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Mainstreaming Biodiversity for Global Prosperity

“We have reached a turning point. Agriculture and biodiversity have often been regarded as separate and even conflicting concerns, yet they are inextricably connected. Agriculture is by nature a major user of biodiversity, but it also has the great potential to contribute to its protection.”

– María Helena Semedo, Deputy Director of the UN Food & Agriculture Organization, 2016 –

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In a world on the verge of its Sixth Great Extinction, hundreds of politicians and businesses representatives gathered at the latest United Nations COP13 Forum in Mexico to determine how biodiversity can be prioritized and maintained through socially responsible business practices.…