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The Biodiversity Crisis Needs Its Net Zero Moment

The Biodiversity Crisis Needs Its Net Zero Moment
21 December 2021

Climate change isn’t the only major crisis facing the world. We’re in the middle of a mass extinction, and we’re missing all of our biodiversity...

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Pesticides in the EU: A Creeping Costly Venom

Pesticides in the EU: A Creeping Costly Venom
16 December 2021

In November, three organizations, Pollinis, Le Basic and Terre Solidaire jointly published a shocking study about the hidden socio-economical...

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How can indigenous knowledge help us create sustainable food systems?

How can indigenous knowledge help us create sustainable food systems?
6 December 2021

Climate talks at the COP26 conference included attention on indigenous groups. “Indigenous peoples are at the center because they are the ones...

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UN backs plans to ensure regular, healthy school meals for every child in need by 2030

UN backs plans to ensure regular, healthy school meals for every child in need by 2030
19 November 2021

Following pandemic-driven school closures, five UN agencies threw their strong support behind an international coalition to improve the nutrition...

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World Tourism Day 2021: inclusive growth at the centre of tourism’s restart

World Tourism Day 2021: inclusive growth at the centre of tourism’s restart
28 September 2021

Global tourism has reaffirmed its commitment to making the sector a pillar of inclusive growth. At the official World Tourism Day 2021...

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UNESCO steps up efforts for biodiversity conservation

UNESCO steps up efforts for biodiversity conservation
22 September 2021

UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme today added 20 new sites, in 21 countries to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves, which now...

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To make good, healthy cheese you need natural, diverse meadows

To make good, healthy cheese you need natural, diverse meadows
20 September 2021

In Italy stable meadows are disappearing through the abandonment of the countryside and soil consumption. Across Europe they occupy a surface area...

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Afghanistan: FAO appeals to urgently save rural livelihoods

Afghanistan: FAO appeals to urgently save rural livelihoods
16 September 2021

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today called for urgent assistance to help...

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Macron to push for pesticide phase-out during EU presidency stint

Macron to push for pesticide phase-out during EU presidency stint
13 September 2021

France will push for “an accelerated phase-out of pesticides” at the EU level when it takes on the rotating EU Council Presidency in January 2022...

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FAO report maps insights from and threats to Indigenous Peoples’ food Systems

FAO report maps insights from and threats to Indigenous Peoples’ food Systems
28 June 2021

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), together with the Alliance of Bioversity International and The International...

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Call for nomination to the UNESCO International Prize for the Creative Economy

Call for nomination to the UNESCO International Prize for the Creative Economy
24 June 2021

In celebration of the 2021 UN International Year of Creative Economy, UNESCO is pleased to launch a call for nomination to the UNESCO-Bangladesh...

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Slovenia Reopens to Tourists

Slovenia Reopens to Tourists
9 June 2021

Slovenia is officially open to tourists. As one of the first countries in the world to have earned the WTTC Safe Travels Stamp, it’s also created...

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Joan Roca is founder and head chef of 3-Michelin-starred restaurant El Celler de Can Roca and was named World Best Chef in 2017 and 2018.

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Robert Oliver is founder of television media-led movement “Pacific Island Food Revolution” promoting local and healthy eating in the South Pacific.

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Ana Roš is head chef and co-owner of 3-Michelin-starred restaurant Hiša Franko and was named World Best Female Chef in 2017.

IGCAT AMBASSADOR IN CATALONIA 2025

Ramon Sentmartí

Managing Director of PRODECA, key stakeholder and supporter of Catalonia, World Region of Gastronomy 2025.

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Robert Palmer

Expert consultant in the cultural sector and former Director of Culture and Cultural and Natural Heritage at the Council of Europe.

IGCAT AMBASSADOR IN CATALONIA 2025

Blanca Cros i Moll

Expert in tourism and Head of European Programmes & International Relations at the Catalan Tourist Board.

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Francisco de Calheiros

Minho IN aims to create synergies with other areas that share the same views on competitiveness and economic development.

IGCAT AMBASSADOR IN CATALONIA 2025

Lluís Serra

Director of EUHT StPOL, the inspiration behind the European Young Chef Award and supporter of the first two editions in Catalonia.

IGCAT HONORARY AMBASSADOR IN SOUTH AEGEAN 2019

George Hatzimarkos

Governor of South Aegean, European Region of Gastronomy 2019 and a strong supporter of local culinary and cultural heritage.

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Votausi Mackenzie-Reur

Chairlady of Regenerative Vanua with over 30 years experience in empowering and inspiring local communities in Vanuatu to make good food choices.

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