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🌍🍽️ "The Right to Food: Between Deprivation and Waste" explores the urgent need for sustainable, fair food systems, as highlighted in a recent seminar at the Food and Agriculture Organisation in Rome. With insights from prominent speakers and a focus on integral ecology, SI Representative Liliana Mosca dives into the root causes of food injustice and the global call to action. Read more to discover how we can work towards a world where everyone has access to sufficient, healthy food. 👉 https://ow.ly/KyNN50TWfw7 #WorldFoodDay

It was a joy to attend this webinar by Kerry Wixted last night! I learned so much about salamander biodiversity, amphibian diseases, and what members of Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (PARC) are doing to protect these wonderful creatures. As a graduate in #medicinalchemistry, I was especially excited to hear that the medicinal properties of amphibians' secretions are well-known in this field and that possible treatments are being developed for amphibian diseases. Perhaps my goal of doing some "frog chemistry" is not unrealistic after all! #amphibiandiseases #amphibianconservation

🐝🌾Preserving #biodiversity in agricultural areas is crucial for food security and many important ecosystem services, like pollination, water regulation and soil fertility. However, biodiversity continues to decline in Europe at an alarming rate, especially in agricultural regions. Together with project partners from 𝗖𝗔𝗣𝟰𝗚𝗜, adelphi has engaged with German farmers themselves to identify challenges and develop effective solutions. In the most recent policy brief, presented to members of the Bundestag and Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft , results from an exchange process with farmers in Baden-Württemberg and Thuringia were reported. Recommendations include: 💲increasing budgets for eco-schemes, 📝 simplifying administrative processes, and 💡providing better information and advisory support Discover more about the project (in English) here: ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e4SqiZCb Access the policy brief (in German) here: ➡️https://lnkd.in/dh9sH4ZD Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany, Bodensee-Stiftung, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Universität Rostock, #DeutscherNaturschutzring, #WildtierlandHainich, Florian Schöne, Sarah Velten, Prof. Dr. Sebastian Lakner

Spreading the importance of biodiversity and nature-based alternatives, I had the honor of presenting the results of our project "Fomenting the Socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLs) milpa (three sisters) through in situ landrace maize seed protection", together with Bayezid Khan (Bangladesh), Alice JJ HSU (Taiwan) and Edesa Dese Yedeta (Ethiopia) all with important contributions supported by The International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI) https://lnkd.in/gxKhtDD4

“Biodiversity is the greatest promise for the future of humankind.” Carlo Petrini President of the University of Gastronomic Sciences - Pollenzo Founder of Slow Food. Without it, the foundation for human life on the planet is lost, as is the very soil on which civilizations and cultures have been shaped and formed as the result of human adaptation to the natural environment. Defending, protecting, and promoting biodiversity is therefore not simply one among a number of choices, advanced by the intellectuals of conservation or by nostalgic environmentalists: It is, rather, the only viable path forward. It is a moral duty that we, the generation that inhabits this historic moment, must take on for those who will come after us and live on this planet Earth, a planet that, today, we are trampling, hurting, and mistreating. From this point of view, the Ark of Taste (https://lnkd.in/dkGCWzCv), a global project that this book takes up in its African—and, in particular, Kenyan—context, is an initiative that seeks to create information, knowledge, and awareness about this unique heritage. Through the Ark, communities are invited to rediscover their agricultural and food heritage, in order not to lose the connection with the land that feeds us and will continue to feed us.

SAVE THE DATE! Voices of the Cerrado – Hearing and learning from traditional and indigenous peoples of the Brazilian Savanna GUESTS: Rede Cerrado, #ISPN and #APIB +INFO https://lnkd.in/eZvPDgGG DATE: 11 March TIME: 15.00 to 16.30 ACTIVITY: DIALOGUES WITH CIVIL SOCIETY (#NALACS) LANGUAGE: Portuguese with English translation VENUE: CEDLA Room 2.02 (2nd floor) Have you ever heard of the #BrazilianCerrado? It’s a unique but not very well-known #biome of stunning natural beauty, home to many plants, animals and peoples, but under increasing threat from agricultural expansion. During this dialogue, the indigenous leaders Dinamam Tuxá and Eliane Xunakalo, together with the traditional peoples’ leadership of Lourdes Nascimento and Samuel – the general coordinator and the advisor for the Cerrado Network, respectively – will tell their personal stories about this the critical relevance and the challenges taking place in the biome. The guests will approach the current reality faced by the Cerrado Peoples in their territory and the vital importance of this land for their lives and for the conservation of biodiversity and halting climate change. They will share their perspectives about the protection of nature and their cultures from and the need to tackle the increasing threats of rapid soy expansion for animal feed and livestock production over their lands. The Netherlands is one of the main importers of this soy produced in the Cerrado, as the country is an important trading route and end-user of soy for feed in the intensive Dutch livestock industry. The European Union recently adopted a new regulation to curb Europe’s deforestation footprint – an important step forward, but will it help to combat the destruction of Cerrado’s natural habitats? In this dialogue session, we will learn more about the reality of the Cerrado and its local peoples, and jointly explore strategies and solutions to protect the Cerrado, to save their lands as well as our collective future. Gabriela Russo Lopes Fabio de Castro CEDLA (University of Amsterdam) University of Amsterdam

The Finnish Forest Industries Federation is thrilled to participate in the 26th IUFRO World Congress in Stockholm, where we will host a side event titled Towards More Biodiverse Forests. 🌳🌲🌍 Biodiversity is a key component of sustainable forest management and essential for forest resilience. At the seminar, we will present the recently published Biodiversity Roadmap of the Finnish Wood Processing Industry.   The Biodiversity Roadmap is based on an extensive research project that has investigated the current state and future development of forest biodiversity, as well as the strategies to promoting it as part of active and timely forest management.   “Scientific knowledge, together with long-term practical experience, steers sustainable forest management and forms the cornerstone of a successful forest industry,” says Karoliina Niemi, Director of Forest Affairs of the Finnish Forest Industries Federation. 🌿🔬   At the congress, FFIF aims to emphasize the importance of collaboration between research and practice. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn about the research results and the implementation of the Biodiversity Roadmap for the Wood Processing Industry in Finland. 🤝📊   #FFIF #ForestIndustry #IUFRO2024 #Biodiversity #Collaboration

🌿🚜 The 2nd #ClimateFarmDemo has been launched today in Ljubljana, Slovenia, hosted by our partners at Kmetijsko gozdarska zbornica Slovenije (CAFS)., and will last until October 24th. Christine Berger, the project coordinator, welcomed over 100 participants, including work package leaders, National Coordinators, Climate Farm Advisors, Living Lab facilitators, and more. This three-day event is focused on exchanging knowledge, sharing best practices, and showcasing farm demos. 🌱 Tanja Gorišek from MAFF and Janez Pirc, Director of Kmetijsko gozdarska zbornica Slovenije, also addressed the attendees, emphasizing the importance of the Climate Farm Demo and its multi-actor approach. Tanja noted: “Farmers need to be respected as equal partners, and you, Climate Farm Advisors, are the ones they trust the most. That’s why your participation in this project is so important.” 👏 Additionally, Laure Triste from ILVO (Instituut voor Landbouw, Visserij- en Voedingsonderzoek) briefly presented the main results from ClimateSmartAdvisors. the sister project of Climate Farm Demo. She highlighted key achievements, including 27 state-of-play country reports, 27 national kick-off meetings, data on 145 MIP projects, 38 CSCS trained and ready to begin, and the selection of the first CoDIEs (Co-Design Innovation Experiments). Looking forward to fruitful workshops, farm demos, discussions and collaboration ahead! 🌍 #Ljubljana #Slovenia #ClimateSmartFarming #HorizonEurope #SmartAgriculture #KGZS

Why do we need more collaborative spaces for courageous exchange? Because without honest and open dialogue, we'll never be able to overcome current barriers, stereotypes and conflicts – let alone find actionable pathways that do justice and are life-giving to those involved. Together with my amazing colleague and manager Gesche Schifferdecker, I think a lot about what it means to bring different kinds of people from various backgrounds, professions and expertise together to reveal and exchange perspectives. Why? Because we believe that through building empathy for and better understanding of the complexity at hand, we can move closer to finding integrative solutions for ourselves and the environments we care about. As any facilitator knows – enabling spaces for courageous exchange can be challenging. Many people are taught assertiveness in immediately opposing and counteracting views they don’t necessarily relate to or believe in. That's of course an important skill for fruitful debates. But what if we can learn to bring the same type of assertiveness to the ways in which we listen to those we don’t necessarily agree with? What if we allow ourselves to sit in the shoes of those that struggle with very different questions, needs and obstacles? We think this can help strengthen the quality of our exchange and build stronger networks of collaboration. As part of the European Forest Institute's Annual Conference, we hosted a TRANSFORMIT Project "Network of Networks" meeting, aiming to bring together different European stakeholders working with forests. Thank you to all who participated & supported!