Report of the TEEBAgriFood High-level Closing Forum Background

Based on the key findings of the two pilot assessments of the TEEBAgriFood project in China, the forum focuses on its communication around mainstreaming biodiversity, multiple targets of agri-food systems transformation, and enabling transformative change in the context of the implementation of the KMGBF. [...] He pointed out that the project promotes the integration of the value of nature into the relevant decisions of the agricultural food systems and made a positive contribution to Goal 10 (sustainable management of agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries and forestry) and Goal 14 (mainstreaming of biodiversity) of the KMGBF; it also effectively promoted synergies in the achievements of SDG 2 (zero hunger. [...] Bardon emphasized that the sustainable transformation of the global agri-food systems is related to the achievements of the SDGs, the Paris Climate Agreement and the KMGBF, which requires the joint efforts of all parties, including the EU. [...] He said the TEEBAgriFood project’s implementation in China has well supported and promoted the mainstreaming of nature values in the agricultural sector, which was achieved through cooperation between the UNEP, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, with guidance from experts from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Ministry of N. [...] Zhang expressed her gratitude to the EU delegation to China and the UNEP TEEB Office for the support and funding of the project, to the MEE China and CAS for their guidance, and to the technical institutions engaged in the TEEBAgriFood project.