Seed Guardians for Biodiversity, Agrobiodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Climate Adaptation (SEEDGUARD)

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Project objective: Promoting climate change adaptation, and disaster risk prevention, resilience, taking into account ecosystem-based approaches.

Donor organization: Interreg VI-B NEXT Black Sea Basin Programme.

FinancialΒ Support: Β (Interreg VI-B) NEXT Black Sea Basin Programme

Target Regions: Identification process

Project Duration: 2024-2026

Project Overall Objective: To promote the conservation and sustainable use of traditional vegetable varieties and landraces by establishing Seed Guardians, thereby enhancing agrobiodiversity, food diversity, and ecosystem services in the Black Sea region.

Project Specific Objective: To establish Local Community Seed Collections (CSCs) that will serve as seed guardians, ensuring the availability of traditional vegetable varieties. These CSCs will support the conservation of biodiversity, strengthen agrobiodiversity, enhance ecosystem services, and contribute to climate adaptation. Ultimately, the initiative will help guarantee food security, foster healthy food production, and increase the diversity of food products for citizens across the Black Sea area.

Partnership: SeedGuard is a collaborative initiative involving four partners from four Black Sea countries:

Union of Bulgarian Black Sea Local Authorities (UBBSLA) – Lead Partner (Bulgaria)

Eastern Black Sea Development Agency (DOKA) – Turkey

Association Global Project – Romania

National Association of Local Authorities (NALAG) – Georgia

Total budget for all project partners: 489,048.00 EUR.