As part of the Convention on Biological Diversity, a series of Stakeholder Open Webinar is being held during 2021. This series of webinars is intended to provide an important – and on-going – opportunity for parties and stakeholders to engage in a constructive exchange of views, and enhance their understanding of elements related to the […]
Intervention on the Global Biodiversity Framework calls for support to peasants and indigenous peoples’ as stewards of biodversity
On February 18, as a member of the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty, AFSA delivered the following intervention to the 24th meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, discussing recommendations for the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. It calls on delegates to ensure the framework upholds the rights of indigenous peoples […]
2020 National Committee Report
President’s Report 2020 has been a year like none other in living memory. For Australians, the year commenced with the Black Summer, or rather continued from the horror fire season that started many months earlier across the east coast. Just as the air cleared, a new plague in the form of coronavirus arrived, and we […]
Standing with small-scale and peasant producers at the FAO Asia Pacific Regional Conference
AFSA fights for food sovereignty on many fronts – including in the international arena where governments, civil society, and other actors negotiate goals and policies that affect food systems in Australia and around the world. As part of the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty, AFSA reps take the concerns of small-scale producers and grassroots […]
Declaration of the IPC on the draft Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
In late February, governments and civil society organisations, along with NGO and private sector representatives convened in Rome to discuss the Zero Draft of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. The Framework will set the targets and directions for addressing an urgent problem – the ongoing loss of biodiversity that is crucial to the landscape functions […]
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