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Proposal for the recognition of Ich Kool: Mayan Milpa of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico as Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System

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    Chinampa Agricultural System in Mexico City, Mexico: A Proposal for Designation as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS)
    Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)
    2016
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    The site 1 is located in downtown Mexico, connected through both main roads limiting it (the Tláhuac-Chalco Avenue to the North and the Mexico-Tulyehualco highway to the South), which link to the Anillo Periférico, a main road which connects all of the Mexico City’s metropolitan zone. Located to 18 kms. from the Mexico City’s center, it can be reached by car (about 45 minutes) or from every place by the most used urban mains of transportation, which are varied and frequent to access the site; su ch as several bus lines of local and foreign destinations, a line of electric tram connected to the Public Transport System (Metro) and city taxis, which ensure the connection to the capital city.
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    Kunisaki Peninsula Usa Integrated Forestry, Agriculture and Fisheries system Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems GIAHS) Action Plan
    Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)
    2016
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    The proposed GIAHS in the Kunisaki Peninsula Usa area is a system where forestry and agricultural production are made possible and are sustain by the connected system of Sawtooth Oak forests and multiple interlinked irrigation ponds.
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    Conserving the Agrobiodiversity heritage of the Koraput Region, India and Establishment of a Genetic Heritage Park. Format for Proposals of Candidate Systems for the Globally-important Ingenious Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) Programme
    Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)
    2016
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    Koraput region of the state of Orissa in India is known for its ecological wealth coexisting with poverty, generally referred to as the paradox of economic poverty in the midst of genetic prosperity. Koraput is a tribal district; more than 70% of the total population comprises of scheduled tribes. There are as many as 52 tribal groups in this district. The socio-economic indicators in these areas are comparable to the worst in the world with the percentage of people below the poverty line rangi ng from 72% to 83%. The genetic repository of the region is of great significance in the global context. About 79 plant angiosperm species and one gymnosperm are endemic to the region. Despite the genetic richness and poverty in plenty, no significant effort has been undertaken in the region to overcome the prevailing dichotomy between resource richness and rural poverty. The system could well be designed to provide opportunity for developing efficient people centred, pro-nature, pro-poor and pr o-women oriented programmes in the region that could bring in rural prosperity and ensuring a long term biohapinness for the people and the region. The unique features of the system assumes global importance and initiatives need to be in place for local people to be a part of the conservation and, sustainable and equitable use of the bioresources which they have been bestowed with.

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