Platform for African – European Partnership in Agricultural Research for Development

Tuesday, June 8, 2021

1st Farming Biodiversity Summit

 27 May 2021. 1st Farming Biodiversity Summit

Organised under the auspices of the Portuguese Presidency. Three main themes: (a)  Agriculture & biodiversity: challenges and opportunities to deploy systemic solutions ; (b) How the EU can contribute to support the global biodiversity goals; m(c) Biodiversity Strategy 2030 and the CAP: two strategies serving a single goal?

Welcoming words + Opening remarks

  • Eduardo Oliveira e Sousa, President, CAP
  • Thierry de l’Escaille, Secretary General, European Landowners' Organization
  • António Guterres, UN Secretary General
  • Maciej Golubiewski, Head of Cabinet of EU Commissioner for Agriculture
Session 1: Agriculture & biodiversity: challenges and opportunities to deploy systemic solutions
  • Xavier Le Roux, Senior Scientist – INRAE, Member of the Academy of Europe, author of the French reporting for IPBES (the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services)
Session 2: How the EU can contribute to support the global biodiversity goals
  • Maria do Céu Antunes, Minister of Agriculture, Portuguese Republic - Keynote speaker
  • Franz Fischler, former EU Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries & Former President of the European Forum Alpbach
  • Herbert Dorfmann, member of the European Parliament
  • Janez Potočnik, FFA2021 Chairman, RISE Foundation Chairman
  • Moderator: Louis Mira, CAP Secretary General
Session 3: Biodiversity Strategy 2030 and the CAP: two strategies serving a single goal?
  • Humberto Delgado Rosa, Director, Natural Capital, DG for Environment, European Commission - Keynote speaker
  • Arnold Puech d’Alissac, Board member, FNSEA
  • Géraldine Kutas, Director General, CropLife Europe
  • Luc Bas, Director, IUCN European Regional Office
  • Mark Titterington, Senior Adviser, Strategy & Partnerships, Forum for the Future of Agriculture; AgriLife project
  • Moderator: Jurgen Tack, ELO Scientific Director
Conclusions + Closing remarks: 
  • Alvaro Amaro, member of the European Parliament, President of the “Biodiversity, Hunting, Countryside” Intergroup
  • Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of the Republic of Portugal

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