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  NordGen is an institution under the Nordic Council of Ministers, working as a gene bank and knowledge center to promote sustainable use and conservation of genetic resources within plants, farm animals and forestry. We are more than 30 highly qualified employees from all the Nordic countries. NordGen is organized under the Nordic Council of Ministers…
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  During the 1960s, the realization that biological and genetic diversity was diminishing spread. Since then, genebanks have been established, genetic resources mapped and international agreements signed to try to reverse the trend. But genetic resources do not follow the boundaries drawn on a map. Preserving genetic resources is an international effort, so NordGen often works…
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- Today, the FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture presented a new report called “The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture”. Part of the report make somber reading but there are also many positive trends. The report underlines the importance of us now taking action to prevent further loss of…
- Today, the FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture presented a new report called “The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture”. Part of the report make somber reading but there are also many positive trends. The report underlines the importance of us now taking action to prevent further loss of…

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New FAO-report: Step up the work with preventing loss of biodiversity for food and agriculture!

Date: 2019.02.22

Today, the FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture presented a new report called “The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture”. Part of the report make somber reading but there are also many positive trends. The report underlines the importance of us now taking action to prevent further loss of biodiversity.

The report, first of its kind, is a summary of reports handed in by 99 of the world’s countries concerning the biodiversity of plants, animals, forests and aquatic resources important for food and agriculture. Representatives of NordGen have also contributed to the comprehensive report which can be outlined in the following bullet points:

• Biodiversity is essential to food and agriculture

• Multiple interacting drivers of change are affecting biodiversity for food and agriculture

• Biodiversity for food and agriculture is declining

• The use of many biodiversity-friendly practices is reported to be increasing

• Enabling frameworks for the sustainable use and conservation of biodiversity for food and agriculture remain insufficient

The report identifies a number of needs, gaps and potential actions in the management of biodiversity for food and agriculture. The next step is to take action. The report also points to the fact that the FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture has overseen the development of global plans of action for genetic resources in the plant, animal and forest sectors. Implementation of these instruments needs to be stepped up, according to the report.

“The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture” can be read in full here.