About Growing Diversity
Read the original Growing Diversity
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Read about recent
developments in Africa, Asia and Latin America written in February 2002
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The Growing Diversity Project (GD) was launched in January 2000. The GD Project's main objectives are: to provide a forum for discussion and sharing of experiences; to contribute to the empowerment and strengthening of the groups involved; to increase awareness on the central importance of biodiversity in rural livelihood systems; to promote the local management of biodiversity within the wider context of rural development and policies. This is a unique initiative involving local organisations working on biodiversity management in its broadest sense, which includes those involved in agriculture, forests, aquatic resources and indeed all life that sustains people.
The project was organised in three phases:
(i) identification of interested groups and organisations
(ii) documentation of experiences
(iii) regional and international workshops
The response to the initial consultation phase was very positive. Originally, the project was expected to document around 10 case studies in each region. However, due to the high level of interest shown by participants, a total of 65 case studies have been now been documented in 37 countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Between September and November 2001, regional workshops were held in Colombia, Zimbabwe, Benin, Thailand and Algeria, to assess and evaluate the case studies.
The GD Project's main objectives are:
to provide a forum for discussion and sharing of experiences
to contribute to the empowerment and strengthening of the groups involved
to increase awareness on the central importance of biodiversity in rural
livelihood systems
to promote the local management of biodiversity within the wider context
of rural development and policies.
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