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Source: FAO
The Responsibility of Maintaining Biodiversity
It is because of their genetic variability that plants, animals, micro-organisms and invertebrates are able to adapt and survive when their environments change.
In the light of climate change and the increasing human pressure on the natural resources, the conservation and sustainable use of genetic resources has become more critical than ever. A loss of biodiversity reduces the capacity of agriculture to respond to new socio-economic and environmental conditions.
Maintaining biodiversity for food and agriculture, including genetic resources, is a global responsibility.
FAO established the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture in 1983 and to date it is the only intergovernmental forum that specifically deals with all components of biodiversity for food and agriculture. (*Source: FAO)
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