Community led conservation at its best. With benefits shared. Local communities can be empowered to conserve and earn benefits. This enhances the sustainability of projects, ownership, and protection of natural resource #conservation #benefitsharing

A Global Affairs Canada & IFC partnership supported SONEB & other businesses that benefit from mining. Through #training , the company has expanded from 56 to 145 📈local employees.
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#IFCConnectedCommunities #BenefitSharing #ACF2024

Work visit of IPGR team at the Agrobioinstitute in Sofia and dissemination of the results of the INTERNATIONAL PLANT TREATY's #BenefitSharing Fund #GRAINEFIT project at the 26th International Scientific Conference EcoMountain 18-19 May 2023 in Troyan, Bulgaria

Inspecting our #field #trial with old #traditional #wheat #varieties and #landraces #BenefitSharing Fund #GRAINEFIT #project of the INTERNATIONAL PLANT TREATY in Bačka Topola.

Mining projects can bring economic benefits to communities, but equitable sharing is key. Revenue-sharing agreements and local procurement policies can reinvest mining revenues into community development.
#BenefitSharing #CapacityBuilding

#BenefitSharing Fund GRAINEFIT project of the PlantTreaty organized a lecture and a hands-on field training with traditional local varieties of wheat in Backa Topola, Serbia to promote on-farm diversity, essential for securing stable yields in climate-vulnerable areas.

It's a compliment to see that journalists are interested in activities the #BenefitSharing Fund GRAINEFIT project of the PlantTreaty.

A report on our workshop on supporting small-scale food producers to learn the correct labelling of local products in a local journal 'Farmer'.

#BenefitSharing Fund GRAINEFIT #project of the PlantTreaty at the #traditional IFVCNS #Field Day, Serbia.

Great opportunity to examine #fields , exchange experience on #local small #grains #varieties , provide #expert advice & socialize.

#wheat #barley #crops #Field Day #farmers

#BenefitSharing Fund project team regularly visits remote villages in Serbia to inspect crops, give advice & learn from locals. Due to a harsh climate, crops are exposed to extreme conditions. Our plant pathologist helps farmer Milovan to evaluate a barley variety.
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GRAINEFIT team from IFVCNS presented the #BenefitSharing Fund project of the PlantTreaty to a women's association from Bački Jarak, Serbia.

We disscussed benefits of growing local wheat varieties, exchanged experiences & enjoyed local culinary specialties & cultural heritage.

Education on why we protect our natural resources is vital in getting everyone on board. It is just as important as building equality in benefit sharing of the proceeds of this resources with the communities.
#conservation
#benefitsharing
#environmentalart
#forests

#BenefitSharing Fund GRAINEFIT project of PlantTreaty is organizing hands-on field demonstrations for students & young professionals to promote onfarm diversity, discuss needs & problems of rural youth & raise their awareness of the benefits of #PGRFA in climate vulnerable areas

Wardah Mus’d Hasan, in #Yemen , through to the Intl PlantTreaty’s Benefit-sharing Fund, now uses an improved #wheat variety that she received from the national #genebank . #ItAllStartsWithTheSeed 🌱 #GB9 #farmers #BenefitSharing
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#2023 comes with a focus on 2 important multi-country discourses that bring together #biodiversity #commons #BenefitSharing #commerce ++

I discuss the #GlobalBiodiversityFramework & #HighSeasTreaty with G Sampath The Hindu #InFocus Podcasts

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#COP28UAE financing to #agroecology & #sustainable agriculture falling behind, says jahan chowdhury need for #BenefitSharing #Bundling #BuildingThePipeline #Blending Important to ensure a demonstration effect, that we can #scale and make it #sustainable
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.PlantTreaty delegates hold informal discussion on #DSI in the revised system, including monetary and non-monetary #benefitsharing , relationship with UN Biodiversity

#ItAllStartsWithTheSeed
#FoodSecurity
#biodiversity

' #Synergy across departments & sectors is crucial for a sound #access & #benefitsharing mechanism' Dr. V. Balakrishnan Dr. V. Balakrishnan Kerala State Biodiversity Board (KSBB) National Biodiversity Authority MSSRF #SeedFest2023 #IYM2023 International Year Of Millets 2023 #YearofMillet G20 Brasil ICRISAT Agriculture INDIA Indian Council of Agricultural Research. ICAR-NBPGR Indian Institute of Millets Research (ICAR-IIMR)

#IndigenousEntrepreneurs and businesses should be careful to get involved in any so-called 'Access and Benefit-Sharing Agreements & Regulations' with and through Government entities. #WeAreIndigenousRightsHolders and our ancestors have already been doing #benefitsharing 1/

.PlantTreaty Working Group concludes discussion on expansion of Multilateral System of access and #benefitsharing to all #PGRFA with national exemptions
Deliberations continue on #DSI agricultural applications, benefit-sharing, capacity-building needs
#ItAllStartsWithTheSeed

#TermOfTheWeek : Toolbox for Sustainable Use of PGRFA!

@PlantTreaty's Toolbox🛠️ empowers us to make informed decisions for responsible plant use, fostering biodiversity & food security🌾

Access here👉bit.ly/3OkjIGg

#ItAllStartsWithTheSeed 🌱
#BenefitSharing