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FAO - World Summit on Food Security

The UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) host the third World Summit on Food Security in Rome, Italy, 16-18 November 2009. Heads of State and Government attending the Summit will seek to strengthen commitment from world leaders to take urgent action to eradicate hunger throughout the world and to improve governance structures across the national, regional and international levels to achieve this goal. Four round table discussions will address issues related to: impacts of the food, economic and financial crises on food security; global governance reforms; climate change adaptation and mitigation; and rural development, smallholder farms and trade considerations. The Summit was built on several preparatory meetings, including the High-Level Conference on How to Feed the World in 2050, and the 35th session of the Committee on World Food Security, both held in Rome in October 2009. Private sector representatives, parliamentarians, and NGO and civil society representatives  each hold pre-Summit Forums.

FAO website:
http://www.fao.org/wsfs/world-summit/en/

Private Sector Forum:
http://www.fao.org/wsfs/wsfs-meetings/wsfs-privatesector/en/

Parliamentary Meeting:
http://www.ipu.org/splz-e/food09.htm

Civil Society Organizations Forum:
http://peoplesforum2009.foodsovereignty.org/press_releases

Daily Reports:
http://www.iisd.ca/ymb/food/wsfs2009/

FAO Meeting Webcast:

http://www.fao.org/webcast/

 

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FAO: Rischi e opportunità dalla biodiversità

FAO: Rischi e opportunità dalla biodiversità


Dopo il serio allarme lanciato nel giugno 2008 a Roma nel corso del Vertice mondiale sulla sicurezza alimentare dal direttore generale della Fao, Jacques Diouf, la situazione, in tema di approvvigionamento, specie tra le popolazioni più povere, è andata peggiorando e continua a rappresentare una seria minaccia per l’umanità. Secondo le stime dell’agenzia Onu, a fine 2009 le persone nel mondo non in grado di procurarsi quotidianamente il cibo necessario alla sopravvivenza supereranno il miliardo di unità. Sarebbe la prima volta nella storia.
Per definire una nuova agenda d’azione, dal 16 al 18 novembre prossimi i leader mondiali si riuniranno nella sede romana della Fao. Mentre il mese di ottobre, sempre a Roma, sarà contrassegnato da tre importanti eventi di preparazione per il vertice di novembre: Forum su come alimentare la popolazione mondiale nel 2050 (12-13 ottobre), Comitato per la sicurezza alimentare (14-15 -17 ottobre), Giornata mondiale dell’alimentazione (16 ottobre). Di pari passo con l’aggravarsi della crisi alimentare, a peggiorare la situazione, c’è da segnalare anche la progressiva scomparsa degli habitat naturali selvatici.
Quegli ambienti, cioè, che sono delle vere e proprie miniere di alimenti sani e nutrienti - molti dei quali con delle proprietà straordinarie - che «le remote tribù delle foreste tropicali o dei ghiacci polari custodiscono gelosamente e che le società più ricche possono solo invidiare». Anche in questo caso è la Fao a segnalare il rischio. In particolare, è una delle principali conclusioni contenute in “
Indigenous people’s food systems”, co-edito dall’agenzia Onu per la Sicurezza alimentare e dal Centro per la nutrizione e l’ambiente delle popolazioni indigene della McGill University (Cine). (...)


L'articolo:

http://www.terranews.it/news/2009/09/fame-nel-mondo-e-emergenza-%C2%ABi-cibi-delle-tribu-ci-salveranno%C2%BB

 

Il sito del CINE:

http://www.mcgill.ca/cine/


Il sito della FAO:

http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/29629/icode/


Il Rapporto FAO/CINE:

http://www.fao.org/icatalog/search/dett.asp?aries_id=110290&ch_lang=en

 

Altre risorse:

http://www.iuns.org/features/Task%20Force%20Report%20HVK%2008-2007.pdf

http://www.mcgill.ca/files/cine/ProcedureManual_Appendices.pdf

http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/E_%20C_19_2009_CRP3_en.pdf

 

Video:

http://www.indigenousnutrition.org/

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New Perspectives on Addressing Forest Conflicts

New Perspectives on Addressing Forest Conflicts

(Christiane Röttger - "Environment, Conflict, and Cooperation" Newsletter - August 2009)


Addressing forest conflicts and promoting the conservation and sustainable use of forests requires rights-based approaches. This is the message of two recent studies that focus on forest conflicts from different perspectives.

Highlighting the perspective of forest companies the report "Company-Led Approaches to Conflict Resolution in the Forest Sector", published by The Forest Dialogue and the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), offers a set of tools and approaches, which could be used by forest companies to reduce conflict around their operations. Although companies often recognize the negative impact of conflict on their long-term profitability, they lack the knowledge and skills to implement effective mechanisms. The report provides best-practice examples for company-led conflict management and discusses international norms and standards such as the principle of free prior and informed consent (FPIC), outlined in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. FPIC is aimed at giving indigenous people a formal role in the consultations and decision making process about local development projects to ensure their rights to self-determination, their access to land as well as a share of the revenues generated through the utilization of the respective resources. While such international norms provide guidance, they need to be accompanied by national legislation, meaningful multi-stakeholder dialogue, and integration of conflict management into the general business practice.

The report "Rights-based approaches: Exploring issues & opportunities for conservation", by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), discusses an increasingly prominent approach to climate change mitigation - Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD). The goal of REDD is to provide positive incentives for forest conservation and carbon emissions reduction through compensation and payment structures. However, REDD mechanisms could also create new incentives for states to restrict access rights of forest-dependent communities, thereby exacerbating land use and property rights conflicts. Marginalized groups might not be able to participate in payment programs and carbon contracts, although they play an important role in forest conservation. The authors therefore argue for a rights-based approach to REDD, including revenue transparency and grievance mechanisms as well as the FPIC of affected communities.


The IIED report "Company-Led Approaches to Conflict Resolution in the Forest Sector":

http://www.iied.org/pubs/display.php?o=G02510

The report "Rights-based approaches: Exploring issues & opportunities for conservation":

http://www.iucn.org/news_events/?3533/Dont-forget-human-rights-in-conservation

 

 


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2nd World Congress of Agroforestry

2nd World Congress of Agroforestry


The World Agroforestry Centre and the United Nations Environment Programme co-host the 2nd World Congress of Agroforestry in Nairobi, Kenya from 23-28 August 2009. (…)

The 2nd World Congress of Agroforestry is a highlight event for 2009. Its overall theme is Agroforestry, the future of global land use. The sub-themes are Food Security and Livelihoods; Conservation and Rehabilitation of Natural Resources; and Policies and Institutions. Researchers, educators, practitioners and policy makers from around the world will share new research ideas and experiences, explore partnership opportunities and establish or strengthen communities of practice. (…)


Whether you're participating or not, follow the Congress on:  *@icraf on Twitter <https://twitter.com/icraf> : tweets from Day 1 keynotes, short quotes and tidbits in real time from the sessions.  *The WCA 2009 blog <http://www.worldagroforestry.org/wca2009/blog> : this is where you can get news, announcements, interviews and summary reports from the sessions. Keep an eye on it: subscribe to the RSS feed <http://www.worldagroforestry.org/wca2009/blog/feed> .  What else is there:  *WCA2009 pictures on Flickr <http://www.flickr.com/photos/icraf> :  *Shared bookmarks on Delicious.com <http://delicious.com/icraf>   Sharing info about the Congress on the Web?   If you're planning to blog or share your notes, comments and pictures on the same media listed above, please use the Congress tag: WCA2009 (don't forget the hash for Twitter #WCA2009 and @icraf).



The Congress Welcome message:

http://www.worldagroforestry.org/wca2009/reports/


The Congress website:

http://www.worldagroforestry.org/wca2009/blog

 

 



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Agricoltura al macero

Agricoltura al macero


Questo video-denuncia è un invito ad una riflessione seria sulle storture di una economia agricola lasciata a se stessa dalla politica ed ormai sull'orlo del collasso. Come può un'azienda agricola sopravvivere se i costi di produzione di un chilo di pesche ammontano ad € 0,45 e poi l'agricoltore è costretto a vendere a € 0,38/kg fino ad un minimo di 0,10? La cosa si fa scandalosa ed insopportabile quando lo stesso kg. di pesche viene venduto dalla Grande Distribuzione Organizzata (GDO) a € 3,98 (maggio 2009).



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