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Agricultural Biodiversity for Food Sovereignty and Food Security  www.ukabc.org UK Agricultural Biodiversity Coalition (UKabc) website. Comprehensive coverage of many issues concerning agricultural biodiversity's sustainable and equitable use, conservation, development, intellectual property, genetic engineering and governance. CSO resource on the International Seed Treaty (IT PGRFA).

Agricultural Biodiversity under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)  www.cbd.int/agro Background, links and documentation on Agricultural Biodiversity Decisions (COP Decisions III/11, IV/6, V/5, VI/5 + VI/6 (on the International Seed Treaty), VII/3, VIII/23 and IX/1) and the implementation of the CBD's Agricultural Biodiversity work programme .

Agricultural Biodiversity under the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)  www.fao.org/biodiversity Provides full access to all relevant FAO documents on the conservation and sustainable use of Biological Diversity for Food and Agriculture - genetic, species and ecosystems: programmes, plans, treaties, conventions.

Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog  agro.biodiver.se This weblog collects in one place anything the authors find on the internet that relates somehow to agricultural biodiversity of crops, animals, wild relatives. Contains up to date links to a wide range of issues.

Biodiverse agriculture for a changing climate  practicalaction.org/advocacy/biodiverse_agriculture_paper Briefing summarising solutions to climate change challenges through using more biodiverse, ecological approaches to food provision. Links to further papers on climate change adaptation and mitigation through agriculture.

CBDC: Community Biodiversity Development and Conservation Programme  www.cbdcprogram.org Global initiative to strengthen the ongoing work of farming communities in conserving and developing the agricultural biodiversity that is vital to their livelihoods and food security.

CGIAR Agricultural Biodiversity Centre  www.bioversityinternational.org Bioversity International, formerly IPGRI, the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, is the CGIAR international agricultural research centre mandated to work on the conservation and sustainable use of agricultural biodiversity. Website covers all practical and policy aspects - many downloadable publications.

Chennai Platform for Action:  www.underutilized-species.org/Documents/PUBLICATIONS/chennai_declarati… The Role of Agricultural Biodiversity in Achieving the first Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of Freedom from Hunger and Poverty. Results of a meeting held at the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation in Chennai, India (April 2005). Also relevant to achieving MDG 7 on the Environment. [PDF]

Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP)  www.iucn.org/about/union/commissions/ceesp/wg/tsl Website of IUCN's Commission with four Working Groups. This group on Sustainable Livelihoods covers community-based, equitable and sustainable management of natural resources, especially agricultural biodiversity. Site provides information on strategy, project reports, publications, links to community and partners' activities.

Conservation and Sustainable Use of Agricultural Biodiversity  www.eseap.cipotato.org/upward/Abstract/Agrobio-sourcebook.htm This UPWARD three-volume publication is a global compilation by scientists, development specialists, academics, policy-makers and donors. Vol. 1: understanding agricultural biodiversity, Vol. 2: strengthening local management of agricultural biodiversity, and Vol. 3: ensuring an enabling environment for agricultural biodiversity. PDF downloads of all 75 chapters available.

DIVERSITAS - agricultural biodiversity projects  www.diversitas-international.org/?page=cross_agro_endorsedprojects Webpage of the agroBIODIVERSITY Task Force's six projects where scientists have joined local stakeholders in innovation toward a biodiversity-friendly agricultural paradigm, based on concerns about current trends toward agricultural intensification, and the conviction that worthwhile alternatives exist and can be promoted.

ETC group (formerly RAFI)  www.etcgroup.org Action group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration. Very relevant site of influential CSO, which contains full texts of key papers, commentaries, cartoons on issues of governance and use of agricultural biodiversity, biotechnology, genomics, nanotechnology, synthetic biology and other emerging technologies, as well as corporate control, intellectual property and related issues.

FAO Soil Biodiversity Portal  www.fao.org/nr/land/sustainable-land-management/soil-biodiversity/en Includes a framework under which soil biodiversity can be assessed, managed and conserved with pointers to research, capacity building and policy and programme development needs. Case studies and full information.

Farming Solutions  www.farmingsolutions.org Joint Oxfam, Greenpeace, ILEIA, Pesticide Action Network site packed with examples of successful, environmentally responsible farming systems that protect the environment and agricultural biodiversity and increase food security.

Find Your Feet (FYF) Agricultural Biodiversity projects  www.fyf.org.uk/whatwedo/biodiversity.htm Site describes how FYF enables small-scale farmers living in India and Malawi to use sustainable farming methods that maintain agricultural biodiversity and improve rural families' long-term access to sufficient, nutritious food.

Gender, Biodiversity and Local Knowledge Systems  www.fao.org/sd/LINKS/gebio.htm The LinKS (Local indigenous Knowledge Systems) a regional effort in southern and East Africa aimed at valuing men and women's local knowledge on the use and management of agricultural biodiversity. Publications and other information about the project and its results.

German government activities on agricultural biodiversity  www.gtz.de/en/themen/umwelt-infrastruktur/18486.htm Webpage provides overview of German development organisations' know-how and projects on the conservation and sustainable use of agricultural and biological diversity. Links to related biodiversity activities, policy processes and projects.

GRAIN  www.grain.org An international non-governmental organisation, which promotes the sustainable management and use of agricultural biodiversity based on people's control over genetic resources and local knowledge. Relevant, current information includes Seedling magazine, BIO-IPR listserve and regular Briefings on key issues; links to Growing Diversity project. [English, French and Spanish]

Human Nature: Agricultural Biodiversity and Farm-Based Food Security  www.etcgroup.org/upload/publication/538/01/other_human.pdf This 1996 book provides a comprehensive introduction to agricultural biodiversity, with chapters on each major sector: crop genetic resources, farm animal diversity, fish and aquatic life, forests, soil biodiversity and microbial genetic resources. Concludes with discussion of policy issues. [PDF]

IDRC agricultural biodiversity projects  www.idrc.ca/en/ev-87649-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html Site provides full details of IDRC supported research projects, networks, and other activities on agricultural and aquatic biodiversity in Asia, Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean, through a multidisciplinary approach which integrates key issues in agriculture, conservation, indigenous knowledge and local resource management.

International Farmers Technical Conference  searice.org.ph/images/stories/pdf_files/International_Farmers_Technica… Report of 2004 CBDC conference in Malaysia that provided a venue for farmers from Africa, Asia and Latin America to share and discuss their experiences on agricultural biodiversity conservation, technology transfer and protection of farmer innovations. Case Studies; techniques; fully illustrated. [PDF]

Living Farms - Food Sovereignty through Sustainable Agriculture  www.living-farms.org Reports about efforts to re-establish local control over food and farming systems through the conservation, renewal and rejuvenation of biodiversity by means of sustainable agriculture and natural resource management. Website contains papers, case studies, links

Managing Biodiversity in Agricultural Ecosystems  www.bioversityinternational.org/nc/publications/publications/publicati… Book that describes how farmers manage agricultural biodiversity to enhance the stability, resilience, and productivity of their farms: important for food production, global biodiversity and impacts of climate change.

Monitoring Institute for Rare Breeds and Seeds in Europe  www.monitoring-inst.de Research into agricultural biodiversity of extinct and live populations of rare breeds and cultivated plants. Find descriptions of projects, publications, contacts and links. In English and German.

MS Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF)  mssrf.org/bd/index.htm Indian programme on community based agricultural biodiversity conservation and management in Wayanad, in Kerala, the Kolli Hills and Namakkal in Tamil Nadu and the Jeypore Tract of Orissa. Also development of a community gene bank.

Navdanya: Research Foundation for Science,Technology and Ecology, India  www.navdanya.org Site provides information on agricultural biodiversity conservation and protection of people's rights, livelihoods and environment from centralised systems of monoculture in forestry, agriculture and fisheries. Links to many Indian and global movements. Navdanya is a program of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology (RFSTE) set up by Vandana Shiva.

Netherlands - FAO Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition  km.fao.org/fsn/fsn_home/about_fnpp.html?L=0 Website contains materials, discussions and project results relating to its key them of 'agrobiodiversity', especially the integration of agricultural biodiversity in national agricultural and environmental programmes and policies.

People, Land Management and Environmental Change  www.unu.edu/env/plec Sustainable and participatory approaches to conservation of agricultural biodiversity within smallholder farmers' agricultural systems, and in participation with farmers.

Platform for Agrobiodiversity Research (PAR)  www.agrobiodiversityplatform.org As an outcome of an International Workshop "Managing Agricultural Biodiversity for Sustainable Development" held in Nairobi, Kenya, an agricultural biodiversity research platform was set up, with secretariat supplied by Bioversity International, Rome. Site provides current links, relevant papers and proposed programme of work including agricultural biodiversity and climate change.

Primal Seeds Network  www.primalseeds.org Site provides illustrated background information on agricultural biodiversity issues and the threats from monoculture and genetic engineering.

Safeguard for Agricultural Varieties in Europe  www.save-foundation.net SAVE is a European umbrella organization for the promotion and coordination of activities for the conservation of endangered breeds of domestic animals and cultivated plant varieties in the form of live populations. Background to organisation, project reports and links to many European NGOs.

Supporting On-Farm Conservation in Eastern & Southern Africa  www.africanfarmdiversity.net Includes information and case studies on the institutional conditions for 'successful' interventions, defined in terms of biological as well as economic parameters, derived from this GTZ / ODI / Darwin initiative project with African partners.

Sustaining Agricultural Biodiversity  www.itdg.org/html/advocacy/sab.htm Paper prepared for 2002 Forum for Food Sovereignty. Illustrates how food sovereignty and security, livelihoods, landscapes and environmental integrity are underpinned by agricultural biodiversity and its component genetic resources for food and agriculture. Summarises an Action Agenda to confront threats.

Sustaining Local Food Systems, Agricultural Biodiversity and Local Livelihoods  www.iied.org/natural-resources/key-issues/food-and-agriculture/sustain… An IIED programme identifying how decentralised governance, farmer participation and capacity building promote the adaptive management of agricultural biodiversity in the context of local food systems and livelihoods. Case studies in India, Indonesia, Iran, Peru. Packed with relevant publications and multimedia presentations.

Towards food sovereignty: reclaiming autonomous food systems  www.iied.org/pubs/pdfs/G02268.pdf This is an online book with linked video and audio files by farmers, indigenous peoples and consumers highlighting the importance of locally controlled food systems to sustain both people and nature. Describes the ecological basis of food and agriculture, the social and environmental costs of modern food systems, and the policy reversals needed to democratize food systems. [PDF]

Who Owns Nature?  www.etcgroup.org/en/materials/publications.html?pub_id=707 This 100th issue of the ETC Communiqué updates Oligopoly, Inc. – the ongoing series tracking corporate concentration in the life industry. It analyses the past three decades of agribusiness efforts to monopolize the 24% of living nature that has been commodified, and exposes a new strategy to capture the remaining three-quarters that has, until now, remained beyond the market economy.