The policy priority 2.5 knowledge base creates an open platform for those working to safeguard biodiversity in line with the SDG2 Hub's policy priority for 2.5: Drive action and awareness on biodiversity loss through Food Forever campaign
Audience: Global audience of consumers, chefs, farmers, policy-makers
Potential for impact: Drive consumers towards more diverse eating habits; showcase success stories and new diverse food to bring into mainstream
Role of Hub: Drive engagement in Chefs' Network to have them support and champion alternate ingredients; support coordination and amplify need for investment to protect biodiversity by 2020
This knowledge base will continue to grow and be updated regularly with further updates, news and resources. Please reach out to Charlotte (charlotte@sdg2advocacyhub.org) with any additions to this platform.
EAT-Lancet Commission on Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems
FAO's The State of the World's Biodiversity for Food & Agriculture
Climate-resilient seed systems and access and benefit-sharing in Zambia 2017
Implementing a national community seedbank strategy for South Africa 2017
By 2020, maintain the genetic diversity of seeds, cultivated plants and farmed and domesticated animals and their related wild species, including through soundly managed and diversified seed and plant banks at the national, regional and international levels, and promote access to and fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge, as internationally agreed.