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Ministers discuss in New York the connections of the Nagoya Protocol and the International Treaty
21 September 2011
21 September 2011
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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...
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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...
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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...
Launch of InforMEA – the United Nations Information Portal on Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs)
14 June 2011
14 June 2011
Geneva -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...
Montreal - 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...