InfoPoint conference: Should agriculture be intensified in the name of the environment?

17.04.2023
Online event

An insightful web event organized on 17 April by the European Commission and featuring Biovision Foundation’s policy brief on actionable recommendations to enhance synergies between agroecology and conservation. This event explored the critical question of balancing food needs with biodiversity conservation.Watch to recording to learn more about land sparing and sharing approaches, and their implications for sustainable agriculture, as well as real-world case studies, including agroecological biodiversity projects in Uganda and the impact of pesticides on biodiversity near Kibale National Park.

Participants

  • Christophe Larose, Head of Sector – Sustainable Agriculture, INTPA F3- Sustainable Agri-Food systems and Fisheries
  • François Grenade, Research and advocacy Officer on Sustainable food systems, Iles de Paix
  • Robert Guloba, Program Officer Agroecology & Sustainable Natural Resource Management
  • Erick Kizito, Programme Manager, Agroecology & Sustainable Natural  Resources Management, Pelum – Uganda  
  • Sabrina Krief, Professor National Museum of Natural History France, director of the Sebitoli Chimpanzee Project, Uganda
  • Charlotte Pavageau and John Garcia Ulloa, Programme managers, Biovision Foundation and Food Policy Forum for Change