Events

• People’s Biodiversity Festival

  • From: October 13, 2012 | To: October 16, 2012
  • Time: 10:30 am
  • Venue: Exhibition Grounds, Nampalli, Hyderabad

  Theme Objectives: Safe-guarding the rights of farmers, adivasis, pastoralists, forest-dwellers, hill folk, fisher folk and future generations Promoting and supporting holistic and bio-diverse ecological agriculture and forestry for local needs and health Conserving and regenerating natural wealth, sustainable livelihoods and traditional knowledge Adopting a people’s manifesto for biodiversity as a collective, open-source heritage, free of private Intellectual Property Rights; and reclaiming farmers’ crop varieties from institutional germplasm banks Local, regional, national and global networking for policy correction and collaboration Features: Display and exchange of several thousand heritage seed varieties of various crops & plants Diverse indigenous breeds of livestock/fauna Posters, photographs, books, ecological products, traditional arts & crafts Interaction with farmers, seed savers, indigenous peoples and activists Presentations, discussions, seminars, film shows, song, music and dance Sale of indigenous, organic foods – to eat or take away Participation: All who share our concerns are welcome to join! Registration for events and exhibition space will be on a first come – first served basis. So book early for your space and event! Outreach: Citizens, farmers, youth, media, opinion and policy makers, international delegates to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), and people at large. Organizational Process: Collaborative and transparent, with voluntarily shared responsibilities and expenses; core group coordination and sub-group teams for various organizational functions.

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