(1/2) ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: CLIMATE CHANGE IN PHILIPPINES - LACK OF GOVT PLANNING AND AWARENESS

Video courtesy of Probetv Productions Inc. www.searice.org.ph SBSTTA side event calls for farmer innovations in climate change, biodioversity strategies At a side event to the Nairobi meeting of the scientific subcommittee of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (SBSTTA 14), two "competing" approaches to agriculture at a time of climate change and decreasing biological diversity were discussed. The conventional approach, as exemplified by the genetic modification of crops, biofuel production and biochar, is touted as a solution to climate change, yet poses a serious threat to biodiversity and agriculture. On the other hand, farmers are building resilient communities, innovating, and heading off climate change in ways that enhance, rather than reduce agricultural biodiversity. The side event, billed "GRAINS OF WISDOM AND FALSE SOLUTIONS: FARMER INNOVATIONS, AGRICULTURAL BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE," was jointly organized by SEARICE, USC Canada, Development Fund, the Gaia Foundation, the African Biodiversity Network and Econexus on May 17. Helena Paul of Econexus facilitated the event. SEARICE noted a clear trend among governments of promoting the cultivation of agrofuels as a strategy to mitigate climate change, while overlooking community based climate change adaptation strategies. SEARICE policy officer Edna Maguigad cited a number of of farmers' adapation strategies, including the development of new seeds through selection, and changing their cropping systems ...



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