CGIAR Environmental Health and Biodiversity Impact Platform outputs
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Item Exploring Opportunities and Enablers of Landscape Restoration as a Pathway to Peace(Brief, 2024-12-20) Upla, Pauliina; Sylvester, Janelle Marie; Mong'ina, DeborahItem Lessons from CBD-COP16: NBSAP Accelerator and Agrobiodiversity Index to Achieve Conservation Goals(Video, 2024-11-28) Masso, CargeleCOP16 just finished, what’s at stake now for biodiversity? There are two key efforts used to move agendas forward and help with the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF): the Agrobiodiversity Index and the NBSAP Accelerator. Agrobiodiversity—the rich variety of cultivated and wild species essential for agriculture, shaped over centuries through strong human-nature interactions—is often an overlooked and underutilized lever for transforming and achieving sustainable food systems. The Agrobiodiversity Index seeks to change this through three key activities: “Know, Conserve, and Consume Agrobiodiversity, aiming to support the KMGBF and other global agendas.” In addition to the Agrobiodiversity Index, the NBSAP Accelerator is a country-led initiative used to support the development and implementation of National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAP) to achieve the goals of KMGBF. The Accelerator uniquely uses a single framework to create streamlined collaboratItem New benefit sharing rules for digital sequence information under the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Plant Treaty: ensuring mutual supportiveness(Video, 2024-10-08) Halewood, Michael; Masso, Cargele; López Noriega, IsabelEHB platform webinar #4. No fewer than four UN fora – UNEP, FAO, WHO and the General Assembly– are currently hosting negotiations of new rules to increase benefit sharing from the use of digital sequence information (DSI). Of course, increasing the equitable redistribution of monetary and nonmonetary benefit is critically important. But there is a risk that if these new rules are not well coordinated, and if the boundaries between them are not clear, they will create confusion and insuperable transaction costs for stakeholders involved in the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity. Some sectors and stakeholders will be more directly affected by some of these new agreements than others. Researchers in the agricultural sector, and stakeholders involved in the conservation of agrobiodiversity, will most likely be governed, at different stages of their activities, by a combination of i) the Multilateral Mechanism for benefit sharing (MLM) being negotiated as part of the Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework under UNEP and ii) the revised Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-sharing (MLS) under the FAO’s International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (Plant Treaty). This webinar will examine the current state of negotiations of both of these agreements and consider options for how they can be implemented in mutually supportive ways, so that they work together to provide policy support (and not policy hurdles) for stakeholders who are actively engaged in managing, conserving, and using agricultural biodiversity. This Webinar is organized by the CGIAR’s Environmental Health and Biodiversity (EH&B) Impact Platform and the CGIAR Genebank Initiative. It brings together Co-chairs of CBD and Plant Treaty negotiations along with representatives of key stakeholders in the agriculture sector including seed companies, farmer and civil society organizations and public researchers. With its focus on mutual supportive implementation, the webinar is designed to contribute to both the final stages of the negotiations of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework’s MLM, (which should be finalized by the 16th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity next month) and the renegotiations of the Plant Treaty’s MLS, which should be wrapped up by October 2025.Item CGIAR-International Land Coalition (ILC) Collaboration(Presentation, 2024-07-17) Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.; Flintan, Fiona E.Item Gender, social inclusion, and land tenure: Critical pathway toward land degradation neutrality(Brief, 2024-11-29) Mugo, David; Zhang, Wei; Ringler, Claudia; Najjar, Dina; Ezekannagha, Oluchi; Upla, Pauliina; Crichton, Rhiannon; Masso, CargeleItem Bridging productivity and sustainability in drylands: Critical need for integrated management of rangelands, grasslands and pastoralism(Brief, 2024) Masso, Cargele; Louhaichi, Mounir; Frija, Armen; Notenbaert, An Maria Omer; Upla, Pauliina; Crichton, Rhiannon; Ezekannagha, Oluchi; Flintan, Fiona E.Item Restoring agricultural landscapes for land degradation neutrality and climate-resilient agrifood systems(Brief, 2024) Masso, Cargele; Sylvester, Janelle Marie; Upla, Pauliina; Crichton, Rhiannon; Ezekannagha, Oluchi; Jat, Mangi Lal; Louhaichi, MounirItem Collaborative actions to strengthen governance, restoration, and social inclusion for the integrated implementation of the Rio conventions(Brief, 2024) Masso, Cargele; Sylvester, Janelle Marie; Wei Zhang; Upla, Pauliina; Crichton, Rhiannon; Ezekannagha, Oluchi; Al-Zu'bi, Maha; Ekue, Marius; Nangai, VinayItem Innovative solutions to water scarcity: Building drought resilience for sustainable land and livelihoods(Brief, 2024) Masso, Cargele; Hua Xie; Upla, Pauliina; Crichton, Rhiannon; Ezekannagha, Oluchi; Al-Zu'bi, MahaItem Soil health: The bedrock for integrating agrifood systems into the Rio conventions(Brief, 2024) Masso, Cargele; Mongína, Deborah; Makungwe, Mirriam; Devkota, Mina; El Din Omar, Mohie; Upla, Pauliina; Crichton, Rhiannon; Ezekannagha, Oluchi; Rasche, FrankItem Reducing emissions from fertilizer application via site-specific nutrient management (SSNM)(Brief, 2024) Rusinamhodzi, Leonard; Vanlauwe, Bernard; Kihara, Job Maguta; Masso, Cargele; Sapkota, Tek Bahadur; Hebebrand, Charlotte; Marshall, Suzie; Mukherji, AditiItem 2024 Breakthrough Agenda Report: Agriculture(Report, 2024) Mukherji, Aditi; Marshall, Suzie; Arango, Jacobo; Costa, Ciniro; Flintan, Fiona E.; Hebebrand, Charlotte; Kihara, Job Maguta; Masso, Cargele; Molloy, Patrick; Rusinamhodzi, Leonard; Sapkota, Tek Bahadur; Vanlauwe, BernardItem Building Scientific Evidence to Support the Operationalization of the Global Biodiversity Framework(Video, 2024-05-10) CGIAR Environmental Health and Biodiversity Impact PlatformWebinar on ‘The Global Biodiversity Framework:Building scientific evidence to support the operationalization of the Kumnimng-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.'Item Tools to Create a Biodiverse Dinner Plate - CGIAR Environment and Biodiversity(Video, 2024-06-13) CGIAR Environmental Health and Biodiversity Impact PlatformIt’s important to utilize different tools to help us meet the planet's nutrition and biodiversity needs. The three Rio Conventions produced a range of tools and services to help vulnerable countries and communities achieve sustainable development. This includes assessing impacts, risks and vulnerability, planning and implementing adaptation actions, and monitoring and evaluation. Implementing plans like this will create benefits such as combating desertification and preventing biodiversity loss. The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is working on assessing these research gaps. Food provisioning is one of the ecosystem services and creating biodiverse food systems can play a crucial role in growing healthier food systems that nourish people and the planet. The Periodic Table of Foods framework is a specific case study to showcase a tool striving to meet these goals, increasing food biodiversity in what we eat and how it's grown, soundly aligning with the Environmental Health & Biodiversity Platform goals. David Obura, Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Chair and member of the Earth Commission, will share his expertise on opportunities for aligning the three Rio conventions and enhancing IPBES & CGIAR collaboration through the IPBES’ assessments on necessary research priorities. He’ll unpack the ways CGIAR can partner with IPBES to meet these gaps. Gina Kennedy, Director of Research, Translation and Impact at the Periodic Table of Food Initiative (PTFI) and Principal Scientist at the Alliance Biodiversity and CIAT, will zoom in to showcase one example of an ecosystem service striving to meet the IPBES goals: food systems. She’ll present her expertise on the period table of foods and its relevance to the GBF and how the periodic table of foods can inform the design of the CGIAR impact areas.Item A review on nitrogen flows and obstacles to sustainable nitrogen management within the Lake Victoria Basin, East Africa(Journal Article, 2024) Masso, Cargele; Gweyi-Onyango, J.; Luoga, H.P.; Yemefack, M.; Vanlauwe, BernardThe Lake Victoria Basin (LVB) is located in the upper reaches of the Nile River Basin and is shared by five East-African countries. The population in the catchment is growing rapidly and the lake is facing several environmental problems. During the past few decades, numerous efforts have been made across the five countries, with the coordination of the Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC) to reduce the loading of reactive nitrogen (Nr) into the lake and Lake Watershed. However, most of the measures envisaged to ensure long-term sustainable N management are not as easily adopted as planned. This paper reports on a review study on N flows and obstacles in achieving sustainable N management in the LVB, with the objectives of improving the understanding of the N cycle and examining the N management practices and policies that can help reduce the loss of Nr in the region. The scientific literature related to a range of N flows, N management obstacles, and options to overcome obstacles has been analyzed using N prospects developed at the global level for their potential applicability across the LVB. The study showed that an unbalanced use of N input is a serious threat to agricultural productivity leading to extreme soil N mining and degradation, with the majority of LVB farms operating within negative N balances and above the safe operating boundary for N in production systems. From the projections in N input as recommended by various stakeholders, there would likely be changes in both current yield and N use efficiency (NUE) values; however, most small-scale farmers will continue to experience low yields, which remains a challenge for food security in the area. These results suggest that scientists as well as those involved in decision-making and policymaking processes should formulate new targets for fertilizer increment to reduce the yield gap for sustainability, focusing on more integrated soil fertility as a package for nutrient management in cropping systems.Item Ensuring food systems are life-changing for all(Brochure, 2024) Masso, CargeleItem CGIAR Impact Platform on Enviromental Health and Biodiversity Brochure(Brochure, 2024) Masso, CargeleItem CGIAR Environmental Health and Biodiversity Impact Platform: Annual Technical Report 2023(Annual Report, 2024-04) CGIAR Environmental Health and Biodiversity Impact PlatformItem Serving as a central hub for collaboration and capacity-building, the Platform informs policies and actions for resilience. We amplify CGIAR's innovations globally and advise investment decisions based on stakeholder engagement and research priorities(Poster, 2024-02-13) Masso, Cargele; Edward-Uwadiale, ReginaItem Serving as a central hub for collaboration and capacity-building, the Platform informs policies and actions for resilience(Poster, 2024-02-13) Masso, Cargele; Edward-Uwadiale, Regina