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UN PhotoPress Conference: Boosting NBSAPs through agroecology – launch of a new Guidance Tool – United Nations Biodiversity Conference 2024
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In this press conference, a global consortium of food system actors, composed by the Global Alliance for the Future of Food, Biovision, WWF, Alliance Bioversity International – CIAT, and the Agroecology Coalition, will present its new Guidance Tool "Boosting biodiversity action through agroecology".
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The Tool supports countries in integrating agroecological principles and interventions into their respective National Biodiversity Strategies and Actions Plans. While industrial agriculture and global food systems are a major driver of biodviersity loss, agroecology offers a promising pathway to fight against the biodiversity crisis through measures such as transitioning to ecological farming practices, nurturing diversity of seeds or reducing the use of polluting synthetic inputs.
Speakers:
Moritz Fegert (Biovision)
Matheus Alves Zanella (Global Alliance for the Future of Food)
Natasja Oerlemans (WWF)
Carolina Navarrete (Alliance Bioversity International - CIAT)