Welcome to Ethiopian Clearing House Mechanism (CHM) web Biological diversity or “biodiversity” has been defined by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) as: “the variability among living organisms from all sources including inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between species, and of ecosystems”. In short, biodiversity refers to the variety of life on earth. This variety provides the building blocks to adapt to changing environmental conditions in the future. More Information... 
Community Gene Banks play an important role in the farmer variety
(FV) seed supply system and in stabilizing the FV seed market, as well as
in keeping farmers attracted to the in situ/on-farm conservation program.
Producing FVs as organic products is a potential market to be looked at
since most small holders growing landraces (>90%) do not use
fertilizers and other inorganic inputs on their annual FV
production. More
Information...
Globally, the value of biodiversity as a key component of the environment was recognized during the build-up to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio in 1992. During this occasion, Ethiopia endorsed and signed the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The Rio Earth Summit was a global meeting mandated to design integrated strategies that would stop and reverse the negative impact of human behavior on the physical environment and biodiversity and promote environmentally sustainable economic development in all countries.
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Convention on Biological Diversity
Clearing House Mechanism of Ethiopia
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