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Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) Designated Sites

Year of publication 2017

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 1p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) programme, launched as an initiative of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in 2002, provides international recognition to important traditional agricultural systems (including forestry and fisheries) which conserve agrobiodiversity, indigenous knowledge, culture heritage and agricultural landscapes.

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