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Guidelines for Mainstreaming Gender into National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans
Because successful conservation policies cannot neglect the wider socio-economic setting of societies, these Guidelines aim to assist the development of National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) to meet the objectives of the Convention while simultaneously promoting gender equality.
CBD Factsheet: Biodiversity, Gender and Climate Change
Report from the CBD on the interconnectedness of climate change, biodiversity shifts, and gender. Includes explanation of the purpose of the GGCA and the CBD’s involvement in the GGCA as well as a “Fast facts” section.
CBD Factsheet: Gender and Biodiversity
Report from the CBD on the importance of gender consideration in biodiversity initiatives as the causes, effects, and investment in biodiversity are gender-differentiated. Includes mention of CBD’s Gender Plan of Action and a “fast facts” section.
FAO’s 3rd World Food Summit
[ November 1, 2009 to November 30, 2009. November 1, 2009 to November 30, 2009. November 1, 2009 to November 30, 2009. ]
November 2009, Rome, Italy: The FAO’s will hold it’s 3rd World Food Summit to pressure governments and institutions that a better food and agricultural system must support self-sufficiency and local needs, withstand and mitigate climate change, maintain biodiversity and sustainability, and improve women’s economic and food security. http://www.un-ngls.org/spip.php?article1399
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Gender and the Management of Agricultural Biodiversity
Two page factsheet from the CBD for the 2008 International Day for Biological Diversity. Introduction to how gender affects biodiversity in agricultural management and why it is important to consider gender in development efforts vis-à-vis biological diversity.
