation of genetic resources in developing countries.