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