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Visit us at Green Week in Berlin!

- The Information and Coordination Center for Biological Diversity will once again be represented with a stand at Green Week in Berlin this year. Our team will be presenting a range of rare and endangered plant and animal species to…

Crop diversity in the international spotlight

- Celebrate with us the Global Crop Diversity Day on November 21st in Peru, at the international center for potato diversity. In the run-up to the 11th Governing Body Session of the Plant Treaty, researchers, politicians, and…

English version of the German National Strategy for Genetic Resources now available!

- The English version of the German “National Strategy on Genetic Resources for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries” is available just in time for the meeting of the Commission on Genetic Resources of the Food and Agriculture…

Status quo of the implementation of the EU Animal Breeding Legislation for endangered livestock breeds

- The EU Reference Centre for Endangered Animal Breeds has published a report on the implementation of the EU Animal Breeding Legislation with regard to endangered breeds.

Hesse expands funding for endangered livestock breeds

- The breeding of 18 endangered indigenous breeds of livestock such as horses, cattle, pigs, sheep and goats is now subsidised throughout the state of Hesse. A total of 13 new breeds have been included in the subsidy guidelines.…