The Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) highlighted the need to ensure close collaboration with the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), particularly in the context of the negotiations to enhance the functioning of the Treaty’s Multilateral System (MLS) of access and ... Read More

The resumed second part of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP 15) elected new vice-presidents of the Bureau and the CBD subsidiary bodies, concluding its work. The Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical, and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) “placed a strong ... Read More

Loss of soil biodiversity remains one of the main global threats to food security in many regions of the world and is likely greater than estimated due to a lack of data. This was one of the main messages of a side event, organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization ... Read More

Focusing on the Convention of Biological Diversity’s (CBD) three objectives – conservation, sustainable use, and benefit-sharing – the post-2020 global biodiversity framework (GBF) is expected to unite all actors in fighting unprecedented biodiversity loss. A side event held during the UN Biodiversity Conference reflected on implementation of the third objective and related capacity ... Read More