STOCK TAKING OF ACTIONS AND INITIATIVES FOR SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS
Please fill one form for each initiative reported
Name of the Initiative:
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Individual
Collective
Respondent
Name: Marion
Surname: Hammerl
Email: marion.hammerl@bodensee-stiftung.org
Organization: Lake Constance Foundation + Global Nature Fund
Position: Managing Director + President
Are you responding?
X On behalf on the organization conducting the action/initiative
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As a member of it
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Because you know its existence
Name of the leading organization:
Type of organization:
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National Authority (e.g. Government),
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Local Authorities
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Intergovernmental Organization
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Civil Society
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Non-governmental organizations
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Primary food producers (e.g. farmers, smallholder farmers, pastoralists, fisherfolk)
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Private Sector (e.g. manufacturer, retailers, industry association, private research, etc)
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Research
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Multistakeholder
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Partners (the case being):
Global Nature Fund
Year of the beginning of the action/ initiative: 2013
The case being, year of end:
Geographical
scope of the
Initiative
Indicate precisely
Local
Input or
Main
service
Targeted
provision
Stage of
Food
Systems
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appropriate,
indicate
precisely
National
Regional
Germany
Primary
Production
Processing
Global
International
Distribution
Consumption
Agricultural
production
Main dimension(s) addressed (if several of them, please indicate order of priority)
X Environment
o Economic
o Social
o Governance
Main issue(s) addressed (if several of them, please indicate order of priority)
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Water
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Soil
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Land
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Air
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Climate change
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Biodiversity (including genetic resources)
Specific ecosystems, if yes, please precise:
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Food losses and waste
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Energy
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Pollution
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Food consumption
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Consumer behavior
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Nutrition
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Animal welfare
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Fair Trade
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Rural development
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Land use rights
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Gender issues
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Youth issues
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Employment
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Workers rights and safety
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Vulnerable groups
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Poverty alleviation
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Other, please specify...
Main instruments used (if several of them, please indicate order of priority)
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Projects
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Regulations
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Policy dialogue
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Capacity development
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Research
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Knowledge dissemination
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Advocacy and awareness raising
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Data collection and sharing
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Training, extension
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Consumer information
X Voluntary standards, labels
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Payment for environmental services
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Other? If so, please specify:
Description of the Initiative (in less than 10 lines), including, as appropriate elements on size and
scale of the initiative:
Analysis of 20 standards and labels for the food sector and their relevance for
biodiversity protection taking into account the main drivers of loss of
biodiversity and the efficiency of existing criteria. The baseline report
confirms that most of the standards – especially quality standards of the
industry – have a high potential to improve biodiversity protection.
Elaboration of recommendations for the improvement of biodiversity
performance based on the conclusions of the baseline. The recommendations
focus on standard policy and standard criteria and include criteria for
biodiversity management as well as criteria for “very good agricultural
practice” to reduce impacts on biodiversity.
Currently, analyzed standards have been contacted again in order to offer
support for the improvement of standard requirements. Furthermore, a
proposal regarding biodiversity training of certifiers and assessors and
capacity building for certified farmers has been developed.
In a second phase, the initiative will focus on the implementation of training,
the realization of pilot projects testing the recommended measures and the
elaboration of a simple but meaningful monitoring system which all standards
should join.
Results: Baseline Report regarding the biodiversity performance of 20
standards and labels for the food sector. Recommendations for biodiversity
criteria in standards and labels for the food sector.
References ( Literature, web site, reports, etc):
European Business and Biodiversity Campaign: http://www.businessbiodiversity.eu/default.asp?Menue=229
Baseline: http://lebensmittelstandards.businessbiodiversity.eu/global/download/%7BDYECBZXKUA-34201417130JODYYDSFGD%7D.pdf
Recommendations: http://www.businessbiodiversity.eu/global/download/%7BFSADGQIAMK-12102014122755XCHEEUWSWU%7D.pdf
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