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Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (ISESCO)
www.isesco.org.ma
The Promotion of GIAHS Program and its integration in ISESCO's
strategies:
Steering and Scientific Committee Meeting of
GLOBALLY IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL HERITAGE SYSTEMS (GIAHS)
28-29 April 2014
FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy
Sustainable development
and integration of GIAHS concept
GIAHS Program at ISESCO
www.bloomfield.edu http://itps.bloomfield.edu
General Framework of ISESCO Agenda for Sustainable
Development /
I.Foster efforts for peace and security
II.Combat illiteracy, poverty and
unemployment
I.Improve human health
II.Enhance education services
III.Support gender equity and youth
IV.Preserve and rationalize water resources,
V.Protect and use biodiversity
VI.Combat desertification and enhance
relevant legislation
Mapping the different ecosystems in ISESCO’s
Member states
Priorities for 2013-2015
Priority I
Priority II
Priority III
ISESCO'S STRATEGIES
STRATEGY AND ITS
IMPLEMENTATION ON
WATER RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT IN MEMBER
STATES
STRATEGY FOR NATURAL
DISASTER AND RISK
MANAGEMENT IN MEMBER
STATES
GREEN ECONOMY:
ITS ROLE AND RELEVANCE IN
THE MEMBER STATES
ISLAMIC DECLARATION FOR
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
JEDDAH COMMITMENTS FOR
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
ISESCO's STRATEGIES The Development of
Cultural Tourism in the
ISESCO 's Member
States
Towards a Brighter
Future for Our
Children
Strategy for
Development of
Biotechnology
ISESCO’s Strategy in promoting GIAHS in
Member States
Preservation enhancement and restauration of natural capital as
a public Good within GIAHS concept
Challenges and opportunities
LIST OF CURRENT SITES & PRELIMINARY INVENTORY OF GIAHS in ISESCO Member states by FAO
A. Current GIAHS Sites:
Oases of Maghreb: (Algeria)Ghout system; Atlas
Mountain(Morocco); Gafsa Oases (Tunisia)
B. Potential GIAHS Sites:
1. Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan : Baluchi nomadic system
2. Bangladesh : Baira floating garden
3. Brunei: improved fallow system
4. Cameroon: selective clearing of the Ntumu and sorghum of
Muskuwaari
5.Chad : livestook system
6. Egypt : Siwa system
7.Indonesia: Home gardens system West Java
LIST OF CURRENT SITES & PRELIMINARY INVENTORY OF GIAHS in ISESCO Member states by FAO
8. Iran: Qanat irrigation system, homegardens, qashqai nomadic system
9.Iraq: Marshland agriculture
10.Jordan: Nigarim system
11. Kazakhstan: Pastoral nomadic system: Kazakh steppe
12.Malaysia: traditional hill rice
13. The Maldives: home gardens system
14.Mauritania nomadic and pastoralism systems
15:Senegal: Rice of mangrove and sorghum
16: Libya : Djabal al Akdar in the west
Moving towards promotion of GIAHS in
ISESCO's Member Countries
FAO – ISESCO partnership
ISESCO and FAO have initiated a Partnership Collaboration
through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)signed in
November 2011
I. Clear potential to promote agri-cultural significance of
ingenious heritage systems
II. win-win partnership between ISESCO, FAO and Member
States, for the benefit of small farmers , nature and heritage
preservation
III. Concept of GIAHS in concordance with ISESCO's strategies
approved by Member States
Framework for GIAHS in OIC countries within
ISESCO-FAO partnership
Education training provide skills for all stakeholders
Assessment of GIAHS Techniques assessing
Public awareness communication strategies
Adding value and demonstrating the benefits for stakeholders,
Market incentives Tools designed to complete regulations
Policies and legislation policies designed to maximise the
development gains and reduce the negative impact of globalisation by protecting the
GIAHS sites and promoting them for long term
