Conservation and sustainable management of below-ground biodiversity in Indonesia in the context of the global CSM-BGBD project

On August 1, 2002, the Project Document was signed, marking the official start of the project “conservation and sustainable management of below-ground biodiversity” with the acronym CSM-BGBD. The project is generally referred to as the BGBD project, and has a lifespan of 5 years. The Project Objective is ‘to enhance awareness, knowledge and understanding of below-ground biological diversity important to sustainable agricultural production in tropical landscapes by the demonstration of methods for conservation and sustainable management’. Project Components include:1)Internationally accepted standard methods for characterization and evaluation of BGBD, including a set of indicators for BGBD loss.2)(a) Inventory and evaluation of BGBD in benchmark sites representing a range of globally significant ecosystems and land uses; and (b) developing a global information exchange network for BGBD. 3)Sustainable and replicable management practices for BGBD conservation identified and implemented in pilot demonstration sites in representative tropical forest landscapes in seven countries. 4)Recommendations of alternative land use practices and an advisory support system for policies that will enhance the conservation of BGBD. 5)Improved capacity of all relevant institutions and stakeholders to implement conservation management of BGBD in a sustainable and efficient manner.

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