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Scientific Publishers Advance in the Citation of Plant Material with Digital Object Identifiers
06 December 2018
06 December 2018
Users of the Global Information System will benefit from the joint initiative of CrossRef and DataCite, which have jointly launched guidelines on how publishers should facilitate the citation of plant material through Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs). This initiative will improve...
Mongolia Joins International Treaty
06 December 2018
06 December 2018
145 Contracting Parties
Rome, Italy, 02 December 2018 – Mongolia becomes the 145th member of the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture today. With an area of 1.5 million...
Tunisian Minister of Environment Opens International Meeting
12 November 2018
12 November 2018
Global Information System of FAO International Treaty
Tunis, Tunisia, 07 November 2018 – “This training workshop is very beneficial and will enable our national genebank to share skills and knowledge acquired here with genebanks in other Arab and...
20 Grant-winners from 20 Countries Meet in Rome
05 November 2018
05 November 2018
Connecting the Local to the Global through the Benefit-Sharing Fund
26 October 2018, Rome, Italy – For the first time in its lifespan, the Benefit-sharing Fund of the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food...
Rome, Italy, 27 September 2018 - Genebank curators and researchers of the major Italian agricultural research institutions together with representatives of Civil Society’ Organizations involved in agrobiodiversity conservation and management met at FAO on 27 September 2018 to discuss implementation...