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Promoting Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) in Developing Countries and Japan - GCP/GLO/816 /JPN

Year of publication 2022

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

Synopsis (short abstract) In 2002, FAO launched the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) Initiative. The initiative aims to safeguard the world’s threatened agricultural heritage by promoting the identification, conservation and international recognition of remarkable agricultural heritage sites and their associated landscapes, agricultural biodiversity, knowledge systems and cultures. As of 2017, when the project was scheduled to start, of the 38 sites that had been designated as GIAHS , 26 were located in Asia and the Pacific, while there were only three in Africa and three in Latin America and Caribbean regions. The objective of the project was to promote GIAHS in the world by facilitating the increased number of GIAHS applications from various countries, especially in areas that were geographically under represented , as mentioned above. This would be achieved by inviting relevant government officials and other stakeholders to Japan, to take part in training sessions and be provided with learning opportunities on GIAHS activities in this country. However, it was necessary to reschedule some of the training programme , as at a certain point it was no longer feasible to invite trainees from abroad, due to the outbreak of COVID 19; therefore, embassy staff of the target countries based in Japan were invited instead.

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