Human activities, such as pollution and climate change, are altering ecosystems worldwide, yet the anticipated trend of biotic homogenization is...
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A recent study, synthesizing over 2,000 global studies, confirms that human activities are driving biodiversity loss across the planet...
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The European Environment Agency regularly monitors nature, assessing conservation status and protected areas. Europe faces significant...
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In support of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, IGCAT ́s World Regions of Gastronomy not only have great culinary assets but they are also...
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IGCAT and the Slovenian Beekeepers’ Association (SBA) have teamed up to raise the profile of natural honey and preservation of bees in the...
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The United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) ended in Montreal, Canada, on 19 December 2022 with a landmark agreement to guide global action...
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IGCAT and Slow Food have joined forces to support the safeguard and promotion of cultural, food and biodiversity. This new collaboration was...
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Finalists to the European Young Chef Award 2022 officially committed to supporting more environmentally, ethically, socially, culturally and...
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The short films Welcome to the Farm – Les Cabres d’en Peyu from Catalonia, European Region of Gastronomy awarded 2016, and Let’s Go to Aseer from...
MoreCategory winners of the Food Film Menu 2022 announced!
A mouth-watering journey across the colours and flavours of awarded, candidate and nominated World/European Regions of Gastronomy, IGCAT’s...
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Despite having vast amounts of arable land, nutritious indigenous crops and a booming agricultural sector, Africa still imports most of its...
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