This policy document highlights that climate change will be an important driver of genetic erosion in the future. It will both threaten the survival of individual species and affect the way different elements of biodiversity interact in food and agriculture ecosystems. It discusses adaptation and mitigation options in this context and the involvement of farmers and rural communities. 

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Organization: FAO

Topics: Agriculture and Food, Adaptation, Mitigation, Biodiversity

Type of material: Policy Document

Publication date: 2008

Language: English