UNEP-BPSP THEMATIC STUDIES
Integration of Biodiversity into National Agriculture Sectors
| Introduction This report is one of eight thematic reviews prepared for the Biodiversity Planning Support Programme (BPSP), jointly-implemented by the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Environment Programme, with core financial support from the GEF. The BPSP was created to help countries strengthen national capacity to prepare and implement National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans in compliance with Article 6 of the Convention on Biological Diversity. The study consists of the following: 1. Managing Agricultural Resources for Biodiversity Conservation: A Guide to Best Practices (Spanish, French) This is a draft guide to integrating biodiversity concerns into the national agricultural sector, based on the best available information in late 2001. The guide adopts a three-part structure for looking at agrobiodiversity that has emerged from expert meetings and the CBD’s liaison group on agrobiodiversity: of farm genetic resources, ecosystem services, and landscape level issues. A set of principles is presented for each part, and each principle is discussed along with relevant best practices, models and tools. 2. National Experiences with Integrating Biodiversity into the Agricultural Sector: 6 Regional Case Studies This section contains the full text of 6 papers prepared for the Thematic Workshop on Managing Agricultural Resources for Biodiversity Conservation, funded by the GEF (through UNEP) and ICIPE and held in Nairobi, Kenya, in July 2001. 3. Scientific Reviews of National Experiences and Approaches: 7 Expert Reviews This section contains the full text of 7 papers prepared for the preparation of the draft guide to Managing Agricultural Resources for Biodiversity Conservation, on pollination, soil biodiversity, biodiversity that mitigates pests and disease, crop diversity, wild diversity in agricultural landscapes, knowledge systems, and landscape level agrobiodiversity. Papers refer to the case studies , but also give a scientific overview and point to additional sources of information and best practices. 4. Annotated Bibliography, to provide the reader with additional resources relating to the integration of biodiversity and agriculture, and |