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Regional Dialogue on Biodiversity Mainstreaming Across Agricultural Sectors in the Near East and North Africa Region Regional Dialogue on Biodiversity Mainstreaming across Agricultural Sectors in the Near East and North Africa Region 3–5 November 2019, Kempinski Hotel, Amman, Jordan Regional Dialogue on Biodiversity Mainstreaming across Agricultural Sectors in the Near East and North Africa Region 3–5 November 2019, Kempinski Hotel, Amman, Jordan FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS ROME, 2021 Required citation: FAO. 2021. Regional Dialogue on Biodiversity Mainstreaming across Agricultural Sectors in the Near East and North Africa Region. 3–5 November 2019, Kempinski Hotel, Amman, Jordan. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cb5571en The designations employed and the presentation of material in this information product do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) concerning the legal or development status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The mention of specific companies or products of manufacturers, whether or not these have been patented, does not imply that these have been endorsed or recommended by FAO in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. The views expressed in this information product are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of FAO. ISBN 978-92-5-134678-5 © FAO, 2021 Some rights reserved. 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FAO information products are available on the FAO website (www.fao.org/publications) and can be purchased through [email protected]. Requests for commercial use should be submitted via: www.fao.org/contact-us/ licence-request. Queries regarding rights and licensing should be submitted to: [email protected]. Contents Acknowledgements .................................................................................................................................. iv Acronyms and abbreviations ...................................................................................................................v 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 1 2. FAO’s consultations on biodiversity mainstreaming across agricultural sectors .............. 3 3. Regional dialogue structure .............................................................................................................. 5 4. Opening Session and the High-Level Segment ............................................................................. 7 5. Highlights from the thematic and country experience plenary sessions: Multi- stakeholder dialogue and consultations ......................................................................... 9 6. Conclusions, regional priorities, and recommendations ...........................................................15 7. Closing Session ......................................................................................................................................17 8. References ..............................................................................................................................................19 Annex I – List of participants ................................................................................................................23 Annex II – Full Programme ......................................................................................................................31 iv Acknowledgements FAO acknowledges the support of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment of Jordan, through its National Agricultural Research Center in Jordan, in the successful organisation of this event. This report is part of a series of global knowledge products developed under the Multi-Donor Trust Fund project GCP/GLO/981/MUL. FAO acknowledges the financial contributions of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Swiss Confederation. v Acronyms and abbreviations AOAD Arab Organization for Agricultural Development BFA Biodiversity for food and agriculture CBD Convention on Biological Diversity FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations GBF Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework GEF Global Environment Facility ITPGRFA The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture NARC National Agriculture Research Center NBSAPs National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans NENA Near East and North Africa RNE FAO Regional Office for Near East and North Africa SDGs Sustainable Development Goals UN United Nations viii Regional Dialogue on Biodiversity Mainstreaming Across Agricultural Sectors in the Near East and North Africa Region © FAO/Vyacheslav Oseledko FAO/Vyacheslav © 1 1. Introduction The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development puts biodiversity at the centre of many economic activities, particularly those related to the agricultural sectors and their sustainable management (UN, 2015). Moreover, it calls for the integration of biodiversity and ecosystem services concerns into national and local planning, development processes, and poverty reduction strategies, as well as for the promotion of the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources and the appropriate access to such resources, as internationally agreed (UN, 2015). Over the past decade, biodiversity mainstreaming has been gaining momentum in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), particularly since the run-up to the 13th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). In 2017, the 40th session of the FAO Conference (FAO, 2017a) welcomed FAO’s initiative to act as a Biodiversity Mainstreaming Platform (FAO, 2018a) and requested the Organization: to facilitate, in collaboration with its partners, such as the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and other United Nations (UN) organizations, the integration in a structured and coherent manner of actions for the conservation, sustainable use, management and restoration of biological diversity across agricultural sectors at national, regional and international levels (FAO, 2017a). In the following year, the FAO Council endorsed the development “of a strategy on biodiversity mainstreaming across agricultural sectors […] to be presented at the FAO Conference in 2019, in view of the preparation of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)” (FAO, 2018b). In this context, this report concisely introduces FAO’s work on biodiversity mainstreaming, including the regional consultations on the subject that took place in 2018 and 2019. It particularly focuses on the Regional Dialogue on Biodiversity Mainstreaming across Agricultural Sectors in the Near East and North Africa, held in Amman, Jordan, in November 2019. It outlines the main topics addressed in its opening, plenary, and closing sessions; and highlights the most relevant regional needs, priorities, and recommendations identified by the meeting participants. © FAO/Farshad Usyan 3 2. FAO’s consultations on biodiversity mainstreaming across agricultural sectors Biodiversity and ecosystem services underpin our food and agricultural systems, increasing their resilience to shocks and stresses (FAO, 2019a). Moreover, they are a crucial component of food security and nutrition (FAO, 2020a) and significantly contribute to building sustainable and fair livelihoods (FAO, 2019a). However, biodiversity for food and agriculture is declining globally (FAO, 2019a) at an alarming rate (IPBES, 2019). The United Nations Decade on Biodiversity
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