Each meeting was set the task of identifying the best conservation strategy for each of the crops.

BBC: 'Climate-proof' crop hunt begins

The report is intended to act as a wake-up call, but it's also sparked a debate over the direction of conservation strategy.

BBC: Stark warning over the state of nature

The convention's strategy for plant conservation has yet to deliver the first of its aims (a list of the world's plants).

ECONOMIST: Convention on Biological Diversity

This Strategy recognised the evolution of Biosphere Reserves from sites focussing on nature conservation and research, to sites of excellence for sustainable development.

UNESCO: UK National Commission for UNESCO - UK supports the development of quality control processes to sharpen the focus of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves

After the closure of the UNESCO International Safeguarding Campaign for Mohenjodaro in 1997, the UNESCO Division for Cultural Heritage and World Heritage Centre reinitiated their collaboration and developed a post campaign strategy in 2004, which identified further areas of interventions such as: management structure, conservation and stabilization, training and capacity building, site and tourism development.

UNESCO: Safeguarding Moenjodaro

The working group will gather scientific evidence to determine the role of coastal vegetated ecosystems in carbon storage and sequestration, encourage the inclusion of these systems in national carbon accounting, and consider their conservation and restoration as a viable mitigation strategy under existing climate regulation policies.

UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences

We are hopeful that this strategy and heightened anti-poaching operations together with improved management of habitat will have positive impact on rhino conservation.

UNESCO: OFFICE IN KATHMANDU