Women custodians of biodiversity hold key to food security
By DW
22 February 2019 |
1:02 pm
A UN report on the state of world biodiversity for food and agriculture links rising food insecurity and chronic hunger to threatened habitats and ecosystems. But traditional female stewards of biodiversity offer hope.
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