Replanting Agricultural Biodiversity in the CBD

The report examines the marginalization of agricultural biodiversity within the CBD and the destructive impact of industrial agriculture on ecosystems. It contrasts the 'industrial food chain' with the 'peasant food web', arguing that agroecology is the only viable pathway to climate resilience and biodiversity restoration. The document criticizes 'false solutions' like carbon offsets and sustainable intensification, and provides recommendations for the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework to prioritize human rights, phase out industrial agriculture, and regulate agribusiness.

• Industrial agriculture is a primary driver of biodiversity loss, characterized by monocultures and toxic pesticide use, which contributes to the 'sixth mass extinction'.
• There is a stark contrast between the 'peasant food web', which maintains thousands of species and uses minimal resources, and the 'industrial food chain', which relies on a few species and causes massive environmental damage.
• Agricultural biodiversity has been systematically sidelined within the CBD since the Nagoya Protocol, with almost no major COP decisions expressly addressing it in the decade following that event.
• The report identifies 'false solutions' such as 'Net Zero' offsets, 'Nature Based Solutions' (NBS), and 'sustainable intensification' as mechanisms that often facilitate continued environmental destruction and corporate greenwashing.
• Harmful government subsidies for industrial agriculture far outweigh funding for biodiversity conservation; for example, Brazil spent US$14 billion subsidizing activities linked to deforestation compared to US$158 million to stop it.
• Agroecology is presented as a transformative framework that enhances climate resilience and food security by valuing peasant knowledge and biological processes over synthetic inputs.
• The Aichi Biodiversity Targets were largely a failure, with none of the targets fully achieved, particularly those addressing harmful subsidies and sustainable production.
• The Zero Draft and first draft of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) are criticized for focusing on 'productivity gaps' and 'mainstreaming' rather than strictly regulating the impact of agriculture on biodiversity.

APA

Ahmed, F. (2022). Replanting Agricultural Biodiversity in the CBD. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Replanting-Agricultural-biodiversity-in-the-CBD.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Chicago

Ahmed, Faris. Replanting Agricultural Biodiversity in the CBD. Friends of the Earth International, 2022. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Replanting-Agricultural-biodiversity-in-the-CBD.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{ahmed2022replanting, author = {Ahmed, Faris}, title = {{Replanting Agricultural Biodiversity in the CBD}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2022}, month = mar, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Replanting-Agricultural-biodiversity-in-the-CBD.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }