Conservation of pollinator diversity for enhanced climate change resilience

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As of: August 2019

Objective and activities

The project protects in 7 countries pollinator diversity directly, by diversified capacity development, political mainstreaming and a global stewardship. It introduces and mainstreams TEEB-based, economically self-supporting "Farming with Alternative Pollinators"(FAP). FAP identifies the economic value of habitat enhancement for farmers and uses the additional incomes as incentives for farmers and policymakers to mainstream pollinator protection across sectors. The project develops the first pollinator inventory for the West Asia and North Africa-region (WANA). Morocco is the benchmark country (development of manuals, DVD, assessment to describe the value of pollination, broad outscaling, political mainstreaming etc.). Partners from the six participating countries will be trained and will conduct small supervised FAP trials in their countries to promote mainstreaming of pollinator protection by policy workshops in these countries.

State of implementation/results

In Morocco a project kick-off was conducted in October 2017

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Project data

Country:

Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Palestinian National Authority, Tunisia

Implementing organisation:

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas

Partner institution(s):

Agricultural Research Center/Horticultural Research Institute (HRI), Institute of Agricultural Research and Higher Education (IRESA) - Tunesia, National Agriculture Research Center (NARC) - Palestine, National Center for Agricultural Research and Extension (NCARE) - Jordan, National Institute of Agronomic Research (INRA) - Algeria, National Institute of Agronomic Research (INRA) - Morocco, The Plant Protection Central Research Institute - Turkey
Agricultural Research Center/Horticultural Research Institute (HRI),Institute of Agricultural Research and Higher Education (IRESA) - Tunesia,National Agriculture Research Center (NARC) - Palestine,National Center for Agricultural Research and Extension (NCARE) - Jordan,National Institute of Agronomic Research (INRA) - Algeria,The Plant Protection Central Research Institute - Turkey

BMU grant:

€ 6,583,079

Duration:

06/2017 till 05/2022

Website(s):

icarda.org/

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