Mediterranean

Nature Conservation and Food Production

benefits of sustainable agri-food systems Photo: iucnmed

Towards resilient agro-ecosystems in the Mediterranean

The benefits of farming to biodiversity are especially relevant in the Mediterranean, where landscapes have been shaped by agricultural and grazing practices for generations.

Nowadays, several initiatives to enhance and protect biodiversity in agricultural landscapes are being put in place around the Mediterranean basin and the European Union with its new green deal roadmap, which includes the farm to fork and the biodiversity strategies, is leading the change to a more sustainable future for agricultural landscapes.

Our Objective

IUCN-Med is putting its efforts in encouraging practices that maintain sustainable and biodiverse agricultural landscapes and in building bridges between urban and rural landscapes.

CONNECT

the conservation community with sustainable agriculture.

SUPPORT

The Agricultural Practices and landscapes that maintain biodiversity and the ecosystem services it provides. 

CREATE

a sustainable connection between cities and agriculture.


IUCN-Med is looking for PARTNERSHIPS to build alliances, fund and implement projects on

1. Enhancing biodiversity in agricultural landscapes. From lynx to olive groves. 

  • Connect conservation community to agricultural reality, building upon existing IUCN network an “agricultural supporters network”. To have a proactive conservation community that understands and enhances the work on biodiversity friendly agriculture, advocating with practitioners in Mediterranean agricultural landscapes.

  • Enable the conservation community to understand linkages between biodiversity and agricultural practices to develop a work programme on win-win actions. 

2. Nature-based Solutions for agriculture. Old solutions to new challenges. 

  • Application of Nature-based Solutions to agricultural landscapes to ensure also benefits to biodiversity and ecosystem integrity as well as transparent and inclusive governance systems. 
  • Building bridges between climate change agenda, conservation and agriculture. 

3. Improving the link between cities and rural areas. Biodiversity in cities’ food agenda. 

  • Following the momentum created by the Milan pact, enhance practices that certain cities are implementing and have clear positive impact in biodiversity conservation in agricultural landscapes. 
  • Develop a know-how to other cities.

For those interested, please contact our focal person: mercedes.munoz@iucn.org with the subject Nature Conservation and Food Production. 


Review Our Current Projects

Biodiversity and cultural practices Photo: iucnmed

Knowledge and Monitoring of Biodiversity Cultural Practices

Since 2017, several conservation organizations in the Mediterranean basin are working together to show the value of preserving beneficial cultural practices that positively impact biodiversity in cultural landscapes.

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