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    Africa Regional Synthesis for the State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture
    Africa Regional Synthesis for the State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture
    Africa Regional Synthesis for the State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture
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    Africa Regional Synthesis for the State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture

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    based on the information provided in country reports submitted to FAO as part of the reporting process for The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture.

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    PublisherFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
    Release dateFeb 21, 2020
    ISBN9789251321614
    Africa Regional Synthesis for the State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture
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    An intergovernmental organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has 194 Member Nations, two associate members and one member organization, the European Union. Its employees come from various cultural backgrounds and are experts in the multiple fields of activity FAO engages in. FAO’s staff capacity allows it to support improved governance inter alia, generate, develop and adapt existing tools and guidelines and provide targeted governance support as a resource to country and regional level FAO offices. Headquartered in Rome, Italy, FAO is present in over 130 countries.Founded in 1945, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO provides a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy. The Organization publishes authoritative publications on agriculture, fisheries, forestry and nutrition.

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      Contents

      Foreword

      Acknowledgements

      About this report

      Executive summary

      I.   ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING OF BIODIVERSITY FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

      1.1 Introduction

      1.2 Regional context

      1.3. Regional state, trends and drivers of change of biodiversity for food and agriculture

      1.3.1 Main drivers of change affecting genetic resources for food and agriculture across sectors in the region

      1.3.2 National information systems on associated biodiversity

      1.3.3 Associated biodiversity species most frequently reported by countries in the region as being actively managed for the provision of ecosystem services

      1.3.4 Wild food species most frequently reported by countries in the region

      1.3.5 Main drivers of change affecting associated biodiversity, ecosystem services and wild food resources

      1.3.6 State and trends of associated biodiversity, ecosystem services and wild food resources

      1.4 Needs and priorities in terms of the assessment and monitoring of biodiversity for food and agriculture

      II.   SUSTAINABLE USE AND CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

      2.1 Sustainable use

      2.1.1 Examples whereby diversity per se, or its lack, has had a direct effect on productivity, food security and nutrition, rural livelihoods, ecosystem services, sustainability, resilience or sustainable intensification

      2.1.2 Countries in the region reporting the use of biodiversity for food and agriculture for coping with climate change, invasive alien species, and natural or human-made disasters

      2.1.3 Ecosystem/landscape/seascape approaches that have improved the management and use of BFA in the region

      2.1.4 Examples of activities undertaken in the region to maintain and use traditional knowledge of associated biodiversity and wild foods

      2.1.5 Needs and priorities in terms of the sustainable use of biodiversity for food and agriculture, and in particular of associated biodiversity and wild foods

      2.2. Conservation

      2.2.1 In situ conservation

      2.2.2 Ex situ conservation

      2.2.3 Needs and priorities

      2.3 Access and exchange

      2.3.1 Implementation challenges

      2.3.2 Needs and priorities

      III.   POLICIES, INSTITUTIONS AND CAPACITY

      3.1 Policies, programmes, institutions and other stakeholders

      3.1.1 Strengths and weaknesses

      3.1.2 Interministerial cooperation and collaboration mechanisms

      3.1.3 Needs and priorities

      3.2 Capacity and research needs

      IV.   REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

      4.1 Major regional and international initiatives addressing the conservation and use of biodiversity for food and agriculture

      4.2 Needs and priorities

      REFERENCES

      TABLES

      Table 1. Percentage of land, water, agricultural and forest areas in Africa lying in countries that provided country reports

      Table 2. Main production systems reported by countries in the region

      Table 3. Associated biodiversity species most frequently reported by countries in the region to be actively managed for the provision of ecosystem services

      Table 4. Wild food species reported by two or more countries in the region

      Table 5. Reported trends in the adoption of selected management practices and approaches in the region

      Table 6. Examples from countries in the region of use of biodiversity for food and agriculture to cope with climate change, invasive alien species or natural or human-made disasters

      Table 7. Initiatives that use an ecosystem/landscape/seascape approach as reported by countries

      Table 8. Implementation of ecosystem/landscape approaches in naturally regenerated and planted forests in Cameroon

      Table 9. Implementation of ecosystem/seascape approaches in self-recruited and capture-based fisheries in Cameroon

      Table 10. Reported in situ conservation activities or programmes for associated biodiversity for food and agriculture

      Table 11. Reported in situ conservation or management activities or programmes for wild food species

      Table 12. Reported ex situ conservation or management activities or programmes for associated biodiversity for food and agriculture

      Table 13. Reported ex situ conservation or management activities or programmes for wild food species

      Table 14.

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