The Agrobiodiversity and Climate Change project, supported by Bioversity International and the Christensen Fund, aims to gather and make known information on the use of agrobiodiversity by communities facing climate change. Building on this it will identify gaps in our current knowledge and highlight areas that need further research.

The brainstorming and discussion we would like to carry out on this platform aims to support these goals. All interested persons and parties are invited and asked to help us meet these objectives.

The discussions will be moderated and kick-off statement will be made in the beginning of each period.

For more information please visit the "Documents". As a starting point for our discussion please have a look at the "Links" were you find a listing of experiences out of the field of agrobiodiversity and climate change. As a registered user you can add valuable resources at both mentioned pages as well.

• Monday 17 to Tuesday 2 December
  Share your knowledge - how are indigenous and rural communities coping with climate change through adaptation measures involving biodiversity, and how are they increasing the resilience of agroecosystems? What knowledge gaps exist, which if identified, would help indigenous people and rural communities to better adapt to climate change?
• Tuesday 25 November to Tuesday 2 December
  How would you raise awareness on the importance of ABD to cope with climate change and try to get the issue included in international research/ development agendas? What international research initiatives could be developed and how?
• Wednesday 3 to Friday 5 December
  We will dedicate these three days to address some issues that arose during the discussions, wrap-up the discussions and circulate some text upon which the participants would agree upon and that we could eventually use as our position paper.