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Archive for July, 2011

Mainstreaming Agro-Biodiversity into the Farming System in Ethiopia

Monday, July 18th, 2011

A workshop on Mainstreaming Agro–Biodiversity into the Farming System in Ethiopia was held from June 27-28, 2011 in Adma, Executive Hotel, in the presence of His Excellency Mr. Mohammed Abdush, chairman of the Standing Committee for Agricultural affairs of the House of Representatives of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and other Parliamentarians.
The main objectives of the inception workshop were: Understand the project and take ownership and Develop a participative approach that includes the views and ideas of key stakeholders of the project.

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Regional workshop for East Africa on updating NBSAPs held in Kigali

Monday, July 11th, 2011

Montreal, 7 July 2011 – Over four days, biodiversity experts and officials from the East Africa region worked towards implementing the Nagoya biodiversity compact. The Regional Workshop for Eastern Africa on Updating National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs), co-organized and co-hosted by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Rwanda Environment Management Authority and the Secretariat of the East African Community, with the financial support of the Government of Japan, was held in Kigali from 27 to 30 June 2011.

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