Food & Livelihoods Course

Mainstreaming Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition

Further your career in resilient landscapes managent

About this course

Integrating biodiversity into food and nutrition policies, markets and daily diets can contribute to improve the nutritional status of the population, improve producers incomes and livelihoods, and promote biodiversity conservation, through the production and regular use of a greater variety of foods.

Participants of this course will learn about recent developments in international climate change policies and programs, and compliance and voluntary carbon markets.

What you'll learn

The main issues and barriers of the current food production and consumption patterns and how they affect biodiversity;
The importance of biodiversity and how it can be integrated across different sectors to create more sustainable and nutritious food systems;
International and national (Brazilian case study) policies and initiatives related to biodiversity conservation, food and nutrition security;
Practical tools, metrics and indicators.

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Course Information

Location

Online

Institution

Food & Livelihoods Course

Theme

Food & Livelihoods

Level

Beginner

Price

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