HARVESTING NATURE'S DIVERSITY Contents

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Contents

Foreword

1 Overview

2 Indigenous knowledge and biodiversity

3 Biodiversity to nurture people

• Crop plants and their relatives

• Domesticated and related animals

• Fish and aquatic life

• Trees and forests

4 Biotechnology and biodiversity

5 Conservation and use of genetic resources

6 Stewardship of biodiversity

• Who owns biodiversity?

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