The Fourth Regular Session of the Governing Body (GB4) of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGR), 2001, was held from 14 to 18 March 2011 in Bali, Indonesia. The Session was preceded by a High-Level Ministerial Conference on Biodiversity, Food Security and Climate Change, held on 11 March 2011, which was attended by Agriculture Ministers and senior officials from more than 100 countries.
The outcome of the Ministerial Conference was the adoption of the Bali Declaration which aims at fostering the implementation process of the ITPGR in order to meet the challenges of agricultural biodiversity erosion, food insecurity, extreme poverty and the effects of climate change.
More specifically, the Parties are invited to incorporate the objectives and provisions of the Treaty in their national policies for conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources, to accord due priority in building their national capacity in the conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture, and to improve the implementation of the Funding Strategy to deliver international technical cooperation to developing countries. The Declaration also calls upon Contracting Parties, non-Contracting Parties, the private sector, nongovernmental organizations, and all other relevant stakeholders to effectively mobilize contributions and to provide practical and meaningful support to the implementation of the Funding Strategy, including its Benefit-sharing Fund. Finally, the Declaration urges all Governments that have not yet done so to accede to the Treaty.
Source: International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGR)
For further information:
http://www.planttreaty.org/
http://www.itpgrfa.net/International/sites/default/files/Ministerial_Declaration_Bali.pdf
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MEPIELAN Centre
MEPIELAN Centre is an international research, training and educational centre established by Professor Evangelos Raftopoulos at the Panteion University of Athens in 2008.
Before its establishment as a University Centre, MEPIELAN operated as a successful international research, training and informational programme (2002-2007) under the scientific direction of Professor Evangelos Raftopoulos and the aegis of the Panteion University of Athens, supported by the Mediterranean Action Plan/UNEP and the Greek Ministry of the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works.
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