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GIAHS and the future we want

Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) Initiative

Year of publication 2012

Pages 3 p..

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The “Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems”, or GIAHS, have a lot to tell on the future we need. An FAO-led event held at the Mountain Pavilion on 21 June 2012 presented some of the answers that heritage systems have to offer to key topics at the heart of Rio+20.

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