Using agricultural innovation to protect biodiversity | Webinar
Hosted by the Financial Times in partnership with CGIAR and Crop Trust
In-person & online briefing during COP 16 Biodiversity in the CGIAR Genebank, Cali, Colombia
24 October 2024, 08:00 - 11:00 AM COT
Join us for an in-person and online briefing with breakfast during COP 16 Biodiversity to answer the main question: "How to tackle biodiversity loss while addressing the global food crisis?". In this 4-hour course, speakers will discuss sustainable food production's role in tackling biodiversity loss, climate change, and land degradation, and provide tools designed for food research and food security.
Our speakers will be guided during the course by the key discussion points:
- Biodiversity Loss: What are some examples of how biodiversity loss can impact food security?
- Using Genebanks: How can we make better use of the biodiversity in genebanks to feed people more sustainably?
- Global Food Crisis: What are the biggest challenges in protecting biodiversity while tackling the global food crisis?
To enrich these discussions, they invited honourable international speakers, such as:
- Martha Viviana Carvajalino Villegas - Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development - Colombia
- Katie Leach - Head of Nature - Lloyds Banking Group
- Cargele Masso - Director of the Impact Area Platform on Environmental Health and Biodiversity - CGIAR
- Ginya Truitt Nakata - Director of Global Agriculture and Food Systems Policy - The Nature Conservancy
- Juan Lucas Restrepo - Director General - Alliance of Biodiversity International, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
- Stefan Schmitz - Executive Director - Crop Trust
- Simon Mundy - Moral Money Editor - Financial Times
Venue: Future Seeds genebank at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia and online.
Photo: by Art Rachen on Unsplash. Basket full of mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana), traditional Colombian fruit.