Bio-diversity

Project aims in production of 2 films based on 3 projects implemented up to now by SIE:POL/02/08 "Local Community Participation in Agro-biodiversity Protection on Kurpie Plain", POL/03/22 "Biodiversity in farmer`s gardens and POL/04/28 Biodiversity- Protection of orchads in monasteries.1st film will be descibing a complex interventions in Kurpie Plain, area of exetnsive, low-income,poor agriculture.GEF/SGP projets were bringing knowledge about genetic resources of animals and plants, rejected by industrial agriculture, but offering a chance for valuable local products based on pro-ecological farming, traditional knowledge. Projects were bringing old, forgotten values in traditional village behaviour (social links,self-help, self-organisations ideas and practices) enabling preservation of valuable cecosystems. 2nd film will be produced sepaartely because of specific character of places (monasteries) where tradition and history is coherently linked ; modern agricultural practices were brought to poland starting from XII century by monks of various clauses; GEF/SGP project is trying to document and preserve biodiversity of old orchads in monasteries.

Poland