FAO-GIAHS: Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems A legacy for the future!
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8 I A 4, 1 Did you ichi 4, 1 % the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach (SLA) and Agroecological approaches, Targets 60 8 A 4, 1 Total amount in US$ By 2020 I want you to: ichi Targets 7, 1 know ? to explore and develop novel political, social and economic processes strengthening traditional management systems in order to conserve the biodiversity and cultural values of ecosystem. It emphasizes a balance ...and more inititatives: Our Outcomes between conservation, adaptation and socio-economic development Place your post-its with in order for them to address the challenges of today’s world and let them your request below: Revitalizing the Rice-Fish Culture Wannian Traditional Oases Systems in Atlas Mountains (Qingtian County in Zhejiang Rice Culture System (High Atlas Mountain, Midelt GIAHS are living, evolving systems, evolving culture, of human communities to take advantage of the opportunities of modern living, while at the same Province, P.R. China) (Wannian County in Jiangxi and Errachidia provinces, Morocco) in an intricate relationship with their territory, cultural or agricultural landscapes time conserving the functionalities of the ecosystem. Aichi Targets 2, 14, 18 Province, P.R. China) Aichi Targets 14, 15, 18 or biophysical and wider social environments. Their way of life have continually Aichi Targets 7, 14, 18 adapted to the potentials and constraints of the social-ecological environments, Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) Hani Rice Terraces System Kuttanad Below Sea Level (Honghe Hani and Yi Minority Noto’s Satoyama and Satoumi Farming System and shaped the landscapes into remarkable and aesthetic beauty, accumulated GIAHS Prefecture in Yunnan Province, (Noto Peninsula, Ishikawa (Kerala State, Kuttanad region, India) wealth of knowledge and culture, and in the perpetuation of the biological diversity Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems P.R. China) Prefecture, Japan) Aichi Targets 14, 15, 18 of global significance. GIAHS is not about the past, it is about the future! Aichi Targets 7, 14, 18 Aichi Targets 7, 14, 18
Dong’s Rice Fish Duck System Oases of the Maghreb – Ghout System (Congjiang County in Guizhou (El Oued Souf, Algeria) Photos: Province, P.R. China) A ©FAO/Alipio Canahua, B ©FAO/Noureddine Nasr, Aichi Targets 7, 14, 18 C ©Susant Sekhar Chaudhury, D ©Carlos Venegas, Aichi Targets 7, 14, 18 E ©FAO/RSandoval Photo: ©Bart Dominicus Nasr Photo: ©FAO/Noureddine Photo: ©Min Qingwen Photo: ©Liana John Photo: ©Liana John Photo: ©Liana John
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