The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), together with the Alliance of Bioversity International and The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) released today a new study identifying hundreds of diverse plant and animal species that Indigenous Peoples around the world depend on and care for to generate food sustainably and enhance biodiversity - and warning of increasing threats to these sophisticated food systems.

"Indigenous Peoples are and have always been dynamic innovators, learning from each other and developing a systemic approach, based on observation," said FAO Director-General QU Dongyu.